Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

There’s a Final Boy instead of a Final Girl and Jason busts through a door Heeeere’s Johnny/Shining-style in this, the fourth and what was meant to be last of the Friday the 13th franchise (it’s a “franchise” now, like a McDonald’s, a more pejorative term than the more neutral, “series”). In Friday the 13th: TheContinue reading “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter”

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

Who knew there were four, count ’em four, Prom Night movies? In what’s probably the least heralded slasher franchise ever, Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II is a singular achievement and best series entry, which might be the most back-handed compliment ever doled out on this site. This minor Canadian classic lurches out of theContinue reading “Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II”