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The Nightly: December 15th, 2018

Well, it's Saturday again. Another end to another week. I hope everyone had a pleasant week.

By coincidence I watched a Friday the 13th marathon yesterday, so I thought I'd ramble about this franchise to fill out words. It's not like anyone reads this shit anyway. MOVIES! TV only played Part III through Jason takes Manhattan (Part VIII) so I'll stick to those.

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Part III - When you think of the horror/slasher genre you have to think about the iconic Jason hockey mask. This is the movie where it came from. Yeah, some bratty teenager had to be beheaded for it, but it's worth it. Jason is the hockey mask and vice versa. This movie was a fun re-watch. Good combination of funny, story, and cheesiness. This was supposed to be the last one in a trilogy. A lot of sex in this movie.

The Final Chapter (Part IV) - This might be my favorite of the initial franchise. So much so I re-watched it twice yesterday. We're introduced to young Tommy Jarvis, played by a very young Corey Feldman, in this one. There's the perfect mix of slash, laugh and story in this movie. It would even work as a standalone. It picks up exactly where III left us and has a finality to it. Speaking of, holy shit young Tommy and Jason meeting was creepy as fuck. That's it guys, we're serious now. This is the last one. A lot of sex in this movie.

A New Beginning (Part V) - Son of a bitch!! You promised us The Final Chapter was the last one!! And with how bad this movie was, it should have been. Tommy Jarvis is grown now and pretty batshit crazy. This movie is just dumb. It's all about is Tommy crazy or is Jason alive? No Jason no buys. A lot of sex in this movie.

Jason Lives! (Part VI) - This might be my favorite of the initial franchise. See what I did there? If for no other reason we get Jason back! The franchise isn't the same without him. Obviously. But that's not the only thing this movie had going for it. This has an awesome mix of comedy-horror with some story. It's not quite as standalone as The Final Chapter but it's still a really good movie of this genre. A lot of sex in this movie.

The New Blood (Part VII) - This movie is kind of all over the place. In theory the plot of the movie could have actually been really good. Using a Scanners-esque way of finally being able to take down Jason should have been better than what we got here. The subplots and other stuff just took away from this. A lot of sex in this movie.

Jason Takes Manhattan (Part VIII) - The title of this movie gives it away. This isn't just a bad movie in the franchise, it's a bad movie. It takes half the damn movie just for Jason to make it to Manhattan. Should have been renamed "Jason's Captain Now". You take two things: Jason on a cruise ship and Jason in New York City. Either one would have worked alone. But meshing the two together was abysmal. Dumb. A lot of sex in this movie.

Overall, it was a fun marathon to re-watch.

I was 400 words in before I thought I should have milked this and done them individually. Eh.

On to the Nightly!

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