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Jason shows aren’t supposed to be good, either. Heck, they weren&#8217, t actually supposed to be about Jason. Producer Sean S. Cunningham saw the economic achievements of Halloween as an opportunity to funds in himself in the late 1970s. But he took out an ad for a film called Friday the 13th, riffing on the holiday theme of the John Carpenter picture.

Only afterwards did he develop the concept of a whodunnit, in which a criminal begins threatening lawyers trying to restart a station after a youngster named Jason Voorhees perished there. As people now knows, that criminal was Jason&#8217, s family Pamela Voorhees, who wanted to prevent Camp Crystal Lake from over running again. The shocking end of that movie, in which Jason emerges from the water to get a final woman, was simply added because Cunningham wanted to imitate Carrie‘s shocking end.

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Creativity was n&#8217, t the target. Wealth was a. And, to that end, Cunningham and Paramount Pictures succeeded, as Friday the 13th was a large hit, as were its first few sequel. But, imagination still manifested in some way. In the next video, Jason took the spotlight, supplanting his family. And Jason completely transformed into a scary icon just before the next film’s release.

As you might anticipate, that prolix journey resulted in pictures of varying quality. Even though not all of the Friday the 13th movies are excellent, they all have something to watch, if not the terrible death of a notorious station counselor.

12. Friday the 13th ( 2009 )

Who, exactly, is the 2009 remake Friday the 13th for? One would assume that a reboot of the line would attempt to understand the franchise’s notoriously rambunctious and inaccurate timeline to make things simpler for fresh viewers. Instead, the opening 30 minutes of Friday the 13th ( 2009 ) try to compress the first three films into one prologue, complete with killer Pamela ( portrayed here by Nana Visitor of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fame ) and baghead Jason. The beginning just confounds newcomers and feeds long-standing fans insubstantially, which accurately sums up the film.

Which is n&#8217, t to say that the reboot does n&#8217, t have its charms. As a more wild Jason, Derek Mears excels as the slow-moving beast of his past movies, with dynamic power. The solid does a great job with its young child jerks, and the film pulls off a surprising last child false up. Even so, Friday the 13th 2009 always manages to feel like a true episode of the series.

11. Fourth Friday, Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan ( 1989 )

For more than three and a half years, people have been making fun of this movie for the fact that most of it takes place on a ship and the &#8220, New York &#8221, parts are actually Vancouver. What do you know, exactly? Jason Takes Manhattan deserves all that scorn! If you &#8217, re never going to really get in Manhattan (outside of some second unit thing shot for the opening credits ), why give the seventh Friday the 13th passage that name?

Actually, we could pardon a boat and we could pardon Canada if anything exciting happened in the film. Everything else, aside from a few great kills, does. Instead, Jason Takes Manhattan spends way too much time once again mythologizing the death of young Jason ( which may or may not have happened, depending on the status of Fridays II, III, and IV ). Jason Takes Manhattan ultimately succeeds without a hitch: it’s not a play, a dread, or even a takedown.

10. Third Part of Friday the 13th ( 1983 )

Cunningham and Paramount knew that after the first two comments, Friday the 13th ran the risk of becoming rote and predictable. They were aware that they had to alter issues. Nevertheless, they made perhaps the worst possible choice for the fad that would distinguish the series. Part III will be in 3-D, they decided.

Outside of that, whatever in Piece III covers common earth, from the class of counselors reopening the camp to the hicks who become early cannon fodder to a &#8220, shocker&#8221, ending, in which Pamela emerges from the lake to get the ultimate girl. And you’re watching all of this in 2-D, making the pointy bits annoying instead of compelling, unless you’re using the flimsy blue and red 3D glasses that are distributed with contemporary releases. At least Part III finally gives Jason his hockey mask. Besides that, everything in this film is a dud.

9. The final Friday of Jason Goes to Hell ( 1993 )

Like Jason Takes Manhattan, Jason Goes to Hell does n&#8217, t live up to a single part of its title. No, Jason doesn’t spend any time in Hell in this film. Instead, he&#8217, s skulking around a New Jersey town. No, as this list indicates, this is not the last Friday film. Most shockingly of all, Jason is n&#8217, t even in Jason Goes to Hell, as he gets blown up by government agents in the cold open.

Instead, Jason Goes to Hell directly rips from The Hidden to dispel the myth that Jason is a demonic worm capable of jumping into other bodies. So instead of seeing Kane Hodder or any other big dude play Jason, we get to see Jason as character actors Richard Grant or Stephen Culp, hardly imposing figures. Despite this, Jason Goes to Hell commits so much to its absurd premise that it does offer some wacky entertainment for those who don’t feel hung up on Friday the 13th lore.

8. Jason vs. Freddy ( 2003 )

Freddy is the winner of Freddy vs. Jason. Yes, we all know that New Line Cinema wanted to keep the actual storyline of their monster mash ambiguous, with Freddy giving the camera a knowing nod at the end of the film. Jason was allowed to behead the Nightmare on Elm Street monster. But there&#8217, s no question that Freddy vs. Jason is an okay Freddy movie and a terrible Jason movie.

Jason does some cool kills, but one scene features him attacking Freddy with his arms. But outside of that, director Ronny Yu&#8217, s hyper fight style and reliance on digital effects suit Freddy much better than they do Jason and, to his credit, Robert Englund has a blast reprising his signature role. Overall, Freddy vs. Jason is a good monster mashup with a solid plot. But if you &#8217, re here for Jason, you &#8217, ll be pretty disappointed.

7. Friday the 13th ( 1980 )

The 13th Friday is essentially a rip-off of Halloween with a little Carrie, as previously mentioned. It does n&#8217, t even get to call itself the best camp slasher of the era, as The Burning comes out next year. It’s a pretty by-the-numbers whodunnit, with none of the flash or style of the Italian Giallo that came before it.

And yet, Friday the 13th does have two marks in its favor. Betsy Palmer as Pamela Voorhees is the absolute ringer in the movie, first. She fully chews the scenery in her final scenes, convincingly pulling a reverse Norman Bates routine and channeling her son. Second, Tom Savini’s effects give the movie a level of gore quality that, to be honest, it doesn’t deserve. If the movie never went onto spawn any sequels, it would be remembered as a curio. Instead, it must place it midway in the franchise it launched.

6. A New Beginning ( 1985 ) Friday the 13th Part V

Paramount tried to keep its word. Jason Voorhees was actually killed by the studio in Friday the 13th Part IV. And when box office receipts made it clear that they couldn&#8217, t just ignore this profitable franchise, Paramount tried to go back to the drawing board. Another whodunnit involves a brand-new killer killing in” A New Beginning.” Is it Jason, back from the dead? Is it Tommy Jarvis, the troubled boy who was taken to a juvenile facility after the murderer was killed in the previous entry?

No, it &#8217, s Roy, an ambulance driver we see once at the start of the movie, who goes on a killing spree after his annoying son is murdered by a teen with an anger problem. A New Beginning is actually a lot of fun, despite the massive flub, which is a big one. And it has an all-timer of a kill sequence, thanks to the ever-reliable Miguel Nuñez Jr., an outhouse, and some burritos.

5. Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood ( 1988 )

The biggest detriment to Freddy vs. Jason is that it learned nothing from the far superior seventh installment of the franchise, in which Freddy fights Carrie White. Okay, it &#8217, s not really Carrie White, but teen Tina ( Lar Park Lincoln ) does have the same psychokinetic powers and parent issues as the famous character from the Stephen King novel and Brian DePalma film. On the orders of her dishonest therapist, Tina travels to Camp Crystal Lake to study alone, and unintentionally rescues Jason from his salty grave.

From there on, The New Blood gives Jason plenty of room to do what he does best. The majority of the film was cut down, which lessens the shock of its best kill scenes, as happens frequently with the best entries on this list. But even if we don&#8217, t get all the bloody gory, there&#8217, s something triumphant in watching Jason shove a weed eater into the therapist&#8217, s face.

4. Friday the 13th Part 2 ( 1981 )

Without Friday the 13th Part 2, it wouldn’t be accurate to say that this list wouldn’t exist. But that statement is n&#8217, t totally inaccurate either. Part 2 improved upon everything that was good about its predecessor, including adding a fantastic final girl in Ginny ( Amy Steel ) and Jason in the flesh.

Moreover, Part 2 is the first example of what the franchise actually becomes. A group of teenagers arrive at the camp, and Jason ( who is not wearing the typical hockey mask ) kills them in creative, bloody ways. Between the pure energy of the kills and an actually intelligent final girl in Ginny, Part II makes a strong case for Friday the 13th as a reputable series.

3. Jason X ( 2001 )

If Jason in Friday’s 13th Part 2 claims that he deserves respect, Jason X suggests that he doesn’t, which is a good thing. Jason X belongs the the long and strange line of horror movies that send their killers to space, and while that model has mixed results when it comes to the Leprechaun or Pinhead, it works perfectly with Jason.

Mostly, but mostly, perfectly. Jason X wants so very badly to be a Kevin Williamson or Joss Whedon movie, and its characters &#8211, and there are so many characters &#8211, can&#8217, t say anything without dripping it in snark. Even with these minor annoyances, it &#8217 ;s difficult not to cheer when uber-Jason takes the stage or when he&#8217, slaying people with space-age weapons and chemicals.

2. Jason Lives, Part VI of Friday the 13th, 1986

Part VI: Jason Lives was Scream before Scream. Okay, that &#8217 is going too far. But Part VI has a metatextual quality that both celebrates the ridiculousness of the franchise and locates it firmly within horror history. With the addition of another actor ( Thom Matthews in this role ), Jason Lives completes the Tommy Jarvis trilogy, giving him a legitimate reason to unintentionally resurrect the killer.

Better yet, the movie manages to balance clever quips with good kills. The James Bond opening, in which Jason throws a machete at the screen, is, of course, there. But there&#8217, s also the pitch black joke when one kid, realizing that Jason is coming to get him, turns to another and asks, &#8220, So, what did you want to be when you grew up? A genuinely smart Friday the 13th movie, &#8221? Believe it or not, yes!

1. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter ( 1984 )

For Friday the 13th, it took four movies to get it right. But, man, did it get it really right! The Final Chapter is a slasher movie with a platonic ideal. It&#8217, s lean, it has interesting victims, and it has some incredible and memorable kills. Even Corey Feldman’s excellent performance as Tommy Jarvis in his youngest Savini effects is included in the film.

The plot of The Final Chapter is n&#8217, t anything special. Teenagers are also partying at the campground when single mother Mrs. Jarvis ( Joan Freeman ) arrives with her kids Trish ( Kimberly Beck ) and Tommy. But that sparse plot leaves room for some great kills and for the teens to distinguish themselves. You don’t need any plot when Crispin Glover plays a teen in a slasher movie, after all. Sparse and simple, The Final Chapter is what every Friday the 13th movie should be.

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