A nearby camp opens as
Camp Crystal Lake is out of bounds after
the bloody massacre that took place there
5 years before.
The camp is a training centre for camp
counsellors and at night the comissioner
named Paul (John Furey) gathers everyone
around to tell a campfire story about
what happened at Camp Crystal Lake of a
disturbed woman named Mrs. Voorhees who
never got over the shock of her drowning
son back in 1957 as his body was never
recovered from the lake and how she was
decapitated by a surviving camp
counsellor but then she vanished 3 months
later and assumed dead according to the
locals.
While the counsellors are in training as
well as partying out, swimming,
exercizing and having a great time
something out there is watching and
stalking them very closely.
One night, while some counsellors decide
to go to a bar, the rest of the people at
the camp are systematically slaughtered
one by one on a stormy night as there was
a legend at Camp Crystal Lake and
apparently it seems to be real as the
terror is happening to them right now.
Finally we get to
see our evil hero Jason in this one.
Alot of critics put this one down but
it's one of my favourite sequels in the
Friday series.
It was close to a remake of the first one
but this time Jason is killing people
away.
We also get to see crazy Ralph again
before he perishes by the clutching hands
of Jason.
The film is very enjoyable, fun and rompy
which I would advise to check it out if
you haven't already.
The acting is
uneven and below average alot of times
and looks phony in some scenes but with a
low budget film that's to be expected as
alot of big celebrities have moved on to
big motion pictures and start out in a
film like this.
Amy Steele seemed to stand out
well for her part as Ginny and brought
character to her part as you can see her
getting more work.
John Furey doesn't do too bad as the
counsellor trainer Paul but yet seems to
perform the same way all the way through
the film.
Stuart Charno seemed to bring some
wit to his part in the film almost
proving to be a character actor.
Kirsten Baker had the hot lusty
looks as a country type gal with Daisy
Dukers and I was satisfied by her
performance too. She was also famous for
her part in the teen comedy Gas
Pump Girls.
Lauren Marie Taylor really
lacked with her skills makes little
effort in pits and parts of the film. She
looks like she is starting out as an
actress and learning the ropes of it.
We have a small supporting role by
Adrienne King before being killed
off who still does it well as Alice like
in the first film.
Kirsten
Baker's character goes skinny
dipping in a lake and we briefly see her
naked.
During Alice's
nightmare she decapitates Mrs. Voorhees
from the first movie.
A head is in Alice's refridgerator.
A head is sliced with a machette played
by Tom McBride.
A speare is stabbed with a couple having
sex.
Jeff's corpse is hung.
Ginny stabs Jason in the neck with a
machette that was used for decapitating
Mrs. Voorhees.
The directing by Steve
Miner is nothing special as he was
very rusty but does offer some horror
moments and interesting cheesy dialogues
and still made the film entertaining as
it was since this was his directorial
debut and improved his work in other
shows.
There is a nice shot on Jerry
Wallace's feet as Jason walking in a
puddle on a street as well as a good shot
on a house in the night.
A good shot on Adrienne King lying
on a bed sleeping with her head tossing
and turning having a nightmare and later
on a good shot on her jumping up awake
with a brief scream.
A nice closing in shot in a shower
curtain and then King quickly
opening it with a perfect face shot on
her.
She does well on her blocking when she
looks a little leary and picks up an ice
pic.
Nice shot on a decapitated head in a
refrigerator along with perfect
frightening expressions on King
screaming with her hands curled up close
to her face along with a good close up
shot on Wallace's hands stabbing
her in the head with an ice pic as well
as a perfect shot on him taking a kettle
off of a hot stove.
A good shot on a truck driving up a road.
A good shot on Bill Randolph
screaming at a tow truck driver and
running when the truck is driving away.
A nice shot with Wallace's hands
pulling down some branches in a forest
watching along with a good shot on Marta
Kober and Randolph picking
up a Camp Crystal Lake sign and
Stuart Charno telling them that they
won't wanna know what happened there
which gives this sequel a nice effect.
A good shot on Walt Gorney as
Crazy Ralph riding his bike along the
side of a dirt road and a car driving by
as well as him staring at it.
Nice moment with John Furey
giving out instructions about everyone's
start on training as a counsellor along
with good shots on the cast listening.
Furey also does well by telling a
campfire ghost story about Jason and his
vengeful mother.
Charno does well screaming and
ranting wearing a creepy mask after the
campfire tale jumping around with a
speare in his hand.
A nice creepy shot on a camera looking at
an outside window on the cast dancing
inside especially on Randolph
and Kober along with a nice
dialgoue between the two of them
discussing what is at Camp Crystal Lake
to prevent them for going there.
A funny moment with Russell Todd
dancing with a dog named Muffin and
talking to Muffin along with another
closer shot on the window showing them
dancing and Muffin gets upset by what it
sees and tries to get out of his arms.
A nice butt shot on Kirsten Baker
walking by with her shorts along with a
shot of a sling shot and a pebble hitting
her butt. She shows nice expressions when
she turns around that she's not impressed
with Russell Todd comes out from
behind a tree showing his slingshot
acting fresh.
A good shot on Gorney being
choked by some barbwire with wide eyed
expressions on his face.
Perfect shots on the cast going out for a
jog and Tom McBride in his
wheelchair taunting them as well as a
nice shot on Randolph giving him
the salute during this time.
A nice shot on little Muffin searching
around during the jogging and a good
camera closing down on the dog showing Wallace's
feet and the dog looking up. After that a
hilarious close up shot on some wieners
barbequing along with a brief distance
shot on Steele sawing a log with
a chainsaw for firewood.
Nice shots and dialogue's between Steele,
Tom McBride, Lauren-Marie
Taylor and Charno making
jokes by a lakeside.
Great shots on the tall tree's with Randolph
and Kober exploring along with Wallace's
feet slowly walking and following them.
There's a good dialogue between
supporting actor Jack Marks as a
Deputy scolding Furey about
being too close to the nearby camp and
trying to keep the place quiet.
A perfect camera shot on both Randolph
and Kober walking down to the
lake discussing of what they saw in the
forest.
A nice shot on Marks driving in
his police car and then a good brief shot
on Wallace running by.
Good shots on the two of them running
through a forest.
A perfect shot on Marks opening
a door in a shack with a shocked look on
his face as well as a wide eyed
expression when the back of a hammer hits
his head.
We spot a good distance on Baker
swimming in a lake as it looks misty.
We spot nice moments with McBride
armwrestling and later on having a good
dialogue with Lauren-Marie Taylor
A perfect shot on Todd's face
while being hung upside down with a knife
running across his neck and his eyes are
wide with fear.
A good close up shot on Baker
screaming in fear when she first spots
Jason.
Steele does well with her speech
towards both Furey and Charno
when she discusses what if there really
is a Jason at Camp Crystal Lake crying
for resurrection at a bar they're hanging
out at. Charno does well by
making jokes about it as well as Furey
not being convinced.
A good close up shot on Taylor
bending down to get something in her
vehicle when lightning is occurring.
There's also a perfect and creepy moment
with McBride rolling in his
wheelchair on a proch looking around as
you know something terrifying is going to
happen.
A perfect shot on Wallace's
hands picking up a speare and walking
upstairs.
There's an overlong camera shot of Wallace's
hand holding a kitchen kinfe luring in
towards Taylor who looks phony
looking frightened as she could have
escaped but stays still for a long time
and after she is stabbed he doesn't make
her death scene at all believeable.
Steel does well by panicking in
their lodge at night when she discovers
that someone else is in the lodge which
we have a nice dark shot on Wallace
ready to attack as there is a good battle
scene between him and Furey.
A perfect shot on Steel trying
to stay safe in her vehicle and a
pitchfork comes stabbing through the roof
and she does well screaming.
A nice shot on Steel hiding
underneath a bed looking frightened and a
rat walks by her.
A good camera looking up on Wallace standing
on a stool and ready to strike a
pitchfork down towards the camera.
Nice shot on Steel running in
the night through the forest along with a
good glowing shot of the moon.
Steel does well by putting on a
sweater and trying to pretend to be Mrs.
Voorhees after she is inside a shack
along with a perfect effects shot on an
image of Betsy Palmer.
A nice slow motion shot on Steel
rising a machette in the air ready to
kill with menacing looks to her.
A perfect shot on Steel sitting
on a bed in the cabin holding a pitchfork
looking nervous along with Furey
about to open a door thats rattling.
Both Steel and Furey
react well in shock after unmasking Wallace
lying there in the shack.
A perfect close up shot on a decapitated
head at the end of the movie with candles
around it.
Miner also directed part 3 as well
as some other films and a bunch of TV
shows including multiple episodes of the Wonder
Years, Chicago Hope
and Dawson's Creek.
He has also worked with Sean S.
Cunningham in some films too as Cunningham
was the producer and director of the
first Friday the 13th.
The music was
composed by Harry Manfredini who
does a terrific job and even did the
music for some of the sequels as well as
tons of other classic horror films.
I love the groovy and creepy synthesizer
soundings when Jason is watching the
teens dancing and partying in a cabin
which is chilling.
There's also a great chilling sound
during close to the end of the film too
with the halluicnation of Mrs. Voorhees.
Crazy
Ralph: [to Jeff and Sandra] I
told the others, they didn't believe me.
You're all doomed. You're all doomed.
The
cop: You're gonna have to keep your
people away from that place, Holt. It's
condemned. Next time I catch anybody over
there, I'm gonna have to run 'em in.
Jeffrey: Uh, he told us that...
Paul: I'll handle this, Jeff.
The cop: Might even get a warrant
against you.
Paul: Oh, really?
The cop: Look, Holt, people say
that what you do with these kids is
great. You got a good reputation. But if
I was you, I'd have located in the next
county. You're too close. Things have
been quiet for five years and that's the
way we want to keep it.
Paul: So do I, officer. So do I.
Paul:
Ginny, no seconds on dessert for Jeff and
Sandra.
Paul:
These kids smoke better dope than I do.
[Scott
steps into snare and ends up hanging]
Scott: AAAH! Help!
[Teri watches, shocked, as Scott
swings back]
Scott: Goddamn that Paul, him and
his wilderness bullshit!
Terri:
(To Scott) I oughtta let you
hang there you pervert.
Terri:
[to Scott who stepped into a trap]
Don't go anywhere.
Scott: Very funny.
Vicky:
What does the winner get?
Mark: What does the winner want?
Vicky: Guess.
Ginny
Field: [to Paul] There is
someone in this room.
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