Oh hell yes. It's about time this board recognized the awesomeness that is the Friday the 13th series. Being an avid fan, I'll be watching this thread with great interest.
Also, I have to thank you, Jim, for helping me fill out my digital collection of 13th movies.
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| The other great thing about the movie was it's revolutionary makeup effects. Tom Savini was able to bring these unique kills to light without any computer effects. Suddenly, there were now ways to show an arrow popping up through a person's neck without any cutaways. |
I also watched "His Name Was Jason", and learned that it was Tom Savini's idea for Jason to be a mongoloid. If not for Savini's input to the Jason character, what would he have looked like in the later films? Think about that for a second. The makeup artist for the first film is responsible for the base, human look of Jason Voorhees. That look would be built upon for the rest of the series.
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| The biggest single weakness of the film is the story. For the most part, there isn't one. Unknown kills camp counselors. Those four words pretty much sums up the whole movie up until reveal of the killer. You don't need some long complex story line for a slasher, but giving us something would of been good. The love triangle between Steve, Alice and Bill could of been something. Even that was never really addressed besides a comment by Steve and Bill giving Alice a small kiss on the cheek near the end. The driving force of this film is the deaths. Once one death scene occurs, you're just waiting for the next one with some filler in between. |
Granted, the story isn't very deep, but there is definitely a story there. In my opinion, the main story is a mother's love for her son.
Her son died due to the irresponsibility of some counselors at this camp. The very next year, she killed those counselors. It's not confirmed in the film, but I like to believe she's behind the issues that kept the camp from reopening in the 10 years afterwards. When it finally reopens, she goes on a killing spree to avenge her son again.
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| Best Kill: Jack (Kevin Bacon)
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That's easily the best kill in the movie, and that's including the beheading of Jason's mother at the end. That really left a big impression on me the first time I saw it.