Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

1985 Slasher Horror Film

Director: Danny Steinmann

Writer: Martin Kitrosser, David Cohen & Danny Steinmann

Cinematography: Stephen L. Posey

Running time: 88 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: The mindless, murderous fury that was buried with Jason has been reborn. And suddenly, terror has become child's play!

Cast:

John Shepherd as Tommy Jarvis

Melanie Kinnaman as Pam Roberts

Shavar Ross as Reggie

Richard Young as Matt

Marco St. John as Sheriff Tucker

Juliette Cummins as Robin

Carol Locatell as Ethel

Vernon Washington as George

John Robert Dixon as Eddie

Tiffany Helm as Violet

Jerry Pavlon as Jake

Caskey Swaim as Duke

Mark Venturini as Vic

Anthony Barrile as Vinnie

Dominick Brascia as Joey

Richard Lineback as Deputy Dodd

Corey Feldman as Tommy Jarvis (age 12)

Bob DeSimone as Billy

Jere Fields as Anita

Ric Mancini as Mayor Cobb

Miguel A. Núñez, Jr. as Demon

Corey Parker as Pete

Rebecca Wood as Lana

Ron Sloan as Junior

Debi Sue Voorhees as Tina

Dick Wieand as Roy Burns

Plot

Still haunted by his gruesome past, Tommy Jarvis - the boy who killed Jason Voorhees - wonders if somehow he is connected to brutal slayings occurring in and around the secluded halfway house where he now lives.

Awards: None

Trivia

This is the first film in the Friday the 13th series where Jason is actually referred to by his full name: Jason Voorhees. In Parts I & II, he is only referred to as Jason, while he is not referred to by name at all in Part III.

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5 star out of 5 stars

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

1984 Slasher Horror Film

Director: Joseph Zito

Writer: Barney Cohen

Cinematography: João Fernandes

Running time: 90 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: This is the one you'll be dying for...

Cast:

Kimberly Beck as Trish Jarvis

Erich Anderson as Rob Dier

Corey Feldman as Tommy Jarvis

Peter Barton as Doug

Crispin Glover as Jimmy

Clyde Hayes as Paul

Barbara Howard as Sara

Lawrence Monoson as Ted

Joan Freeman as Mrs. Jarvis

Judie Aronson as Samantha

Adrienne King as Alice Hardy

John Furey as Paul Holt

Amy Steel as Ginny Field

Betsy Palmer as Pamela Voorhees

Rex Everhart as Enos the truck driver

Walt Gorney as Crazy Ralph

Camilla More as Tina

Carey More as Terri

Lisa Freeman as Nurse Robbie Morgan

Bonnie Hellman as Hitchhiker

Bruce Mahler as Axel

Ted White as Jason Voorhees

Marta Kober as Sandra Dier

Kristen Baker as Terry

Steve Daskawisz as Jason Voorhees

Richard Brooker as Jason Voorhees

Plot

After being mortally wounded and taken to the morgue, murderer Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives and embarks on a killing spree as he makes his way back to his home at Crystal Lake.

Awards: None

Trivia

Joseph Zito based Rob's death scene - in which he screams "He's killing me!" as Jason attacks him - on a newspaper story he read about a murder victim in New York City who begged his attacker to stop stabbing him. Zito had intended the sequence to be particularly gut-wrenching, as Rob had been established as a capable opponent for Jason. Upon viewing screenings of the film, however, Zito realized that the way in which the scene was filmed made Rob seem pathetic and impotent rather than make Jason appear merciless, and often caused audiences to break out into laughter.

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5 star out of 5 stars

Friday the 13th Part III

1982 Slasher Horror Film

Director: Steve Miner

Writer: Martin Kitrosser, Carol Watson & Petru Popescu

Cinematography: Gerald Feil

Running time: 98 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: A New Dimension In Terror...

Cast:

Dana Kimmell as Chris Higgins

Paul Kratka as Rick

Tracie Savage as Debbie

Jeffrey Rogers as Andy

Catherine Parks as Vera Sanchez

Larry Zerner as Shelly

David Katims as Chuck

Rachel Howard as Chili

Richard Brooker as Jason Voorhees

Marilyn Poucher as Pamela Voorhees

Amy Steel as Ginny Field

John Furey as Paul Holt

Nick Savage as Ali

Gloria Charles as Fox

Kevin O'Brien as Loco

Cheri Maugans as Edna

Steve Susskind as Harold

Perla Walter as Mrs. Sanchez

David Wiley as Abel

Plot

Having escaped in the last episode, Jason is back, hockey mask and all, to continue his murderous rampage across Crystal Lake.

Awards: None

Trivia

This was the first of the Friday the 13th films to use the hockey mask, which has been in every sequel since.

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5 star out of 5 stars

Friday the 13th Part 2

1981 Slasher Horror Film

Director: Steve Miner & Sean S. Cunningham

Writer: Ron Kurz & Phil Scuderi

Cinematography: Peter Stein

Running time: 87 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: Just when you thought it was safe to go back to camp...

Cast:

Amy Steel as Ginny Field

John Furey as Paul Holt

Adrienne King as Alice Hardy

Kirsten Baker as Terry

Stu Charno as Ted

Steve Daskawisz as Jason Voorhees

Warrington Gillette as Jason Voorhees (unmasked)

Walt Gorney as Crazy Ralph

Marta Kober as Sandra Dier

Tom McBride as Mark

Bill Randolph as Jeff

Lauren-Marie Taylor as Vicki

Russell Todd as Scott

Betsy Palmer as Pamela Voorhees

Plot

Mrs. Voorhees is dead, and Camp Crystal Lake is shut down, but a camp next to the infamous place is stalked by an unknown assailant. Is it Mrs. Voorhees' son Jason who didn't drown in the lake some 30 years before?

Awards: None

Trivia

The first Jason scene in the movie is a shot of Jason's legs walking across the street toward Alice's house. This is the only time in the series Jason was played by a woman. Jason's legs belonged to Ellen Lutter, the film's costume designer.

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5 star out of 5 stars

Friday the 13th

1980 Slasher Horror Film

Director: Sean S. Cunningham

Writer: Victor Miller

Cinematography: Barry Abrams

Running time: 95 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: Fridays will never be the same again.

Cast:

Adrienne King as Alice Hardy

Harry Crosby as Bill

Laurie Bartram as Brenda

Jeannine Taylor as Marcie Cunningham

Kevin Bacon as Jack Burrell

Mark Nelson as Ned Rubinstein

Peter Brouwer as Steve Christy

Robbi Morgan as Annie

Betsy Palmer as Mrs. Pamela Voorhees

Ari Lehman as Jason Voorhees (child)

Walt Gorney as Crazy Ralph

Rex Everhart as Enos the truck driver

Debra S. Hayes as Claudette

Willie Adams as Barry

Plot

Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to re-open a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.

Awards: None

Trivia

One critic was so angry at Betsy Palmer's role in the movie (which had angered many of her fans), that he published her address in his magazine, and encouraged people to write her and protest her. He published the wrong address.

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5 star out of 5 stars

Idiocracy

2006 Satirical Science Fiction Comedy Film

Director: Mike Judge

Writer: Mike Judge & Etan Cohen

Cinematography: Tim Suhrstedt

Running time: 84 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: In the future, intelligence is extinct.

Cast:

Luke Wilson as Cpl. Joe Bauers, a.k.a. "Not Sure"

Maya Rudolph as Rita

Dax Shepard as Frito Pendejo

Terry Alan Crews as U.S. President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho

Anthony Campos as Secretary of Defense

David Herman as Secretary of State

Kevin McAfee as Bailiff

Robert Musgrave as Sgt. Keller

Michael McCafferty as Lt. Col. Collins

Justin Long as Dr. Lexus

Andrew Wilson as Beef Supreme

Kevin Klee as Hormel Chavez

Brad 'Scarface' Jordan as Upgrayedd

Thomas Haden Church as Brawndo CEO

Stephen Root as Judge Hank "The Hangman" BMW

Brendan Hill as Secretary of Energy

Tom Kenny as voice of the IPPA Computer

Sara Rue as the Attorney General

Plot

Private Joe Bauers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes 500 years in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed-down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.

Awards: None

Trivia

Although the marketing campaign for this film went unnoticed, 20th Century Fox decided to actually license out the "Brawndo" drink for sale. The drink itself has gained a cult following and is still available for purchase as of October 2010 at www.brawndo.com.

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5 star out of 5 stars

Halloween: Resurrection

2002 Slasher Film

Director: Rick Rosenthal

Writer: Larry Brand & Sean Hood

Cinematography: David Geddes

Running time: 94 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: Evil Never Dies. You can burn it, you can shoot it, you can lock it up forever, but evil never dies.

Cast:

Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode

Bianca Kajlich as Sara Moyer

Busta Rhymes as Freddie Harris

Ryan Merriman as Myles Barton

Tyra Banks as Nora Winston

Sean Patrick Thomas as Rudy Grimes

Luke Kirby as Jim Morgan

Daisy McCrackin as Donna Chang

Katee Sackhoff as Jennifer 'Jen' Danzig

Thomas Ian Nicholas as Bill Woodlake

Brad Loree as Michael Myers

Plot

Serial Killer Michael Myers is not finished with Laurie Strode, and their rivalry finally comes to an end. But is this the last we see of Myers? Freddie Harris and Nora Winston are reality programmers at DangerTainment, and are planning to send a group of 6 thrill-seeking teenagers into the childhood home of Myers. Cameras are placed all over the house and no one can get out of the house... and then Michael arrives home!

Awards: None

Trivia

This is the second Halloween film to make any sort of reference as to what exactly Michael Myers eats. In the original Halloween, when Sheriff Brackett and Dr Loomis enter the Myers house, they see something on the floor, which turns out to be the corpse of a dog. Dr Loomis simply says "He got hungry."

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4 star out of 5 stars

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

1998 Slasher Film

Director: Steve Miner

Writer: Robert Zapia & Matt Greenberg

Cinematography: Daryn Okada

Running time: 86 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: The face of pure evil is back for Laurie Strode. 20 years later.........

Cast:

Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode/Keri Tate

Josh Hartnett as John Tate

Michelle Williams as Molly Cartwell

Adam Arkin as Will Brennan

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Sarah Wainthrope

Adam Hann-Byrd as Charlie Deveraux

Janet Leigh as Norma Watson

Nancy Stephens as Marion Chambers

Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Jimmy Howell

LL Cool J as Ronald "Ronny" Jones

Lisa Gay Hamilton as Shirley "Shirl" Jones

Chris Durand as Michael Myers

Plot

Laurie Strode, now the dean of a Northern California private school with an assumed name, must battle the Shape one last time and now the life of her own son hangs in the balance.

Awards: None

Trivia

The reports that Kevin Williamson's original treatment for "H20" included a scene in which "Halloween 4" through "6" are acknowledged as being "in continuity" and "canon" are completely accurate. The scene did exist, and involved a bitchy student at Keri/Laurie's school giving a class report on the "Haddonfield Murders", and going into great detail about Jamie Lloyd, Danielle Harris and JC Brandy's character from "Halloween 4" through "6". The student talks about Jamie losing her parents in an auto accident, as was the explanation in those sequels for Laurie Strode's absence. (In fact, the only reason for Laurie to be in the Witness Production Program with her son under an assumed name as "Keri Tate" at all was because the original story for "H20" was conceived like this, with "Halloween 4" through "6" in continuity, and Williamson thus being required to create an explanation for Laurie's "death" in the previous movies and her subsequent resurrection.) The student's report chronicles Jamie's being hunted and eventually killed by her uncle, Michael Myers. Upon hearing this oral presentation in the classroom, a grief-stricken Keri/Laurie then retreats to a restroom and throws up. This scene was of course omitted from the actual film.

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3 star out of 5 stars

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

1995 Slasher Film

Director: Joe Chappelle

Writer: Daniel Farrands

Cinematography: Billy Dickson

Running time: 88 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: Terror Never Rests In Peace!

Cast:

Donald Pleasence as Dr. Sam Loomis

Paul Stephen Rudd as Tommy Doyle

Marianne Hagan as Kara Strode

Devin Gardner as Danny Strode

J.C. Brandy as Jamie Lloyd Carruthers

Mitchell Ryan as Dr. Terence Wynn

Kim Darby as Debra Strode

Bradford English as John Strode

Keith Bogart as Tim Strode

Mariah O'Brien as Beth

Leo Geter as Barry Simms

Susan Swift as Mary

Janice Knickrehm as Mrs. Blankenship

George P. Wilbur as Michael Myers

Plot

Six years ago, Michael Myers terrorized the town of Haddonfield, Illinois. He and his niece, Jamie Lloyd, have disappeared. Jamie was kidnapped by a bunch of evil druids who protect Michael Myers. And now, six years later, Jamie has escaped after giving birth to Michael's child. She runs to Haddonfield to get Dr. Loomis to help her again. Meanwhile, the family that adopted Laurie Strode is living in the Myers house and is being stalked by Myers. It's the curse of Thorn that Michael is possessed by that makes him kill his family. And it's up to Tommy Doyle, the boy from Halloween, and Dr. Loomis, to stop them all.

Awards: None

Trivia

Daniel Farrands' original script was far more moody and psychological than the final draft. After reading the script, one of the execs at Dimension films could not sleep that night and therefore called Farrands immediately and told him that they wanted go forward with it. Donald Pleasence himself supported the original script and immediately signed on to make the film only to find out that the script was being rewritten. 

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4 star out of 5 stars