Let me preface this review by saying I am a total wimp. I was only brave enough to see The Silence of the Lambs during semester break.

My aversion to scary movies all started with Primal Fear and continued with The Shining. I swear, I'll never look at Edward Norton and Jack Nicholson the same way.

Since then, with the exception of a couple of the Scream flicks, I have avoided scary movies at all costs.

Having said this, I went to the thriller Valentine expecting to be freaked out in my true, wimpy style.

And I'll admit that while in the theater, my heart was racing and I found myself shielding my eyes to avoid seeing the gory murders.

However, in retrospect, Valentine was just your run-of-the-mill teen thriller with the usual — pretty girls, with no personalities and perfected high-pitched screams, running around in high heels and short skirts.

Valentine has a Revenge of the Nerds type of premise — a guy who is dissed by four girls at his junior high's Valentine's Day dance seeks revenge on his tormentors , 10 years later.

Denise Richards, Marley Shelton, Jessica Capshaw, Jessica Cauffiel and Katherine Heigl play the women who all receive threatening valentines from their bitter classmate.

David Boreanaz, from the WB television series Angel, makes his feature film debut in Valentine. He plays Adam Carr, a successful, smart and sexy sportswriter who is dating Dorothy, played by Capshaw.

Director Jamie Blanks, who also directed Urban Legend, perfectly manipulated sound and light to create the tension and suspense needed to pull off this thriller.

Valentine, based on Tom Savage's 1996 book Valentine: A Novel, wasn't any worse than any of the Screams or I Know What You Did Last Summers, but it also wasn't any better.

Its sole redeeming quality is Boreanaz, not only for his looks, but also his acting ability.

The story is trite, but if you are a fan of all those teen thrillers, then you'll probably enjoy this flick.

Valentine is not a scary movie that will keep you up at night, but it is entertaining nonetheless.