I'm currently binge watching the Friday 13th franchise as up until now I'd only ever seen the last two films. I was astounded how generic and lifeless the first movie was and this sequel isn't far off.
Here in Jason Voorhees's debut before he finds his iconic mask he is remarkably bad. What I mean by that is he's a bumbling incompetent fool and a shell of what he is destined to become. A couple of scenes near the end of the film are almost comical because of how bad he is at being a killer.
With mostly cutaway deaths, very thin storyline and little to set it apart from every other camp slasher film I'm starting to wonder how this franchise reached the pinnacle it did as I'm 2 films in and not impressed in the slightest.
The Good:
Follows directly on from the original
Well cast
The Bad:
Jason really used to suck!
Highly generic stuff
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
A person cannot say "Hey you guys" without me thinking of the Goonies
Jason Voorhees weakness is his balls, who knew!?
Here in Jason Voorhees's debut before he finds his iconic mask he is remarkably bad. What I mean by that is he's a bumbling incompetent fool and a shell of what he is destined to become. A couple of scenes near the end of the film are almost comical because of how bad he is at being a killer.
With mostly cutaway deaths, very thin storyline and little to set it apart from every other camp slasher film I'm starting to wonder how this franchise reached the pinnacle it did as I'm 2 films in and not impressed in the slightest.
The Good:
Follows directly on from the original
Well cast
The Bad:
Jason really used to suck!
Highly generic stuff
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
A person cannot say "Hey you guys" without me thinking of the Goonies
Jason Voorhees weakness is his balls, who knew!?