Friday the 13th Part III (watched 5/30/14)
Continuing with my rogue viewing I went on to watch Part III a few hours later. Undead Jason, who clearly should have been killed when he was a wee young lad, is at it again making a wreck out of what clearly should have been worry free weekend of teenage sex-u-al intercourse. This episode is where the series clearly begins to own it’s campiness. Friday the 13th Part III has all the obligatory tropes: Bikers, Old Man warning, the prude, the jokester, cars that run out of gas (though they made this work), hanging bodies,
Steve Miner, the director, (who also did Part II) was definitely feeling the latitude here. The effects step over the line of cheese precedents set by the previous two films, and the inability of the characters to recognize danger is quite amazing. “What? You’re pointing a harpoon gun at me. Oh stop playing around and help me come find my contact.” It’s not problematic at all. The combination of these elements and the production’s ability to recognize it’s place in the franchise make it all the more fun. Is it cheesy? Sure. Is it silly? Of Course. And full of cliches? Hell yeah, but they may not have been then.
I watched this one alone, battling an stupid head cold, while the rest of my compatriots were out “team building”. I think that’s doing the things the teenagers get killed for in these campy horror films. It doesn’t matter though: alone, together it’s plenty of fun. There’s a million places you can read the plot summary for this one, but don’t. Just go watch the damn thing. It’s worth every minute.
3.5/5 crochet needles
What it has: THE hockey mask (finally!), Mice, a bunny, Fish Food, fly eggs, knives, religious zealot, hammock, shower scene, nerd revenge, a harpoon gun, and yet another PTSD case
What it’s missing: Any way to kill Jason
Brains, Blood, Boomsticks, & Broods 
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