Season Sardines [ In Water ]

Season Sardines [ In Water ]

Sardines In Water is appropriate enough. The addition of salt; the only other ingredient; almost makes perfect sense. This is one of the healthiest foods you can eat. It’s the taste that leaves a lot to be desired; a fact underscored by the relatively big (meaty) size of the fish. That’s at least compared to sprats; their smaller tastier cousins.

my rating : 2 of 5

video review : Friday The 13th : Part 8 : Jason Takes Manhattan

video review : Friday The 13th : Part 8 : Jason Takes Manhattan

There’s a character in this movie you’re supposed to dislike. He’s a teacher named Charles who’s grouchy to the point of caricaturation. It’s a prime example of a series that was only decent to begin with being handed off to talentless hacks.

Director Rob Hedden takes the blame this time around as he sends Crystal Lake killer Jason Vorgees to, of all places, Manhattan. It might be an intriguing concept, but it’s also somewhat deceptive. Most of the plot takes place getting there on a ship.

my rating : 1 of 5

1989

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video review : Friday The 13th : Part 7 : The New Blood

video review : Friday The 13th : Part 7 : The New Blood

“They say he died as a boy,” the narrator states, “but he keeps coming back.” That man is Jason Voorhees, of course, and the way the killer returns this time takes Friday The 13th to a New level of absurdity. The protagonist having magical (telekinetic) powers also kills any real sense of suspense when the two finally face off. Part 6 may be the best in the series. Part 7 may be the worst.

my rating : 1 of 5

1988

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video review : Jason Goes To Hell : The Final Friday
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video review : Friday The 13th : Part 6 : Jason Lives

video review : Friday The 13th : Part 6 : Jason Lives

The title is redundant. Of course Jason Lives. Even after being buried twice, Jason Lives. The ending, in which the masked killer meets what initially appears to be his final demise, merely signifies another break between chapters.

6 marks not only a surprising return to form; the plot is comparable to the decency of the first two; it’s probably the best Friday The 13th so far. Tom McLoughlin, a new director/screenwriter to the series, deserves most of that credit.

my rating : 3 of 5

1986

video review : Friday The 13th : Part 7 : The New Blood
video review : Friday The 13th : Part 8 : Jason Takes Manhattan
video review : Jason Goes To Hell : The Final Friday
video review : Jason X

video review : Friday The 13th : The Final Chapter

video review : Friday The 13th : The Final Chapter

This is the Final Chapter of Friday The 13th and it’s just as well. The series has become formulaic and predictable. It’s essentially the same story on repeat. The best parts, aside from babes occasionally showing their tits and ass; somewhat of a signature; are still the kills. At one point, Jason throws a girl from a second-story window onto the roof of a station wagon; a slow-motion murder that’s almost beautiful in its mercilessness.

my rating : 2 of 5

1984

video review : Friday The 13th : A New Beginning
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video review : Friday The 13th : Part 8 : Jason Takes Manhattan
video review : Jason Goes To Hell : The Final Friday
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video review : Friday The 13th : Part 2

video review : Friday The 13th : Part 2

The prologue, which recaps Part 1, is tacky and superfluous, but it gets better from there. This Friday The 13th is slightly superior, in fact, and the girls at Camp Crystal Lake’s Counselor Training Center show enough ass and tits to keep us perverts delighted. It’s five years later, according to the story, and “Jason’s a legend.”

He’s also a bit of a goofball; a fact that doesn’t reveal itself until near the end when the deformed killer goes after what becomes the protagonist, gets toppled by an opening car door and falls off a chair. Ginny is just as inept in her escapes; tropes a slasher flick like this needs to build suspense and keep the plot moving forward.

my rating : 3 of 5

1981

video review : Friday The 13th : Part 3
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video review : Friday The 13th : A New Beginning
video review : Friday The 13th : Part 6 : Jason Lives
video review : Friday The 13th : Part 7 : The New Blood
video review : Friday The 13th : Part 8 : Jason Takes Manhattan
video review : Jason Goes To Hell : The Final Friday
video review : Jason X