Soft frozen footsteps
Hiking beside the water
Winter ambience
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Review and Haiku: Jason X
This is one helluva a fun watch from start to finish. One of my favorite Friday the 13th movies. Jason looks great in either version. OG Jason has a cool mask and rotten look while Uber Jason looks menacing and large and terminator like and invincible. Kane Hodder does an amazing job playing either version of Jason. Brings a lot of life to the character. Cast is solid. Effects too even if the movie has a Sci Fi original movie tone to it at times that still doesn’t hurt it.
Kills are bloody, fierce, and mean – especially that cryo frozen face slam. Disgusting and there’s a great virtual reality throw back scene to the original 80’s movies that works extremely well. Wish they would have stayed there longer. Directing is solid. The movie doesn’t lag or drag. Keeps moving forward at a steady pace. Needless to say, this is a fun watch, and one I always look forward to revisiting. There’s also a cameo by David Cronenberg who gets killed by Jason at the start.
Moving on, here’s information about the mask from Jason X – thank you horror fandom.com – link in the show notes. That site states that In this film, Jason’s mask appears far more angular, and lacks the round nose from previous installments. Once again, it only has the forehead triangle, and once again retains the axe and motorboat damage, though these are much more subtle. When Jason is transformed into Über-Jason, he once again wears a hockey mask, but it is composed of a metallic alloy and conforms around his face. The holes are also positioned differently, and it appears to have nostrils.
Source: https://horror.fandom.com/wiki/Jason_Voorhees%27_hockey_mask
There you go. A brief bit of history on both masks and some overall thoughts about the movie. That’s it. What are your thoughts about Jason X? Love it, hate it, want to send it through the air lock and let it die in deep space. Let me know all that in the comments. Take care and have a good one.
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Review and Haiku: Good Boy
I enjoyed this one. Told from a dog’s point of view. I am not sure I have seen a ghost story from that angle and it was more than a gimmick to put butts in seats. It actually worked and kept my attention the whole time.
Highlight for sure was the dog. Indy was so good in his role that at times I forgot I was watching a dog. He sold it. Not sure how they got him to do the things he did.
It also didn’t overstay its welcome. Just shy of 1 hour and 13 minutes and to me that’s a perfect length for a movie like this. If you get a chance check it out. There’s lots of good creepy stuff that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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Haiku: Death Tide
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Movie Review and Haiku: Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
Not much to say about this one. It worked and sort of didn’t but if you can vibe with it, which I did, then it’s a good time at the movies. It’s not for everyone, probably not for 99% of the population, but that 1% is going to enjoy it as I did because I am a big fan of well made B-Movies.
Plus there’s plenty of gore for gore hounds and Gunnar Hanson is in it. He played Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie. Bonus points for that.
Also liked the noir aspect too with the detective doing voice overs like Bogie when he played Sam Spade. Highlight of the movie for me.
Do you enjoy B-Movies? Let me know your favorite.
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