{"id":7057536,"date":"2026-09-05T10:52:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T10:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/affiliate-marketing\/my-bloody-valentine-beer-and-decades-of-rats-%e2%8b%86\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T10:52:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T10:52:35","slug":"my-bloody-valentine-beer-and-decades-of-rats-%e2%8b%86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7057536","title":{"rendered":"My Bloody Valentine, Beer, and Decades of Rats \u22c6"},"content":{"rendered":"


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You never know when some random moment is going to turn into a thing you talk about for the rest of your life. For Pat and me, it was when we watched the 1981 slasher flick, My Bloody Valentine.<\/p>\n

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We were new brothers in Pi Kappa Alpha at the University of Maryland, and there was a low-key get-together with a sorority where everyone drank beer and watched the original version of My Bloody Valentine.<\/p>\n

I think it was a double-feature with a Diceman concert at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n

\"My<\/p>\n

Anyhow, the Coors beer was flowing from our house bar, and we were tossing back our drinks and enjoying the ridiculous horror film.<\/p>\n

Those movies were fun because they were gory, but also silly and campy. I prefer that old slasher style over the shock and gore of current horror.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, if you\u2019re not familiar with the movie, it takes place in the small town of Valentine Bluffs, and the residents are planning the first Valentine\u2019s dance in twenty years.<\/p>\n

You see, the Valentine\u2019s dance had been banned for a couple of decades after a deranged minder went on a murder spree in town and left the hearts of victims in gift boxes.<\/p>\n

The young locals weren\u2019t scared of this old story, though, and they wanted to celebrate, so they held a secret party deep in the nearby coal mine, and the kids were stalked and murdered by someone in full miner\u2019s gear.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to give any spoilers, so I won\u2019t say any more, except for the pivotal scene when some characters were terrified in the coal mine and heard a noise. One of the people said something along the lines of, \u201cDon\u2019t worry, those are just some rats.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another future victim responded passionately, \u201cThat ain\u2019t no rats.\u201d<\/p>\n

The line may have been slightly different, but I am not going to rewatch it to verify.<\/p>\n

From then on, Pat and I would use \u201cThat ain\u2019t no rats\u201d as a greeting and random shout to each other on campus and at parties. We don\u2019t see each other as much anymore, but when we do, we quote My Bloody Valentine.<\/p>\n

My last text to him was a week ago, with a video of a rat in a pizza parlor and the text, \u201cAin\u2019t no.\u201d<\/p>\n