Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Friday the 13th: A new beginning (1985)

Five years have passed and Tommy Jarvis has since been institutionalized. He is sent out to the Pinehurst Halfway House, which homes a large group of troubled youths.

After the death of one of the youth's, strange murders start to happen all around the Pinehurst area leading Tommy to think that Jason has come back to life and is looking to finish what he started.

The grown-up version of Tommy was not at all who I would have wanted him to be. A kid who they could have had become a real bad ass was turned into a shy, timid and nervous individual. Not matching any of the descriptions that he was in his film debut.

I really enjoyed the ending of this entry as it did not do anything crazy or out of the ordinary. They kept it very simple and it worked out well in my books.

I used to hate this movie as a kid due to the fact that I wanted to see a supernatural Jason kicking ass and what I got was a very plausible, real life-like story line that could happen to anybody in this day and age.

The kills in this one were freaking awesome! Most of them were original and innovative making the gore factor HUGE in this part of the franchise. I particularly like the belt kill as it's just gruesome as all hell! Can't ask for better than that in a slasher!

The whole time I had gotten bored maybe twice in between the kills, usually due to the Tommy scene's. But in all it held up very well and the kills made up for most of the crap it may have produced. It will receive a simple 7 out of 10.

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