Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (1986, Tom McLoughlin)

Director McLoughlin tries something new for the Friday the 13th franchise; he makes Jason Lives a monster movie. A really bland, not even slightly creepy and only once surprising, monster movie. It’s not notable for it failing to be a good monster movie, it’s notable because McLoughlin&#... Read full article

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985, Danny Steinmann)

Someone–whether it be the writers, director, producers, studio, composer, whoever–someone tried really hard to make Friday the 13th: A New Beginning a comedy. It fails miserably, but the attempt is interesting if not admirable. Wait, it’s not because of the composer; Harry Manfredi... Read full article

[Stop Button Modells] The Best on VHS: Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

An audiovisual essay about Danny Steinmann’s 1985 film, “Friday the 13th: A New Beginning,” produced by Timothy Silver for Paramount Pictures.... Read full article

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984, Joseph Zito)

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter never tries to be scary. It tries to be gory… but not too gory. It saves the biggest gore moment for the last, when any number of the other ones throughout the film would’ve given Tom Savini better material. It’s supposed to be gory, but not too g... Read full article

[Stop Button Modells] Le Garcon Dans Le Lac: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

An audiovisual essay about Joseph Zito’s 1984 film, “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter,” produced by Frank Mancuso Jr. for Paramount Pictures.... Read full article