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Friday the 13th, Part 3 (Widescreen)

5 star:		(65)
4 star:		(48)
3 star:		(36)
2 star:		(25)
1 star:		(12)

 

 

i remember watching this movie way back when it first came out on VHS
video.it was the first horror movie i had ever seen,and it scared the
crap out of me.i had nightmares for days.but,that was then,this is
now.this time,around,i wasn't scared.in fact i found the movie to be
boring in parts.plus,this movie was originally filmed in 3D,so it looks
gimmicky(and annoying)when viewed in 2D,since there are no 3D glasses
with it.and there is no option to view it without the 3D.(since then a
3D version has come out).this particular edition is part of the 5 disc
box set From Crystal Lake to Manhattan and features the first 8 movies
in the series,along with a bonus disc of special features.anyway,to
me,this movie is a bit more mundane than the previous 2.plus,Jason(the
killer)swaggers around like a macho man,which is laughable.my vote for
Friday the 13th Part III is a 2/5

Some fans name this as their favorite Friday the 13th film - but I'm not one of them. Sure, Jason finally gets the hockey mask and really gets his slashing groove on, but there's no denying the fact that the silliness factor that marred the series as a whole began here. Dope-smoking hippies and the world's worst and dweebiest practical joker definitely lowered my expectations early on, and the whole deal with opening the movie with an extended flashback of the climactic moments of the last film had already gotten old (plus, in this case, those events really have very little to do with the story as it unfolds here), so I was in a three-star mood about halfway through the action. Jason really stepped up to the plate, though, delivering some pretty cool kills. Maybe, just maybe, I might have been tempted to go all the way up to five stars if this were the original 3-D version released in theaters, but it's not (the 3-D version is apparently available only in Japan) - but I doubt it because I have a few issues with the film's blood and gore. Regrettably, the film's best blood and gore had to be edited out in order to avoid an X rating, which is just silly. Then you have the fact that two of the murders feature some of the fakest special effects you're likely to see. As it is, I give the film four stars - thanks largely to Jason's standout work.

Having escaped an attack from a deformed, mad killer a year earlier, Christy (Dana Kimmell) comes back to the property to prove something to herself, but all she really proves is that she's an idiot. Of course, she's apparently oblivious to the fact that Jason had just killed a gaggle of camp counselors the day before (although her old boyfriend Rick, being a local, certainly should have heard something about it). Personally, though, if I ever drive up on an old coot sleeping in the middle of the road who proceeds to get up, shove a fresh human eyeball in my face, and warn me to go back where I came from, I'm turning around, brother. Of course, all of Christy's friends are either too young or too stoned to worry about their mortality, especially when there's sex to be had just down the road.

So, basically, Jason has decided to hide out in a barn near Higgins Haven (and, despite what should be a massive manhunt for yesterday's Crystal Lake massacre killer, no cop even shows up to peruse the nearby lakeside property). Upon arrival, Christy and her friends go into basic slasher film mode - with some hooking up, some getting high, and some taking a drive so that they can arrive back home right after Jason has killed all of their friends. You know the drill. This time around, the designated oddball is Shelly (Larry Zerner); not being the best-looking fellow around (not by a long shot), he keeps trying to impress the ladies by playing stupid practical jokes (as if the old machete-in-the-head joke ever impressed a woman anywhere on the face of the earth). At one point, he even sports a wetsuit, underwater harpoon spear (huh?), and - wait for it - a hockey mask.

I believe this film was originally intended to be the final film in the series. That is the only rationale I can come up with to explain the conclusion, which I found worthy of a few boos. Not only are there some logistical problems involved with the whole idea, its payoff moment is of a distinctly "been there, done that" nature that pretty much backfires, in my opinion. You can't call the same trick play two out of three downs and expect it to work both times. Thankfully, the film made more money than its predecessors, paving the way for more Jason-style blood and mayhem in the years to come.

Never mind the movie... they don't bother to tell you that the tape is recorded at slow 6hr speed (EP/SLP). Damn, what a rip-off!!

Amazon should provide the record speed in the details of the video description so people can see that before deciding to make the purchase. It was $16.96 total for the purchase, including S&H and taxes. I may as well have taken $16.96 out of my wallet and thrown it in the trash. Sure, I could return the tape. But I'd still have to pay for S&H, plus return shipping, so it wouldn't make sense to do the return.

OUCH!!

nous asisston a un des meilleurs volet de toute la saga Vendredi 13. L'histoire encore une fois est plutot banal comme pour le précédent , apparament Jason n'est pas mort il revient hanté le Camp Cristal lake , la fille survivante du derniers par crainte revien sur les lieux ou s'avais dérouler le massacre , elle a un peu peur (je l'a comprend d'hailleurs) Tout allais pour le mieux jusqua la dispute avec les 3 motards qui vienne ce venger et apres se font sauvagement assasiner. Ce film est le meilleurs de la série et CULTE pour moi parce que les meurtres comparativement au derniers épisode sont tres efficace , d'une violence extreme , je tien a préciser qu'un mec ce fait couper en deux par la machette de jason. Tout les racines de Vendredi 13 y sont comme , Jason trouve sont mask de hockey suivis de sa machette qui resteron pour toujours dans les épisode a venir. 'LA' sicatrice du coup d'hache de la scene final restera marqué a jamais sur le coté de sont mask , un douloureux souvenir je doit avouer , je suis fan de cette épisode a voir absolument pour tout fan de slashers.

After watching the 3rd installment in the "Friday the 13th" series, after the first 2, my decided opinion was that the series isn't all it's cranked up to be. And after watching all the others, my opinion is still the same. "Friday the 13th Part 3", differs from the last two, becuase it's not about a group of counsleours preparing a summer-camp. This time, the story revolves around a group of kids, somewhere in thier young 20's, that are staying in a couple cabins, just for a good time. And Jason kills all of them, except a level-headed and responsible girl. The girl, Chris, actually has a past with Jason. She was sitting in the woods one night when she was little, and saw a very, very ugly man, who scared her. And it was Jason,which she confirms when his mask comes off later in the movie. Another interesting thing about Chris is that she goes crazy in the end after her hellish expierence (very Sally Hardesty); which makes me wonder why this never happend to any other "last girl" in the series. Anyway, part 3 is rather tired, and very quick. It somehow seems bored with itself, and goes by in a second. Chris is kind of boring as the survivor. And the whole 3-D gimmick, which was lame to begin with, doesn't show up too well on VHS's. I was expecting this one to be good, because of the reviews, and the neat box-art. But, as aforementioned, I was wondering what all the fuss was about after seeing it. And this goes for the entire series. I DO think part 3 is a slight improvement over part 2, however, and I like the VERY cheesy, disco theme-song.

After checkin' out the first two features in the 'Friday the 13th' canon, I wasn't expectin' anything all that new here. And I was right for the most part. There's the quick recap of the events from the previous flick to start things off... check. Ya got a buncha cute-looking, dumb teenagers and/or less-than-authority-driven adults headin' down towards Camp Crystal Lake to meet their doom (you think they'd have taken the hint by now and just stay the #ell away)... check. There's the usual boinking and weed usage that pretty much marks the people engaging in such activities for death... check. Ya got Jason cavorting around, pickin' off the victims one by one in somewhat gruesome if not particularly scary ways... check. Nope, nothin' new here, I'm afear'd. Well, except for the acting, which is a fair sight poorer here than what I saw in the two previous 'Fridays'...

On the upside, Jason dons his trademark hockey mask for the very first time here. And this installment in the series was originally filmed in 3-D, even though it got converted to look "normal" for the video release. Sadly, most of the 3-D 'gimmicks' were really silly. I mean, a yo-yo comin' at'cha? Or corn kernels popping? Sheesh, give me a break. Even the two big Jason-kill scenes near the end that attempt to exploit the 3-D effect to its fullest-- a firing spear-arrow-dealie and an eyeball-popping head-crushing-- looked really cheap and cheesy. I've seen more realistic gore in Troma movies! The bad FX from the 3-D portion of 'Freddy's Dead' looked better than the stuff I saw here! And if people haven't figured out by now not to hang around Crystal Lake and engage in all sorts of debauchery-- thereby attracting you-know-who-- then they're idiots and they deserve to die! Just think of Jason as chlorine for the Crystal Lake area's gene pool...

'Late

Not that many people are aware of the Field Sequential 3-D.
This is a 3-D TV system that uses special shutter glasses that can be purchased here through Amazon in a set that includes 3 DVD's using this process. This system Is the only way to view a 3-D film effectively on TV to date. The result is about 90% close to the effect you will see in a theatre showing.. like IMAX and Disney and Universal.
These glasses are made of sturdy plastic and clear not these cardboard red and blue pieces of garbage, so you can view the film without constricted to seeing red and blue colors and with this system you will see more actual 3-D depth with the films true colors.. It's really amazing!
For some add reason the big studios haven't adapted to include a separate version of a 3-D title in this great format.
Films like:
"House of Wax","Kiss Me Kate","Friday the 13th Part 3", "Robot Monster, "Cat Woman on the Moon", "Creature from the Black Lagoon" and "Jaws 3" are all now in 2-D DVD, but were originally shown in 3-D and could have been included using the Field Seqential 3-D system on the same disc with the 2-D version.
In Japan in the late 80's there were a few 3-D titles released using Field Sequential and can be found on e-bay converted to DVD and VHS.
Why aren't the studios producing these now!
I boycott any film DVD release that was originally intended to be seen in 3-D that's only presented in a 2-D version or anaglyph (Red and Blue Glasses).

Especially this movie should have included 3-D, Because the effects are great in this one!
BTW... as for that new box set that stinky Paramount is releasing of all their Friday films don't expect much! and no 3-D part 3.. oh well
The studios should really be awaken to this great 3-D system.

First of all, this movie had absolutely no real plot. A few of the characters were bearable (Shelley) but others (Kimmel's character for example) was just ANNOYING.

Another thing I noticed was on the back of the case for this movie, in the overview it says that "Another group of unsuspecting camp counselors..." Ok, none of them were camp counselors and the setting was nowhere near anything even resembling a camp.

...but alone, It's bad. But then again, all "Friday the 13th" films are pretty bad, but okay for slashers. This film **really** deserves one star. This one features a cool disco theme-song, and the hockey-mask makes it's first appearence. Reccomended for fans of slashers.

Like many other films of its time, "Friday the 13th Part 3" offers nothing but (...), drugs, and tons of blood. And just to think, that this is one of the better films in the series. First of all, this movie is okay in its sense to add a little suspense into the movie, but the act gets old quick when Jason (Richard Brooker) is everywhere, yet he rarely pops out to kill someone. It's just like a movie from the "Halloween" series, just much, much cheesier and duller. The acting, unlike the first two installments, is a bad mix. I could never get over the casting either. In this movie, there is a group of six (...)driven college aged students who are staying at a cabin on the lake in the woods. Then there are these two people who to be about 35 years old who consistantly smoke weed and talk like hippies (...). To add more deaths, the writers decided to throw in dead meat, which turned out to be suprisingly the most interesting characters of the whole movie. They were three bikers, with Gloria Fox as my favorite playing the tough-girl Fox. Despite its many flaws, the movie does connect the thrid installment and the second installment very well, (...) does an excellent job creating a spooky atmosphere, even despite his bad actors. Audiances will notice objects always flying in their direction, which is becuase the film was originally shown in 3D (and hopefully they will discover a way to bring that 3D to DVD someday). But even with the consistant flying objects, the film makes me think the most about the 80's, with its funky opening theme and rad clothing, plus of course Jason was a phenominon back then. (...)