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Jason Voorhees IN 3D!

Friday the 13 Part 3 was a lot like all of the other F13 movies. Blood, guts, gore, nudity, sex and Jason Voorhees. The only difference? It was in 3D. And while it's become nearly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the movie today in its original 3D splendor, it's almost as fun to watch it on DVD -- eyeballs don't need to fly off the screen to be cool; the fact that they're flying at all is cool enough. The film's official home releases lacked the 3D gimmick, but the effects were just as easy to spot even without the glasses. Soooo, here are my five favorite 3D effects from Friday the 13th Part 3.

This ends our first week of the 2006 Halloween Countdown. I'll be around the blog this weekend, but I hope you've enjoyed the kickoff articles and remember that you did when I start skipping days because television keeps giving me good things to watch instead of writing.

Posted by Matt on 09/14/2006. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 73 comments

Whenever I see a 3D scene in a movie I still do the thing I did years ago and should have grew out of, reach out to touch it. I always feel like such a tool but I can’t stop myself. I go into the movie saying I won’t reach for it, but walk out with eyes on the back of my head; knowing that I will always be remembered as the wierd guy that reached out to the screen.

Chestnuts roasted by Phil G. @ 09/14/2006 10:53 PM

Very nice article, Matt. I love the F13 films…I’ll definitely have to check this one out.

Chestnuts roasted by Alex Poirier @ 09/14/2006 10:53 PM

That looks liek a great movie to see in 3D. Maybe one day they will release it!

Matt, great job with the countdown so far. I really have enjoyed it!

Chestnuts roasted by Charlie S. @ 09/14/2006 10:55 PM

You know what else is good in 3D? The MAURY show, which I attended two tapings of today as part of my birthday celebration. Seriously.

//Really off topic, I have to tell the world that I saw Maury today. AND I was in the front row. IT WAS SO GOOD. ;)

Chestnuts roasted by Denise @ 09/14/2006 11:03 PM

Denise, were you anyones babies daddy?

Chestnuts roasted by Kratzouli @ 09/14/2006 11:05 PM

NO. But, I did get to point in the faces of teenage sluts and laugh. It was awesome. Totally a must if anyone’s ever in the city at nine in the morning. I’m so going back every Thursday they tape.

Chestnuts roasted by Denise @ 09/14/2006 11:08 PM

*hangs head in shame* I haven’t seen any of the F13′s since I was probably four years old. I loved them then, but I don’t remember any of them now. Looks like a visit to the local Hollywood Video is in order…

Denise: was Sylvia Brown on Maury??

Chestnuts roasted by broomstickjockey @ 09/14/2006 11:10 PM

By the way, my cat adores the new jukebox. She’s been laying by the speakers since I put it on and hasn’t moved an inch.

Chestnuts roasted by broomstickjockey @ 09/14/2006 11:18 PM

broomstickjockey
No, thank god.
Basically, the first taping was one leftover story from “shocking survival stories”, which I guess they were taping the other day and didn’t have time to finish. Then it went right into “Out of Control Teens”, which was AMAZING.

Then there was an hour break and we were fed pizza. Annnnnnnnd then we were herded back into the studio for the taping of “cheating boyfriends” blahblah.

Also, I want to point out that the way the crew places you in the audience is weird and selective, I think. Basically, my friend and I were seated in the front both times, and we were the only young, white females in the audience. We were seated around other younger, attractive people and the weird elderly people were situated to the far sides of the stage.

Maybe I read too much into that though.

Chestnuts roasted by Denise @ 09/14/2006 11:20 PM

Slvia Brown is on Montel, not Maury.

Chestnuts roasted by Somethin' Funny @ 09/14/2006 11:27 PM

You’re right, I’m an idiot. :p I don’t watch talk shows anyway.

Chestnuts roasted by broomstickjockey @ 09/14/2006 11:38 PM

Hey Matt, When your talking about “The Eyeball Scene” you stated “Jason just catches him outside, holds his head with his heads and squeezes until Rick’s eyeball flies right off the screen.”

Is this a typo or is there some part of F13 lore that I don’t know about? :)

P.s. does anyone know which Nightmare on Elm Street movie has the 3D effects in it?

Chestnuts roasted by Jester @ 09/14/2006 11:39 PM

I’ve got nothing on Jason, because I’ve only seen random bits and pieces of the movies, and I know, I should be shot in the eye with a spear for it. I’m sorry. :oops:

Went to Target today, they finally had the Halloween stuff out, although my giddy experience was knocked down about half because of a group of 3 women. I thought I was going to be arrested for murder – they were being that stupid. “OOOH BATS!” “Oh we need more spiderwebs – moooore spiders! Can you just buy like, a big thing of spiders??” and the most brutal… One of the 3 was looking at a tombstone and said they should get it, then she read what it said, which was “Welcome to the Graveyard” and then, I kid you not, the most annoying one of the bunch actually started singing “Welcome to the Jungle”.

*sigh* And these were women probably in their mid 30′s. They did alot more annoying crap, and weren’t even trying to be subtle about it, and I just wanted to punch them in their faces. But, I got some Jones Soda (Grape & Cider) and I saw the Fright Bites, but I was heartbroken when there were only a few bags left and they all looked like they were run over with a forklift. I didn’t get them. :( Hopefully next time…

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 09/14/2006 11:46 PM

to be honest, i’ve never really been a fan of scary movies. blood and guts and gore arent my thing. im more of a…Tommy Boy kind of guy. so i can’t really say anything here.

but i’m sooo jealous. i totally want to be in the audience of ANY show taping. i would totally be that guy that Conan says “i love you, too, sir” to every night.

Chestnuts roasted by brianfax. @ 09/14/2006 11:46 PM

Matt, great job on the first week of the countdown. I’ve enjoyed every article and it has been awesome looking foward to the new entry each night.

But where’s the art contest?

Thanks agian for rocking the interweb! Happy Halloween everyone

Chestnuts roasted by Fox @ 09/15/2006 12:06 AM

Freddy’s Dead 3D spot pretty much freaked me out when I was a kid. That was one of the first ‘horror’ movies I saw in the theater. We sat in the front row. I had to act big and bad ‘cuz I was with my school buddies, but I was definetly a little worried. Anyways…excellent article, once again, Matt!

Chestnuts roasted by EtHM @ 09/15/2006 12:13 AM

Good stuff! I caught pt.3 in 3D last year here in Austin. Got in for free, too, since I was president of UT horror club that year :D . 3D movies are so awesome. Monster House was great and the 3D NMBC re-release should be just as cool, if not better. Time to kill frozen peppermint batties and watch Fresh Prince. God Halloween rocks. Matt, pleeeease go to a commercial haunted house and review it at some point this season. That’s one of the only things I find lacking in the otherwise superperfect countdowns!

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 09/15/2006 12:44 AM

I prescribe to the theory that anything is cooler in 3-D.

Chestnuts roasted by Review the World @ 09/15/2006 1:24 AM

Hey Matt, I have a copy of part 3 in 3D on my computer. If you don’t have it, send me an e-mail and I’ll hook you up.

Chestnuts roasted by Jeff @ 09/15/2006 1:29 AM

Awesome article. Shame I will never see F13 III in 3D or otherwise. See, I’m a total wuss who can’t handle scary movies. I dunno why, it’s not like they give me nightmares, but I think I think about them too much. I worry about someone plucking my eyeball out or getting trapped in the back of a garbage truck and crushed to death.

And yet I love Halloween.

Chestnuts roasted by Ronald MacKinnon @ 09/15/2006 1:52 AM

Nice article again, Matt!

Even though, as I’ve said before, I’m not a horror fan, but I love Matt’s reviews of horror flicks, no matter how good or cheesy they are.

And lucky you Denise, but I’m more of a Colbert Report or Conan O’Brien person, and if and when you get a chance to see them, I’ll be interested lol.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 09/15/2006 3:00 AM

Another AWESOME trip down memory lane MATT. Here is a question (Poll) how many people have sat through a Jason-a-thon and what was the last movie in the series at that point. I’ve done it twice, the first time “Jason Takes Manhattan” was the final movie in the series; the second time “Jason Goes to Hell” was the last chapter. I don’t think I would have enough time to pull that off now with Jason X & Freddy Vs Jason added to the mix.

Chestnuts roasted by Greg @ 09/15/2006 8:20 AM

Matt, great article. As always the Halloween Count Down kicks ass.

I’m looking forward to The Night of the Living Dead 3D. http://www.nightofthelivingdead3d.com/main.html

I’m not a big fan of remakes, but from the trailer the only things it has in common with the original is the title and zombies. So, it gets a pass. I just want zombies in 3D.

Chestnuts roasted by Geoffinsanity @ 09/15/2006 8:20 AM

3d is great, but not when they release 3d for your tv.

Chestnuts roasted by Mightystalfos @ 09/15/2006 8:50 AM

Hockey masks, machetes… mmmm :-D

I never feel like the 3-D stuff works as well as I expect it to. Maybe when there’s submersible TankTV ™ then we can like feel the entirety of the show or something crazy like that. Similar to that bacta tank or whatever in Star Wars that Luke was in. Except like… virtual reality..

Oh gawd it’s late :/ being sick makes me silly

Chestnuts roasted by Todd @ 09/15/2006 9:05 AM

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