Released August 13th 1982
Directed by Steve Miner
Written by Martin Kitrosser + Carol Watson
Budget: $2.2m. Box Office: $36.7m.
Effects by Stan Winston.
Jason is played by Richard Brooker.
Kill Count for this film is 12.5 which breaks down to 7 men, 5 women, and an unborn infant.
This film takes place in 1984, picking up on Saturday the 14th, where part II left off.
Therefore Jason's 1984 kill count is 20.5, as he had 8 confirmed kills from the previous night... which also means Paul Holt lived!
We open with the 3rd act of the second film being replayed for us much like part
II... like 10min solid of the last movie is played for us.We close in on Mrs Voorhees’ rotted severed head and the logo comes out of her
eyes in 3D! Cut from old Harry Manfridini score to the disco remix.
Open on a cozy (that’s a nice word for small) shop where we see laundry drying outside (is this a Laundromat?). I don’t want to get too into comparison but this has the feel of Halloween II so much to me. Harold is getting his clean clothes dirty which pisses off his wife, Edna, who is clearly relaxing. Damn it Harold have some respect! OH NOT the pole is coming right at me! In 3D!
There is a news report of the murders that happened at Packanack Lodge - it’s stated that 8 corpses were found... which to me means Paul Holt lived!
Ok so this movie picks up the same Friday the 13th in 1984... so this movie is about to take place Saturday the 14th in 1984. 1984 is about to be a terrible year for Crystal Lake.
Harold eats fish food then drinks OJ straight out the bottle and washes that down with a chocolate donut. Honestly he was dead already.
A snake attacks us and did it kill all the bunnies? Did Harold just leave that bunny to die? Fuck Harold!
Jason kills Harold in a butcher knife then Edna with one of her knitting needles.
Group going to Higgins Haven: Chrissy Higgins, Debbie Klein + Andy Beltrami,
Shelly Finkelstein, Vera Sanchez, Chuck Garth + Chili Jachson.Why are these middle aged stoners with these teens? No really? Why?OH MAN the Fandom Wiki said Chuck is 24 and Chili is 23... Umm sure Jan.
Rick Bombay is a local who meets them there to sexually harass/pressure Chrissy who is clearly recovering from trauma. But like Rick can only take so many cold showers so gtf over it Chrissy.
Shelley is a total asshole and plays WAY too many pranks. He takes shit way too far and EVERYONE tells him that. But he is such a incel. OMFG. I can’t wait for him to die.
They are trying to set Shelley and Vera up... Shelly apologies for being him, as he fucking should.
They drive the van out to Higgins Haven. Oh no Debbie is pregnant...
The cops drive by causing the stoners to eat the evidence - then they drive by to collect Edna and Harold’s bodies.
Chris nearly runs over an old country man sleeping in the road, Abel, aka Crazy Ralph body hopped into this authentic frontier man outta time. Abel plays our Harbinger of Doom: “Look upon what his grace has brought onto me. [a literal eyeball] I found this today. There were other parts of the body. He wanted me to have this. He wanted me to warn you! Look upon this omen... and go back from whence ye came. I have warned thee!” Well that happened.
Higgins Haven - they have to cross over a rickety bridge that can’t be up to any kind of safety standard.
Everyone goes down to the water while Chris goes inside. Rick just grabs her, and kisses her then has the audacity to ask if he did something wrong. YES! She asks him to please slow down and get to know each other again. He basically gives her an ultimatum to put out or he’s not sticking around only he utilized a smile and kinder language. LEAVE HIM CHRIS!
We learn it’s been two years since Chris has been there, also we know something bad happened to her here.
Chris has Rick bucking hay. “You realize of course I gave up a weekend with Mary Jo Conrad for this.” JCF are you kidding me. Go fuck her then you absolutely nightmare of an emotionally manipulative garbage bag! Is he a joke? Cuz here I thought Shelly was the joke but this guy, I can’t wait to see Jason kill this asshat.
AND HOW OLD IS HE? He looks like he could be Chris’ father.
Someone screams because Shelly pretends to have been murdered... it’s not a joke, it’s just fuck around and find out behavior.
Vera and Shelly take Rick’s VW to the store. If I was Vera I’d have left his ass on the road.
At the store they run into and piss off a group of bikers - Ali, Loco, and Fox. Shelly makes it worse because OF COURSE HE DOES and backs into their bikes then drives back to run over Ali’s tire. I wonder if this will have some kind of pay off...
Debbie and Chris take a walk and talk. It’s a nice friendship.
OMG the yoyo is coming right at me! Ah! Andy, Debbie, Kong + Chick are hanging out. Poor Rick’s car... meh idc he’s a jerk.
Rick’s going, “away from here.” He is really just there to fuck and nothing else. What a piece of total shit. I really am not sure if m dislike of him in coming across.
CHRIS you got in the car with him!?! Girl why!?!
Apparently the bikers followed Shelly to Haggins Haven. They steal the gas out of Chris’ van. Oh good setup for her not having gas later, thus trapping them there.
Fox goes into the barn and is killed by Jason via a pitchfork in the neck off screen, Loco finds her then gets a pitchfork to the abs.
Ali goes into the barn he finds the bodies of his friends, grabs a machete, then gets knocked out... Jason hits him with a knife or something... this is confusing...
Chris and Rick talk... he took her out to the woods...
She tells him about how 2 years ago (1982) after a date with Rick she got in trouble with her parents. Shoulda listened to them Rick is a Dick. Anyway she has a terribly traumatic encounter with Jason and she doesn’t really remember what happened but umm it seems to have an Implication... but she woke up safe and sound in bed the next day.
OH great he drove out to fucking no where and his battery died. MAN Rick is useless. He’s not hot enough for all this Chris.
Meanwhile! Shelly and Andy have a juggle off while Kong + Chick are passed the fuck out.
Debbie suggests Andy has a better use for his hands. He and Debbie go upstairs leaving Shelly and Vera together...
Shelly says that he likes her but Vera kindly turns him but suggest that they can talk. Shelly says sure but when she walks away he calls her a bitch. I need every man in this movie who isn’t Paul Holt or Andy to die violently!
Kong wakes up and goes barefoot to the outhouse. Ew. Chick startles him. They think Shelly is in the barn so go to check/scare him.
Meanwhile! Shelly terrorizes Vera. Why does he have a harpoon?
Shelly goes to check the barn. Sadly Jason isn’t there to kill him. He kills Vera instead, she’s harpooned... tragic really.
I missed that Jason gets the hockey mask from Shelly on his way to do another prank. No one deserved to die more.
Debbie and Andy are having fun times in the hammock. Debbie takes a shower while Andy... checks notes walks around on his hands?
Andy got cut hot dog style IN the hot dog! Debbie gets killed Kevin Baconed (knife under the hammock)
Poor Kong is sent into the basement to check the fuse box... he’s afraid. Awe. And Jason throws him into the fuse box. RIP Kong.
Chick finds a dead Shelly (sadly he is killed off screen)... and proceeds to ‘act’... She gets... hot pokered... skewered?
Chris and Rick finally make it back to Higgin’s Haven.
The door won’t open, the find food burning, they can’t find anyone around...
Rick tries to abandoned her like he’s fucking Fred Jones, but Chris goes to follow him. But he fucked off. Jason has him out of her preview and crushes his head. It’s an effect.... Idk if it’s effective but it’s an effect. I’d say it’s eye popping.
3rd act chase scene!
Now it’s just Chris left. She finds water overflowing the tub.
She finds Andy?’s strung up body outside, she’s screaming for Rick, Jason throws his dead carcass through the window then comes on in and stalks her.
She runs up stairs and throws a library sized bookshelf at him. Then hides. Smart.
She stabs him in the knee and he screams.... Weird. So weird.
She dives out the window - struggles with Jason but gets away!
She gets into the van but the bikers stole their gas... she has enough to get to the bridge and hit Jason with the vehicle.
Chris gets to the barn. Jason locks her in. Chris is SO resourceful! Love that for her.
Not Chris knocking Jason out with the shovel then hanging him... HOLY SHIT ALI’S ALIVE.. Oh no, no he’s not.
Chris only now realizes he’s her former attacker. This is very stalker of him... does he have an obsession with her? Is what why he’s there going after the Higgin’s Haven Bunch?
Anyway she ax-s him in the head. Note the hockey mask dent...
Dream sequence bs...
Chris does a Alice Hardy from pt1 and hangs out in a canoe on Crystal Lake only to be attacked by....... The rotting corpse of Pamela Voorhees... whoa wow they really subverted my expectations with that one...
OK THOSE COPS ARE SO FUCKING CAVELIER ABOUT 19 DEAD PEOPLE IN A 48HR PERIOD.... I AM CONCERN!
Jason’s body lay unwatched in the barn with an ax in his head.
OH YEAH the ending bringing back that sweet disco vibe.
Doc I mentioned: Friday the 13th Part 3 - The Memoriam Documentary by Friday the 13th Network. Link.
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