This isn't really a review, just some thoughts after my most recent viewing of the movie. BTW, anyone who needs spoiler warnings for a 40+ year old movie, please go away.
There's an honesty about this movie I like. What I mean by that is that it isn't "high" art, nor is it trying to be. It's just here to make a few bucks for it's creators by providing some entertainment by way of chills and thrills. This movie has it's flaws certainly, but I think they've been exaggerated by more than a few people over the years.
According to people who know far more about it than I do Friday the 13th was influenced by Italian Gialli. For those who don't know (or who don't wanna click the link) Giallo's are Italian thrillers that tend to have a murder mystery format, but are more focused on excessively violent and creative killings, than traditional whodunit's.
I've only seen a couple giallo's myself, but that description does certainly fit this movie.
I'm not looking to hand out any Oscar's, but the acting is good enough to get the job done.
Considering how much fuss people make about it in this type of movie, there's very little nudity.
The biggest plot hole in the movie is where the body of one of the victims is thrown into the cabin where the final girl (Alice) is holed up through one of the windows and not more than a couple of minutes later the killer drives up in a jeep. Who threw the body?
It couldn't have been the killer. Tom Cruise on meth couldn't have run far enough in the time available to get far enough away for Alice not to hear the jeep start. The other is that, before the showdown with Alice, two of the victims are shown to have a chance to fight, but don't even try.
Mrs. Voorhees is a woman a bit past middle age, so hardly the most intimadating figure. Granted the two girls are smaller than her, but they're also at least 20 years younger. When you first see it and they don't show you who the killer is, this isn't an issue. But after the reveal, if you think about it it's a little puzzling.
TBF most people watching it the first time probably don't think about it.
Here are some other people's opinions on the movie: 1000misspenthours: Friday the 13th
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