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…
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Barbarella (1968) – Review
Adapting comic books to the big screen is nothing new but in 1968 producer Dino De Laurentiis and director Roger Vadim weren’t interested in the likes of Batman or Superman, instead, they set their sights on a French science-fiction comic book about a space-going heroine who solved many her problems through her sexual liberation. This…
Friday the 13th Part III 3D (1982) – Review
In the 80s if the third installment in a franchise was being released there was about a 90% chance it would be in 3D and thus we got such classics as Jaws 3D and Amityville 3D but the true thriller killer was the installment of Friday the 13th Part III 3D, which had Jason Voorhees…
The New Mutants (2020) – Review
What if The Breakfast Club had superpowers and were trapped inside the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest? This was basically the concept behind writer/director Josh Boone’s foray into the X-Men universe but due to Disney’s purchase of Fox, which resulted in re-shoots being cancelled and multiple delays to its eventual release, the bigger…
Friday the 13th Pt 2 (1981) – Review
When a low budget horror film, one created simply to cash in on the success of another, makes almost ten times its investment back it shouldn’t be considered all that shocking if the studio wanted a sequel right quick. Enter first-time director Steve Miner and the creation of one of horror’s most iconic screen villains,…