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Wasn't as bad as people make it out to be

posted 11 years ago by DonutMassacre64
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Fans label this one of the worst installments in the franchise. I, however, disagree. This movie was the last "true" Friday the 13th. So what if Jason wasn't the killer? He wasn't the killer in the first one. The nudity in this movie is great, I thought the hillbilly characters were funny, and the film is just entertaining. The entire series wasn't meant to be taken serious anyways, so I appreciated the cheesiness in this one. The only gripe I have with this film is the kills. There wasn't anything special, the kills just lacked compared to the other installments. Anyway, this is one of my favorites of the franchise along with Jason Lives and Freddy vs Jason.

[–] KruegerLoomis 9 years ago

This is one of those movies that gets better with age! I see so many more posts defending the movie nowadays than I did back when I joined this site about 10 years ago. It just has a cult following now, and as a long time fan of this movie, it's great to see. Its absurdness is part of what I love about it.

"Forget it Vic, just FORGET IT!"

[–] jones82176 9 years ago

i agree,,,It's not my fav..part VI is...but VIII is a million times worse....this movie is at least "so bad it's funny",,,JTM was a convoluted mess...unfunny...too long...and it had a bigger budget so I am less inclined to forgive it.

[–] gregglop09 9 years ago

It's heavily underrated. I grew up watching this on VHS and I still love it to this day. I also didn't care about Jason not being the killer. The kills were awesome and it is very entertaining.

[–] SillyGayBoy 9 years ago

Yeah I liked it way better then 4.

[–] Danimal_77 7 years ago

Than 4, not then 4.

[–] joel-craike 9 years ago

I agree I love this movie

[–] HenryCW 9 years ago

To me, the bad thing about this film was that the killer (Roy) only made a totally unremarkable appearance of like two minutes at the beginning, and by the time he was revealed to be the killer I had almost forgotten there was such a character.

Also, unlike Jason, he didn't really have a good motive for killing over ten people, over half of which had no connection with his son's death and many were in fact saddened by it. I assume he was just deranged. Ironically, the guy that axed his son got away.