Friday The 13th (Original) (Uncut) Taking its cue from earlier masterpieces such as Psycho, Black Christmas, and Carpenter’s Halloween, Sean Cunningham’s 1980 horror classic inspired the phenomenon that still lasts to this day, and was widely credited as the first “slasher” to employ gruesome and realistic makeup FX to document its kills. The film’s only […]
Friday The 13th (Remake) Taken as another entry in the series, this reboot/rehash of Parts 1-3 stands as about a middle in the road entry in the legendary horror series. It’s interesting that unlike many others of its kind, one would need a certain working knowledge of the older films to understand much of Jason’s […]
Friday The 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter For a series that was always like the champagne and caviar of its particular subgenre, this 4th (though truly not final) entry in the series elevated things pretty well, partly by bringing back Tom Savini as the FX designer and partly by having one of the best […]
Friday The 13th Part 5: A New Beginning At this point in the famed series, the producers actually started toying around with a daring concept: What if Jason Voorhees was indeed dead, and the mantle of the new villain was passed on to the kid that had killed him, Tommy Jarvis? Here, played by John […]
Friday The 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan One thing must be said right off the bat: This is certainly the best LOOKING group of female actresses ever gathered together for one Friday film. From the runway-model worthy victim in the opening boat scene, to the cute heavy metal rocker chick, to the sexy but […]