the groundhog day project

So, the opening sequence to Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday — —possibly my favorite thing in any of these slasher films. This is what happens if one of these preternatural killers actually existed, actually kept coming back and coming back and racking up the kills; the government would step in and a) try to capture and exploit him and failing that, b) kill him and kill him some more. It’s like my “We will stab it until it dies.” They shoot him until he dies. I really want to see that death of Freddy scene with the goofy fish demons played along side the heart eating and possession of the coroner in this film. The former is laughable, fairly deliberately. The latter, just by its sound effects alone, is far darker and scarier. And, the visual effects are many times better. Only two years later. This opening almost makes up for the downward direction of the Nightmare series. And, proves my point that the Friday the 13th series is the better one. Better probably than the Hallow...

“Do you know the terror of he who falls asleep? To the very toes he is terrified, Because the ground gives way under him, And the dream begins...” — Friedrich Nietzsche “Welcome to Prime Time, bitch.” — Freddy Krueger A few credits, then the outline of the US, with Springwood marked, and this: SPRINGWOOD, OHIO, TEN YEARS FROM NOW MYSTERIOUS KILLINGS AND SUICIDES WIPE OUT ENTIRE POPULATION OF CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS. REMAINING ADULTS ARE EXPERIENCING MASS PSYCHOSIS. THERE IS NEW EVIDENCE OF ONE SURVIVING TEENAGER... So begins Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare . Since Robert Englund gets billing above the title here, it occurs to me that one problem the Nightmare films have is personality. Jason and Michael have personality, sure, but Kane Hodder (who played Jason several times) never got billed above the title, nor did anyone who played Michael. The comedic tendencies coupled with, you know, Freddy actually showing his face—scarred, but still his face—mean the numerous victims...