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good back-story, and good acting

A Masterpiece!

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

'Friday the 13th' may have been panned by critics when first released but since then it is one of the most famous and influential horror films, the franchise containing one of horror's most iconic villains. The film is popular enough to become a franchise and spawn several sequels of varying quality and generally inferior to the one that started it all of. Liked the first two 'Friday the 13th' films, despite not exactly considering them great, had a very mixed view on this. 'Friday the 13th Part III' leaves a lot to be desired but is it a terrible film? No. It does contain a lot of the faults that the first two films did and makes more without having enough of what made them work. The music score is still eerie and there are a couple of clever death scenes and unsettling moments. There are two halfway decent performances, a quite endearing Dana Kimmell who is also the most expressive of the actors and thankfully creepy Richard Brooker.It's also interesting for being the first film to introduce Jason's famous look. 'Friday the 13th Part III' doesn't have too crude visually, actually having some grit and professionalism. However, the rest of the acting is mostly awful and strains to even strain mediocre at best. Their characters are dim-witted stereotypes that the film tries to develop not so successfully at times through scenes that don't go very far. The script is cheesy and simplistic and the 3D effects were pointless and generally cheap-looking, even for the 80s.Story is not much better, with lots of camp and not enough suspense. The deaths generally are not as creative, there is too much padding and the ending is just weird and not in a good way.Overall, far from bad but far from good too. 5/10 Bethany Cox

Friday the 13th Part III was supposed to be the last of the series after the first two did surprisingly well. The formula changes slightly, moving from counselors to a group of friends relaxing for a weekend near Crystal Lake. No longer do we have to ask "Where are the children?" The movie starts with a recap from the previous film, which is all of the previous film you really need to know to enjoy the movie. It was intended to end the series, so it doesn't cliffhanger you to death. If I'm introducing someone to Friday the 13th, Part II or Part III are my go to flicks. Since it is the movie where Jason gets his iconic hockey mask, it is probably the best entry point for the franchise if you don't want to subject someone to all of the parts before it.

I had decided recently to re-watch all of the Friday the 13th films again because there is a new one coming out this year. Last night I watched number 3 again and I have to say it is just as good as I remember.There is a certain quality in the first few films that slowly dissolved in the later sequels. Jason is back after the events of number 2 and returning to Camp Crystal lake after being away for a little while. The opening scene shows Jason killing 2 shop owners, these are quite nasty killings and it made me jump even though you know whats coming these deaths are still shocking. Fast forwards a few hours and we see a van arriving at Camp Crystal lake. Jason has not come home yet, but you can bet when he does he is not going to like these new visitors. Strange things start to occur and the heroine played by Dana Kimmell knows that something is amiss. As the time goes on, Jason picks off the new counselors one by one and in this Friday the 13th Jason moves around very menacingly, the actor Richard Brooker definitely knew how to use the space around him to the fullest advantage. The rest of the actors were average or below average. I remember a girl in a blue top running up and down stairs very unconvincingly trying to act but it just wasn't coming across well. Overlooking these slight annoyances there is actually a very good slasher film here. The last 20 minutes or so sees Jason and Chris in an exhilarating chase and the ending works really well. I was not expecting his mother to come out of the water! That is something that still made me jump even now and even though I have seen this film years ago that still was a big wow moment. This is definitely not a movie for everyone, but if you do not like this kind of movie then you probably haven't seen the first 2 and you probably wouldn't be reading this review. Make some popcorn, turn out the lights and enjoy! They certainly do not make films like this anymore.

If my reviews for the previous two "Friday the 13th" films seemed overly critical, it's mainly because I know how much fun the franchise can be at its high points and I firmly do believe that those first two films are among the lesser-entries of the series. They're important for starting and building up the mythos. And they are definitely notable in the world of horror. But still... they can just never quite measure up to the insane meta-fun of "Jason Lives." Or the dopey thrills of "Freddy VS Jason."But "Friday the 13th Part III"? (Also sometimes known as "Friday the 13th 3D") This is one of the good ones!Director Steve Miner returns to captain the ship once again this time around, as Jason survives his devastating injury seen at the end of Part 2 and returns to Crystal Lake to hunt down a new group of friends who have arrived to vacation for the weekend. The blood flows red, limbs are sliced away, skulls are smashed into oblivion... now in glorious, dated 1980's 3D!Oh, and the cherry on the top? Jason finally gets his trademark hockey-mask! Huzzah! (Which ain't spoiling anything, trust me.)Part of the great joy of this film is the obvious giddiness of the production. The pacing is quick, there's a lot more attention placed on humor and jokes, the gore is ramped up and director Miner revels in the new ways that the 3D imagery can augment the image on- screen. It's just so charming to see what is obviously a director having a blast exploiting the technology available to him as much as he can. Miner seems like a kid in a candy shot behind the camera in this entry.And on the 3D. It's oh-so-gimmicky to the point of being absolutely delicious. It's used so much that it becomes frankly hilarious, with every-other-shot throwing something right in your face. While this may sound frustrating, when placed in the context of the 1980's, it does have a very endearing nostalgic quality. It's a wonderful little time-capsule of what was "cool" and "hip" back in the day, and the fun memories it brings up add even more to the charm-factor that the movie oozes all too often. (And yes, I did say a horror movie about a psycho undead-killer is charming. Because it is. Very much so.)The script is also pretty darned swell this time, and it is easily and by far the best-written entry of the series until the wonderfully self-aware Part VI. The pacing is near-perfect. There's a lot of really good elements and through-lines that run the course of the film and give it a very solid foundation. And it boasts the best- written characters... perhaps of the whole franchise. You know you did a good job writing a generic slasher movie when the obvious annoying jokester character Shelly (Larry Zerner) actually manages to make you root for him when he "defeats" a group of biker- bullies... and then tugs at your heart-strings a bit when we see him crestfallen after learning his crush might not like him the way he likes her.All this praise being said, it's not a perfect film. The first act is a bit slow to start with a few too many gags that feel contrary to the later portions of the film. Some of the effects are cheesy to the point of taking you out of the film. (I'll just say keep an "eye out" for one particularly bad gore-gag.) And while it is entertaining, I could definitely see some audience members being turned off by the constant "3D comin' at ya!" shots.But all in all, I think "Friday the 13th Part III" is one of the better entries in the franchise. It's the first one to really embrace the idea of being horror-as-entertainment instead of just horror-as-horror. And it's a great little dose of 80's cheese.I give it a pretty-good 7 out of 10.