While Friday the 13th films all pretty much suck on some level, part three is slightly more entertaining than most. I give it a 4 out of 10.
Forget scares, 'cause there isn't much of that to be found. What you do get is a pretty efficient demonstration of horror cliches. I found it amusing how cardboard the characters were. One scene features two guys juggling. Two other scenes feature a character walking on his hands. You get the feeling the director asked all the actors what "tricks" they could do, in a desperate attempt to make the characters more interesting. Two of the characters are the stereotypical stoners. One girl is deemed pregnant in a conversation near the beginning- this info sorta distinguishes her from the other women, but the subject is never dealt with again. We are also treated to two scenes of somebody using a toilet, just another time-filling substitute for actual dialogue.
As lame as the characters are written, I don't think the actors are all that bad. Except for Dana Kimmell's sweater-wearin' boyfriend. His acting is very flat. He sucks, but that's what makes him cool.
The unironic script also treats us to two different characters in two scenes saying the same thing ("Where's this coming from?") for different reasons (blood from a body above, water dripping from the floor above). And perhaps the most awkward line is when a girl,speaking of a past run-in with Jason, says "he had a knife... and he attacked me with it!".
It's not a hilarious movie, but is funny at times. If you first saw it as a little kid in the '80s, "nostalgia" can be your ready-made excuse for watching it now. But anybody else watching this has some serious explaining to do.
Forget scares, 'cause there isn't much of that to be found. What you do get is a pretty efficient demonstration of horror cliches. I found it amusing how cardboard the characters were. One scene features two guys juggling. Two other scenes feature a character walking on his hands. You get the feeling the director asked all the actors what "tricks" they could do, in a desperate attempt to make the characters more interesting. Two of the characters are the stereotypical stoners. One girl is deemed pregnant in a conversation near the beginning- this info sorta distinguishes her from the other women, but the subject is never dealt with again. We are also treated to two scenes of somebody using a toilet, just another time-filling substitute for actual dialogue.
As lame as the characters are written, I don't think the actors are all that bad. Except for Dana Kimmell's sweater-wearin' boyfriend. His acting is very flat. He sucks, but that's what makes him cool.
The unironic script also treats us to two different characters in two scenes saying the same thing ("Where's this coming from?") for different reasons (blood from a body above, water dripping from the floor above). And perhaps the most awkward line is when a girl,speaking of a past run-in with Jason, says "he had a knife... and he attacked me with it!".
It's not a hilarious movie, but is funny at times. If you first saw it as a little kid in the '80s, "nostalgia" can be your ready-made excuse for watching it now. But anybody else watching this has some serious explaining to do.