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Jeff is the dumbest horror character I have ever seen


He goes back in the house several times knowing there is a killer loose and has no reason to go inside. He makes no attempt in finding a way off the property even though it took Seth 1 minute to get through the fence. And he has a fascination about going after the killer in the most dangerous places with a weak weapon while dragging his girlfriend along.

"LISTEN TO ME I'M DOCTOR TED NELSON!" - Dr.Ted Nelson

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I totally agree, that guy was pissing me off!! I was actually glad to see him died, I just wish it would have happened sooner!!

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Well the killer could just as easily have caught him outside as inside, so I don't really see the fault in going back in.

Poorly Lived and Poorly Died, Poorly Buried and No One Cried

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Well atleast outside its more places to run and hide, going back inside a house with no other way out besides the front door is a death trap!

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No way would Linda Blair have fit through the fence bars.

However, the guy just fitting through the fence totally ruined the movie for me, such a WTF moment.

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there was a broken bar that was bent out of place, allowing the surfer dude thru

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Yeah he just played the pretty boy who wanted to be a hero but made all the wrong choices
In Friday the 13th 4 he got laid atleast before dying, in this film he wasn't so lucky lol

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He was the weak link for sure in the cast. Not exactly sure why he was casted for the movie other than being a teenie bopper heart throb at the time.

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Also going down that dark basement was a silly thing to do.

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It shows that Jeff was noble & brave and not a spoiled rich coward. Seth was slim & athletic and it wasn't easy for him to get over the gate; Jeff was more of a wealthy intellectual pretty boy type. When he goes after the killer who escaped through the trap door, Jeff had a weapon and the killer was wounded & bleeding. Makes sense to go finish him off. And Marti insisted on tagging along because she understandably didn't want to be alone in the room.

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Seth kicked butt in Karate Kid and Cobra Kai and the actor did wonderful in his horror movie debut. He got suckered in his fate however ha

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Not as dumb as Marti, couldn't stand her whining

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