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Summary: Friday The 13th Part 3 (1982)
Review: Seems as though the fans of the whole Friday The 13th franchise can never get enough. In 1982, director Steve Miner brought us another sequel entitled, Friday The 13th Part 3, Steve Miner's second turn in directing a Friday The 13th film, his first being 1981's Friday The 13th Part 2.
In this horrifying chapter, which starts off by showing what happened at the end of the second film, Jason (played by Richard Brooker) goes on to feed on more victims. Now, this sequel is sort of a continuation of the last film, just like Halloween 2 continued on from the first Halloween. First, Jason stumbles onto a married couple named Harold and Edna. Harold is an insecure man, who allows his b*tch of a wife order him around. Edna watches the news and find out about the murders from the second film (when this film is actually taking place only a day after the second film). At that moment, Harold comes running into the house to "make a call to nature". He finishes his bathroom business, but he hears a strange noise coming from outside the bathroom door. He opens the door and Jason knocks him off, where Jason then kills Edna.
The next morning, a van pulls up into a nice looking neighborhood. Inside the van are Chris Higgins (played by Dana Kimmell), Debbie (played by Tracie Savage), Andy (Jeffrey Rogers), Shelley (played by Larry Zerner), and potheads, Chuck (played by David Katims) and Chili (played by Rachel Howard). They are on their way to Chris' family cabin in Camp Crystal Lake for the weekend. Right now, they're stopping to pick up Vera Sanchez (played by Catherine Parks), a girl who is going along as a date for Shelley. Shelley is very insecure about his looks and weight. In order for him to get people to like him, he has to scare the ever-loving sh*t out of them.
The friends pull up to the cabin, where Chris is greeted by her boyfriend, Rick (played by Paul Kratka). After another Shelley-scaring-the-hell-out-everyone joke, Vera and Shelley drive off to the grocery store to get some food for the weekend, where they have a run-in with three bikers named, Ali (played by Nick Savage), Loco (played by Kevin O'Brien), and Fox (played by Gloria Charles). Shelley pays them back with revenge, but not before the bikers follow them back to the cabin, where they plan to set the kids' barn on fire. Before they even have a chance to burn the place, Jason takes care of business with the three of them.
That night, Chris and Rick go for a long ride, just to catch up on things. Chris hasn't seen Rick for two years, since she hadn't gone back until now. Her reason: she was attacked by Jason and nearly killed by him. As she tells Rick the story of her terrifying ordeal, their car breaks down, `causing them to walk back to the cabin.
At the cabin, Debbie and Andy have a little fun in the sac, until Debbie goes to get a shower. Andy goes for a beer, but is evilly greeted by Jason. Debbie finishes her shower and goes to bed, but she is then killed by Jason. Shelley again scares the crap out of Vera, this time where an old goalie mask. He goes off into the barn, all hurt from the way Vera yelled at him. But Shelley does not come back out; Jason comes out, wearing the goalie mask. He finds Vera and shows her how to play darts with just her left eye.
Chuck and Chili also greet their demise. Chris and Rick return, but Rick is suddenly killed by Jason. Chris is all alone to battle Jason. She battles him in the barn. As she battles Jason, Ali suddenly appears to be alive. He tries to help Chris out, but Jason really finishes him off. As he kills Ali, Chris grabs an axe and jams it into Jason's forehead. He drops down to the ground and appears to be dead. It is then where Chris realizes that Jason is the one who attacked her all those years ago.
Chris then goes off into a canoe and falls asleep. She wakes up and is relieved to find that morning has arrived. She finds Jason still alive and is running after her. As she tries to sail away with the canoe, she finds that she was only hallucinating. But at that moment, Mrs. Voorhees' dead body jumps up out of the lake and grabs Chris violently and pulls her underneath the water. But Chris is lucky to find that it was only dream. Chris is unlucky in the fact that she has gone completely mental from this whole ordeal.
I told you twice before: no more camping until Jason is finished having his fun. But watch Friday The 13th Part 3, if you've enjoyed the first two films.
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Summary: better than part 2, but still.....
Review: "friday the 13th part 3" was a better movie than part 2 was, but that still doesn't say much at all. this film will be always remembered as the first film in which jason gets his infamous hockey mask, his trademark. but that's about all this film has that's worth remembering. as a die hard fan of the series (i own them all) i honestly can say that i can watch this one without complaining about how awful the acting was, or the script, or the direction, or anything for that matter. friday 3 was a decent enough of an entry in the fact that it makes the second one look like complete garbage (which it was) but it still doesn't reach the genious of the original. by now we all know that jason is the killer and the only suspense (if any) that's left is the question of who will get it next and how will it be given to them? and one can't help but wonder what the eventual climax will bring. Jason's death (if that's even possible)? not in this one (or any other for that matter), no this one has jason getting hanged and his neck supposedly breaking and even getting a machete to the head, but that's still not enough to do it. friday 3 should've been part 2 and part 2 should've simply been thrown away. all friday 3 is is part 2 except jason has the mask...that's about it. part 4 is much better.
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Summary: "Let the bodies hit the floor...!"
Review: "Friday the 13th, Part 3" will go down in history as the very first time Jason appears with his trademark hockey mask. The acting was okay, except Rachel Howard, who played Chilli, did an extremely bad job when her death scene came. Richard Brooker had had the honor of playing Jason Voorhees, and he was really good at it, but still, he's no Kane Hodder. If you buy this all-new on VHS or DVD the picture looks very new and up-to-date, but after you watch it a few times then it starts look more 80's style. Jason was extremely ugly (not that he isn't in the other movies) and that is what also conjured up some serious thrills, because you never know when he's gonna whip his mask up and show you his grotesque face! The script was pretty clever, and I thought such lines like "that teaches a valuable lesson, a pretty girl like you should never be out in the dark alone" (Shelly said this after he jumped out of the water at Vera, wearing his hockey mask) or "between you and Shelly I'm lucky I haven't had a heart attack yet" (quoted by Chuck after he got out of the "toilet" smoking yet another joint), were so important (along with a few others), that without them, this movie would be a wreck. I don't know why, I just do. Jason's key weapon is, in fact, the machete, which is his key weapon in "Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives", "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday", "Jason X", and "Freddy vs. Jason" (which will be in theatres sometime in 2003. And finally, the body count was high enough and plenty gory. In conclusion, "Friday the 13th, Part 3" will make a nice addition to your collection, it did in mine.
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Summary: Saturday the 14th?
Review: "Why do they keep going back?!" you say. "Why do we keep building million dollar homes in earthquake prone southern California?". We just do. The bigger question is "If you're the police and a woman is attacked and you don't find her killer, wouldn't you kinda let people know or something?" Not at Crystal Lake. And so begins the third chapter of the little series that could. Paramedics haul off Ginny (Part 2) and Jason pulls the machete from his shoulder and scurries away for more carnage.This is my least favorite in terms of the "Why?" factor. Why is one of the girls pregnant? Wait. I know WHY she's pregnant; it just makes the filmmakers seem that much more vulgar when she is killed. Why, in the flashback scene, is Jason wearing his current clothes even though the flashback was several years ago and he didn't get the black jumpsuit until the beginning of this movie? Why does Jason apparently shave his head between Part 2 (which happens the night before) and Part 3? Why would you spend money on an expensive 3-D process and then leave the wires that control the snake, knife, eyeball, and harpoon visible? Wouldn't it be Saturday? Other than that, it's okay. What Steve Miner misses in continuity he makes up for during the chase scenes which are some of the best in the series. My biggest complaint is the complaint that I have of all the DVDs. Few extras and the cut print. This is particularly irritating this time out because of the alternate ending. In the alternate ending Chris wakes up in the canoe the next morning and goes back to the cabin. When she opens the door Jason is standing there and cuts her head clean off her shoulders!
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Summary: My Favorite of the Series
Review: "Friday the 13th Part 3" is my favorite of the entire series. Of course there is the obligatory killing and naked women running around, but I think the best part of this film is the 3-D effects that were used back in the early 80's when 3-D movies were popular. Even though the film technically isn't in 3-D anymore, the gags used to make the 3-D effect are hilarious. The humor alone makes this film worth seeing. I would highly recommend watching this film if you want a scare and a good laugh!
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Summary: better than part 2, but still.....
Review: "friday the 13th part 3" was a better movie than part 2 was, but that still doesn't say much at all. this film will be always remembered as the first film in which jason gets his infamous hockey mask, his trademark. but that's about all this film has that's worth remembering. as a die hard fan of the series (i own them all) i honestly can say that i can watch this one without complaining about how awful the acting was, or the script, or the direction, or anything for that matter. friday 3 was a decent enough of an entry in the fact that it makes the second one look like complete garbage (which it was) but it still doesn't reach the genious of the original. by now we all know that jason is the killer and the only suspense (if any) that's left is the question of who will get it next and how will it be given to them? and one can't help but wonder what the eventual climax will bring. Jason's death (if that's even possible)? not in this one (or any other for that matter), no this one has jason getting hanged and his neck supposedly breaking and even getting a machete to the head, but that's still not enough to do it. friday 3 should've been part 2 and part 2 should've simply been thrown away. all friday 3 is is part 2 except jason has the mask...that's about it. part 4 is much better.
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Summary: The hockey mask is finally on
Review: "Friday the 13th, Part 3" isn't much different than part 2, but it does introduce a new step in the series that wasn't in the first 2 movies. Jason Voorhees finally has the hockey mask, which he is best known for. Some new camp counselors stay at Camp Crystal Lake and think that they have it made, until Jason shows up as the mysterious killer who will kill anybody in site. The best thing about "Friday the 13th, Part 3" was its new and better special effects. The plot is still pretty much the same, and the killings are just as exciting and well done as ever. This isn't the best movie in the series by far, but it is pretty good. I recommend anybody who likes the Friday the 13th series to get this movie.
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Summary: Another basic repeat in the horror franchise.
Review: "Part III" is nothing more than what the original two films were, and it's less entertaining, in my opinion. Miner seemed to take a novel approach with this one. The B-movie shaky cameras are no-longer existent, making the film somewhat less thrilling. At the same time, the humor that pervades this sequel comes off as corny, rather than funny. Honestly, two dopeheads don't really belong in this series. Save that for "Halloween". This movie started Jason's cult appearance, as he bares his trademark hockey mask and goes after college kids who invade his forest habitat. Contrary to what many fans believe, this one actually takes place at a separate camp ground, Higgins Haven, located just miles down the road from Crystal Lake. And yet somehow, Jason manages to find them and kill them in fashionably violent, if not comical ways. Entertaining still, but the series started to show its limits, and needed to go off in a different direction, which it does starting with the fourth installment. Probably one of the weaker sequels, but a benchmark film nonetheless. It has its moments, and definitely captures the darkness provoked by its predecessors. It just seemed a little too hokey at this point.
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Summary: Steve Miner's Friday the 13th Part 3
Review: (Spoilers?)
This was the one where Jason finally gets his hockey mask. After surviving the events of Part 2, Jason goes to a near by small store and kills a couple. It's sort of odd that he has no hair in this one after he had hair at the end of Part 2. Anyway, Jason makes his way to a cabin in the woods in which teens are staying at. This time he goes after the couple Chris Higgins and Rick, a jokester named Shelly, two girls, two pot smokers, and three bike gangsters. Most of the murders took place in the barn. Even though the climactic chase scene was fairly good, the ending was horrible. In Chris' dream, Jason is alive again with his mask off and runs to out of the barn. At that same time, Mrs. Voorhees pulls Chris under water. How is that possible. Chris didn't even know about Mrs. Voorhees. Not being at Camp Crystal Lake hurt this film. This series just didn't have the same magic as the Halloween Series...
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Summary: Voorhees A Jolly Good Maniac, That Nobody Can Deny
Review: .... Jason Voorhees gets up off his rear from shortly after number two and gets rid of the bag, that was kind of a lame mask anyway and I think Steve Miner knew that. Steve did an average job on number two, but nothing close to this one. He proved that he can do horror well, and he earned my respect. .... if you are going to sit and watch a Friday the 13th movie, you must get used to bad acting! I found that hallarious and totally agreed. The characters in part three reffered to as "the wild bunch" are believable and quite hysterical. I dont always like the characters in all of the Friday films, but these ones were classical and a good type of strange. You got your ... prankster, you got your two lovebirds, you got your two hippie lovebirds, a chick with a terrible past, a country boy, a blind date for the fat... prankster, two durranged adult lovebirds, a motorcycle gang, and an old man on the road completing the dead or alive Ralph character. My favorite character in this movie seems to change over the years, but recently it is Debbie, and or Chuck. I dont know why. Anywho, this one is different from the others, is more conceptive about the creative events and lets you get to know Crystal Lake more.... I thought the funniest part in the movie was after Chuck roughed up the bikers bikes and the the black biker, I think Ali, approached him in his car. You will just have to see what happens then. Crystal Lake has nice greenery and woods, bueatiful sparkling lakes( wouldnt swim in them if you know what I mean )and some of the MOST of the people are nice. The art of this film is to turn a pleasant environment with funny people and nice couples to a living homicidal hell that the residents wish that they hadnt entered. Steve Miner did to the wilderness outdoor country what Alfred Hitchcock did to hotels and showers. Although the MPAA chops his movies up a bit sometimes, Steve Miner is a great director. The simplicity of Friday 3 is as simple as everyday life, that is what makes it and the other Friday movies what they are. This was the best one though, it was a classic, and anyone who says that it is an over used, poorly acted ...fest is not looking hard. This is a classic, you will like. Really. This is also the first one where infamous Jason recieves his hockey mask, that certainly makes it a cant miss. The ending is very well done, see the ending of the first Friday and see how the two endings collide. ....
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