With fans not all that keen on the idea of a Jason imposter, as seen in the last installment, the studio immediately course-corrected and not only brought back Jason as the franchise’s chief antagonist but they also amped up his power level by making him an explicitly supernatural and nigh-unstoppable force, and this undead powerhouse…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
One Million Years B.C. (1966) – Review
Despite the fact that dinosaurs and mankind were separated by about 65 million years this has never stopped Hollywood from thrusting them together time and time again, whether through tales of humans visiting Lands That Time Forgot or having the dinosaurs being brought back through the misuse of science, but today we will be looking…
Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985) – Review
Jason may have been killed in the last outing, with his head being split in half and brutally hacked apart by a young Corey Feldman, but that didn’t mean the franchise was dead in the water because even though the “Final Chapter” had been touted as the end of the series the accountants over at…
Octopussy (1983) – Review
In 1988 the world was treated to duelling Bonds as Warner Brothers released Never Say Never Again, with Sean Connery returning for a remake of Thunderball, while Eon Productions gave us their thirteen entry in the form of Octopussy, which had a reluctant Roger Moore once more donning a tux and his license to kill,…
Friday the 13th The Final Chapter (1984) – Review
Friday the 13th Part 3 was to be the last entry in the franchise, the original script had Jason getting his head chopped off, but the studio decided to take one more stab at the apple and give the world Jason’s “Final Chapter” which, of course, ended up being far from the final entry in…