I absolutely love horror movies especially classics but the Friday the 13th series is one I just cannot get behind.
Lets start off with the almost non existent plot. From there we get really corny, non convincing performances of poorly written characters and very little suspense which every good horror flick should have. The soundtrack is bland and does little to create any tension (other than the classic ke ke ke, ka ka ka which I love) throughout the film. The victims die from very cliche killings, most of the killings are predictable which takes away all the fright you could possibly get from them. When the victims die they don't give off a realistic sense of fear in their performance, which doesnt allow the viewer to really get a sense of terror. The women have a lot of over the top cliche screams and do little to fight off Jason. They stand there andwatch him come towards them with a knife and they dont run or do anything but wait for him to kill them. Thats unrealistic and dry. Realism is what makes horror movies scary, if it doesn't have any sense of reality it takes away the fear factor. And that is exactly what this film does. This film steps on its on toes.
Listen, I dont expect movies from 40 years ago to deeply scare me. But I do expect them to create suspense and a feeling of tension and unease. Which this sequel and the rest of the sequels fail to do.
Maybe in the 80s this was better than it is now. But most classic horror films are still extremely relevant, Halloween, Omen, Exorsist, Shinning, Nightmare, the universal monster series and many others still hold up today. This one just doesn't.
Review of Friday the 13th Part 2
