10 Ingenious Scenes In Otherwise Terrible Movies
10. Liquid Nitrogen Death - Jason X
Not a single living soul will try to argue in good faith that Jason X, the tenth Friday the 13th movie, is in any way a genuinely good or well-crafted piece of cinema.
But it sure is fun in its badness, right?
A shamelessly schlocky sci-fi horror vehicle which sends Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder) to space - or rather, "spaaaaaace!" - Jason X is outrageously low-budget, full of groan-worthy one-liners, irritatingly over-sexed characters, and...one of the greatest kills in the history of the entire genre.
The scene in question is, of course, the unforgettable beat where a seemingly dead Jason is roused from his "slumber" and makes short work of medical intern Adrienne (Kristi Angus).
Jason doesn't settle for hacking her up with his trusty machete, though - he dunks her head into a vat of liquid nitrogen, holds it there while it freezes, and then smashes her face on the counter, shattering her noggin into thousands of icy, bloody fragments.
Its impressively gnarly creativity is matched only by the brilliantly nauseating gore effects.