Amazon.com: The tender, tragic saga of Jason Vorhees, the world's unhappiest camper, continues when yet another batch of hormonally advanced teens decide to ignore past history and spend some time at the woodsy, pine-scented slaughterhouse known as Camp Crystal Lake. It may be a bit of a stretch to describe any of the entries in this interminable series as "good," but this creatively grotesque installment manages to come surprisingly close with a welcome sense of humor and some quick glimmers of real menace (courtesy of director Steve Miner, who would later go on to helm the far more accomplished Halloween: H20). Originally presented in 3-D, which explains the never-ending slew of objects (knives, pitchforks, yo-yos, cats, eyeballs, etc.) that are repeatedly thrust in the viewer's general direction. --Andrew Wright
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Rating: - The Sequel That Made Jason & His Hockeymask An Icon
FRIDAY THE 13TH-PART III is an awesome sequel and was the sequel that made both the brutal Jason Voorhees & his hockeymask an icon and still to this very day, since FRIDAY THE 13TH-PART 3 was the the first installment to the FRIDAY THE 13TH saga phenomenom where Jason(Richard Brooker) uses his hockeymask, which was a marvelous improvement and upgrade from his bagged mask in FRIDAY THE 13TH-PART 2 along with the fact that FRIDAY THE 13TH-PART III was the first and only FRIDAY THE 13TH sequel to be in 3-D, which was part of what made this movie so popular and such a big hit when it hit theatres ... Read More
Rating: - Silliness creeps into the series, but Jason really comes into his own here
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 ... Read More
Rating: - Coming out party
By this time there was no suspence left as to who the killer is. The opening credits inform us right away that Richard Brooker plays Jason. Yes Jason is the juggernaut who slices and dices his way through a small group of unsuspecting people. They just happen to be unlucky enough to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.
The movie starts off with a local drive by store near Camp Crystal Lake. A presumed married couple reside there. We are introduced to a stalking figure who hides behind the hanging laundry. We cannot see his face but we presume the worst.
Rating: - Jason wears the hockey mask for the first time
This one along with parts 2,4 and 5 are my favorite of the FT13th movies
Rating: - Jason, Why Did You Have To Kill Poor Shelly And Take His Hockey Mask?
My "Friday the 13th" marathon that began on Friday, June 13, 2008, continues with the next installment, "Friday the 13th Part 3." And Jason returns to slaughter more beautiful, unsuspecting young people who have ventured into his woods.
"Friday the 13th Part 3" is very different from the first two. I envy those who saw it in 3D and wish it would be re-released at the theatres in 3D. Perhaps 4D and this time we can smell the fear of the victims.
This film is also presented in a much wider aspect than the previous ones, 2.35:1 versus the standard 1.85:1. I believe ... Read More
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