I think there were bits and embers of something that may have been a story, but it felt like it played around with itself too much.
The ending left me speechless for quite some time. There were, again, many many many jaw-dropping moments. This was such a… how should I put this… odd film. Friday the 13th Part VII: New Blood Jason killing. There was plenty that left me scratching my head and wondering was there anything here besides a grab for money? No, I don’t think so.ħ. Freddy added a layer of camp and humor that hadn’t been in the franchise up to this point. I found this to flounder mostly on the floor with so many questions nobody seemed to care to answer. Really, this is a throwback to the Universal horror mashups. Glad we finally got to a point like this in cinema. There are some incredible kills that actually shock, including, but not limited to…Ĩ. Beyond the issues of ‘never’ getting to Manhattan and other absurdities, this wasn’t the hot mess I was totally expecting. Where the franchise really ran into the camp wall. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan Jason looks for the Victoria Secret. Did this film work? No, not really, but it does offer what the last two films on this list can’t: sweet kills, and Jason as we know him.ĩ. The teens, over-the-top, lure Jason with their sex, drugs, and booze, but the way it is executed almost feels like a jab at what previous films were trying to realize. In one of the most memorable kills in the entire franchise, Jason is in a VR world where some angsty sex-crazed, pot smoking, drinking teens try to lure Jason away from the real targets. I, at least, hope that by a tenth entry into the franchise which sends it’s main big baddie to outer space the filmmakers know what they are making. It is a simply done Sy-Fy channel Jason entry, but when it came to a particular moment we will break down here, it almost felt like the filmmakers were all in on the joke too. I felt almost like a moron for thinking this was simply a silly Sy-Fy network episode in the Friday the 13th franchise. The greatest takeaway I gained from this film is that the minorities always stay together. The kills fall flat, and the scares feel, well, a decade old, in the worst way possible. Who knows, maybe the failure of this film has left a path open for Lebron James to take the helm and make the first good Jason film in over 20 years. The 2009 reboot did little rebooting and mainly just fumbled around with a decent horror film conceit: a killer enraged by and driven by the sight of their mothers’ death. Only really earning the next to last spot on the list because it just plain looks better. Friday the 13th (2009) You can’t trick me by just putting a Jared Padalecki in the film. I wanted the revival to be something, but this was a whole lot of nothing.ġ1. There were some heavy levels of suspension of disbelief on the viewing standpoint that was still not enough to save face for this film. Where are these worms from? What is all this orange soul shooting stuff about (we all know Trump doesn’t have a soul)? Treating arguably the best female to fight against Jason with utter disrespect and a low payout kill feels so wrong. The surprisingly fun and creative deaths that occur in this film are not even close to being able to hold up 90 minutes of head churning confusion. It should go to show how bad of a time I had watching this if I ranked this lower than Jason X which I watched in the exact same night.
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday The point where I and everyone else walks out of the room. So, without further ado, The Friday the 13th franchise ranked… Trying to uncover a deeper meaning to the Friday the 13th franchise may seem like a long shot, and pointless, but I am going to do just that, along with rank all twelve from worst to first. What I did discover, however, was something provocative yet primal. I am not here to defend the franchise as being superior over others, and I certainly wouldn’t recommend watching twelve of ANYTHING within a 15-17 day period. I watched all twelve of the Friday the 13th films in the span of about 17 days, and I will tell you, by Jason Goes to Hell, there was almost a spiritual awakening I myself went to Hell, and came back again, with Jason. Having spawned eleven sequels over the past 38 years, some taking the masked man to Manhattan, Hell, and even space, there is something lasting about the hockey mask antagonist.
Yet, Jason Voorhees, the hockey-masked menace and possible hero at points, stands as one of the most iconic and well-known figures in contemporary cinema.
Friday the 13th is more often than not written off as the cheaper, campier, and just worst of the slasher franchises.