This is generally how I prefer sequels to be done. Halloween 2 picks up directly where the original left off, bringing back most of the original characters (those that survived) from Halloween and setting them up for a new round of terror. Most of the action this time out takes place at the local hospital,… Continue reading Halloween 2 Review
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Freddy vs. Jason Review
Notorious dream slayer Freddy Krueger has been dormant for years now in the little neighborhood of Elm Street. Business just ain’t what it used to be as teenagers just don’t really seem that afraid anymore, which, as the story goes greatly reduces his powers. Not one to take this lying down, he decides to lure… Continue reading Freddy vs. Jason Review
Jason X Review
The folks at Digital Dream Door have this movie at number 35 on their list of the 100 worst movies ever made. In his review of this movie Roger Ebert echoes the meta qualities of a quote of one of the characters who, right before being eviscerated by a giant space vacuum screams “This sucks… Continue reading Jason X Review
Friday The 13th Part 9: Jason Goes to Hell Review
This was the first movie of the series to be filmed by New Line Cinema, and boy did they take some liberties here. Like I said in one of the earlier reviews, this was basically Friday the 13th’s version of “Halloween 3: Season of the Witch”, that being a disconnected mess that has almost no… Continue reading Friday The 13th Part 9: Jason Goes to Hell Review
Friday The 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan Review
The last of the original Paramount series, this movie suffers from a couple of things. First of all, the budget for the movie was drastically cut, and so many scenes that were to be set in New York, such as Jason in Madison Square Garden, Jason in Central Park etc, had to be cut, and… Continue reading Friday The 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan Review
Friday The 13th Part 7: The New Blood Review
Until the 2009 reboot, this was last traditional Friday the 13th movie that would be made for over two decades. Every movie after this featured an outrageous gimmick of some kind such as Jason in New York, Jason in Space, Jason as a body jumping Hell Baby (yeah…) but here it’s just good old hockey… Continue reading Friday The 13th Part 7: The New Blood Review
Friday The 13th Part 6: Jason Lives Review
The third and final installment of the Tommy Jarvis trilogy (with each movie featuring a different actor in the role) goes out with a bang. Thom Mathews is by far my favorite actor to have played this particular protagonist in the entire series. He has a great every-man sort of quality to him, and is… Continue reading Friday The 13th Part 6: Jason Lives Review
Friday The 13th Part 5: A New Beginning Review
That final chapter idea of part four thankfully was an empty threat. However, until ‘Jason Goes to Hell’ came out, Friday the 13th Part 5 was the closest thing this franchise had to a “Halloween III: Season of the Witch” type installment---basically, one that most fans of the series tend to purposefully ignore. If you… Continue reading Friday The 13th Part 5: A New Beginning Review
Friday The 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter Review
Friday The 13th Part 4 tells the story of Jason Voorhees heroic effort to spare us all from the career of Corey Feldman. The fourth installment in this series was also supposed to be the last, hence the name “Final Chapter”. With that in mind the creators of this movie went all out in making… Continue reading Friday The 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter Review
Friday The 13th Part 3 Review
Friday the 13th part 3 is one of my favorites of the entire franchise. My wife and I watched this in glorious 3D with the little cardboard glasses, and were having a laugh a minute. This movie has a lot of firsts for the series. Most iconically, it is the first film to have the… Continue reading Friday The 13th Part 3 Review