This remake/reboot sees a group of teens journeying to the abandoned camp called Crystal Lake and then being stalked by killer Jason Voorhees who is avenging the death of his mother years before. Does this remake feel like a Friday the 13th movie? Nope. It feels more like a modern-day Porkies on the road with …
Continue reading Friday the 13th Reviewed- Day 12- Friday the 13th (2009)
I remember going to see this back in the day and walking out halfway through. Will I make it through this film this time? Will I feel the same as I did back in 2003? Well, yes I did (somehow) watch it all the way to the end. And yes, I feel the same as …
Continue reading Friday the 13th Reviewed- Day 11- Freddy Vs Jason (2003)
This film is basically Jason in Space. This movie massively divided fans. Some loved the innovation but some hated it to such an extent that they viewed it as the worst in the series. Yes, they even hated it more than Part 5: A New Beginning. But I loved this movie. I even went to …
Continue reading Friday the 13th Reviewed- Day 10- Jason X (2001)
A cruise ship leaves Crystal Lake en route to New York. Jason hitches a ride. Chaos ensues. The first time I heard about this film was when there was a report on its production in the classy film magazine Premiere. I’m sure a number of their readers were disgusted to see such a piece of …
Tommy Jarvis returns to Jason’s grave to destroy his body and make sure he never returns to kill more people. But, unfortunately, he inadvertently resurrects Mr Voorhees (a metal railing that Tommy has impaled Jason’s body with is electrocuted by lightning) and resurrects the very lucrative Universal horror franchise. That sequence is great with a …
Continue reading Friday the 13th Reviewed- Day 6- Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives (1986)
Years after the events of the previous film, Tommy Jarvis is moved from his psychiatric hospital to a halfway house. Unfortunately for him, a series of murders starts to take place around the property. I remember hearing about this film when it was due to start filming and thinking it might be like an episode …
Continue reading Friday the 13th Reviewed- Day 5- Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
Jason is sent to the morgue after the end of Part 3 but, guess what? He's not dead! More carnage ensues. Back in 1987, I didn't know that The Final Chapter would be released on video so soon after the release of Part 3 but I just happened to be in the video shop when …
Continue reading Friday the 13th Reviewed- Day 4- Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
I usually outline the intracacies of a film's plot at the start of a review. As the Friday the 13th films are so multi-layered when it comes to their storylines, here goes (I hope you can keep up). Jason wasn't killed at the end of Part 2 and another group of All-American teens arrive to …
Continue reading Friday the 13th Reviewed- Day 3- Friday the 13th Part 3D (1982)
Alice, the final girl from the first Friday the 13th, is murdered by an assailant two months after this initial spate of murders. It’s not hard to guess who this is as Alice had just found Mrs Voorhees’ severed head in her fridge. A new bunch of counsellors are arriving at a camp close to …
Continue reading Friday the 13th Reviewed- Day 2- Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Being the first of the popular horror franchise, the successful formula hadn't been established yet. Hence the first Friday the 13th movie contains certain elements that we don't find in the other films. We have quirky characters at a diner, the funny sheriff and likeable teens whose characters are fully fleshed out. We don't wish …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 29- Friday The 13th (1980)
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