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…
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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…
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…
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,…