Well, hello there, kind folks. If you’re visiting this blog of mine, I presume that you have a certain interest in the cinema. As for me, even since my early childhood, I have had a deep love of everything related to movies and television. As far as I can remember, I have been more at ease in front of a screen than in the yard, outside, playing. It is a great way to travel, though other people’s stories, without having to foot any kind of steep bill. Over the years, I feel that movie-watching has even fuelled my own creativity.

All that being said, I welcome you in my Cinephile’s Nest. I hope you enjoy it here, feel free to come back at any time. Here you will find reviews of current movies and older ones. TV shows also. Some classics that have remained some of my favourites, some that have disappointed me. I will use a very basic star (*) system to grade them from 1 to 5 (5 being sliced bread level). Remember, these are just my tastes. I will try to explain in each review what I liked about these particular movies, without giving spoilers.

Il y aura aussi des critiques en français pour les films francophones, car j'aime également le cinéma dans ma langue maternelle. Avant d'apprendre l'anglais, plus jeune, je louais des tonnes de films traduits en français, surtout ceux de Bud Spencer et Terrence Hill. Ma mère a eu le choc de sa vie lorsqu'un jour, dans la boîte d'un de ces films, Deep Throat avait malencontreusement inséré. Une expérience formatrice pour le jeune cinéphile que je suis.

Bienvenue à tous, amusez-vous bien.

I welcome you all here, enjoy yourself.

Friday, November 6, 2020

Friday the 13th (1980)

 

Genre: Horror
Directed by: Sean S. Cunningham
Starring: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Kevin Bacon 
 Running time: 95 minutes


 

A group of counsellors are trying to reopen the abandoned summer camp called Crystal Lake, where some terrible things happened decades earlier. As they are making final preparations before opening, on Friday the 13th, they are picked out one by one and killed by a mysterious unseen killer.

This was the start of the movie franchise involving the character of Jason. It is a movie franchise that many will accuse of overstaying its welcome. In this first film, we never really see the character of Jason. We just see the killings from the killer's point of view.

The acting is mostly quite bad here. It is a very cheesy and dated flick. It was nice, though, to see a young Kevin Bacon at work. The most effective element here is the music. It makes the whole film feel scarier than it really is. That fight involving Jason’s mother towards the end was cheesy beyond belief, but that scene with Alice on the boat after that was a nice shocker.

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