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Post by popactor1 on Sept 9, 2019 5:54:45 GMT
The best horror franchise from the 80's.
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Post by James on Sept 9, 2019 9:09:19 GMT
Present!
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Sept 9, 2019 13:12:43 GMT
ME!
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Post by masterofallgoons on Sept 9, 2019 14:31:16 GMT
Yes, of course there are.
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Post by Ass_E9 on Sept 9, 2019 17:59:49 GMT
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Post by Captain Spencer on Sept 9, 2019 19:11:19 GMT
I'm a fan of the first one and Part 2, but after that I found the sequels got to be tiresome.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2019 19:41:31 GMT
No.
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Post by cryptoflovecraft on Sept 10, 2019 1:11:50 GMT
I love the first three films in the series, that's about it. The first film is one of the all time classic slasher flicks and it created 'the formula' for the rest of the series i.e., prodigious body count, stylish kills and creepy background music. Part 2 was the first film with Jason as the killer and it retained the creepy atmosphere of the original film. Part 3 introduced the iconic hockey mask and some of the most memorable characters in the series. After Part 3 (my personal favorite), the series began to decline, Jason lost his creepiness and became an immortal zombie (?), and the victims/teenage characters became more predictable and bland.
Oh, I did also like Jason Takes Manhattan (Part 8), it's a fun horror-comedy that took the franchise in a whole new direction....if only they would have ended the series with that film.
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Post by Marv on Sept 11, 2019 23:34:01 GMT
The Friday films are great...but I was first and foremost a Nightmare kid.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Sept 12, 2019 12:53:40 GMT
Yes, and always looked forward to a new entry, but they did appear to get progressively worse after Part 6, which is a goodie. My favorite one is A New Beginning Part V. I always hated part 5. Sure, it's wild and just entirely rest on the formula, but it's more stupid than fun and the whole conceit of the reveal at the end is too dumb for its own good, with none of the self awareness of part 6. I find 6 and 7 as watchable as any others. The characters in 7 outside of the main 3 from the beginning are just your typical 'disposable teens' and their dialogue is pretty terrible, but I think it has the best look in shooting style and the character design of Jason. I'm not a Kane Hodder faithful, but I like makeup/wardrobe of Jason here, as well as his demeanor. ...But I came to the series much later. It got started well before I was born and part 6 was the first one I saw, so maybe I always would have had a hard time taking them seriously, but I still enjoy them each to varying degrees.
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Post by Sarge on Sept 13, 2019 1:46:31 GMT
Original was legit good film on a low budget, the rest were just 80s slashers.
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Post by dazz on Sept 13, 2019 2:08:18 GMT
Yep love me some Jason, the first one I ever saw was the end of Part 8, Jason Takes Manhattan, I literally turned it on at the moment Jason is looking up at the hockey sign so I missed the entire boat adventure, but I did love what I saw, Jason knocking the dudes block clean off his shoulders was great, shoving the dickbag into the barrel of toxic waste was great too, the ending was a little wtf but still I enjoyed it, so much so I stayed up and caught the repeat.
I actually kind of like Part 5, I don't have an issue with the guy not being really Jason, and I like the signs of this throughout the final act, like he reacts to being hurt more, he groans in pain and stuff which Jason didn't really do, also I think the blonde councillor is hot as hell so that helps.
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Post by dirtypillows on Sept 13, 2019 4:11:48 GMT
God, yes. Especially the first four.
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Post by popactor1 on Sept 13, 2019 15:12:00 GMT
I love the first three films in the series, that's about it. The first film is one of the all time classic slasher flicks and it created 'the formula' for the rest of the series i.e., prodigious body count, stylish kills and creepy background music. Part 2 was the first film with Jason as the killer and it retained the creepy atmosphere of the original film. Part 3 introduced the iconic hockey mask and some of the most memorable characters in the series. After Part 3 (my personal favorite), the series began to decline, Jason lost his creepiness and became an immortal zombie (?), and the victims/teenage characters became more predictable and bland. Oh, I did also like Jason Takes Manhattan (Part 8), it's a fun horror-comedy that took the franchise in a whole new direction....if only they would have ended the series with that film. My favorites are 1 -5. After that Jason became too much of a pop icon..Not scary anymore.
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Post by popactor1 on Sept 13, 2019 15:13:36 GMT
I always hated part 5. Sure, it's wild and just entirely rest on the formula, but it's more stupid than fun and the whole conceit of the reveal at the end is too dumb for its own good, with none of the self awareness of part 6. I find 6 and 7 as watchable as any others. The characters in 7 outside of the main 3 from the beginning are just your typical 'disposable teens' and their dialogue is pretty terrible, but I think it has the best look in shooting style and the character design of Jason. I'm not a Kane Hodder faithful, but I like makeup/wardrobe of Jason here, as well as his demeanor. ...But I came to the series much later. It got started well before I was born and part 6 was the first one I saw, so maybe I always would have had a hard time taking them seriously, but I still enjoy them each to varying degrees. The first Friday I saw was Part 3 in 3D when first released. I wasn't old enough at the time to be admitted to the first 2 and I was just under the age limit permitted to view the 3rd one, but managed to get in. I loved it! I got to see the first Friday at a double feature on Sunday afternoon and while I quite liked the atmosphere of it, I was very disappointed about the lack of blood and gore. I wasn't aware at the time, that it was a heavily truncated version and didn't get to see the full uncut version until the mid 80's on vhs. Same with Part 2, which I thought was quite a nifty little presentation, but the tamest and lamest with the kills.
I quite liked The Final Chapter and thought it got better as it progressed and had enough graphic violence to satisfy. While I was annoyed with quick cut kills in Part 5 A New Beginning, I liked the high body count, the atmosphere and the tongue in cheek attitude and approach to some of the characterizations. I also feel it boasts one of the best Friday climaxes and I find this installment thoroughly entertaining. I also loved how Tommy the kid opened it up, which was only a nightmare for Tommy the disturbed adult. The psychotic kid camp setting was novel as well.
6 was a lot of fun too and had some great atmosphere and cinematography, the new Tommy was disconcerting to me at first, but Thom Matthews was a likeable actor and I also liked the repoire he had with his gf. It was my favorite for a while, but I think it fell even shorter than 5 in the kills department, with the obvious MPAA cuts. 7 left me angry, not with the execution, but with the tame approach to the kills which was the entire raison d'être for these films to exist. 8 and 9 are not worth mentioning. I do like Jason X though.
These films were butchered themselves and had they been allowed to be released as originally intended, I may have a different opinion on how I regard each one individually.
The 3D dvd doesn't work at home. I was disappointed.
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Post by petrolino on Sept 13, 2019 20:25:18 GMT
Yes Sir.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2019 13:08:59 GMT
Yes!! I love the 'Friday the 13th' movies especially 2, 4, 6 and 7. 
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Post by Jan El Señor on Sept 15, 2019 23:54:34 GMT
Yes.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Sept 16, 2019 3:40:54 GMT
I really like the first 3 and Jason Lives. Jason X is also good fun. The rest don't interest me.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Sept 16, 2019 9:19:37 GMT
The Paramount films definitely. While the New Line entries were more of a bumpy ride. Jason Goes to Hell & the 2009 Remake would be the only ones I don’t care for of the franchise.
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