Now THIS is what I'm talking about. THIS is what a Halloween horror romp should be. This is one of those movies that I saw as a kid, sneaking downstairs to watch it with my brother, hoping our mom didn't come downstairs and catch us. It's creepy and cool and it does so many things right that I find a hard time faulting it for anything. Learning from their mistake in the previous film, the filmmakers here found a way to incorporate Jason Voorhees back into this series in this film. Though one wonders why Tommy, apparently so afraid that someone would dig up Jason's corpse that the thought has given him nightmares for years, would be so stupid as to, let's see, DIG UP JASON'S CORPSE in this movie, I don't really care. The opening sequence in the graveyard with Tommy and his moronic friend deciding to dig up Jason is creepy and cool. Jason, having been rotting in the grave for quite some time now, looks much worse for the wear, but when a pesky lightening bolt revives him (??? don't ask, just go with it) he's ready for some stalking and killing. Mostly bloodless killing, as again, the cut versions of the films are the only ones available, but it really doesn't matter much to me, and I'll tell you why. This is the first movie in the series where the morons who decided to open up Crystal Lake camp have actually succeeded in getting KIDS to fill the camp.

Jason here in this movie plays much the role any monster would in a monster movie from the 50s. He stalks around killing the adults while the kids hide under their beds and watch in terror. But Jason doesn't harm the kids, he's got his own agenda: kill the idiot camp counselors and anyone else who stands in his way. In this case, it's some dumb ass adults playing paint ball in the woods, who all die funny, bloodless deaths. He also kills two middle-aged people having a sexless sex scene, and a middle-aged "teenage" couple having a sexless sex scene (I'm not kidding, these sex scenes are beyond lame and they don't show anything...they show less than late-night TV does these days). Then he hits the camp, and Tommy, realizing what a dumb ass he has been to raise Jason from the grave (way to go, asshole) catches up and attempts to settle the score and capture Jason once and for all. The movie has the air of a campfire tale, something my friends and I would tell in an attempt to scare one another, ad seeing the movie brings back all those memories of times when horror movies were fun. If you want tits and gore (which I love, don't get me wrong) then you'll probably want to go elsewhere, but if you want to see a cool looking zombie Jason stalking around a camp like something from every kid's nightmare, then this movie is for you. See it and remember the days when horror movies were fun.

The sex scenes are sexless, the gore is bloodless, the characters are brainless... need I say more? Don't pretend I didn't warn you.

This movie is fun and creepy and cool. Back when I was a kid, I thought Jason Voorhees was the coolest guy ever, and this movie is a big part of why. The crappy parts are more than made up for by the cool parts, and I can still watch it today and love every minute, and for me, that's all I ask from any movie.