The final jump scare is also quite good, as in my mind it centers the fact that Jason is actually dead the entire time, even if he then turns up as a 30 something wearing a bag in the next entry. Kevin Bacon’s arrow through the throat is an effect that looks so good on screen, it’s still one of the most talked about in the entire run. The campers are so well cast, the deaths are well done, while not as over the top as some of the later entries, and the mood is pure anticipation. I think part of the charm is that I saw it far after I knew that Jason was a thing, and that these movies existed, so the twist ending was even more of a shock for me. Patrick Hellen: Still the high point for me in the overall series, there just isn’t anything like the original. Him saying “It’s got a death curse” was my AIM tone for a while.
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Tom Savini’s practical effects, for example, are potentially the best in the series, and this is a series high for one-note side characters in both Officer Dorf (who’s super hip list of weed pseudonyms is only surpassed by the motorcycle wipeout he narrowly avoided moments later) and Crazy Ralph. Sure there are the performances to enjoy (Betsy Palmer in particular), the revolutionary camera work, and the unique sound work that made a simple breathing exercise into an iconic horror touchstone, but – for me – I love some of the less spoken of things.
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Jason Segarra : I don’t care that it came after Halloween, I love this movie and the beautiful mess of a series that it spawned. Still, I’m grateful for the flick that started it all, and it accomplishes quite a bit with its tiny budget. Also, I tend to prefer the later, more gonzo entries. However, a whodunnit only works if the reveal is of a character we have met before said reveal. It’s a solid slasher with decent character development and acting (especially from a young Kevin Bacon, who received the best kill of the movie). Nathan Simmons: While I really appreciate this film for what it did for the slasher genre, essentially aping the Halloween formula and somehow inspiring more imitators than Carpenter’s film did, this may be the entry in the series that I revisit the least. Year after year, Paramount (and eventually New Line and Platinum Dunes) churned out sequel after sequel, with Jason rising again and again in the most unlikely scenarios.
While Halloween and its many sequels, requels, and remakes are rightfully seen as the series that kicked that trend off in earnest, and though Freddy Krueger sliced his way through the dreams of the youth to increasingly diminishing returns, there’s one franchise that really feels like it best represents the excess of the 80’s slasher icons: Friday the 13th. That’s pretty much the understatement of that, this, or any decade.
For the month of October we’ll be talking to creators working in horror and share and recommend various pieces of underappreciated scary media-books, comics, movies, and television-to help keep you terrified and entertained all the way up to Halloween. Welcome to today’s installment of 31 Days of Halloween! This is our chance to set the mood for the spookiest and scariest month of the year as we focus our attention on horror and Halloween fun.
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