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Jason Takes Arsenio.

I'm really happy to add this one to the Countdown, as it holds a lot of deep, personal meaning for me. Maybe not, but I certainly couldn't have been the only one watching The Arsenio Hall Show on that hot July night in 1989. To promote Jason Takes Manhattan, the big man himself appeared as one of Arsenio's guests. Am I coming in clear, here? Jason Voorhees...on The Arsenio Hall Show!

It was just as life-altering as you could imagine.

Posted by Matt on 09/29/2007. E-mail me!

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I remember Pinhead making a cameo appearance on some MTV Summer celebration thing they did where they were presenting from Miami or some other place where loads of people are out in the sun in bikinis screaming into the camera every chance they got. They had Pinhead out there in full dress and makeup stirring a giant, smoking cauldron. Occasionally, they would cut back to him so he could say something appropriately ominous. He was, needless to say, completely out of place. Poor Doug Bradley. He’ll do anything in the name of Pinhead these days. Just look at those last few movies. On second hand, don’t bother….What a shame…

Oh, but I did read that Clive Barker is writing the remake of the first one. They haven’t said yet if Doug Bradley’s coming back for it or not though.

Chestnuts roasted by DJ D @ 09/29/2007 8:42 PM

Jason the Musical – I’m kind of surprised we haven’t seen this come out yet…

Did anyone else have a really good day today? Earlier this morning I won a gas gift card and later today I found that the mail man had left me an extra bonus – apparently I won 3 of the Pepsi Optimus Primes from the Transform your Summer contest Pepsi had over this last summer. I was quite excited to see those when I got home today.

Chestnuts roasted by jjwspider @ 09/29/2007 10:04 PM

Jason Voorheeves is strong….
No doubt about it. But in the spirit, and the truth about the season, Micheal Myers would outlast him. I would never say it would be short and simple….But Micheal would have the season of Halloween behind him.

Chestnuts roasted by RhubarbVelicoraptor @ 09/29/2007 11:12 PM

i dont know what i would do on saturday nights without X-E….seeing as i no longer have a social life.

Chestnuts roasted by Leigha @ 09/29/2007 11:27 PM

Has anyone here seen the documentary on the making of Nightmare on Elmstreet 4? I bought it. It’s pretty much amazing.

Chestnuts roasted by James Smith @ 09/29/2007 11:40 PM

the last official thing i read was that kane had a stunt actor buddy of his apply for the role of jason in jason vs. freddy because the stunt actor was very tall and robert englund was like the same height as kane. which would make for not a very ominous jason. so they went with the very large dude as per kane’s suggestion. and yeah, he did first appear in part 7, not the above movie. ~nick

Chestnuts roasted by nick @ 09/30/2007 7:42 AM

James Smith Say what? Where did you find this. I’m probably going to be getting the Nightmare on Elm St. box set soon that includes all the Nightmare movies so far, without Freddy vs. Jason. It’s got some bonus materials attached. Do you think it would be in there?

nick I got the DVD they put out about the 25th Anniversary of Halloween Convention. It’s great. It’s 2 discs long and they basically bring back everyone from all the Halloween movies and have them on panels and things discussing whatever movie they were in. Jamie Lee Curtis didn’t show up though and of course Donald Pleasance had already died. But one cool panel they did have though was they had all the stuntmen who had played Micheal, from the first one–Dick Warlock–all the way up to the last guy who was in Halloween: Ressurection (I like to pretend that one never happened).

Chestnuts roasted by DJ D @ 09/30/2007 1:02 PM

I was around 6 when this thing would’ve aired, so I wouldn’t've been able to see it. Heh, if I did I probably would’ve freaked the hell out. Hm… kind of a low turnout for an SNT…

Chestnuts roasted by DocDragon @ 10/01/2007 1:25 AM

Jason Takes Manhattan would have been better if it had been a slapstick-y Muppets/F13 crossover

Chestnuts roasted by Evin. @ 10/01/2007 3:14 AM

I have to quibble with your statement that Jason Takes Manhattan is the bastard child of the Friday the 13th franchise, when the clear winner of that title is A New Beginning.

Read this:

http://houseofglib.blog-city.com/a_new_beginning.htm

and see if you can disagree.

Chestnuts roasted by Allan @ 10/01/2007 5:23 AM

Matt, the other day I found Friday the 13th themed shot glasses at Walgreens. They accutally had three different types, ones for Nightmare on Elm Street and TCSM too, but the Jason ones are the coolest. They come two per pack and have the face of each movies’ corresponding killer on the front and the movie logo on the back. Here’s the thing though, they aren’t made our of glass like traditional shot glasses, they’re made out of a thick plastic and the faces are molded in 3D along with the print and designs on the back. I’d say the Freddy and Leatherface ones are all right, Freddy was actually pretty weak, a victim of poor craftsmanship. The Jason ones are sweet though and instead of the full movie logo, on the back there’s just a read “13″ or maybe “13th,” my memory is hazy right now since I didn’t actually keep them for myself. It was my friend’s birthday on Saturday and I gave them to him in the hopes that we do birthday shots in them and then I’d convince him to let me keep one for myself. Honestly, they’re only like three bucks but they were the last Friday the 13th ones in the store so I’ll have to search to find a new set. Anyway, if I do I’ll send you pictures or just check out your local Walgreens Halloween section. If you don’t have Walgreens out by you, just let me know and I’ll see if I can get you a set. Okay, that’s a long comment, probably should have just emailed you. Oh well.

Chestnuts roasted by bobshumway @ 10/01/2007 3:21 PM

Also, did you notice he was holding an axe in the clip and not his signature machete?

Chestnuts roasted by bobshumway @ 10/01/2007 4:14 PM

Oh, Allan. Part V has so much going for it. The scene where the Michael Jackson wannabe gets killed while taking a shit is worth fifteen Jason Takes Manhattans. And it had the robot dancing girl, too!

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/01/2007 4:25 PM

Yeah, but I would argue that the FREAKIN’ ABSENCE OF JASON is a bit of a problem, but that’s just me. Personally I’m going to pick Zombie Jason gettin’ melted by toxic waste over an AMBULANCE ATTENDANT every time, but mine is a path others might not want to tread.

Chestnuts roasted by Allan @ 10/01/2007 4:52 PM

Yeah, those shot glasses are pretty sweet, and I agree, unfortunately the Freddy one kind of got the shaft.

Matt: Not to nitpick, but isn’t the Micheal Jackson guy taking a shit scene in Part 3? Or maybe they just repeated it in Part 5. I don’t know, I don’t remember much about Part 5, but I remember Part 3 pretty well. The only thing I remember about Part 5 is when the hillbilly gets beheaded while he’s riding around on his motorcycle screaming.

Chestnuts roasted by DJ D @ 10/01/2007 9:51 PM

Here’s the YouTube macho man link btw:

Chestnuts roasted by Xevo @ 10/02/2007 4:26 AM

OK, fill in the blank:
“If I were a ghost, I would be the kind that goes _____________.”

1. Boo!
-or-
2. Ooooh Ooooh Ooooooooooooooh!
-or-
3. some other haunting sound

Chestnuts roasted by Nizz @ 10/02/2007 12:43 PM

DJD–Matt is right about the scene featuring the Michael Jackson-esque character named Demon getting offed in an outhouse occurring in part five. His enthusiasm for said scene, on the other hand…well…let’s just say to each his own.

Chestnuts roasted by Allan @ 10/03/2007 12:04 AM

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