06/17/2004 Entry: "Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter."

It's my new favorite movie this week. The latest article details my ten favorite parts from Friday The 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter, a movie well-liked by hardcore Jason enthusiasts, but probably deserving of a bit more attention from casual fans. With everything from the infamous machete sequence to Crispin Glover dancing like Elaine, it's a gory, murderous, sex filled chunk of crap that I absolutely insist everyone go out and buy right now. In other news, I split the main page up because it got ten miles long again; if you're looking for articles that are no longer linked from there, they're here. Youuuu dead fuck.

Chestnuts roasted by Brian Hammons @ 06/17/2004 12:39 AM EST

Matt I think I may have found a typo You worte: " I'm pretty sure Shao Kahn would away brutality points only to Friday the 13th Part II"

Did you mean Shao Kahn would give away brutality points?

And I have to agree with you on part II matt, It is my personal favorite of the series. it has my favorite death sceene of all time, they guy in the wheelchair.

Chestnuts roasted by Bright Noah @ 06/17/2004 12:55 AM EST

OMG!!! Friday The 13th was my totally favourite slasher series when I was a kid! Totally awsome review Matt!!!!!!!

I'm gonna watch Part II tonight now!

Chestnuts roasted by JasonA @ 06/17/2004 12:59 AM EST

Dead fuck YES! Part IV is my favorite by far. The dancing scene has to be seen to be believed.

Chestnuts roasted by Dead Fuck @ 06/17/2004 12:59 AM EST

So, when's the full archive finally comin' back, eh Matt?

Chestnuts roasted by Evin @ 06/17/2004 01:00 AM EST

About the same time as Chia V.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 06/17/2004 01:01 AM EST

Excellent review.

Chestnuts roasted by Jay @ 06/17/2004 01:03 AM EST

Hurrah! IN TWO WEEKS!

Chestnuts roasted by Evin @ 06/17/2004 01:05 AM EST

another awsome movie review~ Has anyone here seen "Battle Royale"? I'd love if Matt could review it, but I know it'll never get released in the US.

Chestnuts roasted by Fuzzyhulk @ 06/17/2004 01:47 AM EST

Blech--this one was pretty dirty, though that'd be expected from a Jason movie. I just skimmed through it.

I don't really want to see any truly scary horror movies in my life. I can read articles about them, but I don't want to see any. I'll tell you why: have you ever pondered what your very last thought before you die will be? I keep thinking, what if I see something horrible in a horror movie that I just can't forget, and THAT is the last thing I think about?? Seriously, this is my reason. I'm scared of that happening.

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Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 06/17/2004 02:18 AM EST

Matt, I can always count on you to cheer me up.

Jason's real face is fantastic.

Chestnuts roasted by Emmaaaaa @ 06/17/2004 03:00 AM EST

Awesome article Matt!
Please review the film Sleepaway Camp one day.

Chestnuts roasted by wack0 @ 06/17/2004 03:08 AM EST

Matt, you failed to mention the fat girl who gets killed on the side of the road simply because . . . well, she's a fat girl on the side of the road. That scene is so funny, the way she eats the banana and how--if I remember--her hitchiking sign turns around into an "F.U." sign. Ice pick to the neck if I remember correctly.
I've kinda felt that 5 was really the underappreciated one of the series. The killer isn't even Jason in that one and man-alive, the death scenes don't get any better. The best being the Michael Jackson clone who lives in the trailer park, gorges on tacos and pizza, then gets killed in the crappiest (no pun intended) outhouse. Anyway, that's the extent of my ramblings for a year or so.

Chestnuts roasted by inkmage @ 06/17/2004 04:05 AM EST

Matt, you might not like Jason takes Manhattan, but that scene of Jason on Times Square is priceless! One of the best scenes in any Friday the 13th if you ask me.

Chestnuts roasted by Sjoerd @ 06/17/2004 04:19 AM EST

Inkmage -- good call, good death scene. Random ugly banana-eating chicks usually make good death scenes.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 06/17/2004 07:57 AM EST

I am going to have to agree with you, Matt. This was my favorite Friday the 13th. Part one was his mom, part 2 he just had the stupid sack over his head...part 3 he finally gets the mask, which deserves honorable mention, but still didn't have quite the shock factor of part 4. Part 5 wasn't even him, and part 6 is where the series took the turn to the supernatural. The first 4 films just seemed to have more of the suspense angle.

Absolutely awsome review!

Chestnuts roasted by Stilewalker @ 06/17/2004 08:21 AM EST

Oh, I almost forgot...Tommy going bat-shit crazy and hacking the crap out of Jason was the greatest scene ever. Every horror movie has the surprise jump ending with the monster not quite dead yet, and Tommy was ready for it. He saw that twitch and just started hacking away with that crazed look in his eye. My friends and I cheered during that scene because it was what we always wanted to happen at the end of all the horror movies.

Chestnuts roasted by Stilewalker @ 06/17/2004 08:26 AM EST

I've always felt sort of neutral about the Friday films, though I always loved the character of Jason. I liked the killings and all, but my bloodlust always wanted more of them, the more brutal, the better.

Hey Matt, have you ever seen any of those Itallian horror flicks from the 70's and early 80's? There some gems out there. Dario Argento did a couple of good ones. Deep Red (the film that apparently inspired John Carpenter to do Halloween. Even the theme music is slightly similar)is creepy and bloody all at once, and Suspiria is a spooky and suspensful film, with one of the most brutal onscreen murders I have ever seen in my life, and keep in mind this was made in 1977.

I never saw Friday The 13th part 2, but I may have to check it out sometime. And part 4 definitely was an exceptional entry in the series.

Chestnuts roasted by Number5 @ 06/17/2004 08:49 AM EST

Suddenly, I understand why WWE had Glen Jakobs shave his head for the Kane demasking.... It's still idiotic, but at least I see why now.

Chestnuts roasted by Creature SH @ 06/17/2004 09:28 AM EST

I saw this one when I was about the age that Corey is in the film and I remember identifying with the character. I was a bit of a strange kid too. So the way I saw it, it was like I killed Jason. Go me! Although, given that logic I guess I also threw my career away and did too many episodes of Hollywood Squares. Boo me!

Chestnuts roasted by Blah...blah @ 06/17/2004 09:41 AM EST

I HATE horror movies, and I can't stand watching them (though reading these articles are okay).

However, somewhat oddly, I have actually seen the end of this flick. It must have been on TV or something.

And yes, the ambiguous ending was cool...

Chestnuts roasted by Cameron @ 06/17/2004 10:49 AM EST

They don't make them that that anymore

Chestnuts roasted by SuperStar @ 06/17/2004 11:05 AM EST

I think more horror movies need the 'National Guard come' plot element like in Monster Squad (better late than never) and Jason Goes to Hell (I always wanted that to happen).

Imagine how much better House of 1000 Corpses would have made you feel if the 'Guard came and dealt with things.

Chestnuts roasted by Cannibalizer @ 06/17/2004 11:16 AM EST

how did jason get a hokey mask and a misety?

...Indeed, how did he acquire that misety? I think we have all wondered that at one time or another. I'm not so sure about the hokey pokey either.

Chestnuts roasted by Blah...blah @ 06/17/2004 11:43 AM EST

This was my personal favorite out of all of them too. But i personally think that all of them suck except 4, 6, and freddy vs. jason. but yet again an opinion. Great article but the nightmare on elm street series is so much better then the friday on 13th series.

Chestnuts roasted by woodennikle @ 06/17/2004 11:45 AM EST

Don't harsh too mightily on "House," it was supposed to be a big hunk o'cheese. Now, if ol' Rob would remake "Manos," that would rule like twelve inches! "Final Chapter" was cool for all the reasons stated, but my personal favorite was "New Blood." Just something about girls with telekinesis who accidentally kill their daddys and bring undead killers back to the land of moving parts that piques my interest.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 06/17/2004 12:00 PM EST

Well, Marc, Jason got his machette in Friday the 13th Part 2. It is his weapon of choice because his mother used it to get revenge on a group of camp counselors who neglected to save her son from drowning (This all happened in Part 1). She was ultimately killed by her own weapon, and in Part 2, we learn that her little boy, Jason, actually survived the drowning and grew up in the wild. All he thinks about is revenge for what happened to him, and after his mother is killed, he stops at nothing to get revenge on the councelors.
He got the trademark hockey mask in Friday the 13th Part 3, when a group of teenagers decide to go to a summer cottage for a weekend of fun. One of the teenagers, Shelly (Shelly is a guy, by the way) decides to play practical jokes on his friends to amuse himself. He first fakes his own death, and everyone gets mad at him for pulling a sick joke like that. He doesn't learn his lesson, and he decides to jump out of the water at one of his friends, Vera, wearing, you guessed it, a hockey mask. He is trying to get her to like him, but he only succeeds in making her mad. She tells him to buzz off and he stalks off only to run into Jason who makes short work of him. Jason then puts on the hockey mask and finds Vera out on a dock trying to fish Shelly's wallet out of the water (she had dropped it in). She of course just thinks that it is Shelly under the mask, and is taken completely by surprise when Jason does his work. He then proceeds to wear the mask for the rest of the movie, and for the rest of the series for that matter, terrorizing teenagers that engage in unwholesome activities.

Although your only ten, I was about that age when I started watching these movies. Don't worry, Marc, as long as these movies make money, they will keep making them.

Oh, and get the Freddy doll, Freddy is cooler looking.

Chestnuts roasted by Stilewalker @ 06/17/2004 12:02 PM EST

Go easy on him, Blah...Blah, he's 10.

Chestnuts roasted by Stilewalker @ 06/17/2004 12:04 PM EST

Freddy got the sweater and the hat at a store. There were the clothes he was wearing when he was caught by the townsfolk and thrown in the boiler. They did burn up, his whole body burned up, but he manifests himself in peoples dreams using that scary image of himself.

Chestnuts roasted by Stilewalker @ 06/17/2004 12:07 PM EST

Yeah...Stile...I know it was probably a little harsh. Sorry Marc. BTW I thought the Jason toy was cooler, but then it probably has something to do with me liking Jason better. Hmmm tough call.

Chestnuts roasted by Blah..blah @ 06/17/2004 12:37 PM EST

I bought this movie on VHS for $2 at my local flea market like 3 years ago. It still holds up strong.

Chestnuts roasted by BaronVonHotPants @ 06/17/2004 12:49 PM EST

If Mattell can make Star Trek, I Love Lucy, and Fay Wray Barbie Dolls, why not Barbie dressed up as Jason and/or Freddy? That would be odd enough to make me buy one.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 06/17/2004 12:51 PM EST

I have some friends who are so obsessed with this movie that its disgusting. They used to constantly quote the "dead fuck" lines as well as "Ted, where's the corkscrew?" My friend John was literally in love with the character of Ted. Ted is played by this actor, Lawrence Monoson. John declared himself to be a "Monosexual" and would constantly pause the DVD at the moment where Ted takes off his clothes to go skinny dipping. I was glad to see that Matt discovered this treasure of a film for himself.

Chestnuts roasted by Revoltingslave @ 06/17/2004 12:56 PM EST

I'm still partial to Part I, if only for the memories it triggers. Plus, Kevin Bacon dying and all that. II and IV would be close after that, and I think Jason Goes To Hell is a bit better than many admit.

Chestnuts roasted by Crimson Guard @ 06/17/2004 01:00 PM EST

I read that in the next installment
of jason vs. freddy, there is going to be a cameo from one ASH. It said it might even be jason vs. freddy vs. ash. man that would be good.

Chestnuts roasted by zombone @ 06/17/2004 01:02 PM EST

Great review. My favorite Jason is definitely IV.

Zombone- Bruce Campbell's website say that the Ash cameo is completely fabricated. But I would rejoice if that were the case.

Chestnuts roasted by Chris @ 06/17/2004 01:17 PM EST

Bright Noah - You're one to talk about typos.... and you only typed out three sentences. Nice.

Chestnuts roasted by Niles @ 06/17/2004 01:34 PM EST

Thanks! I can never read enough about Corey Feldman. He is my favorite Corey, beating out both Corey Haim and Corey 'I wear my sunglasses at night' Hart.

Chestnuts roasted by Sweetie @ 06/17/2004 01:39 PM EST

I know I'm a horrible typer. But way back when Matt first started the blog he said that if anybody finds a mistake to post it so he could go fix it.

Sweetie, check out the movie the lost boys. It is a vampire movie with Corey Feldman in it and also the other Corey. I think it is Corey Haim but I"m not sure.

Chestnuts roasted by Bright Noah @ 06/17/2004 02:06 PM EST

Did anyone watch The Surreal Life w/ Corey Feldman, Gabrielle Carteris (Andrea from 90210), Vince Neil, and MC Hammer? Corey Feldman is the tooliest tool who ever tooled. Delusions of granduer, narcissism, and too many weepy moments to count. You haven't lived until you've seen a bleached Feldman crying behind his Michael Jackson sunglasses. He even convinced his girlfriend to marry him on the season finale. They somehow got Hugh Heffner to show up. What a wacked out show. There are some great recaps at tellevisionwithoutpity.com, if anyone is interested.
Well, after making this movie, I'm not surprised that he's screwed up.

Well, now we know where the title for yesterdays Blog update came from. The Superbowl of self-abuse, indeed.

Crispin Glover always makes me think of Danny Glover, which makes me think of the Lethan Weapon movies, which makes me think of the Loaded Weapon movies, which makes me think of Emilio Estevez. Mmmm, Emilio...

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 06/17/2004 02:26 PM EST

Good to see Voorhees make his X-E debut. Well, if you don't count the dummy from the Halloween House article at least.

Chestnuts roasted by Jason Fan @ 06/17/2004 04:36 PM EST

Good review and I always a big fan of the bloody death scenes.

Chestnuts roasted by Caylor @ 06/17/2004 05:18 PM EST

it wont load for me.....

Chestnuts roasted by Scourge @ 06/17/2004 05:54 PM EST

I don't know which is creepier, the fact that you put a reference to the movie Ghost in this article, or the fact that I recognized it.

Never been a big fan of horror flics, but your reviews always crack me up. Great job once again Matt.

Chestnuts roasted by Beerstalker @ 06/17/2004 06:55 PM EST

Oy, remind me not to eat while looking through this site!

I've never seen either the Friday the 13th movies, or the Nightmare on Elm Street ones, but this review definitely makes me want to see more Jason. You did an awesome job, Matt. For a dead fuck, that is.

Chestnuts roasted by T.G. @ 06/17/2004 08:07 PM EST

This is fan-bloody-tastic. I love this flick so much. Thanks for the animation of the Crispin Glover dance sequence. I thought I was the only one who recognized the pure spectacle of it. And without further ado, Jessie Spano rates the F13 films:

1. Part 3; 2. Final Chapter; 3. Part 2; 4. Part 1; 5. A New Beginning; 6. Jason Lives; 7. The New Blood; 8. Jason Goes to Hell; 9. Jason Takes Manhattan; 10. Jason X

Chestnuts roasted by Jessie Spano @ 06/17/2004 08:41 PM EST

it loads now... my computer is random

Chestnuts roasted by Scourge @ 06/17/2004 11:06 PM EST

I think Huzzahs are in order for this article! The FINAL CHAPTER was Tony the Tiger "grrrrreat!" and our review surpasses all that I could imagine regarding it! Can't believe I've been coming to this site since you took over x-wrestling.com! It always makes my day, no matter if there's a new article or I can search for older ones! Thanks for putting a brighter side on most of my days Matt!

~Slowly walking down the hall,
faster than a cannon ball,
where were you while we were getting high?

Chestnuts roasted by Mugzy. . . @ 06/18/2004 02:14 AM EST

Oh, and has anyone played the game for original NES? Damn thing was a pain in the arse to beat! Still bringing back the memories Matt! This would make a better TV show than That 80s Show ever imagined!

I'm like Che Guevara with bling on
I'm complex
I never claimed to have wings on

Chestnuts roasted by Mugzy. . . @ 06/18/2004 02:24 AM EST

Meh. I still think Jason Lives is the best Jason movie.

Chestnuts roasted by Maxx @ 06/18/2004 10:11 AM EST

I hated that goddamn nintendo game. Even with Game Genie codes it's a pain in the ass to beat, which means they made the game TOO FREAKIN HARD, and the ending was NOT worth the effort.

I'm pretty much torn between which F13 movie I liked more-3 or Final Chapter. If I was actually able to you know, watch 3 in 3-D like it was originally done in theatres, it would win though.

The DVDs in the new Paramont released boxed set will be better but they're not exactly as special as we wanted them-only some have cut scenes, only some have extras, and the discs are two siders.

Keep in mind since it's paramont no Jason Goes to Hell or Jason X(which both sucked ass anyway) or Freddy vs. Jason(which you gotta review, Matt-they're two childhood icons facing off!).

Chestnuts roasted by CaseyJones @ 06/18/2004 11:08 AM EST

Freddy from Scooby-Doo vs Jason from Battle of the Planets.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 06/18/2004 11:55 AM EST

Excellent review for a truly iconic horror film.

Chestnuts roasted by Crimson @ 06/18/2004 04:16 PM EST

Excellent review for a truly iconic horror film.

Chestnuts roasted by Crimson @ 06/18/2004 04:16 PM EST

Matt, I've just recently discovered this site and i just want to say that you have brought back a flood of great memories to me. Keep up the great work! on another note, now that you've reviewed a Friday the 13th movie, how about reviewing the old FT13 nintendo game? you could do a lot with it. take care

Chestnuts roasted by Clint @ 06/18/2004 04:54 PM EST

I'm sure I'll get to that game eventually, but I'd like to give it the "Jaws" treatment and make sure I hit all of the points -- that game's a little tougher, so experiencing every last nuance again will take a bit longer.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 06/18/2004 04:56 PM EST

Yeah...to borrow a quote from Maddox's site, that game is harder than nipples on a blind lesbian in a fish market. I never got very far in it because someone was always being attacked by Jason and it was always on the other side of the camp. Plus, most of your counselors were a bunch of suck-ass pussies except for two of them...and you never wanted to use them right away in the game...but if you didn't, Jason would always go after them...cripes that's another flood of memories to my brain. that game was a bitch. yeah good luck writing that one up. take care.

Chestnuts roasted by Clint @ 06/18/2004 08:02 PM EST

Okay kids, this is where I mark out and get all fan boy on your asses. I am a huge Friday the 13th fan. Matt is dead on the money with part 4. Of course for my money there is nothing better than Friday the 13th Part 3-D on DVD where it's not in 3-D! Imagine crappy site gags such as: Yo-yo in the face, snake jumps out to bite you, and popcorn in the face! WOW! You have no idea how crappy this all is without the added benefit of 3-D.
Top 5 Part 3-D moments
5. Jason gets his hockey mask.
4. Shelly: Shelley is the fat, curly haired prankster who gets no play and then dies horribly in a "would have been cool if I didn't see the string", death scene.
3. Jason rapes the lead heroine. (well not actually but, it's implied)
2.The cheesy disco remix of the Friday theme that runs during the credits. If this is not enough for you to run out and cop this disc, nothing will.
1.THE BARN OF DOOM: Every freakin' person who walks into this barn bites it. There is no logical explanation for it. No one can resist going into this barn. I don't even know how the makers of this installment could justify so many deaths in this stinky old barn. It must be seen to be believed.

Hopefully, with the Friday the 13th boxset (chapters 1-8) we will get some cool extras. However I doubt we'll see part 3-D anytime soon. I guess a boy can dream. Matt you have done well.

Chestnuts roasted by Gerald James @ 06/18/2004 10:36 PM EST

How can you not mention Doug's wonderfully campy, brutally distubing death scene? "HE'S KILLING ME! HE'S KILLING ME! OH GOD, HE'S KILLING ME!" That should've made the Top 10.

Chestnuts roasted by Mike C @ 06/19/2004 01:22 AM EST

My fav of all the friday the 13th`s. Strange I know someone who looks like jason in this movie.

Chestnuts roasted by Gurstralius @ 06/20/2004 11:53 AM EST

I can't believe I forgot about the disco remix on part-3. That was the greatest song ever, and if I was to become a pro-wrestler, that would be my entrance theme.

Chestnuts roasted by Casey Jones @ 06/21/2004 11:11 AM EST

I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but in the scene where Jason is Killing Rob (or whatever the flannel guy's name is) in the basement with the garden kills, Rob is crying out "HE"S KILLING ME..ARGGHHH!," as if Trish didn't realize that by seeing Jason school that deviant.

Chestnuts roasted by Mark P @ 06/21/2004 01:54 PM EST

check out this Friday the 13th website dedicated to Ted and ol Dead Fuck himself...JIM!!!

http://www.angelfire.com/80s/jimbo_ted/index.html

its got some video clips...funny shit!

Chestnuts roasted by James @ 06/22/2004 01:26 AM EST

I have seen all but one of the jason pics and belive that this one is very well done. at the time i did not belive that is was going to be the last one. I can even remember taking my Mom to see this one and she said that there would be another one. so it was not surprize. Oddly, the only jason flick that i have not seen is PART V. seen VI but not V. no idea why. just havent seen it. maybe I need to get one of theese things that you refer to as a dVd player. whatever that is.

Chestnuts roasted by Kastoran @ 06/22/2004 09:28 AM EST

Graduation Day is a memorable movie. Even more so when you considered I just saw it.

So why is the trophy shaped like a hard boiled egg?

Chestnuts roasted by dfgjsfjg @ 06/22/2004 06:15 PM EST

Part V is a ripoff it's not even Jason in it...it's some guy who gets pissed cuz his son is killed by another mental patient so he goes on a killing spree. However there is lots of sex and killings

Chestnuts roasted by James @ 06/23/2004 12:18 AM EST

I still think you should review the Children of the Corn where a homeless man steals corn and eats it raw. I'm guessing it's the third entry in the series.

Chestnuts roasted by gonchar @ 06/23/2004 01:11 AM EST

Hey Matt,

Do a review on Jason goes to Hell. I just want to see your view on it. And after that maybe "Freddy vs Jason" ?

Chestnuts roasted by Tyson @ 07/08/2004 05:36 PM EST

Hey Matt,

Do a review on Jason goes to Hell. I just want to see your view on it. And after that maybe "Freddy vs Jason" ?

Chestnuts roasted by Tyson @ 07/08/2004 05:36 PM EST

I absolutley love this one. Not only because of the crispin glover scene with that song i cant get out of my head (no way! not toniiight! no wayyyy!) But when corey feldman is playin frickin ZAXXON! Like they really sell crossover patch cords at the local crystal lake general store mom...

Chestnuts roasted by Jerome @ 07/19/2004 05:49 PM EST

Why don't u people just get over it Jason will never die i'm willing 2 bet money there will be another final chapter

Chestnuts roasted by Findo @ 10/19/2004 08:30 AM EST

this movie was the gayest friday the 13th that i ever saw besides the nudity the movies concept really easn't all that intriguing to me i thought that the movie had no source of fright to it what so ever so in conclusion the movie sucked ass

Chestnuts roasted by marc @ 10/26/2004 06:18 PM EST