Look: who I am to tell other people what they're supposed to do? It's usually tough to tell when something is 'too soon', the rules are not set in stone and everyone tends to have their own definition. I just know this. When you drive up near your holiday location and they're still picking up dead bodies from last night, GO SOMEPLACE ELSE. I know it means you've wasted a lot of time and money, but at least you won't end up with an eyeball popping out of your head. People in slasher sequels never seem to pick this up.
This third entry in the franchise is pretty unremarkable, apart from the fact that Jason wears his hockey mask for the first time here. Other than that, it just seems like a bland rehash of the previous movies. It's exactly the same, but with less memorable kills, a less interesting final girl and way more filler. The opening scene has nothing to with anything and is just there to show Jason is still alive. Firstly, we kinda assume that in a "Friday" movie (yes I know, Roy Burns and all). Secondly, this scene goes on about three times longer than it needs to. Start the actual movie already!
The acting is pretty subpar here, even for a horror movie. Rachel Howard's performance as Chili is an absolute work of art though. Without any exaggeration, I don't think I've ever seen a worse performance in a widely distributed studio movie. The scene where she discovers a dead body is an instant classic, it could legit work as a Mad TV sketch. What I would give to be a fly on the wall of this set. How many takes did they do, and how bad were the ones they didn't use? Did director Steve Miner ever consider just re-shooting with someone else? Surely, everyone on set must have understood this was wretched. Hell, maybe they thought it was funny, which it most definitely is.
"Friday the 13th Part III" is a very skippable entry to me. It's fairly nondescript apart from that one classic scene. "The Final Chapter" is so much better, this pales in comparison.
This third entry in the franchise is pretty unremarkable, apart from the fact that Jason wears his hockey mask for the first time here. Other than that, it just seems like a bland rehash of the previous movies. It's exactly the same, but with less memorable kills, a less interesting final girl and way more filler. The opening scene has nothing to with anything and is just there to show Jason is still alive. Firstly, we kinda assume that in a "Friday" movie (yes I know, Roy Burns and all). Secondly, this scene goes on about three times longer than it needs to. Start the actual movie already!
The acting is pretty subpar here, even for a horror movie. Rachel Howard's performance as Chili is an absolute work of art though. Without any exaggeration, I don't think I've ever seen a worse performance in a widely distributed studio movie. The scene where she discovers a dead body is an instant classic, it could legit work as a Mad TV sketch. What I would give to be a fly on the wall of this set. How many takes did they do, and how bad were the ones they didn't use? Did director Steve Miner ever consider just re-shooting with someone else? Surely, everyone on set must have understood this was wretched. Hell, maybe they thought it was funny, which it most definitely is.
"Friday the 13th Part III" is a very skippable entry to me. It's fairly nondescript apart from that one classic scene. "The Final Chapter" is so much better, this pales in comparison.