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Summary: Ch Ch Ch, Ha ha ha
Review: Director Steve Miner who later graced us with "House" & "Halloween H2O" is responsible for this entry in the series.
Well, "Friday the 13th Part 2" is a rehash of the original box-office hit. A bunch of young people are butchered one by one by Jason Vorhees, the masked maniac. Although the make-up effects, blood and gore are a little less evident here, it will still satisfy Jason's fans...
Great DVD transfer, the Friday the 13th series never looked better. Finally in WIDESCREEN.
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Summary: Warrington Gillette for President!!!
Review: Reasons to watch "Friday the 13th" part II:Just about the best-looking heroine ever (Amy Steel)
Almost no survivors
Several gory slayings
Only one "jumping cat" false alarm
Nubile skinny-dipping counselor Return appearance by the scary old guy from Part One
One gross decapitated head on a table
Cringe-inducing wheelchair pain
Kevin Bacon nowhere in sight
Scarier than a hockey mask: a torn bag with an eyehole (Now read down the first letter of each line for the best reason)
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Summary: Will the real Jason please standup and die!
Review: Well here we go again with sequels. Friday the 13th should have
ended with this one. What is the point of making more sequels for a movie like this?, except to [getting] people into buying them
I mean how many different ways can our pal Jason hackup dopey
teenagers? how many more times is he going to comeback to life?
(once would have been enuff).
Once again get imaginative Mr.Producers/Director/Film company
need I make a suggestion?
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Summary: Friday's 2nd chance!
Review: Another clone of the original,More teens,More sex, more gore, more dull than the original. Friday the 13th part 2 is at times enjoyable ,but not as watchable as the first ,but by the end it gets better...Friday fans will enjoy this sequel.
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Summary: Same as last time, hold the Bacon.
Review: So long, Crazy Ralph. I hardly knew you. This one is right up there with the original. It follows the same formula as Friday the 13th; 45m. to meet everyone, 20m. to kill everyone, then another 20m. for the heroine to battle with the revealed killer. If you thought the first one worked, you'll think this one does too. This one does have a few things going for it that the first one doesn't. Steve Miner does an excellent job with the murder set pieces, blowing away anything in the first film. The ending duel is much more elaborate and the heroine is much smarter this time around. "You've done your job well, and mommy is pleased."
The burlap sack rules the school. It does a better job of making you wonder just what is under there. And by the way can we get a consensus as to just when this movie takes place? Is it five years or five months after the first one? The DVD has a nice enough transfer considering that Paramount probably stores these movies in dank, wet cellar and hopes that they'll get ruined by flood damage. Again, this is the cut version. No alternate endings(Mrs. Voorhees opens her eyes!)Why? I don't even ask that you put the restored scenes in the movie, just use them as extras. Please. I'll buy you an ice cream. Good for a rental if you're bored. Buy it if you like slashers. Wait for a better version if you love slashers.
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Summary: If only they'd stayed away from Camp!
Review: After the great Friday the 13th we have the even greater Friday the 13th part 2. This movie uses humour as well as teen terror. The comedical element makes it unique from the others in the series. After the events at Camp Crystal Lake, a training camp on the same route has opened and counsellors arrive for a summer of fun! So who are these counsellors - who have given up their summer to play victim to Jason Vorhees? Ginny - a girl next door type who in some ways is very similar to Alice in Friday the 13th but has more girl power. Alice may have defeated Mrs Vorhees but can Ginny take on Jason? Paul - the mastermind who opened the training center ignoring any rumours linked to Camp Crystal. He and Ginny look foward to a summer of passion.....is that what they'll get? Sandra and Jeffrey - the perfect couple. Camp is a chance to be together and to investigate Camp Crystal. Will they disturb the peaceful Camp and awaken the evil? Should they have listened to Crazy Ralph? Terri, Mark, Vicky and Ted - more camp counsellors who have entered the biggest death trap. Will camp be the greatest experience? or will they be saying their prayers before sundown? Alice - she defeated Mrs Vorhees and was the only survivor at Camp Blood - will she be so lucky this time round? Friday the 13th part 2 has become my favourite Friday film. The humour element made this movie a cracker! The situations and things that happen can be so stupid and you'd say 'why did you do that...are you stupid?' and thats what makes Friday 2 so great! Every horror needs a slice of comedy. It is so entertaining and has continued the terror with style.
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Summary: One of the worst of the series.
Review: Jason's first actual outing features him going after a group of counselors at Camp Crystal Lake. This second entry is mostly dull with only the occasional bit of T&A and slasher action to liven things up. Did I mention Jason wears a burlap sack over his head here?
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Summary: Friday the 13th Pt.II
Review: In this 1981 sequel to FRIDAY THE 13TH, Paul Holt and his girlfriend Ginny open a Counselor's training camp on the other side of Crystal Lake, where the so-called "Friday the 13th" murders were committed 5 years ago. But, two months after the murders, the survivor disappeared. Legend has it that the killer's dead child, Jason Voorhees came back for revenge. Ignoring what townspeople say, they go about their business, only to learn that the legend is true... This film wasn't that bad. Sure, this is the one that introduced us to Jason Voorhees, played by actor Warrington Gillette, who got the role after failing to land a speaking role. But, the addition of bad acting and bad dialouge hurt this film. But, unlike the sequels that had bad acting and bad dialouge, it also seemed like it was made all the way back in the 60's. Not a bad movie, but better sequels would follow.
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Summary: As good as the first
Review: Knock a star off this review if you don't like slasher movies. It's not a great movie per se, but for what it is, a sequel to a highly successful low-budget horror flick, it's not bad. This appeared less than a full year after the original Friday, and in some ways it certainly seems rushed. The film has a brisker pace than the original. It also clocks in at only 87 minutes, including an extended pre-title credits sequence that includes plenty of flashback to Part I. Again, it feels a bit rushed, but to be honest, at least things get moving down to the nitty-gritty of the stalking pretty quickly. This is the film that really introduces us to Jason Voorhees, the maniacal killer of, oh, about 8 more movies. Part 2 takes place 5 years after the original slaughter. A group of counselors are opening up a camp on another part of Crystal Lake, not far from the camp where the murders in the first film took place. They sit around the campfire and talk about the Jason "legend", try to scare each other, and then dismiss it as a legend. Smart, right? Well, it doesn't take long for a grown-up Jason to wander his woods and start offing most of the cast. He wears a sack over his distorted face; it wouldn't be until Part 3 that he would acquire the famous hockey mask. There are more murders in this installment, and bloodier ones. Apparently though, this film had to be cut just under 10(!) times in order to avoid an X rating by the MPAA. Which brings me to the DVD release of this and all of the Friday films for that matter. What gives?! Paramount should be well aware of the MASSIVE fan base for these films. Most die-hards know that there were many cuts to this and all of the Friday films, yet we have yet to see any restoration on video, laserdisc, or DVD in America. The list price for these DVDs is not cheap, and yet Paramount cannot be bothered doing anything with them, except including one rather cheesy theatrical trailer. It's quite obvious that all of the murders are cut for gore. The MPAA really went to work on the slasher genre around this time, yet I've seen much, much worse blood and gore in countless "action" films. (Check Robocop from 1987, and then watch Friday the 13th Part 6 or 7 from around the same years and compare.) Anyone who reads around the internet knows that there are cut scenes in these films AND that there is a market for uncut, deluxe DVDs for the Friday films. So would Paramount please do justice to this series that made them so much money? If you own the videos though, the DVDs are certainly an improvement on sound and picture. They could still be better. The transfers are good but not spectacular, and the soundtracks could be much better. Strong points for this film include my favorite Friday heroine--the resourceful Ginny. The writers tried to inject a little bit more Jason story into this one, but again, it all seems a bit rushed to cash in on the popularity of the original. The film has a pretty creepy atmosphere once Jason gets up to his old antics, including hiding under some bedsheets to pop up and surprise a female victim, as well as the (again, cut) double-impalement on the bed. The ending is creepy as well...what happened to Paul? Or Jason for that matter? All in all, Friday fans will probably pick this up just because, but Paramount should really go to work on this series and finally do it right for release.
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Summary: "Killer" movie
Review: Ahh yes, the beginning of Jason's killing spree. I think part 2 is better than the first, simply because I am a Jason fan, and nobody can compare to him in the Slasher genre. You may notice that later on in the series the whole summer camp atmosphere is lost due to the fact that Camp Blood is closed down (I wonder why?). Well, the first 2 movies take place entirely in this camp environment, which is what makes them great. Jason is ruthless, and this movie is ruthless. Stupid kids get slaughtered one by one in glorious early 80's slasher style. Be prepared for: throat slashings, hangings, hammer in the back of the head, machette in the face, double your pleasure, double your impalement, severed head, axe ripping flesh open, and more. Don't mess with Jason! Although not nearly as gory as part 3, 4, or 9. 2 is still a classic.
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