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.

Cinema Head Cheese: The Podcast! #70 - Classic Slashers

Dave and Kevin jump in on separate segments to talk about their favorite classic slasher movies. Dave starts with Halloween before getting into Scream and other great franchises. Kevin runs through the Friday the 13th series and figures out that American Psycho wasn't just about the greed of the 1980s.

Kevin also shares his thoughts on the Munsters remake Mockingbird Lane.

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Cinema Head Cheese: The Podcast! #17 - Revenge of the Sequel

Jeff starts out with the release of the week, which also happens to to be this week's Blue Cheese segment. He talks about the brilliant new edition of The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann.

Kevin talks about Confessions of a Superhero, and interesting documentary about costumed characters that roam Hollywood Boulevard. He also gives his take on cult horror classics Basket Case and Monkey Shines.

Jeff leads the show into a discussion of good and bad horror sequels including The Howling Reborn, American Psycho 2, Friday the 13th, Part 7: The New Blood, Jason X, Hellraiser: Hellworld and From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter.

In anticipation of the new season of The Walking Dead, the duo discusses the first season and AMC's new streaming deal with Netflix.

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