Thursday, July 04, 2024

Movie review - "Friday the 13th Part 5: A New Beginning" (1985) *1/2 (warning: spoilers)

 Bless the idealism - they made a genuine sequel, with Corey Feldman's character returning grown up (Corey has a cameo at the beginning) and tell a story where the killer isn't Jason, but inspired by Jason. Boo. No emotional connection. They try for a different character with the traumatised guy.

There's a comic fatty (brutally killed by a random killer who then disappears), some comic rednecks, quite a large cast, too many non teens, actors taking the piss when they should've been focused on doing their jobs, a woman who had to be fully nude in broad daylight in the middle of a forrest. They use again the device of a small kid - he's black and there's a few other black characters (one killed on the toilet) so there's points for diversity.

A good movie inside struggling to get out - the idea of a camp of psychologically scarred teens is great, but not really developed. Some flashes of interest but it doesn't really work.


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