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New Friday night movies! With #Fridaythe13thathon.
I don't know these as well as Bond or Trek (and their making of is a lot more straightforward), so you're going to be spared deep dives. Just occasional silliness.
(Going to tag @Alienkittypaws to cheer her up)
I don't know these as well as Bond or Trek (and their making of is a lot more straightforward), so you're going to be spared deep dives. Just occasional silliness.
(Going to tag @Alienkittypaws to cheer her up)
Love the packaging of this set.
Though I understand at least a few of the films in it are the less violent/boob filled edits.
Don't know if the more recent boxset fixed that.
Though I understand at least a few of the films in it are the less violent/boob filled edits.
Don't know if the more recent boxset fixed that.
And here we go with the first one! Famously weird in the context of the rest of the series, but in itself quite a fun way to do a Halloween knockoff with a twist.
So everything the British know about American summer camps come from this series and Adams Family Values.
Hey, so June 13th was a Friday in 1980!
So, naturally, this film was released May 9th.
So, naturally, this film was released May 9th.
This town looks genuinely cool. Clearly genuinely going out to a real run down weird town rather than the more usual places around LA paid off.
2020:
I forgot Annie isn't actually the first victim, thanks to the 1958 opening. The actress must have thought me a fool for getting it wrong when I met her earlier in the year.
Two people who clearly don't want to change their phone provider.
"Hmm, I'm in a scene with Kevin Bacon. How can I make sure the audience don't just stare at him the whole time?"
I honestly can't tell if it's because fashions and standards have changed, or that it's a deliberate choice to add to the feeling he might be the killer, but if I turned with my kids to this guy's Summer Camp, I'd immediately leave.
Though that's one of the odd things about this series, I think only one of them has the camp open. The rest are about people trying to start a business and running into wacky troubles.
If, like Drew Barrymore, you know the series from the later ones, Jason apparently driving a jeep is going to seem odd.
This isn't as well made a film as Halloween (and it's certainly not as well acted), but the locations do look lovely and lush in HD.
Cultural sensitivity.
To be fair on the cast, they are clearly having an absolute ball.
Always loved it when Star Sabre turned up in MTMTE.
Of course Kevin Bacon is the one who fucks.
The sex scene is so chaste. Especially considering it involves Kevin Bacon, who definitely doesn't do straightforward missionary stuff.
The legendary Tom Savini's gore effects are the big USP of course. And they're generally still good fun, even if the rubber flesh doesn't stand up to HD.
Not sure why it looks like they used a rubber hand for the killer though.
Still, this definitely gave Kevin Bacon tremors.
Not sure why it looks like they used a rubber hand for the killer though.
Still, this definitely gave Kevin Bacon tremors.
This film isn't as boob obsessed as the later ones, but it does like close ups of pants clad asses. Bonus points if the bum crack is visible.
(Americans would probably say panties, but does anyone outside the US manage to say that without vomiting?)
She must have had a splitting headache.
Now, it's because they needed him out the way so you think he might be the killer. But I can't for the life of me remember why he buggered off into town for hours his first night of running a bunch of teens.
Even in 1980, did teens on holiday really wear full old fashioned nighties?
She's also lured out by what sounds like a child's voice. Which makes it a shame that amidst all the stories of Camp Blood and doom mongering we didn't hear the story of Jason Voorhees earlier in the film.
It's probably deliberate to make it harder to guess who the final survivor be, but Halloween does do a lot better at fronting Laurie and making her a character (and making sure that role is played by the best of the young actors in the film) than this does with Alice.
The sex really is chaste.
I really love the mood of this final. The noise of the rain and how genuinely miserable it looks (if you told me they lucked into real terrible weather I'd believe you) creates a real unsettling feeling.
The score is largely "Watch Psycho and do that", but it's still got a nice amount of oomph to it and it's got that killer main theme.
And this is the clever subversive twist on the post Halloween slasher boom.
It's not a guy in a mask (how silly would that be), it's a slightly mumsy middle aged woman in Chris Evans' Knives Out jumper.
It's not a guy in a mask (how silly would that be), it's a slightly mumsy middle aged woman in Chris Evans' Knives Out jumper.
But, and it's easy to forget this as we now all know the Jason backstory backwards and that the first one is famously the one with a different killer...
...this is a massive, massive cheat that doesn't play fair on the audience.
...this is a massive, massive cheat that doesn't play fair on the audience.
This one basically plays as a murder mystery. One with three suspects (the boss, the crazy guy, spooky child). You cannot possibly guess who the killer or her motivation is because neither are introduced till a minute before the reveal.
This final tag appearance of Jason is of course ridiculous, over the top and very silly.
And brilliant. Setting up all the sequels.
Guess this is another tag for @Alienkittypaws, first appearance of her boy.
And brilliant. Setting up all the sequels.
Guess this is another tag for @Alienkittypaws, first appearance of her boy.
The "serene" closing music is pretty cap.
That was fun. A much needed bit of nonsense at the end of a long week.
It really felt that no one involved really knew what they were doing, but are throwing themselves into it with such enthusiasm you can't help but like it.
It really felt that no one involved really knew what they were doing, but are throwing themselves into it with such enthusiasm you can't help but like it.
And that's an impressive feeling to have achieved when it was a fairly cynical cash in on Halloween.
Hell, I enjoyed it so much that I've wound up tweeting about it a lot more than planned and had another very late finish because I'm a fool.
Hell, I enjoyed it so much that I've wound up tweeting about it a lot more than planned and had another very late finish because I'm a fool.
Anyway, here's Betsy Palmer turning up to a cast reunion in a Mrs Voorhees jumper.
