Friday the 13th Part III - Piece 2

Brooker really has a stature about him. Miner will let Jason sort of appear in a corner, or past a window, behind hanging sheets on a clothesline as Manfredini’s score Chi-chi-chi/Ka-Ka-Ka’s dutifully. We must always remember that no matter how much “character development” and introduction goes on, Jason is somewhere close by to eventually cut their lives short. Fox, Loco, and Ali, biker leatherjackets with nothing better to do but bully Shelley and Vera, who are at a convenience store just wanting to get a few items without any problems, want revenge for their motorcycles being knocked over by a vengeful Shelley, tired of being mistreated by them for no reason. Fox, Loco, and Ali wind up in that infamous barn—Halloween V (1989) can’t help but also introduce a barn that becomes a property with Michael startling youth before murdering them—one following after the other, after the other, and Jason awaiting them. Siphoning gas from the van, these three have very evil plans for Chris’ gang, which is a reason why it stalls at the end when Jason pursues Chris as she’s driving the vehicle, hoping to get away. So often the vehicle inconveniently doesn’t start in order for the remaining survivor(s) to be left having to come up with a different escape route, allowing the killer to gain traction. Ginny’s little “sick” car in Part 2 has its issues, but at least Chris’ van was robbed of its fuel by the trio of scumbags dealt with as only Jason could.

I did fail to mention (perhaps I have in the past, though…I’m pretty sure of it) that Crazy Ralph’s departure in Part 2 left the series without some wild-eyed, questionably sane forewarner. He shouldn’t have been peeping on Ginny and Paul. If Alice wasn’t going to make it out of Part 2, neither was Crazy Ralph. He should have stayed away from the very Camp Blood he always warned others to avoid. Abel (David Wiley) is only shown once with that damned rabbit eye (not only Michael obliterates animals, Jason doesn’t particularly like them, either), warning Chris and her friends about what lies ahead for them. Miner just couldn’t leave that kind of nut out, now could he?

*Chili and Chuck, the hippy stoners (Hey, Man!) do crack me up, even if they seem to stick out like a sore thumb among the cast. I did notice, when the grocer who likes to sample the food of his store much to his wife's frustration goes to take a shit, the same with Chuck who hits the outhouse with the half-moon carved in the door, that characters in a Friday the 13th film just can't seem to get done, always interrupted. Demon can vouch for that in the worst way possible (Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)). But Chuck seems to always scare, startled by Chili or Shelley, but eventually Jason, of course, who makes sure the water on the floor of the basement and the shady electrical box on the wall sends him out with a bang. And not to let Chili off lightly, Jason takes from the fireplace a hot poker, putting it through her right quick-like before she can get away. They are disposable characters, much like Andy and his pregnant gal, Debbie, both good friends of Chris. Andy walking on his hands while Debbie showers (naturally), after a romp on a hammock (inside the room), won't fare any better than Chili and Chuck (gotta love how this couple just rolls off the tongue). Boy, Jason learns quite well how to take advantage of Andy's stupid hand-walking, splitting him like a hunter does a deer. But the machete to Debbie, although effective, is rather too similar to Kevin Bacon's bunk bed arrowhead death.