Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Friday the 13th Part III’

Written by Scott Edwards

Time and time again, people fail to heed the warnings that are placed in front of their faces and continue to be surprised by the outcome. No matter what you are doing, if something can go wrong and people warn you about it, there should be no surprise when it does. With so much knowledge around the world these days, even being right at your fingertips, you might as well use it, since others may have failed trying to do the exact same thing you have been doing. If you fail because you choose not to use this information, who can you blame other than yourself?

With a fantastic weekend planned with her friends, Chrissy is going to take them up to her family’s cabin by the lake. Having Adam, Debbie, Shelly, Chuck and Chili in the van, one more stop for a full house needs to be made. Picking up Vera to accompany Shelly on his third wheel trip, the group is hoping that their boy will at least be able to keep Vera entertained. With plenty of little tricks up his sleeve for the weekend, Shelly has no doubts that he will be able to impress anyone that comes his way.
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Arriving at the cabin, Chrissy runs into her boyfriend Rick that wants nothing more than some quiet time together, but Chrissy is not ready for that just yet. Lending his car to the new love birds Shelly and Vera to get some food from the store, Rick thinks it will be a good thing, but finds out that this weekend will not go his way. While at the store, Shelly and Vera run into a biker gang that seems to be run by Fox and her boys Ali and Loco who are only looking for respect. Being able to escape the situation at the store, Shelly accidentally knocks their bikes over and starts a war that nobody is ready for.  

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With the bikers looking for retribution for how they have been disrespected, Ali has a great plan to burn down the barn near the cabin. While working on syphoning gas out of the van, Fox finds all the goodies that a barn hides from the world, including a pitchfork through the neck. Finding his friend being hung up on the rafters, Loco meets his fate with a pitchfork through the gut. Seeing his friends are dead, Ali tries to fight back, but he is no match for the deformed killer who is thirsting for blood.
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Jason Voorhees has recovered from his last encounter that left him mask less, and he is pissed and is ready to take out his frustrations on the world. Making his way to the cabin, he runs into Shelly and Vera, putting a bow on their lives before anything can even begin. As Debbie and Adam finish up their little ditty for the evening, Jason will not allow them to leave without being punished as well. With people dying all around the cabin, Chrissy and Rick have no idea what is happening, only that things seem to be extremely quiet for as early in the evening that it is. Not being able to find their friends and looking outside, neither of them know what lies in store for them as the legend of Jason has come about once more.

Not gonna lie, it took me a couple viewings to make it all the way through this one without taking a brief nap, but I finally think that I did it. The story just dragged and there needed to be either more killing or more blood to keep me intrigued as all of the love stories were just as silly as could be. But the best part of this movie is that the iconic Jason mask has finally been found and it is much cooler to see the goalie mask hunting the wicked of our generation, even if they are not wicked. With some great kills, pitchforks galore, classic machete kills and even an eyeball popping experience, it is not the best of the 13th movies by far, but if you are able to stay awake during it, you get to see stoners get axed. Stay Scared.

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