Although the recipe for Friday The 13th, Part 3: 3-D consisted of the same ingredients used in the prior entries, this one stood out in several ways. First, the aforementioned hockey mask. Secondly, a trio of not-overly-menacing (and rather gay) bikers brought about the “secondary villain” characters — people who were also a threat to the “good” kids of the story, but whom viewers encourage Jason to kill even faster. Lastly, the filmmakers went with a current trend of the time and filmed this entry in 3-D, ensuring that it would be a hit by doing so (and it was).
It wasn’t until almost 26 years after the movie hit theaters that home video audiences were finally able to see Friday The 13th, Part 3 in its original 3-D form on DVD in a “Deluxe Edition” re-issue which came complete with two pairs of 3-D glasses and the option to watch the film in a flat 2-D version as well. And now, Paramount is kind enough to bring us Friday The 13th, Part 3: 3-D on Blu-ray. Like the previous DVD, the presentation of the film itself here isn’t grand (especially with the standard 2-D version), and some of the 3-D effects really aren’t that effective. This might make a few diehard fans unhappy, but when you take into consideration that this is an '80s exploitation horror movie on Blu-ray, it’s pretty easy to ignore the low points.
Like the newer DVD, this Blu-ray carries the same four soundtrack (English 5.1, and English, French, and Spanish Mono Stereo) and subtitle options (English, English SDH, French, Portuguese, Spanish). The 5.1 Dolby Digital sound from the DVD has been upgraded to a 5.1 Dolby TrueHD mix here (the other tracks remain the same) and comes through rather nicely, but most purists will probably want to recreate that tinny 1983 theater sound with the faithful ol’ Mono Stereo mix.
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