Monday, July 01, 2024

Movie review - "Friday the 13th Part 4 The Final Chapter" (1984) ***

 It's great to see a few more familiar faces in the series: Crispin Glover as a camper and Corey Feldman as a 12 year old boy.

Joseph Zito, director, tried to make a good movie that hits the beats and this gives you what you need - old lore, new lore, some cool deaths, some deaths that are repeated, attractive cast taking their clothes off and getting killed, lack of logic. The hockey mask. Some hot twins. A character seeking revenge against Jason (such a logical character you wonder why they didn't use that earlier... I also love it how the character he's related to was just some random girl killed having sex and no one important i.e. the final girl from the first film or something). There's a stoner watching a stag film from the 1920s.

Feldman isn't in it much - his sister has a bigger part. But he's in the bonkers vlimax where he shaves his head and hacks into Jason. Having a 12 year old in it gives it more guts as does the fact his mother is killed.

This was a lot of fun.

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