Friday The 13th: The "Final" Chapter

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

Runtime: 91 minutes

Directed by: Joseph Zito

Starring: Kimberly Beck, Peter Barton, Corey Feldman, Crispin Glover

From: Paramount

It's been awhile since I've talked about a Friday the 13th movie so I figured as I am mainly going to talk about horror movies this month (I am creating a list on Letterboxd where I'll list and talk about those films; as of now I am not sure as all what I'll be watching in October, aside from probably at least one more Jason Voorhees movie and another movie or two already in the slot), I might as well start with one of my favorites of the entire franchise.

I really don't need to go over the plot, do I? You should know by now that magically in a morgue while a dirty morgue doctor named AXEL goofs around, a killed at the end of Part 3D Jason Voorhees is revived and he leaves there to go back to the area of Camp Crystal Lake where he goes after some horny teenagers living in a house for the summer and some regular residents of the area, including young horror fan Tommy Jarvis (Feldman).

There are many memorable moments, from Axel watching those early 80's “exercise” videos on Showtime that was basically softcore porn, to all the attractive women in the cast/nudity, from someone telling Crispin via his “computer” that he is a “dead f***” to Crispin's bizarre dancing to the LOL-worthy song Love is a Lie (by Lion), from the old stag film that was shown to Jason Voorhees and his interesting/nice kills... that along with nice direction makes this one of the best in the series, at least in my eyes... and the eyes of many other horror fans. All the humor (intentional and unintentional) helps too.

I know, in hindsight LOL to claims of it being “the final chapter”, but those retirements are like retirements in other fields such as sports or entertainment; most of the time they go back on those retirements and they return until they can't go no more (such as death or just hanging on too long until they just aren't good enough); is the same true for the series? There hasn't been one in almost 5 years-good one, Platinum Dunes-and just this week rumors have started up about doing a new one, but found footage style. It'll be different, but it doesn't mean it'll be worthwhile.

Anyhow, I'll be back Saturday night.