It’s Friday the 13th again, so I thought it was a good time to talk about my favorite characters of the F13 franchise. Film critics through the years have accused Friday the 13th of having simplistic characters with no depth. Now, I don’t expect any actors from the franchise to …
Read More »Why ‘Friday The 13th’ (1980) Has Stood The Test Of Time – Retro Review
Here there be spoilers… beware! I’m going to be honest. The first time I watched Friday the 13th (1980), I was disappointed that Jason wasn’t in it. I knew he was the franchise’s bad guy because I’d seen VHS boxes for the sequels at the video store, but it was …
Read More »Ranking Jason’s Final Girls On ‘Friday the 13th’
Ah, the Final Girl: the last woman alive in a horror film left to face the killer. The Friday the 13th franchise has some good ones! To celebrate Friday the 13th, Jason Voorhees’s birthday, we rank Jason’s Final Girls from the venerable Friday franchise. Before we begin, there are a few …
Read More »Tommy Jarvis: The Luckiest and Most Likely Jason Voorhees Survivor
The character of Tommy Jarvis from the Friday the 13th films is not particularly simple. Before clashing with Jason Voorhees, the young Tommy (Corey Feldman) already had an interesting personality. In addition to creating neat masks and exhibiting skills as an auto mechanic, he seemed to have a decent grasp of …
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