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So, in honor of Friday the 13th, here are the Friday the 13th movies from worst to best in three separate posts:
First up is the So-Bad-They-Are-Just-Bad. These are the ones that suck and are not even funny on accident. Try to steer clear of these movies.
Friday the 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan
--This was a cool idea, relatively speaking. Put Jason in a city and have him kill a bunch of people. The only problem is that shooting in New York wasn’t in the budget. So, half the movie is on some yacht on the way to New York. This movie is pretty awful. Horrible New York cliches and no decent kills. I can’t think of one cool thing in this movie. Oh wait, there's...um, nevermind. Avoid it at all costs.
Friday the 13th Part 3-D
--Yes, that’s right. 3-D. For some reason, this was supposed to be a selling point. This movie came out right around the time of Jaws 3-D, because, you know, 3-D was going to be the future of movies. So, things pop out at you: eyeballs, harpoons, pitchforks. It would be amusing if you could actually see the damn movie in 3-D. But even with all the wacky special effects, this movie is pretty awful. Not much on story or suspense. The only redeeming quality is that this is the one where Jason gets the hockey mask.
Friday the 13th Part 10: Jason X
--In this one, set in the distant future and in space, a school field trip to Earth goes astray when the soil sample they collect includes the not-so-dead corpse of Jason Voorhees. That pretty much says it all: Jason on a Spaceship! Not entertaining, and not as clever as it thinks it is. One of the first movies where I literally thought, “Oh, wait, that’s a big empty room with black lights and poles. That’s not really a spaceship.” Seriously, I've seen better sets on the SciFi channel. However, David Cronenberg makes a cameo, and there is one cool death involving liquid nitrogen. So, it's the best of the worst.
Be back in a few minutes with the next set, the So-Bad-They-Are-Good set!
First up is the So-Bad-They-Are-Just-Bad. These are the ones that suck and are not even funny on accident. Try to steer clear of these movies.
Friday the 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan
--This was a cool idea, relatively speaking. Put Jason in a city and have him kill a bunch of people. The only problem is that shooting in New York wasn’t in the budget. So, half the movie is on some yacht on the way to New York. This movie is pretty awful. Horrible New York cliches and no decent kills. I can’t think of one cool thing in this movie. Oh wait, there's...um, nevermind. Avoid it at all costs.
Friday the 13th Part 3-D
--Yes, that’s right. 3-D. For some reason, this was supposed to be a selling point. This movie came out right around the time of Jaws 3-D, because, you know, 3-D was going to be the future of movies. So, things pop out at you: eyeballs, harpoons, pitchforks. It would be amusing if you could actually see the damn movie in 3-D. But even with all the wacky special effects, this movie is pretty awful. Not much on story or suspense. The only redeeming quality is that this is the one where Jason gets the hockey mask.
Friday the 13th Part 10: Jason X
--In this one, set in the distant future and in space, a school field trip to Earth goes astray when the soil sample they collect includes the not-so-dead corpse of Jason Voorhees. That pretty much says it all: Jason on a Spaceship! Not entertaining, and not as clever as it thinks it is. One of the first movies where I literally thought, “Oh, wait, that’s a big empty room with black lights and poles. That’s not really a spaceship.” Seriously, I've seen better sets on the SciFi channel. However, David Cronenberg makes a cameo, and there is one cool death involving liquid nitrogen. So, it's the best of the worst.
Be back in a few minutes with the next set, the So-Bad-They-Are-Good set!