1. Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter
Intended as the last installment, The Final Chapter goes all out, and it’s definitely my favorite of the series. This time around we follow two sets of characters as Jason stalks two cabins in the woods. One consists of the typical group of teenagers, and another consists of a family with the only child character of the series, Tommy (Corey Feldman). This gives the movie more variety than any of the others, and the horror special effects kid Tommy is a lot of fun to follow throughout the movie.
It’s basically the typical Friday the 13th structure, but displaying the best of everything the franchise has to offer. It has some of the best kills, the best special effects, the best portrayal of Jason, and the best characters. Crispin Glover’s Jimmy is one of the most entertaining characters of the series. He’s completely goofy and fun, as evidenced by his famous dancing scene which seems to exist in the movie for absolutely no reason.
In the end, the movie attempts to kill off Jason for real as Tommy shaves his head and kills him. It’s kind of lame to see Jason go out in such an anticlimactic way, but seeing Tommy going absolutely nuts on him is great. The movie ends implying that Tommy is on a path similar to Jason and will grow up like him, potentially setting up a new series or more sequels following Tommy instead of Jason. We do end up seeing Tommy again as a main protagonist of the next two movies, but he never ends up becoming a new Jason. Still, it’s interesting to imagine how much different this franchise could have been if they had gone in that direction, and how different horror might have been if this truly had been the final chapter.
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