Why It Wasn't Scary: In fairness, there is a solid amount of entertainment value in the tenth entry into the Friday the 13th franchise, but as a horror film, it is an abject failure. Taking the lead of the Leprechaun series by heading into space when creativity hits a nadir, Jason X thaws its titular antagonist out centuries into the future, but rather than try to build genuine suspense and terror, it's too focused on being a goofy, campy movie worthy of airing on SyFy. Also, given how the movie was marketed on Jason's snazzy, futuristic new appearance, it's a total cop-out that this only actually happens in the final 10 minutes of the movie. The famous liquid nitrogen kill is incredible, but the rest of them, often assisted by crappy CGI, don't really hit the mark. How To Improve It: Cut down on the camp a little (or perhaps a lot), darken the lighting of the spaceship, ramp up the creativity of the kills rather than settling for so many rote stabbings, and of course, have Jason become Giga-Jason in the first 15 minutes of the movie. This way, fans who had waited 8 years to see Jason again would at least have been given a ridiculously powerful, bada** new look for the character. Also, populate the ship with dozens upon dozens of students for Jason to lay waste to rather than the small handful served up in the final movie.
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