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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

I’ve never seen an F13 movie after the first couple. Jason scared my mother, so therefore I wasn’t allowed to see those movies. She had the same thing going on with Freddy. Which is bizarre, as they more or less let me read, watch, and listen to anything else ….

… except 3-D movies. My father had a personal vendetta against them. He hated the “cheap gimmick”, so I have never experienced a 3-D movie.

Chestnuts roasted by LemurCat @ 09/15/2006 9:36 AM

Ryane: I HATE people like that in stores. Last time I went to Target I was surrounded by Loud Cell Phone Talking Man and two 13 year old girls who were constantly going “Oh that guy is hot, but this other guy is SO UGLY” “Yeah he’s ugly. But you know who’s hot is…” I swear they went on like that for HALF AN HOUR.

Also, yesterday at the mall there were two teenage girls sitting in one of those car machines for little kids to ride in, screaming at the tops of their lungs. Repeatedly. I quite literally wanted to kill them.

Chestnuts roasted by jazzy @ 09/15/2006 11:02 AM

That might just be my favorite article header image ever. Seriously, I’ve always been partial to the Macy’s one with the Garfield balloon, but this one is aces.
Finally saw Sharkboy and Lavagirl recently, though I watched without the 3D specs. I found it pretty enjoyable, though admittedly I’m a sucker for anything Rodriguez.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 09/15/2006 11:03 AM

Denise, happy birthday a day late! Yesterday was also my sons 1st bday :D

I gotta make this quick, but the other day I went to some Halloween store in the US and I saw a Frankinberry costume! Thought everyone would want to know.

Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 09/15/2006 11:06 AM

Did anyone get those glasses when VH1 did that I Love the 80s: 3D version? I didn’t but I wish I did.

Frankly though, with the exception of IMAX, 3D things don’t work for me.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 09/15/2006 11:37 AM

Friday the 13th 3D was the first Jason movie I ever saw (on HBO or cinemax). I, too, have never seen it in actual 3-D but the red/blue 3D stuff doesn’t work too well for me yet I still have the 3D glasses they gave out at Freddy’s Dead years ago. However, the 3D in the Busch Gardens Williamsburg ride Curse of DarKastle rocked my ass, even scared this 35 year old at times.

I went on a week long Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street Uber Marathon last year for Halloween culminating of course with Freddy vs. Jason. As of right now, I don’t care if I ever see any of those again (except I might take my son to the special of screening of Elm Street next week).

I’m stoked, my son and I are raiding stores for Halloween stuff all day tomorrow on a father/son outing! Target and Halloween Express will be my bitches! Actually, I will be there bitch, I guess. I’m such a Halloween whore.

Chestnuts roasted by freudguy @ 09/15/2006 12:01 PM

Somewhere, somehow, someone needs to re-issue the cheesy 80s 3-D movies on DVD, in full 3-D greatness. Amityvill 3-D, Jaws 3-D. Friday the 13th 3-D…
God, I can only hope they do it!

Chestnuts roasted by Erich @ 09/15/2006 12:12 PM

My oldest sister is somewhat dyslexic, and somehow she can’t process anaglyphic (red/blue type) images properly. The goggles do nothing, literally. With the remastering going on for special edition DVDs, shouldn’t there be a lot more 3D movies out? Hell, I would even get Jaws 3D if it could be seen as it was intended. I own Spy Kids just for the glasses. And the SI Swimsuit Issue with the 3D section.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 09/15/2006 12:17 PM

My grandmother got to see Bwana Devil in theatres and basically rode the 3-D craze from start to finish. She claims that the lack of 3-D media in the modern world is the second most disappointing thing about the year 2000, after the whole flying cars thing.

Add in the fact that my parents’ first three dates were all A New Hope, and you can see that I was doomed to nerdhood from the very beginning.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 09/15/2006 12:41 PM

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Jaws 3, and I’ve never seen it in 3D, but it seems to me that I remember the effects were very cheesy. I seem to remember a scene where everyone’s underwater, looking out of a window that was in some kind of control room, and Jaws pretty much decided to ram through the window. I remember that all they were doing was taking a picture of a Great White and enlarging it to make it look like he was swimming at them. Very cheesy indeed!

Chestnuts roasted by Deuce @ 09/15/2006 2:28 PM

Lemur: never caught on in the US? What about Somewhere Out There? Okay, maybe it didn’t, that was during the small window that I had MuchMusic. I wish I had it back too, because it blew MTV and 2 out of the water.

To be honest, I like that they’re a secret. Best kept secret in music, IMO. I’ve been a fan since Clumsy. So that’s 2 of my Top 5 down, I’m sure we’ll get around to arguing the rest.

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 09/15/2006 2:37 PM

Man I remember that running constantly on cable one summer. The scene I always remember is the pregnant girl getting the blade through the back while laying on the hammock. I didn’t see another f13 movie until years later and was so dissapointed that Jason was always on screen unlike the few glimpses you get in the early movies.

Chestnuts roasted by klatubaradanikto @ 09/15/2006 2:46 PM

Off-topic but important. Here’s a link that has details for the “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” 50th Birthday Edition DVD coming in November.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 09/15/2006 3:23 PM

K-Neg –MuchMusic was awesome. I cried the day stopped the Canadian feed and started broadcasting off of Long Island as MuchMusic USA. It was a very sad day in my household (My sister is the big OLP fan — I’m familiar with them, I won’t turn them off, but I can’t say I own anything by them). I have never forgiven them for turning into Fuse. Fuse is good and all, but it’s too genre-specific in it’s programming and I miss the old random video selection. I love going to Canada, as it’s STILL the MM we know and love, and the French Canadian feed is equally kick ass even if you don’t speak French.

Chestnuts roasted by LemurCat @ 09/15/2006 3:28 PM

I always liked friday the 13th movies, it would be awsome if they made a new one and tried to keep it semi serious… Kind of like the new Texas Chainsaw movies.

Jason VS Freddy rocked BTW!

Chestnuts roasted by Bandit @ 09/15/2006 3:50 PM

Off-thread, and only to those who’ve read the books: Happy Wild Card Day! (it mainly applies to new york.)

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 09/15/2006 4:19 PM

I have never seen any of the Friday the 13th movies. I was, however, born on Friday, May 13th. Pops says there were several (like, five or six) Jasons born in that hospital that day.

Chestnuts roasted by Katherine @ 09/15/2006 4:31 PM

Thank you for finally writing an article about F13 Part 3! It’s my favorite one of the series but I think you have to do at least one review of a Nightmare on Elm Street movie this Halloween. Is anyone going to see the original Nightmare on Elm Street next week? Its playing on the big screen in select theaters for 2 days only, one of those days being my birthday, 9/21!

Chestnuts roasted by Kevin @ 09/15/2006 4:40 PM

Kevin-is Nightmare on Elm Street playing nationwide that weekend, or just where you live? I haven’t heard anything about this!

Also, does it seem strange that they are re-releasing the movie over a month before Halloween? Not very good PR.

Chestnuts roasted by Rosella (aka Joey) @ 09/15/2006 4:43 PM

I think the F13 articles are some of the best ones on this site. Of course, I am a fan so I may be biased. One of the better Jason kills is in part III, the hand-stand kill. Excellent.
Part III definitely deserves the full-article treatment. It is not the best F13 but including the bikers and the Shelly run, there sure is some fodder there.
For those who haven’t seen it, part III stands out for these reasons:
(1) “Jason can’t be killed” REALLY makes a big appearance here.
(2) there is a different guy playing Jason and his take is pretty unique
(3)Higgins Haven makes its first and last appearance (that place was so dirty/gross/scary).
(4)the 3-D was as gratuitous as Matt claims.
(5) the deaths (which were always unnecessary) are REALLY UNNECESSARY in this one. A married couple at the beginning gets whacked for NO REASON, bikers, hippies, etc.

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 09/15/2006 6:15 PM

Don’t eat the spinach!

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 09/15/2006 6:17 PM

I heard that, too, kingklash, whatever will happen to Popeye?

Chestnuts roasted by Katherine @ 09/15/2006 6:38 PM

Jeez Matt I feel like i’m looking at me in 10 years everytime I read your articles! By the way in the F13 3D Article theatres sill playing it in full 3D? Could you toss me a link with more information?

Chestnuts roasted by Cotter @ 09/15/2006 8:18 PM

Mostly, 3D glasses at home do nothing for me.
I was at target yesterday, and they had a HUGE corner of the store dedicated to Halloween. I could hardly believe it. Me and my son spent a good hour looking at all the goodies. For real though, with the exception of the wall with the pics of costumes at Party city, the Target had more space dedicated to it.
I was also able to pick up Martha’a Halloween issue. And some of the glow sticks that we’re gonna break open as soon as I turn off the menacing light of the computer. Living with a 4-year-old rocks.

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 09/15/2006 9:04 PM

Wow I just whent there a few days ago and whent to the same place. Which Target are you talking about? Mine is in CA…

Chestnuts roasted by Cotter @ 09/15/2006 9:10 PM

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