twist of fait accomplis

Friday the 13th, The Final Chapter (Part IV), 1984
Director: Joseph Zito
Availability: Easy (available on DVD from Paramount)

Pretty much any entry in the series will do and picking part IV (the painfully mistitled "Final Chapter") was kind of arbitrary. I liked part VI the best, in part because it had Thom Mathews (Return of the Living Dead, Return of the Living Dead Part 2) in it and I was probably the only person on the planet that kind of dug the telekenesis angle of part VII. So, feel free to substitute any other Friday the 13th; Jason movies are like cookies... everyone has their favorite flavor. Part IV is among the better respected of the many sequels. Corey Feldman plays young Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews plays the "grown-up Tommy" two parts down the road), a horror movie and special effects buff who proves to be Jason's best match yet. Tom Savini rejoins the Friday fold (having trouble keeping all the Toms straight?) serving up some solid slasher fun.

Grab your hockey mask and your machete. No October is complete without a little bit of Jason in your life.