Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th came and went here without incident, but the kids at Camp Crystal Lake weren’t so lucky this year.  Jason Voorhees is back with a vengeance.  That’s right… they finally made a good Friday the 13th movie and it’s been a long time coming.

Unless you’re a 19-year-old bank teller, you know the story, so I won’t recap it here.  It’s the same plot, just with some new twists.  Friday the 13th’s twisted morality tale is still in effect, which means all the potheads and fornicators are doomed from the start.  One thing that kind of stuck out (at least for me),  is that Jason seemed to be more than just a psycho running around in a hockey mask… they actually made him very smart and methodical, as well as an unstoppable killing machine running around in a hockey mask.  There’s actually one scene that shows trophies he won as a kid in archery and hockey, which have haunting permutations for the camp visitors.

Friday the 13th is  a suspenseful, scary, bloody mess and well worth the price of admission, especially if you enjoy having the crap scared out of you.  In fact, you might want to bring extra pants.