31 in 31: Jason X

Story: Jason gets cryogenically frozen because nobody can kill him (dismemberment wasn’t an option I guess?)  Centuries later, “scientists” find him.  He thaws out, and hilarity ensues.  Nothing’s gonna slow our boy down.

Scares: Not a one, unless you’ve got a really, really, really low tolerance.  This is like watching someone playing a video game; see the killer, watch him pick everyone off.

Splat factor: Jason and…anything alive?  Yeah, you’ll get splatter.

Closing scene “shocker”?: Not really.  Because anyone who has ever seen a Friday the 13th film knows there’ll be some sorta “hey, guess what?” moment at the end.  Meh.

Remake, Sequel or OG (Original Ghoul)?: It’s #10 in the Friday the 13th franchise.  And it feels like it.  Shark?  Consider yourself jumped.

Trick or Treat?:  It’s a treat for folks who like that sort of stuff, like black licorice.  (Hey, that stuff is delicious.  No, you stop it.)  It’s a Kane Hodder Jason, so it’s not a total loss, and David Cronenberg makes a cameo at the start of the film as a douchebag doc.  With the space-ness, there’s fun nanotech FX along with the usual splatty goodness. Still, it’s not the smartest film of the series, and that’s saying a lot.  It’s a sad commentary on the world when silly white boys still rock the dreads in the 25th century.  Oh come ON. nanotech can fix Jason, but not the other dead? I call bullshit.  But then you pretty much know that going into these movies.  If you love Jason, you know what you’re gonna get.

Score:  out of 5 pumpkins.

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