I know this post will interest less than ten percent of you (the same could be said for most of my posts), but in honor of Friday the 13th, I thought it would be fun to list the top five Friday The 13th sequels.
Friday The 13th was a classic horror flick that spawned ten sequels. It featured a young Kevin Bacon. It's amazing how many famous actors have done horror flicks early in their careers:
- Johnny Depp in A Nightmare On Elm Street
- Jennifer Aniston in Leprechaun
- John Travolta in Carrie
- Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween, Halloween II, The Fog, Prom Night, and Terror Train
- Renée Zellweger AND Matthew McConaughey in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
I've always loved the Friday The 13th movies. Sure, there were some missteps along the way: Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning (A paramedic pretending to be Jason? No thanks.), Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday (Jason's soul changes bodies? No thanks.), and Friday The 13th Part VII: The New Blood (Telepathy? No thanks.). But for the most part, the series kicked ass.
Here are my top 5 Friday The 13th sequels:
5. Jason X
Jason in Space. Jason looked like a total badass in this movie.
4. Friday The 13th Part III
This is the flick where Jason first donned the hockey mask. This installment was filmed in 3-D. Every movie should be shown in 3-D. Especially porn.
3. Freddy Vs. Jason
Jason vs. Freddy Krueger, the star of the A Nightmare On Elm Street flicks. I was soooo looking forward to this for such a long time. It was a great flick, but not nearly as good as it could have been.
2. Friday The 13th Part II
The one where Jason starts doing the ass kicking to avenge his mother's death!
1. Friday The 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter
This movie is great on so many levels. The More twins. The ending, where a young Tommy Jarvis shaves his head and "becomes" Jason in order to take down Jason. Gratitous sex, nudity, drug use, and bad acting.
But one day, film historians will honor this movie as a significant cinematic achievement because this is the first and only film where two of the greatest thespians of our time, Corey Feldman and Crispin Glover, share the screen.
I hope everyone has a happy Friday the 13th!
Song of the day: Rise by Public Image Limited
