Picking up where I left off:

Part 5. As an adult I am not a fan of the killer not really being Jason (it’s some douche in a hockey mask) but as a kid, my friend Jess and I really dug this movie because it had more nudity than usual for a slasher flick. Of course we were 13-ish at the time and the Internet wasn’t in the public eye yet. We rented horror flicks just hoping we could see boobs.

I liked the Tommy Jarvis storyline, but overall the twist of it not being Jason really beings this one down for me. Best kill: Roy, the wannabe Jason, falling onto the spiked farming harrow.

Part 6: This is the one where they turned Jason into more of an undead, superhuman killer. The Tommy Jarvis story line has overstayed its welcome, I really couldn’t give a shit about it. The actor who took it over in this movie is not great either, which certainly doesn’t help. The kills are pretty tame, but it has some pretty good humor in it. The bloody smile face on the tree kill slays me every time. And let’s not forget Alice Cooper on the soundtrack.

Part 7: This is the one where Tina, a girl with psychic powers confronts Jason at the end. As a kid, I remember really liking this one, but it doesn’t really hold up. At the beginning, Tina is a young girl, gets upset, goes out int he lake ina  boat and when her Dad goes on t he deck to get her to come back in, she accidentally destroys the deck and kills her dad. At the end of the movie her Dad comes back up and takes Jason back down to the depths. So..they just left Dad’s body down there for 10 fucking years? And at that point, I’d be surprised if the water was more than 10ft deep. WTF. Best kill was the sleeping bag one.

Part 8: This one should be called Jason Gets To Manhattan, Eventually. I hated this one even as a kid and it is no better here. Stupid kills, like knocking off Julius’ head with one punch to the throat slash on the Captain where the blade never even touches the actor seriously mar this whole thing. I know there were sever budget issues, but the opening credits all take place in Manhattan, but then it takes and hour for the cast to get back there.This is my least favorite so far. The only bright spot in this entire movie is when Jason crawls out of the water and sees the billboard advertisement with the hockey mask on it. I still laugh when it happens.

Part 9: Jason goes to hell and takes us with him on this boring piece of shit. The idea of Jason possessing other people to do his killing is dumb at best, but it’s still better than Jason Takes Manhattan. It is nice to see Kane Hodder on the screen and out of the Jason makeup. (He is the security guard that says Jason is a big pussy.) It was a nice surprise when I realized that Diana was also Madeline in The Guild web series. Best kill:  The girl in the tent with the steel fence post through her back after she finishes having an orgasm.

More to come…