But there’s still fun to be had in a film surprisingly steeped in Voorhees mythos.
Come for the laughs, stay for the surprisingly creative kills.
This quirky showdown unsurprisingly inspired the horror community to dub the film “Jason vs.
Ari Lehman in ‘Friday the 13th’; Richard Brooker in ‘Friday the 13th Part III’; Robert Englund and Ken Kirzinger in ‘Freddy vs. Jason’.Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection; Paramount/courtesy Everett Collection; New Line/courtesy Everett Collection
Unfortunately, that’s a much cooler idea on paper than in execution given the utterly forgettable result.
(Who knew Crystal Lake connects so closely to the ocean?)
The kills are brutal and the nudity is gratuitous which isFriday the 13thin a nutshell.
Ari Lehman in ‘Friday the 13th’.Everett Collection
John Furey and Warrington Gillette in ‘Friday the 13th Part 2’.Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection
Richard Brooker holding Dana Kimmell in ‘Friday the 13th Part III’.Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection
Corey Feldman in ‘Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter’.Paramount
Dick Wieand in ‘Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning’.Everett Collection
C. J. Graham in ‘Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives’.Everett Collection
Kane Hodder in ‘Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood’.Everett collection
Kane Hodder in ‘Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan’.Everett Collection
Kane Hodder in ‘Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday’.New Line Cinema/courtesy Everett Collection
Peter Mensah and Kane Hodder in ‘Jason X’.Everett Collection
Robert Englund and Ken Kirzinger in ‘Freddy vs. Jason’.James Dittiger
Jared Padalecki and Derek Mears in ‘Friday the 13th’.New Line Cinema/Courtesy Everett Collection
