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Friday the 13th - Part 3 (1982)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:3
Rotten:20
Average Rating:3.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Jason Voorhees (Richard Brooker) returns again to Camp Crystal Lake, where he drowned nearly three decades before while some negligent camp counselors made out on the beach. Understandably upset by... Jason Voorhees (Richard Brooker) returns again to Camp Crystal Lake, where he drowned nearly three decades before while some negligent camp counselors made out on the beach. Understandably upset by this turn of events, Jason continues to haunt his old stomping grounds, dealing death to those thrill-seeking teens who venture into the woods. This time around, Jason faces tougher victims in the form of a motorcycle gang and dons what is to become his trademark hockey mask. The original theatrical release featured 3-D effects. [More]
Starring: Dana Kimmell, Paul Kratka, Tracie Savage, Richard Brooker
Starring: Dana Kimmell, Paul Kratka, Tracie Savage, Richard Brooker, Catherine Parks, Jeffrey Rogers, Nick Savage, Rachel Howard, Larry Zerner, David Katims, Gloria Charles, Perla Walter, Steve Susskind, Kevin O'brien, David Wiley, Cheri Maugans, Charlie Messenger, Annie Gaybis, Terry Ballard, Terence McCorry
Director: Steve Miner
Director: Steve Miner
Screenwriter: Martin Kitrosser
Producer: Frank Mancuso
Composer: Harry Manfredini
Reviews for Friday the 13th - Part 3
Not since Psycho has a movie taken such advantage of the phallic nature of slasher horror. [Blu-ray]
...the casting director continued to find young performers who were wonderfully cute people and woefully bad actors.
With this film, there's more sex, more nudity and more creative kills.
The gore is surprisingly suggestive, rather than blatant, and therefore the audience doesn't quite get what it pays for.
easily the worst film in the series up until that point, partially because it was so redundant, but also because it is the most technically clumsy
The funny thing is: as lame as the story and characters are, the movie actually works as a crowd-pleasing piece of junk entertainment.
Shot in such a way to capitalize on the brief fad of Reagan-era 3D movies, there's less memorable POV shots from the killer and more images from the perspective of the victims.
As a tried-and-true slasher film, it has its moments, but ... it grows tedious by the end.
So appallingly, overwhelmingly stupid that it is stupid even by the standards of the Friday the 13th franchise.
its only distinguishing feature is the way that the sharp objects are continually thrust at the camera, before and after skewering the victims
It was great on the big screen in 3-D, but there's really no reason to watch it on video
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