If you missed them: Retrospective Intro, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6

Here it begins, Camp Crystal Lake. Steve Christy thought it would be a good idea to open back up the family camp. What he failed to tell the new help was that back in the late fifties, two councilors were killed there. Also, every time someone starts the camp back up, more people die. So guess what happens now, more people die.

This will go down as one of the greats in the slasher sub-genre. The strength of the moves is its tone. In the beginning, the characters (including good ‘ole Kevin Bacon) give it a carefree tone, but once the killing starts its all business. When horror movies are driven from scare to scare, they tend to ease off of the audience. This Friday never gives you that safe feeling. Even after countless viewings of the movie I always feel as if the killer is in every scene waiting, watching. For the first two-thirds of the movie we only see point of view (POV) shots of the killer. Once the killer is revealed the POV shots can be seen through the victim’s eyes. These shots are what make the climax of this movie so great.

Back to the plot, it seems that the year before the two councilors were killed a young boy named Jason Voorhees drowned. Guess who also had a crazy over protective mother, Jason Voorhees. Pamela Voorhees decided that she would punish anyone at the camp, from that point on. In the end, Alice lops Mrs. Voorhees head off ending the camp terror, hopefully. Not surprising, that’s the only plot point you need to know.

Rating: 5 Bloody Machetes (out of 5)
Body Bags Needed: 10
Survivor: Alice