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Showing posts with label Crystal Lake Memories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crystal Lake Memories. Show all posts

February 11, 2015

Movie Review: Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (2013)

My favorite slasher franchise has always been Friday the 13th. For me, it started with seeing Parts 2 and 3 late at night on channel 32 in Chicago. Jason was terrifying, and the kills were gory. I really liked the character, and I eventually became a fan of the entire series. Crystal Lake Memories is an extensive documentary that focuses on every film in the franchise. They start it off right by having a campfire surrounded by young people. At the center is series alum Corey Feldman telling the tale of Camp Crystal Lake. Feldman narrates the documentary, which starts off just before the creation of the iconic first film.

The beginnings of the story are very interesting. Sean Cunningham flat out admits that he took the idea from Halloween. I thought that was great, but he didn't steal the masked killer idea. Instead, he took the shell of a slasher film and made the killer someone you could sympathize with. Yes, I'm talking about Pamela Voorhees, whose first name we don't even learn until it's written on a headstone in the fourth movie, but let's take a quick sidestep to compare Jason to Michael. Michael was evil from minute one. Cold blooded killers get no sympathy, and they shouldn't. Jason was a scared kid who drowned because of the negligence of some camp counselors. You feel for him, and you definitely feel for Pamela. Try to stop me from going on a murderous rampage if anything happens to my kid. Go ahead, try.

October 15, 2013

Cinema Head Cheese: The Podcast! #117 - Jason vs. Kevin

Kevin goes it alone this week, but he brings plenty to the table. After completing the second half of Crystal Lake Memories, he decides to go in depth on the latter films in the Jason Voorhees saga. He talks about Kane Hodder's involvement in the series and why replacing him in later movies is part of tradition, the good and bad of the franchise and why he's decided to finally watch the reboot.

Kevin also explains why you can't watch a movie with a kid who has already seen it and why you should watch the BBC/Netflix series Derek to see a different side of Ricky Gervais.

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October 8, 2013

Cinema Head Cheese: The Podcast! #116 - So Many Monsters

Kevin and Jeff discuss the recent Rapture Horror Expo and all of the interviews that The Gorram Nerd Hour's Jacob O'Neal was able to get. They also talk about sharing Godzilla with the next generation.

They also review the horror docs Room 237 and Crystal Lake Memories as well as the 35th anniversary release of Halloween, the wild and crazy Snuff, the Coppola vampire drama Twixt and the robot vs. monster battle that is Pacific Rim.

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