We finally got the REAL Jason Voorhees
on film, as he donned his iconic hockey mask for the first time and
morphed into a fearless badass that didn't cower from chainsaws.
Amped up by a rocking disco soundtrack, he hacked and slashed his way
through the usual gang of idiots and into our hearts. Awww!
Hey, I'm back! Sorry about the hiatus,
but zombie things came up. Being undead can get rather busy at
times, and just an occurrence popped up the last couple of weeks.
We're going to continue with the Friday the 13th
franchise since that's been so much fun to review, continuing with
the fourth film of the series: the so-called “final” chapter.
This was the first movie to break the yearly release trend the series
had become known for, as the studio wisely took 1983 off because the
dreaded “genre fatigue” had finally set in around this time. It
feels like in the early 1980s every 1.3 films released was a slasher
movie, something audiences were finally getting sick of.
Steve Miner was done with the franchise
at this point, so writer/director Joseph Zito was brought in to helm
the new movie. Zito was fresh off the cult classic slasher the
Prowler, which is most notable for featuring makeup effects by
the Horror Lord and Saviour, Tom Savini. Luckily for all of us, Zito
brought Savini along with him, giving him another chance to wreak
havoc with the character he helped to create. At the time this was
intended to truly be the swan song of Jason's story, so Savini wanted
to send off our lovable slasher in style. With a quality team of
filmmakers on-board and a year to build anticipation, the movie
turned out to be a monster hit, grossing over $30 million dollars off
a budget somewhere around two million. Critics once again hated it,
but fans loved it to the point it's considered one of the best movies
of the series. It even ended up outgrossing Wes Craven's A
Nightmare on Elm Street, which was also released the same year.
Let's find out why, so get ready to rise from the dead again because
it's time for A Ghoul Versus Friday the 13th:
The Final Chapter!