Six Reasons Why Jason Lives Is Friday the 13th’s Best
Landon Evanson
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Jason Lives represents the sixth chapter of the Camp Crystal Lake saga, so we felt it fitting to offer six reasons why it’s the highlight of the Friday the 13th canon. Though the horror version of a defibrillator, James Bond open, and hairy turns were all amazing, they didn’t bring enough to the table to make the cut.
And to further illustrate the strength of Jason Lives, we’re not even going to utilize Thom Mathews or C.J. Graham for our argument. For those who don’t know, they just happened to play the two key roles in the film — Mathews as protagonist Tommy Jarvis and Graham as antagonist Jason Voorhees.
So “Take a seat, Junior,” and allow Dread Central to make the case for Jason Lives as the finest of Friday fare.
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6 — DON’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT
So Tony Goldwyn had a pea-shooter in the glove compartment and decided that he was going to warn Jason out of the road. Silly rabbit. Voorhees speared and flung him like a bale of hay in what we can only assume was preemptive punishment for what Goldwyn would go on to do to Swayze in Ghost.
However, that was just the appetizer for the entree to come. Nancy McLoughlin (now wife of Jason Lives director Tom McLouglin) crawled out of the VW Bug in a panic and reached for her wallet to pay off the masked maniac after settling into a puddle. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, right?
About the time McLouglin felt she was in the clear, Jason leaped down and plunged said spear straight through her cranium. The bounty with which she’d planned to purchase safe passage began floating away, including an American Express card. The shot focused on the power of the plastic and was held just long enough for an audience member to inevitably bellow out… well, you know the rest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I15uuG5eH6g
