Friday films post Part V started treading via the sublime to the ridiculous. The kills began to garner laughs instead of fear, the continuity of the films deteriorated, the characters were one dimensional, the location shoots were abominable, and even Jason became a caricature of his once proud self. Horror movies are supposed to follow a strict code, and that is to scare the living shit of you/or at least try. Unfortunately scenes like the one involving Julius and Jason continued on what was already fast becoming a tired trend, that being, “When do we get our comedic moment/kill”?

I realize that no Friday The 13th will ever be compared with Citizen Kane or the like, but does that mean we should dummy down the franchise to the point of ridicule and shame? I second the opinion of those who stated that the series was at its peak when they were recognized as exploitation films. Those films pre-Part VI were dangerous, whereas those post Part V were totally innocuous. It’s a shame really, and fault lies with Paramount in that regard. There were one to many writers, and because of that they veered way off course with what was the original premise. The franchise post V became more or less a carnival atmosphere. Instead of getting to witness the lion tamer (protagonist) vs the lion (Jason/antagonist), we got the Yak lady with every sheepish accoutrement known to man.

Good to see new blood (hey, it rhymes with an entry in the series!) around here! Welcome! *waves*

Yeah, at least Part 5, while just a guilty pleasure to me really, was at least a solid mid ’80s (filmed in ‘84 and released in ‘85) old school Exploitation style slasher flick. They truely don’t make’em that mean-spirited and whoefully under & over acted, to the point of fine oddball art/comedy, like that anymore!

So yeah, to a point, Part 5 (or should I use the ruman numeral of V?) is alright with me. The Steve miner sequels, MPAA-imposed cuts & all (especially Part 3 for some reason) and then The Final Chapter are my favorites, and dispite some plausability issues (so how exactly is post-monopausal Mrs. Voorhees supposed to do all of that, like hanging poor Bill on the door, pinned with arrows? What, was he shot in mid leap?), as well as some major pacing issues, but all in all, I doubt I could have wrote a better 1979 made Halloween cash-in/openly rip-off movie that Mr. Miller did, and it’s still a Slasher mini classic, so it’s alright with me.

But yeah, starting form Parts VI onward, I was just never too into the series. However, as I wanna visit Vancovuer some day, I would like to see some Part VIII filming locations, and Rennie the heroine (Jensen Daggett) is a a smokin’ hottie, as well as the Canadian chick cast. But yeah, people can keep the rest of the series.

So maybe my heart wasn’t in the contest, as I simply ordered the DVDs of Amazon two weeks ago and got’em already. Ah well. Congrats anyway to the winner! I also like how the runners of this contest more or less really tried to pick they’re own personal faves who they feel reallyput heart into they’re writing of this essay, as opposed to HorrorDVDs.com, where I still post, but they just use a random website that enters in us4er names that did post, and simply ignores any & all second & third time posters in the subject in the thread, ect. As a result, many during their regular contests (unlike me, who REALLY tried to write an essay on the film or films and why I love it or ‘em, ect) just state one sentence responces that, and this is just between you all and me, don’t desurve to win jack-shit.

But hey, to each they’re own, and congrats once again to the winner.