Review of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) by Johnny T — 28 Feb 2011

The final confrontation between Tommy and Jason is quite gorgeous, at least in the horror movie term of gore-geous. While the slasher film aspect of the movie was rather rote, in retrospect, this film was a lot of fun simply for some of the stars that would go on to bigger and better things. A young Corey Feldman does a fine acting job, presented at the beginning of his popularity. Also, Crispin Glover has a hilarious turn as the sex-obsessed nerd trying to get the girl but succumbing to Jason's blade. Apart from these scant scenes, the tension doesn't really ramp up until the end when Jason is going after Tommy and his sister. The fear the characters are experiencing is palpable, and surprisingly not cheesy in the least.

VERDICT: "Rental" - (Negative to Mixed reaction). These films are only worth renting because of certain good things that are worth seeing, but are not worth paying at a theater to see due to bad things that overcome anything good.