Not counting pt. 5, this is the beginning of the bad half of the series

Explain then what you find to be "excellent" about those movies...


"Apparently, we're not nutty bunnies after all. We're just college guys. Sorry 'bout that."

(It's lee-333 or whatever my temp name just was).

I'm not saying it was a "fake" Jason. What I mean is when I was younger, I'd always go to the video store (I'm talking like 10 or younger) and they'd always have part 6, 7, 8 etc. I specifically remember seeing the back of Part 8 with Jason reaching through the port hole to grab Rini or whatever her name was. Then I was given the Friday the 13th NES game as well which has him looking like part 4 or higher as well.

So before I even saw a single Friday the 13th, all my images of Jason were him as the crazy zombie. So I just mean to me, that's how I always picture Jason.

"You mean the movie lied!?" - Freddy, Return of the Living Dead.

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I'll atleast defend 6. Jason Lives has the best cinematography in the series, some very good kills (which is really what the series has always been about), and is the funnest movie/ best-paced in the franchise.

it's a shame you're a *beep* who can let somebody have an opinion.

Okay, what's your problem? Sure, you prefer 1-4. My favorite entries in the series are 2 and 6. But you don't have to go around trashing anybody who slightly disagrees with you. My favorite albums by the band Dream Theater are the 2nd album and the newest album, since I feel like they both represent what the band is all about more than any of their other albums. However, some people like their second newest album the most, which I found to be extremely weak and not really representative of their sound. I don't go around trashing them for that opinion, do I? No! I don't say it doesn't make them a Dream Theater fan. There are 12 films in the series, not 4. The series changed after the first 4, but it's not -wrong- for somebody to enjoy the later ones more.

Anyways, I had always known about Jason as a kid, but had never seen any of the movies, seeing as I wasn't allowed to watch them and had no intentions of watching them either. Come 11th grade, I went on a huge horror kick and watched all sorts of horror movies. None of them were frightening to me, but simply very entertaining. I also need to say, for the longest time, I had no idea that the movies took place at camp. I just knew about the hockey mask and machete killer of Jason.

At one point, I bought the Friday the 13th box set. Now, since this was around 2006 or 2007, I was watching it from the viewpoint of it being a legendary horror franchise. The first movie I found to be good, and had a good atmosphere, but some parts bugged me. However, once Pamela Voorhees showed up and was revealed to be the killer, I hated it. She absolutely ruined the movie for me. She was not scary, she was annoying, especially with her talking from Jason's perspective.

Part 2 took everything I liked about the first one and "fixed" what I didn't like about it. The characters were a bit more likeable to me, the villain wasn't annoying, and it was just more entertaining.

Part 3 wasn't bad, but it sort of felt..."plain." It doesn't really stand out for me. It was cool to finally see Jason in the mask at this point, however. I don't really have much to say.

Part 4 I've only seen once, so I can't say much about it, but I feel the same about it as I do the 3rd one. It's a guy in a hockey mask killing teenagers at a camp. Doesn't really scare me, wasn't as atmospheric as the first 2. Still, like 3, it was solid. I just don't have much to say about it. Side note though, it probably has my favorite kill in the entire series, when Jason pulls the girl out of a second story window and throws her through the air.

Part 5 I thought started off awesome. Very character-driven, which I feel is important in horror movies. I was hoping to see the main character face his fears and confront "jason" but instead, he bailed halfway through, and that's when the movie crashed. The rest was pretty awful, but the chainsaw/machete fight was kind of cool

Part 6, while a bit more cartoonish than the first 4, is certainly more entertaining. This is also the first movie to feature Jason the way I envisioned him as a kid. He was brutal, unstoppable, and frightening. This gave the movie more tension. The characters were also somewhat likeable, but still machete food.. I haven't seen it in a long time, but I remember enjoying the fact that there was at least somewhat of a plot in this one (as opposed to kids showing up at camp, hearing rumors of jason, then dying) It also has probably the scene I found the most memorable and effective in the whole series, when somebody walks into one of the rooms to see the walls drenched in blood. This was probably my favorite film in the whole series.

Part 7 wasn't bad. It seemed like 6 but not quite as good (though still good) I really don't remember anything about this one other than the part where jason's mask breaks. I enjoyed it.

Part 8 was enjoyable, but not really as a horror movie. The whole movie was a cheesy, campy mess (in a good way.) The girl getting killed with her guitar, the street thugs threatening Jason, the dude's head getting punched off and falling into the garbage, yet somehow showing up inside the cop car. It wasn't scary at all, but it was still entertaining as a campy 80s cheese-fest.

Part 9 I have nothing good to say about. Absolutely nothing. I didn't enjoy a single thing about this movie, and I like to pretend like it doesn't exist. The ONLY redeeming factor was the shot at the end where freddy's claw shows up and grabs Jason's mask.

Jason X was actually the first film I had seen in the series (my neighbors let me borrow a copy) I found it to be entertaining, though not exactly scary. It was cool to see Jason with more modern production values.

Freddy Vs Jason I only saw this once on tv, but I dont remember it being all that great. It wasn't bad, just typical slasher fare. The scene where Jason stabs somebody multiple times and folds the bed in half is one of my favorite kills in the series, however.

Remake I saw this one in theaters, and later purchased it, but I don't really like it. It's a typical, generic affair with modern production values that completely ruin any of the love I have for 80s slashers. I really like Danielle Panabaker though, and the asian guy whose name I can't remember is always fun, but overall the movie just leaves a bad taste.

So yeah, that's my opinion on each movie. I find the 2nd to be the most effective as an old school slasher, but I find 6 to be my favorite for the reasons I listed above.