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This splatter flick, along with John Carpenter's Halloween, helped spawn the great horror-movie movement of the '80s, not to mention eight sequels, many of which had nothing to do with t...( read more 
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MCT:May 15, 2008I was surprised by the lack of a gender distinction between the victims until we find that the murderer is a woman. Of the three example with which I am familiar (this, Phenoma and Deep Red - both directed byDario Argento), the female serial killer is a mother. Only Audition (Miike) bucks this trend. But it's interesting how with a female murderer, it always feels like revenge. Audition has no direct rape-revenge logic, but it feels like she is avenging how she has been abused by men. There's something that is comforting and just about the female murderer in horror films and the like. Like in I Spit on Your Grave. I might not say its feminist, but there is something immensely satisfying about seeing a film that is split nearly equally between rape and revenge, so that the details of the mens' deaths are shown the way that women's rape/torture/death is in most modern horror films. It feels that way, but whether that message comes across, I don't know. There's a certain gender imbalance that is addressed that is so satisfying. Women should not be pacifists because they are more noble than their oppressors. That's a sign of weakness that is constantly reinforced in horror film female characters. Just as zombies can be progressive without showing the way forward for revolution, I think the female serial killer, especially those motivated by revenge, combat an idea while not demonstrating the tactic that will lead to gender equality.
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MCT:May 11, 2008The best of the series. Unfortunately, that's not saying a lot. Extra star for the cool boat scene near the film's climax.
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MCT:May 6, 2008An effective and well-shot instance of the slasher film. The acting is rubbish, but that doesn't really matter as most of them get killed anyway. The film is nostalgically set in the '50s, but it's redolent with the sexuality that would come to the fore in the revolutionary '60s and '70s. Given this film's time period, it suggests a reactionary valourisation of the discourse that sexuality will be punished with brutal slayage, an all-out assault on the permissive youth culture whose star had well and truly faded by 1980 (God's judgment?).
Like with most horror films, the scares come from the p.o.v. shots of a seemingly omnipotent killer who subjects his or her victims to a panoptic, voyeuristic gaze. The horror comes from what is unknown, rendering the viewer as helpless in the viewing process as the victim. Thus the ending seems rather disappointing. After almost believing that the killer is Rambo, the appearance in the flesh is a comedown; it becomes Psycho pastiche which is creepy but not hugely convincing. Nevertheless it's a surpisingly good B-grade romp which is unpretentious and delivers thrills and gore in spades (credit to Savini must be given for his effects work). -
MCT:May 2, 2008the begining of Jason 's fransise.This was another great slasher flick ,of it's kind.Very good plot and not real cheasy as some sequals in later years.
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ahmedkhaled007posted 25 days ago -
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In spite of all the sequels, this was very well done. This film was a masterpiece in horror/slasher film writing. WRITING being the key and not just visuals. Although simplistic (best for these movies) in some of the dialog, the story was perfect for the situation. LOL, check out Kevin Bacon in his 3nd movie AFTER Animal House!
The sequels should have NEVER been made, making this movie less important in the history of horror films. Most people think of these movies as crappy horror flicks, which is true now. The first stands out clearly among the rest.
Most people think Jason when they see the title of this movie. Watch this for the first time and you will be surprised. Campy!?.......... (no pun intended....well maybe)......... Oh, very much so, but look at the year it was made.posted 199 days ago -
You can trash this movie if you want to, but let me ask you one thing - How many other movies can you name which spawned 10 sequels? Think about that one.
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Jason is a character that has scared the daylights out of me ever since I was a kid and first saw the movies. It is in my belief that some of the coolest and best depicted murder scenes in a horror movie, ever, are in this series:
In Jason X, after he "defrosted", he stuck the woman's face into (assuming) liquid nitrogen and smashed it on the counter.
In another movie (forgot which), he impaled the girl's boyfriend with his machete while the guy was laying on the bed, then cracked his spine by folding up the mattress on him.
And the trailer scene in yet another movie, when, after the couple had sex, he smashed the woman's face into a wall of the trailer, stabbed the guy through the head, and left the trailer in a burning inferno.
Classic horror scenes right there. For me, I have yet to see other ones that are that creative or interesting to watch.posted 378 days ago -
omg! i love these movies!!! they are like some of my favorites!!!!
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Haven't seen it yet, but its one of the horror movies i really want to see.
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