Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection (WB)

[Ruemorgue10]

Originally Posted by MassiveMovieBuff

Well, I can't believe I'm about to say this but I just gave part 5 a rewatch since my last viewing as a kid and I actually enjoyed it! Aside from a few really bad characters (the atrociously obnoxious redneck mom and son and the candy bar guy) it's a solid Friday the 13th film IMHO. I think the plot of who the killer is and his motives is pretty stupid though. Geat kills, fantastic nudity and some solid performances. If it had really been Jason I think this one would be much better recieved.

Oh man, I get a kick out of Ethel and Junior!

In fact, all of the stock characters in Part 5 show off the seedy and ugly underbelly of Crystal Lake. You got pyscho rednecks, homeless perverts, leather boys, and cocaine fueled orderlies. Jason and Roy are just the tip of the iceberg in that freakshow of a town lol

[CreasyBear]

My top 3 would be:

Jason Lives
The Final Chapter
Part II

[steev210]

Top 5:

1. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
2. Friday the 13th Part 3
3. Friday the 13th Part 2
4. Friday the 13th
5. Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood

Runner Up:
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

[javy]

For my own personal Friday the 13th holiday, the wife, kids and I rewatched Freddy vs. Jason.

As "Friday" fans we're already aware of Jason's psychological issues before we arrive at this film, but here we, at least I do, really connect with Voorhees on an emotional level. This is easy to when compared with Freddy, the child murderer, who's shown licking the back of the photos of his victims, placing their portraits in his scrapbook.

Jason we know, by way of Part VI: Jason Lives, does not kill children, only the "guilty" who have trespassed his hollowed ground at the behest of his beloved mother. Even here in this film, he goes to Elm Street at the orders of his mother to kill those who have been "naughty".

This may sound a little ridiculous, I mean, I am defending a psychotic lunatic, it's just that I've been partial to the beloved hockey-masked killer since I was just a boy. So, I like to find the "innocence" in him, lol.

With all of that said, the look and the way Voorhees carries himself in this film is ultra-sexy. Those characteristics along with the emotional connection, and the menacing gaze makes this Jason one of the best takes on the character, in my opinion.

My favorite scene in the whole film is right after Freddy is pulled out of the dream world. That shot of Voorhees as he approaches Krueger, who's shaking like a b!+ch, with the heavy-metal score playing is legend, and literally brings a smile to my face everytime I watch the movie

[MassiveMovieBuff]

Originally Posted by Ruemorgue10

Oh man, I get a kick out of Ethel and Junior!

In fact, all of the stock characters in Part 5 show off the seedy and ugly underbelly of Crystal Lake. You got pyscho rednecks, homeless perverts, leather boys, and cocaine fueled orderlies. Jason and Roy are just the tip of the iceberg in that freakshow of a town lol

You do have a point. Like the Vorhees's are just a part of this seedy underbelly. You could even count the killer's identity as part of this as well.

[oilers73]

Part VI
Part II
Original
Part III
Jason Goes to Hell

[dallywhitty]

Ranking timeeeeeeeee!

A New Beginning
The Final Chapter
Friday the 13 Part 2
Friday the 13th (original)
Jason X
Jason Lives
Freddy vs. Jason
Friday the 13th Part 3
The New Blood
Jason Goes to Hell
Jason Takes Manhattan
Friday the 13th (remake)

[Jay Mammoth]

6
4
1
3
2
5
Freddy vs Jason
Remake
7
X
8
9

[Trekkie313]

Top Five

1. Jason Lives
2. The Final Chapter
3. Part II
4. Part III
5. Jason Goes To Hell

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

Ranking timeeeeeeeee!

A New Beginning
The Final Chapter
Friday the 13 Part 2
Friday the 13th (original)
Jason X
Jason Lives
Freddy vs. Jason
Friday the 13th Part 3
The New Blood
Jason Goes to Hell
Jason Takes Manhattan
Friday the 13th (remake)

[Show spoiler]

[drush9999]

Parts 1-6 are so rewatchable, but from 7 onwards they're a hard slog

My ranking:
The Final Chapter
Part VI: Jason Lives
Part 2
Friday the 13th (Original)
Part III
A New Beginning
Freddy vs. Jason
Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Part VII: The New Blood
Jason X
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

[OgamiittoMcJ]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Does anyone know if there are any differences between this boxset and the upcoming U.K. one please?

UK Original single release has an extra not on US release
so that will be same disc probably

"Return to Crystal Lake: Making of Friday the 13th" featurette (22m02s)

US is best for PQ/AQ for the film
Friday the 13th (1980)
US (Warner) - AVC 31943 kbps, DD 2.0 224 kbps (mono) / Dolby TrueHD 5.1 2879 kbps 24-bit, extras, English subs (Region free) Best PQ/AQ
UK - VC-1 16047 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 1463 kbps 16-bit, additional extra, English subs (Region free)

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by OgamiittoMcJ

UK Original single release has an extra not on US release
so that will be same disc probably

"Return to Crystal Lake: Making of Friday the 13th" featurette (22m02s)

US is best for PQ/AQ for the film
Friday the 13th (1980)
US (Warner) - AVC 31943 kbps, DD 2.0 224 kbps (mono) / Dolby TrueHD 5.1 2879 kbps 24-bit, extras, English subs (Region free) Best PQ/AQ
UK - VC-1 16047 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 1463 kbps 16-bit, additional extra, English subs (Region free)

Great, thanks.

[javy]

My ranking:

The New Blood
Jason Lives
Part 3
Jason Takes Manhattan
2009
Freddy vs Jason
The Final Chapter
Original
Part 2
A New Beginning
Jason X
Jason Goes To Hell

[Markgway]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

What is it that you like about the original?

It's a suspenseful mystery, which sets it apart from the sequels. There we know who's doing the killing - and why - and are just waiting for the next obligatory Jason appearance and stabby bit. Obviously that's half the fun in context, but I'm just pointing it out to explain why I like the original that bit more. I like Jason Lives the most because it adds self-aware humour (long before it was fashionable) and is great fun.

[Markgway]

I find Jason X very entertaining -- BUT, I can't understand why series fans don't like it. It's not really a Friday the 13th movie. It's a futuristic horror that has transplanted Friday's bogeyman into new trappings. That's not what traditionalists want to see. They want Jason back in his old camp slaughtering promiscuous teenagers. I get that. But I don't think it makes Jason X bad. If you treat it as some sort of spin-off it's actually a lot of fun.

[bobbyh64]

Jason X is bad. Not bad in a good way, but bad in a bad way.

[dallywhitty]

Jason X is a riot.

[Ruemorgue10]

Rewatching the entire series this weekend and there isn't an entry I haven't enjoyed. They're all so much damn fun!

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Ruemorgue10

Rewatching the entire series this weekend and there isn't an entry I haven't enjoyed. They're all so much damn fun!

Even Manhattan?