Six Reasons Why Jason Lives Is Friday the 13th’s Best
2 — “SOME FOLKS GOT A STRANGE IDEA OF ENTERTAINMENT”
Let’s rewind the clocks back to Friday the 13th Part II. Remember when Walt Gorney decided to spend an evening devoted to voyeurism directed at Amy Steel and strangulation, but not the kind with a happy ending?
Yeah, all doom. No boom.
After the prophet of death checked out, the Friday franchise lacked any semblance of Crazy Ralph-level lunacy for several pictures, and we all missed it. The cracked-out, road-napper from Part III certainly gave it a go with the plucked orb, but the cut was clearly not being met.
Until Martin emerged three installments later.
The “high school grad-you-eight” was clearly overqualified for his caretaker position, a fact confirmed when Martin refused to be led astray by Tommy Jarvis’ demands to dig up Jason’s grave. Though Kathleen later proved a horrible navigator, the man’s mettle had been tested, and he staggered through it in a booze-fueled haze.
“But what a way to go.”
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