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Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982)

Rate: 5
Viewed: 1/04, 8/04, 6/06, 11/14

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6/06: Not really a scary picture, Friday the 13th Part 3 is the first time that Jason Voorhees dons the famous hockey mask and finally becomes the horror icon we know him as.

It's also the third straight film that ends in a dream sequence. The characters are routinely killed off without any care because their acting skills are so abominably bad.

All in all, Friday the 13th Part 3 lacks heart.

11/14: 1-D story, 1-D acting, and 1-D characters all add up to 3-D for Friday the 13th Part 3.

It takes too long to get things going before the characters are killed off, but the pace is more improved during the final half hour. There are recycled moments and characters from the original. The addition of the biker gang to an already overcrowded set of characters is unnecessary, making the film look worse than it has to be. It's bad enough when the black dude came back from the dead in an attempt to save the lone female survivor.

The overemphasis of objects for the 3-D look is distracting and adds nothing to the overall effect which is a retarded way of saying, "Look, ma! See how cool it looks!" It bears repeating, because a lot of people don't know this, that Friday the 13th Part 3 is the first film that Jason finally dons the famous hockey mask. He has the most screen time compared to the previous two films.

However, it's surprising that Jason is able to recover from the immense loss of blood and goes back to work the next day: slashing and dicing. Who gave him the priceless blood transfusions...animals? Also, for somebody who lives like a feral creature, Jason sure wears nicely pressed clothes. I assume he takes pride in his ironing skills? And his face and body undergo a noticeable transformation. I guess it's true that coming back from the dead again and again makes Jason stronger and prettier than ever.

Notice the heavy padding on the mustachioed male store clerk Harold's chest, especially when he turns around a bit. It's obvious he was going to be stabbed hard the next minute. When a person is lying on the road, most drivers tend to see the body from a distance, trying to figure it out in a calm manner, but in the film, it's been "Oh, my God! Oh, my God!" at the last second within ten feet of the body. What's with the dirty lens attached to the camera? Looking at the two or three specks of dirt has been distracting throughout the film. Wipe it clean, can't you guys?

All in all, I tend to associate Jason Voorhees with the Friday the 13th franchise through Parts 3 to 4 and 6 to 8.