FRIDAY THE 13th (1980)

I guess this is trailblazing stuff. I don’t know. My dad says that when this came out, that everybody was crazy about it, and that you have to imagine walking into this not knowing anything about Jason Voorhees. Which is convenient since he’s only in it for like 45 seconds. Instead of this being a “Jason stalks people in the woods” movie, it’s like a regular whodunit. Nobody knows who’s doing the killings, and none of it matters because everyone in the movie is just dumb as a bag of rocks. They introduce the character who winds up being the killer in the last 5 minutes of the movie, which is cheating if you ask me. Sure, there’s some blood and boobs, and Kevin Bacon back before he was anybody worth knowing, but you’re better off with practically any other slasher movie out there if you want to watch one.