Blu-ray Review: Friday The 13th, Part 3: 3-D

Still peeved over the death of his mother, a fully-grown (but with the mind of a child) Jason Voorhees returned to Camp Crystal Lake to kill off more dumb, horny teens in Friday The 13th, Part 2. However, his choice of fashion would be his undoing for that outing. Sadly, Jason’s choice for fashion — a pair of overalls combined with a flour sack — just didn’t quite do the trick as far as scaring people (apart from people who saw The Town That Dreaded Sundown, that is). As a result, Jason received a machete to the torso. However, as Professor Frank C. Baxter probably once covered in a show, a machete embedded halfway into your body won’t kill you. In fact, it will only cause you to rise up and kill again. Just ask Jason.

With Friday The 13th, Part 3: 3-D, Jason at long last found that special niche he had been looking for. A surefire way to strike terror into the hearts of dumb, horny teens everywhere. A symbol of evil the world over. A hockey mask. And thus, Jason was able to secure himself a spot in the annals of horror cinema.

The movie itself? In a nutshell: after Jason says “Phooey! I’m not dead!” to his machete-to-the-torso wound, he gets up and attends to his wounds — changing his clothes and physique in the process. Deciding to set up his camp of death away from Crystal Lake, Jason settles on an isolated cabin in the woods. A wise choice, too: the place is soon packed with dumb horny teens, all of whom are ripe for picking (off). A group of punks on bikes only brings further joy for the homicidal maniac. And, as the terror draws to a close, Jason succeeds in wiping out all but the naïve heroine of the story, who promptly wallops Mr. Voorhees in the temple with an axe.

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