The Prowler vs. My Bloody Valentine

Which of these 1981 slashers do you prefer?

I figured I'd ask because when one film is being reviewed the other is very often mentioned due to their release dates and very similar plots.

I saw MY BLOODY VALENTINE first when I was much younger, and found it to be pretty creepy, but what I enjoyed the most about it was the thrilling chase scenes and escape attempts that the leads endured during the last act of the film.

THE PROWLER I saw much later, and honestly didn't like it very much at first. However, it has really grown on me over time. Now clearly the uncut version of PROWLER is much, more gorey than the cut version of MVB, so the gorey death scenes definitely managed to unsettle me.

PROWLER has a much slower pace than MVB which is where it suffers a little.

While the cut version of MVB is heavily edited, the thrilling chase scenes in the last act make up for it.

In PROWLER the killer isn't really targeting anyone in particular, so the fact that he just wanders about the campus killing random targets makes the film more suspenseful IMO... while MVB simply had the killer trapped in the mine with the kids picking them off one by one.

Therefore, I think MVB works better as an action/thriller type film, while PROWLER works more as a mystery/suspense type film.

Anyway after hearing me ramble for ages, what do you guys think?
Which of the films do you prefer?

I'd like to say that I love them equally, but despite their many similarities, they are both quite different, for some of the reasons I've mentioned above.

I'm gonna have to choose "The Prowler" personally. It's the exceedingly dark/depressing atmosphere that does it for me. The final confrontation with the killer is much more satisfying than the one in MVB.
Plus it has a very downbeat, albeit unoriginal, final scene. The gore effects are sensational. And I love the score.

OK, I'm done... now it's your turn.

(PS... I've posted this thread in the MVB forum as well.)