Nine films in and we get our second “Final” edition to the series. Previous films have attempted to reinvent the series with different twists, but “Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday” blows the competition out of the water. The movie kicks off with the promising riff of the classic music… Read More Friday Night Frights- ‘Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday’
Upon graduation the surviving duo Alice and Dan have begun planning their post-grad life as the memory of Freddy Kreuger has faded; or so they think. Now pregnant, Alice’s unborn child becomes a gateway for the believe deceased maniac to continue his ways of tormenting teenagers.With her child in jeopardy, she… Read More Friday Night Frights- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
Well, he’s moving on up, to the east side. To make sure those teenagers will die. When you think “Friday the 13th” a metropolitan area doesn’t necessarily come to mind. For “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan” we get that- well sort of. After being reanimated again, I’ve lost… Read More Friday Night Frights- ‘Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan’
Through various circumstances, Freddy discovers yet again how to return from the dead. Once running amuck within the dream world he uses Kristen, who returns from the previous film, as his personal tool. Kristen’s ability to bring others into her dreams is used against her will in a method of creating… Read More Friday Night Frights- ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: Dream Master’
“Few have seen him and lived, some have even tried to stop him- no one can.” These are the words spoken in the brief narrative recap of the series. The refresher course opening gives us snippets of the prior films before “Friday the 13th Part VII: New Blood” attempts to gear… Read More Friday Night Frights-‘Friday the 13th Part VII: New Blood’
Usually when the third entry into a franchise is being developed the filmmakers scratch their heads as they attempt to either reinvent the series or go the larger than life approach. Interestingly enough, “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors” is an amalgamation of both; we get higher production… Read More Friday Night Frights ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors’
As the 6th film in the franchise, “Jason Lives” doesn’t beat around the bush as it understands what the audience expects and needs. The film wastes no time dropping us into an eerie environment of a cemetery deep into the night. Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis returns to the… Read More Friday Night Frights ‘Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives’
Like any ongoing franchise, the “Friday the 13th” series was beginning to fall into a repetitive narrative. The filmmakers behind “Friday the 13th part V: A New Beginning” seemed to noticed this as they went for a different take on the slasher. Instead of solely focusing on a killer with no… Read More Friday Night Frights: ‘Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning’
The fact that the Nightmare franchise tackles the usage of dreams undoubtedly creates moments of audiences scratching their heads as they attempt to distinguish reality from fantasy. That is exactly what happened at the end of “A Nightmare on Elm Street”. The mind trickery continues with the second installment “Freddy’s Revenge”… Read More Friday Night Frights: ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge’
*Spoilers present within the review* Originally set as the bookend to the series, “Friday the 13th: Part IV- The Final Chapter” begins with a rundown of the prior three films; working as a refresher course to the events leading up to the present. While I can’t say the acting and… Read More Friday Night Frights: ‘Friday the 13th: Part IV- The Final Chapter’
