"Strip Monopoly" might sound like a fun game but I can think of several problems with this mode of play. For one, this notion that players are to strip "instead of paying rent" - um, doesn't that negate Monopoly's entire in-game economy? Here's just one hypothetical scenario that shows the cracks in paying rent by stripping: Let's say I invest all of my money in building hotels on the orange properties (St. James Place, New York Avenue, and Tennessee Avenue, considered by experts to be the most powerful properties in the game). Then, one of my opponents lands on one of my hotels. They strip naked (it's not clarified whether higher rent equals greater levels of nudity, but let's assume…

Rotten Tomatoes: 62%
Metacritic Metascore: 22
IMDB: 6.5

67/100

Release Date: 09 May 1980
Distributor: Paramount
Budget: $550,000
Worldwide Gross: $59,754,601
Filming Locations: Blairstown - Hardwick, New Jersey 

Ms. Voorhees: "Kill her mommy. Kill her. Don't let her get away, mommy! Don't let her live... I won't, Jason... I won't."

SYNOPSIS: A group of camp counselors is stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp where, years before, it was the site of a child's drowning and a grisly double murder.

Without a doubt, the work of Cunningham and Carpenter during 1978 & 1980 rocked the world of the horror genre and kickstarted the slasher sub-genre into overdrive. Friday the 13th is one of the…

Surely Friday the 13th is an incredibly important film. While there were plenty of "proto-slashers" before it in the 1970s (some ranging back to the 1960s if you go as far back as Psycho and Peeping Tom) after Halloween (1978), Friday the 13th is probably one of the most emulated slashers of all time introducing not only the camp-woods setting but the never-ending running through the woods chase scenes which later becomes an often overlooked, but frequently used trope in the slasher subgenre.

Friday the 13th was one of the first slasher movies to try and lure in a crowd by boasting a body count, where the most memorable and appreciated feature was the manner of death of each character.…

Was this always this boring?

I am a bit disappointed that this didn't age well at all. I appreciate what this film, even though it's riding the coattail of a true classic, has done for the genre, but it is far from a classic. It isn't even a particularly good film. You could even go so far as to say that we have all the shallow, trope ridden, 'ten little Indians' plot inspired films to thank for it.

But still, credit where credit's due, this was one of the first ones and whether I agree with it or not, it has become an iconic film. Many slashers, including, the many sequels to this, are simple derivatives of this film, so…

“YOU’RE ALL DOOMED”

I love Friday the 13th. Every few years my rankings for these movies change, but in my heart of hearts this will always be my always be my favorite Friday. I love all of these movies for different reasons but this one definitely holds a special place for me—growing up not far from the filming location and being able to walk around the camp is/was a pretty awesome experience. I love the score, the characters, the camp, Crazy Ralph, the kills, Betsy Palmer, the reverse norman bates shit, the yellow raincoats, the trucker saying “head full a rocks”, that decapitation, the Carrie ending, and all the sequels that would follow. 

I was actually scared when I first saw this…

Trying to wrap my head around this. Although on a technical scale it’s nowhere higher than a 3/5, it does exactly what it’s supposed to. I guess you could argue that something like Norm of the North does what it’s supposed to do, but unlike Norm of the North, this film is exactly what a slasher needs to be. Slashers were created because viewers wanted to get away from the depressing horror films of that era while also staying within the horror genre. The answer to that was creating a horror film with bad acting and poorly written characters. It’s no accident that the acting is shitty and the characters are transparent in this. That’s the point. Other than the…

Before you read this be warned there are spoilers ahead. I could literally talk all day about this film. This film started it all. It gave birth to one of the most terrifying horror villains ever. It has spawned 10 sequels (including Freddy vs Jason) and a remake in 2009.

This is the best horror franchise and i doubt there is a horror fan who doesn't know about it. Being a horror fan myself i love this film. Slasher is my favourite sub genre. Tbh the acting is not the best.

As is usually the case with a lot of these
films. But you would expect that. It follows the formula most slashers do. A bunch of stupid teenagers doing…

The original. The myth. The cultural phenomenon. The beginning.

Everybody knows Jason, Everybody knows Crystal Lake and a lot of horror troupes started here, let's not even talk about the numerous copycats with basically the same scenario and group of people.

Probably it's not the best of the series (I will be revisiting all of them) and I personally prefer slashers that are not filmed in the killer's view (well, we don't even have the "real Jason" here!), but this a really well executed film, considering the basic plot, the budget, the limitations and the basic original material behind. An unforgettable ending also. Forget the critics, most of the time they just follow trends.

I couldn't finish without mentioning the…