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Friday the 13th Part 3- Steve Miner- ****
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter- Joseph Zito- ****
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning- Danny Steinmann- *** �
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives- Tom McLoughlin- ****
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The Human Centipede II- Tom Six- *** �
Maniac- William Lustig- ****
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Uncle Sam- William Lustig- *** �
Cold Prey- Roar Uthaug- ** �
Dark Night of the Scarecrow- Frank De Felitta- ****
The Exterminator- James Glickenhaus- *** �
The Craft- Andrew Fleming- ***
Straw Dogs- Sam Peckinpah- ****
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Brutal Massacre: A Comedy- Stevan Mena- ****
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Death Wish 3- Michael Winner- **** �
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Reviews
Friday the 13th: The Series: The Inheritance (1987)
Pretty good Pilot Episode
The Inheritance was the pilot episode for Friday the 13th: The series, which only has the name in common with the film series and nothing more. Pilot episodes can sometimes be really tough the biggest problem I have had with some is they move to fast and sort of just throw the characters out there as if we the audience already know them. It's a tough mix of introducing characters as well as the premise without moving too slow and boring the viewer and not moving too fast.
The Inheritance moves at a slow, but good pace. The cursed object premise takes more of a backseat in the pilot episode and focuses more on the characters. Lewis Vendredi played by R.G. Armstrong made a deal with the devil in, which all objects in his store are cursed, but when he tries to go back on that deal he is killed and Ryan Dallion played by John D. LeMay and his cousin by marriage Michelle "Micki" Foster played by Louise Robey (credited only as Robey) than inherit the store unknown at the time that all the objects are cursed. Along the way they meet up with Jack Marshak played by Chris Wiggins who is able to figure out about the cursed objects.
First item they must get back is an old doll they sold. The whole doll plot is a solid if not clichéd one, but overall it works well. The little girl with doll Mary played by an 8-year old Sarah Polley was a little different than what we would later see. Normally it was an evil person with a cursed object or a good person who's urge for power and or greed got the better of them. But in this episode it seems more like the doll sort of possesses Mary.
Bill Taub wrote The Inheritance and overall does a pretty good job at introducing the characters, Ryan and Micki are introduced well and just enough is done to get a feel of what they are like. Jack isn't as develop in this one, but as the season goes on he gets a lot more depth. The main plot with the cursed doll isn't the most interesting object of the series, but again it gets the job done.
William Fruet is the director and does a good job at keeping things interesting, but TV is more about the writers than it is the director where as film is the opposite.
Overall The Inheritance is a mostly solid pilot episode, while not perfect it is an interesting set up and as the season goes on the show would very much improve. Some of the early episodes, while not bad were lacking just slightly, which I suppose can be said about The Inheritance, but seeing as it's only the first episode it's easy to cut some slack.
In closing, The Inheritance is a mostly solid episode and the characters are introduced well. Not the best episode, but pretty good.