Stuart Vyse, a psychology professor at Connecticut College, told USA Today that 13 guests are believed to have attended the Last Supper the night before Jesus was killed. The disciple who betrayed Jesus is believed to have been the 13th guest. Plus, Jason actually dies twice himself.Michael Bailey, a history professor at Iowa State University who specializes in the origins of superstitions, told USA Today in 2015 that ever since Jesus was crucified on a Friday, the day has been associated with "general ill omen." If you ask someone to picture a Friday the 13th movie, the images they’d conjure in their head would look a lot like Jason Lives.Įditor’s note: For the record, Death Count includes every dead person, killed or otherwise, including the killers but excluding dream sequences. In a way, this movie feels more essentially Friday the 13th than the original ever did. Verdict: Admittedly, this one isn’t particularly scary, but Jason Lives is in clear, reverent conversation with the entire franchise, a self-reflexive edge that predates Scream by a decade (“Some folks have a strange idea of entertainment,” one character laments).
(An honorable mention has to go to the final moments of the poor town sheriff, who Jason literally folds in half.) Money Shot: Within his first two minutes back alive, Jason punches a dude’s heart out. Obligatory Plot: After he accidentally reanimates Jason, Tommy (from parts four and five) struggles to warn a nearby summer camp-this time with actual kids. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1988) Here’s our ranking of every Friday the 13th movie:ġ2. Here, on Friday the 13th, is our ranked guide to all 12 movies so far-some surprisingly decent, others so legendarily awful it’s hard to believe they exist (here’s to you, Jason Takes Manhattan!).Īnd we can’t help but wonder-when will we finally get the long-gestating 13th film in the series to bring it up to the total it’s been gunning for all along? The man is epic with a machete, and even in death he still finds a way to keep it going. But after 36 years, 12 movies, more than 200 deaths and adventures that span from space to hell, Jason’s series has carved out a special and enduring place in the legacy of horror cinema and slasher films in particular.īesides, sequel after sequel, Jason’s enduring beef with oversexed teenagers kinda grows on you.
Other than the sheer number of them, the most remarkable thing about the Friday the 13th series is that not a single one is really a spectacular film on its own.
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