"I told the others, they didn't believe me. You're all doomed. You're all doomed."
Ted gets it. Just stay in a bar until everything blows over. Have yourself a good time, drink a few nice tasting beers and just enjoy your evening. You will not have to deal with Jason.
Anyway Friday the 13th Part 2 has Jason making his debut as a killer. He's not the Jason we know today which is what I love about this one. He has watched the the Town that Dreaded Sunshine and thought it would be a good look to use a sack to cover his face. He kept his love for final jump scares. His kills might have been more brutal but we never know because most was lost in the editing room. He has his best battle with a final girl in Ginny (Amy Steel). Getting kicked in the balls and being attacked with a chainsaw? Goo Ginny!!! Anyway I do get why Jason got more dangerous in the sequels. Jason didn't make Ginny wet her pants but a few little rats did.
Friday the 13th Part 2 has more teenagers being horny, having character, doing teenage stuff and all having a blast before their lives were cut short.
Part 2 is still such a fun rewatch and I love how Ginny battles Jason and thinking things through (acting like she's Jason's mummy). And we are all happy that Muffin survived! Am I right?
Ps. Crazy Ralph won't be there to warn any more teenagers.
We get to see Jason in all his glory but no hockey mask (yet). Same basic premise just with a different villain. Not quite as good as the first.
Muffin the dog is a traitor. Getting our guards down at the end.
All of these "Friday the 13th" movies...I don't know if I'd seen any of them, from start to finish, other than "Jason Goes To Hell". And the only reason I remember that is because I rented it on the recommendation of a friend. Stupid friend...
So it was with much trepidation that I chose to watch "Ft13thPt2" ( I hate when people need an acronym for everything, but it was kind of fun to do just now). As the movie chugged along, I was actually enjoying what I thought was going to be just another dumb slasher movie. And I was right. It IS just another dumb slasher movie. But doggone it...I was having a blast with it.
As it got closer to wrapping up, I started to remember the main character pretending to be Jason's Mother. Then, the memories were unlocked from the deepest cracks and crevices of my brain. I HAD actually seen this before (probably in the theater) and that I liked it back then, too.
A classic, but if you are expecting the iconic looking Jason, then this is not it. But it does give further back story of Jason and digs a little deeper into his past. Overall it is a great slasher movie typical of the 80s.
To be honest, I thought I would dislike more this movie. It's entertaining and has a good pace, I enjoyed the suspense built. This was my girlfriend first slasher movie and she really liked it even though she's not really into horror movies, so I guess that's a major plus for the film. The ending doesn't make much sense, but I think every Friday the 13th has a final jump scare that's supposed to be a hallucination of the main character. Although I liked Jason characterization during the film, when I stopped to think about it, it is pretty lame and super generic.
I always try to watch these movies on a Friday the 13th so 'tis the day.
I don't think there is one of these movies I really love but for some reason I really like the franchise as a whole.
Not a lot of story but entertaining enough for not even 90 minutes.
Bad awful and awful bad...like the original, I can't even give this one my "It's a bit dated by today's standards but still worth watching..." defense. Because it isn't. Horribly horribly terrible. Bad acting, bad EVERYTHING. At one time, I thought it was funny to watch the gravity-defying scene where "Mark" gets an axe buried in his forehead hard enough to send his wheelchair-bound dead body bouncing backward down the stairs... without once ever flipping over backward but now, it's just not even amusing anymore; it's just STUPID. It's completely awful acting, awful directing, awful storyline...awful EVERYTHING. This does not even belong in the "So Bad It's Good" category. It's just atrocious. If there is anything good that CAN be said about this one, it's that it introduced Jason to us...and for all too short a season, Jason was the most terrifying killer to stalk the horror screens. He was the ultimate hunter/killer, wreaking nightmarish vengeance on those campers whom he had witnessed kill his beloved mother. Sadly, however, Friday the 13th Part 2 was the beginning - and ending - of Jason's reign of terror; after this, he becomes a parody, a laughingstock of the horror screen. A joke, and something that becomes almost laughable. I wouldn't recommend this to ANYONE; it doesn't fall into any category except "BORING"...so I guess if you're really into boring, uninteresting movies that will make you angry at yourself for wasting an hour and a half, then yeah, give this one a go. Okay, there is that one positive thing that can be said about this: At least it's only an hour and a half that you're wasting.
Wasn’t as good as the original, the kills weren’t as good and still no hockey mask. Wasn’t great, wasn’t bad. I don’t think I’ll ever watch it again though ha ha.
Watched as a kid, but didn’t have the best memory of it. The guy in the bar had the right idea, drink until all the s:asterisk_symbol::asterisk_symbol:t blows over. What is it about 80s horror films and corny sex scenes right before being killed ha.
Not quite as good as 1, but not far off. At least the lead chick was hotter lol lol
As a young lad I didn’t have the proper patience for non hockey mask Jason, finally as a wise old man I am looking to rectify the mistakes of my youth and I am all the better for it. From the idea that Jason apparently drove out to the city to tie up loose ends with Alice from part one, to the sheer audacity that Jason didn’t actually die and he’s a full grown man to the awesome reveal of mongoloid Jason crashing through the window, this movie rocks.
5/10: Could've been a 6/10 as it was perhaps slightly above average for the most part, but it fell apart at the end.
There's no real story to speak of here other than, "Is Jason real or legend." It has is moments, but overall it's pretty forgettable. If your really interested this series, specifically Jason's origins, then I guess this is worth watching. Otherwise it's rather skippable.
A rather base, derivative sequel to the effective (if ham-fisted) first Friday. It's less bloody but every bit as violent, with a comically ever-present Jason stalking through the shadows in almost every scene (no matter how distant), seeking hapless teenagers to string up for the vaguest of reasons. He's not quite the icon he'd grow into with later installments - no hockey mask, clunky coveralls, a tuft of long brown hair - but he does a fair job of mixing up the arsenal and he's usually bathed in shadows so we can give that a pass.
There isn't much to root for in the bland cast of victims, which checks off stereotypes like a politically-correct Saturday morning cartoon. Even at an economical eighty-seven minutes, I felt like we were spending a bit too much time with these shallow, repetitive supporting characters. Special points for sending the wheelchair-bound counselor down a steep flight of stairs with a gaping head wound, though.
Redundant and formulaic, rambling and aimless, it's a little too comfortable with aping the original where it could be seeking broader pastures.
Terror returns to Crystal Lake in Friday the 13th Part 2. When a new group of counselors gear up to open a new camp at Crystal Lake, local urban legend Jason Voorhees comes out of the woods and goes on a murdering rampage. The story is pretty thin and is full of plot holes; especially the ending (which completely falls apart). However, the directing does a pretty effective job at building tension and suspense; particularly given the relatively low level of blood and gore. While there are a number of problems with Friday the 13th Part 2, it's still a chilling horror film.
1 / 2 directing & technical aspect
.5 / 1 story
.5 / 1 act I
.5 / 1 act II
1 / 1 act III
1 / 1 acting
0 / 1 writing
0 / 1 originality
0 / 1 lasting ability to make you think
0 / 1 misc
4.5 / 10
I think part 2 was the first Friday the 13th movie I've seen when it marathoned on TV back in the late 80s or early 90s. Now AMC is doing a Friday the 13th marathon tonight for FearFest. I always remember that exploit that the girl used wearing the Mrs. Pamela Voorhee's sweater pretending to be Jason's mother, and that final jump scare.
I was confused by the end. Did the dog die ?
Old school horror flick that unfortunately does not reach it predecessor level: the first flick was more scary, more gory and, other than part 2, a fresh idea...
Shout by ElliotVIP 6BlockedParent2022-10-29T23:51:45Z
Weirdly, I come to these films after playing the troubled game of the same name and, having finally got round to seeing this film, it gave me a real appreciation for what an excellent job the developers did at realising Packanack Lodge and Crystal Lake in general. Similarly, having been a fan of the game probably helped me enjoy this film more, too. Certainly the end chase / fight between Jason and Ginny was quite thrilling but I enjoyed the entire film.