Video Rewind Interview

The scream you hear this Valentine's Day may not be coming from your wife or girlfriend as she opens her gift, but rather from Helen Udy, one of the stars of "My Bloody Valentine."

This entry from the "horrific" '80's still stands up today as one of the classics of the genre and which also celebrates its 27^th anniversary on Feb. 11.

For Udy, getting the role of Sylvia was just a scream away.

"The first movie I ever did was with the director of 'My Bloody Valentine' ("Pick-up Summer" /George Mihalka) and after the first movie he was really sweet and gave me a role in Valentine. I did have to audition for the role but all I had to do was scream."

But it wasn't just the scream she had to cope with. She was asked to cut her hair short and dye it brown which wasn't a problem for her since the character of Sylvia was a little bit of a tomboy.

With a laugh she says she had a lot of screaming to do and took it all very seriously as she was new to acting.

"I think I was 16 or 17 at the time when I did the movie and when it was time for the murder scene I was really, really focusing on what if this was true to the point where I was scaring myself and it was emotionally draining. I remember the actual death shot was a one take deal which was great, but the most difficult part to shoot was the chase scene where I was running through the falling uniforms of the miners. I can't remember how many times we did it, but I felt like I was running through clothes for a long time."

If you haven't seen the movie I'm not going to reveal who the killer is, but in scenes like this the "killer" was actually on the set and Udy knew when it was time to "be caught." There were times when she would be chased by the killer and times when she wouldn't be chased. Her look of surprise is genuine and she attributes it to "some good acting. Thank you very much!"

I did ask about a Director's Cut (which rumors have been floating around for years) and as far as Udy knows there isn't one in circulation which took her by surprise.