I was more of a Halloween kid than a Friday the 13th kid. In fact, I didn’t fully watch a Friday the 13th movie until I was in my late teens. By that point, one of the original movie’s biggest surprises had already been spoiled for me by Scream. If you remember the opening scene, … Continue reading Friday the 13th and the Slasher Movie It Helped Define
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Surviving the Night: The Friday the 13th Saga
There is a specific kind of commitment required to watch all twelve Friday the 13th films. It is not the same commitment demanded by, say, reading Tolstoy or learning a second language. It is more the commitment of a person who has looked at the weekend stretching out before them, sighed contentedly, and decided that … Continue reading Surviving the Night: The Friday the 13th Saga
