| Friday the 13th 1980 Genre: badly acted cheesy slasher movie Rated: R Directed by: Sean S Cunningham Starring: Adrienne King, Laurie Bartham, Betsy Palmer, Jennine Tyler, Kevin Bacon Rating: ***/***** Plot crunch: A few teens hike up to camp crystal lake to fix up the cursed place, instead the smoke, drink and fuck- and you guessed it- get bumped off by an unseen assailant Critique: Chi chi chi, ha ha ha. The first in the seemingly endless Friday the 13th series is a delightful bit of fluff sure to entertain you for a few hours. It seems, I didn't know a good movier when I was first screeching at UrbanLegend23 for bashing the flick, I see it wasn't a good 10/10 movie like I had said. yes the movie makes no sense. yes it's pretty crappy, and yes it's so unbelievably cheesy you want to scream, but yes it is enjoyable. No it's not Gone with the Wind, or even Rocky Horror Picture Show, but it a far cry from the worst film ever (or even the worst of the series). The acting is over the top, and i hate Adrienne King's Alice, but I did like Betsy Palmer, and Bacon had some witty dialog. Thank god he didn't go pulling down his pants again. The story is interesting, atmospheric and fast paced. The script is jam packed with corny dialogue (but then so is Double Indemnity, right babee!), but it also a very enjoyable outing. The gore is trimemd, and I can't wait for these supposed 'special editions' to finally see the uncut versions on the big tv screen instead of on a dinky screen on my computer. Friday the 13th was a Halloween spin off that ended up having more sucess thenever thought. All that takern into consideration, I liked this one, part 3 and 7. The rest were either cheese to the max (4,5,6,X) or pure crap (2,8,9). Freddy and Michael have had terrible movie to, but at least Jason was cruel, not boring knife fights with hicks like Michael. I did like Halloween, but it was better than Black Christmas. Friday the 13th as a good film to watch on a rainy friday afternoon. pick up, leave your brain at the door and enjoy! |