Very disappointing...

Sadly Over-hyped

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

'Friday the 13th' may have been panned by critics when first released but since then it is one of the most famous and influential horror films, the franchise containing one of horror's most iconic villains. The film is popular enough to become a franchise and spawn several sequels of varying quality and generally inferior to the one that started it all of. Of the sequels, 'Friday the 13th Part 2' is one of the better ones easily and one of the few instalments to be as good, even on par. It's not perfect, it's not what one would call great. It does however achieve its primary goals well, it is scary and it is fun. Plus it introduces Jason Voorhees as the antagonist, so it is an important sequel in the series in this respect. Like the first 'Friday the 13th', 'Friday the 13th Part 2' is far from the best when it comes to acting. The exceptions are appealing Amy Steel and a truly freaky Warrington Gillette. Everybody else ranges from average to dead-end.Nor is it the best when it comes to dialogue. Much of it is very crude and cheesy. Or character development, and what the film does worse than the original is that we don't sympathise with the characters here as much apart from Ginny. The ending is a head-scratcher and pretty nonsensical, not the truly unsettling one of the first film.Visually, on the other hand, it improves over the original 'Friday the 13th' quite drastically. It's still creepy but has more of a professional, slicker look and like more time was dedicated to it. Like 'Friday the 13th', 'Friday the 13th Part 2' is very gory and gruesome, though not pointlessly so, but it is also very frightening and suspenseful. This is apparent in the deaths, which are still very creative and shocking, and the hauntingly eerie music score. 'Friday the 13th' is assuredly directed and moves along at a lively pace. As said, Steel carries the film with a good deal of appealing charm and Gillette proves why Jason is often considered an iconic character in horror. Overall, pretty good sequel and one of the better ones of a variable franchise. 7/10 Bethany Cox

Jason Voorhees first movie with some impressive kills and would show the start of a slasher powerhouse who was more of a bumbling idiot with a sack over his head then a killer who would scare you to death but this was his first outing so it was still good to go back to the basics of slashers. there was a large cast of characters who were all camp councilors in training most notably Ginny the final girl played by Amy Steel her character uses her child psychology against Jason and it becomes important to stop Jason. There was many call backs to the original movie and the intro into the movie is a follow up to the end of the movie and we get to see a special appearance from Alice the final girl from the first movie it was also nice to see the return of MRS Voorhees well her head at least. overall it was an enjoyable movie in the franchise and it comes very close to being as good as the original although it still was different and the start of something amazing.

In some ways I thought that this was better than the original. It follows the exact same formula but I found it scarier! The violence was sadly cut down and that was a shame. Still the film made me jump, held my attention and was really quite tense. If you liked the original then this would be a very good film to watch. Nothing like poetry but how many horror films are?

Friday the 13th part 2 is my actual favorite of the series due to the excellent story that takes place five years after the original story. Jason is revealed to have grown up in the woods around the camp, now wearing a potato sack on his head, to cover his deformed face as he stalks or kills anyone who dares to come around the lake. He was there the night his mother was beheaded and collected it for a shrine he set up in a shack for his victims.The sack used really conveys an inhumane creature that keeps coming at you like an endless loop nightmare and makes sense from a logical point since he prefers the forest and can gather only what is available. It's one of the reasons that I love this sequel and think it adds to the scare factor you expect in a horror film. The pitchfork seemed like an effective weapon that would last and become a trade mark instead of the machete that would rust and be hard to replace. I even own the box figure with all the accessories included and it's a treasure. I like the little campfire scene where the legend of Jason is discussed and leads to a prank that could disastrously go wrong. It is camp Crystal Lake after all.The one problem I had with it is that there are to many characters here, most disappearing half way through the film and most killed in succession not leaving time for much development of who they are. I like to feel emotion for the characters being stalked so I can root for or feel sad for them when they die or get away. One of the things I think future script writers learned from this and use the bigger caste to its advantage in later sequels. Yes, it's a trade mark like the mask.One of the most haunting and memorable scenes of the entire series is where one counselor Jenny finds the shack and pretends to be his dead mother. She places on the sweater while the floating head of Betsy Palmer commands her son to kneel so that he can follow in her footsteps and lose his head. I can't tell you how many times I rewound it and watch this scene with pure shock at the creative engines in place to produce it. It makes it stand out from the other generic run of the mill slashers and burned a permanent image in my head.Just like the first it ends in a dream sequence and leaves the mystery of several characters in desolation. Is muffin still alive? Did Jason really kill Paul or did he run him off and call for help? These questions leave you wondering and wanting more.