Friday the 13th Part III

1982 "A New Dimension In Terror..."
5.6| 1h35m| R| en
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An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of naïve counselors. Ignoring Camp Crystal Lake's bloody legacy, one by one they fall victim to the maniacal Jason, who stalks them at every turn...

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Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.
Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Mehdi Hoffman There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.
Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.
Davis P I enjoyed Part 3 in the Friday the 13th film series. I know that it's dumb at times, but you gotta know what these films are going into them, then judge accordingly. I think I liked this one better than part 2, and I for sure liked it better than the first film. The characters were good enough for this type of film, Ginny was a good survivor and star, and I also really liked Rick's character too. Some of the kills were kinda creative, and they weren't like overly disturbing because of how old this is. There are really only two simple things I want in these movies. One: characters that I don't hate, ones I can like enough to watch. Two: when things get going, try to keep my attention and don't be super cliché and dumb. I feel like for the most part this film gave me those two things. Would've been interesting to have seen it in real 3D. 8/10 for Friday the 13th Part III.
adonis98-743-186503 Having revived from his wound, Jason Voorhees takes refuge at a cabin near Crystal Lake. As a group of co-eds arrive for their vacation, Jason continues his killing spree. Friday the 13th Part III is a bit better than the first 2 installments but don't take that expecting anything good this time around either since the same over the top acting and terrible storyline once again can be found with a horrifying and just terrible opening theme song that made no sense what so ever. Jason gets his mask tho and that was kinda cool i guess? But it's still bad. (3/10)
Sam Panico With Amy Steel uninterested in returning to the series, the filmmakers had to reboot and figure out what made Jason tick. And that ticking was a hockey mask - three movies into the series. The original plan was that Ginny would be confined to a psychiatric hospital and he would track her down, then murder the staff and other patients at the hospital. If this sounds kind of like Halloween 2 to you, well surprise. This is not a movie series known for its originality.He starts the film killing a store owner and his wife just for clothes. Then, he goes after the friends of Chris Higgins: Debbie (Tracie Savage, who played the younger Lizzie in the awesome made-for-TV movie The Legend of Lizzie Borden), Andy, Shelley, Vera (Catherine Parks, Weekend at Bernie's), Rick, Chuck and Chili. They run afoul of bikers Ali, Fox and Loco, who follow them back to their vacation home.Jason starts killing quick, but he's already mentally scarred Chris, as she survived an attack from him two years ago. This has left her with serious trauma and an inability to enjoy intimacy (which, come to think of it, comes in handy in these movies).Jason takes the mask from the dead body of prankster Shelley and it's on, with speargun bolts to the eye, heads chopped in half with machetes, knives through chests, electrocutions, hot pokers impaling stoners and even someone's skull getting crushed by Jason's supernaturally powerful hands.Of course, it ends up with Final Girl Chris against Jason, who she kills by hitting him in the head with an ax before falling asleep on a canoe and having a nightmare of Jason killing her. It's OK. Don't worry. We see that all is right in the world and the killer's body is at the bottom of the lake.Here's some trivia: To prevent the film's plot being leaked (I could tell you the plot in less than a sentence, so this seems like bs), the production used the David Bowie song "Crystal Japan" as the title of the movie. They'd use Bowie songs as working titles during several of the other films.There is a ton of footage that was cut from the film so that it didn't get an X rating. And there's an alternate ending where Chris dreams that Jason decapitates her. None of these things make this a better movie.
Pjtaylor-96-138044 'Friday The 13th Part III (1982)' recycles the same plot seen in the prior two titles almost verbatim, except this time it's even less connected to the 'Camp Crystal Lake' mythos than before, with Jason just coincidentally coming across a bunch of holidaying teenagers and killing them all for no clear reason... in 3D. It is actually pretty boring for most of the run-time, which is dedicated to trying to make you care for the hilariously unlikable and underdeveloped characters - not to mention delivering an absurd amount of false jump scares. These false frights even continue when Jason - who is bigger in stature and generally more menacing, even if his movements are still a little oafish and his unmasked mug is hard to take seriously (it's certainly not scary, by any stretch) - starts his inevitable killing spree. This is actually allowed a little more breathing room here than in the second part but still doesn't reach the nastiness of the original, but luckily the final confrontation saves this piece from being a total waste of time as it's perhaps the best segment of all three films so far, with the central character actually using her wits and legitimate weaponry to damage her persistent pursuer a decent amount. It's genuinely tense and exciting, for the most part, and a great note on which to end. 5/10