5. Friday The 13th (2009)
Brace yourselves, for this may come as a surprise, but do you think there is just the slightest chance that a character who has been drowned, axed, macheted, killed by Corey Feldman, cremated, aped by a copycat, resurrected by lightning/ telekinesis/ possession/an underwater power surge, melted by toxic waste, blown up by an FBI task force, sent to hell, sent into space and returned to the present for a grudge match with Freddy mightve becomeyou knowa tad over-familiar? Have, dare we say it, outstayed his welcome? When characters with no surnames sit around the campfire and retell the story of Mrs Voorhees and her boy moments before the big fella turns up, machete in hand, its hard not to be reminded of all those parodies.including Scooby Doo! Camp Scare. In fact, all thats missing are a few cries of Hes behind you, Scooby! Because Jason usually is. For almost every kill.
Ian Watson
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
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