BONUS REVIEW: FRIDAY THE 13TH: A NEW BEGINNING (1985)

THRILL SCALE 1-10

5

HAVE I SEEN IT BEFORE?

Yes, once, in July of 2018

BEST SEQUENCE

Sick dance moves, Violet!

BEST LINE

"You big dildo. Eat your fucking slop."

ROTTEN TOMATOES SCORE

15%

ROTTEN TOMATOES CRITICS CONSENSUS

None available for this one

IMDB SYNOPSIS

"Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis, who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees, is sent to a secluded halfway house in the countryside, where the killing of a young man triggers a brutal series of murders in the area."

DIRECTOR

Danny Steinmann

MAIN CAST

John Shepherd, Melanie Kinnaman, Shavar Ross, Richard Young

THOUGHTS

• This is not considered to be a top-tier Friday the 13th movie, but I have to admit, I had fun with it. There were some good kills and it was over the top in an entertaining way. However, we're at the point in this franchise where some good kills do not a thrilling movie make
• The vast majority of the characters in this movie will slip from my memory without a trace before the weekend is over. If I remember anyone at all it will just be because they were so cartoonishly exaggerated
• Several instances of characters singing some great made-up songs, though, which is kind of an oddly funny through line
• Best kill: Head crushed against a tree with a belt
• Runner-up: Road flare in mouth
• As is my wont, I watched this movie with friends, and here are some one-sentence reviews:
• Ashley P: "Not my Jason"
• Ashley H: "Underwhelmingly scary and overwhelmingly adventurous"
• Analisa: "Crap my ass!"
• And it's my duty to inform you that that is a direct quote from the movie itself, so that kind of tells you what we're working with here
• Won't be long until the next one! Our next Friday the 13th is exactly 28 days from today