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17 out of 18 people found the following review useful: Underrated Sequel That's Pretty Creepy!, 22 July 2004 Author: (callanvass@hotmail.com) from victoria b.c canada
This is an underrated sequel that's pretty creepy!. It's pretty well made, with 2 very strong leads, and a very suspenseful and scary finale!. Jason is a bit of a weakling in this one, and is probably the weakest Jason in the series, and that Town That Dreaded Sundown Look just doesn't' cut it!. i really liked a few of the characters, but of course as in all F13th movies some are just there to get killed off. There is a fair amount of nudity, and there is a couple pretty cool death scenes as well, however the ending was kinda cheesy, and a lot of the death scenes were cut, but i really enjoyed this sequel overall. The Direcion is very good. Steve Miner does a very good job here, creating a few scares, and lots of suspense,in the finale however it did take a while to get going, and the ending could have been better, but overall a very good job That score is awesome!. There is a bit of gore. but way too many off screen murders!. We get a severed head in a fridge, another severed head, ice pick in the side of the head (off screen),throat cut by barbed wire (off screen ATF), gory mangled dog, double impaling, machete in the face(cut),hammer in the back of the head (cut), bloody slit throat, 2 bloody stabbings, bloody corpses, machete in the shoulder, Axe in the leg,and a machete in the neck. The Acting is very good for a f13th film. Amy Steel, is excellent as the main lead, she is hot, had great chemistry with, John Furey, said her lines well, and was very likable. John Furey , is very good here he is likable, had good chemistry with Amy Steel, and did a very good job Adrienne King. does what she has t do in her short scene. Kirsten Baker has a great body but that's about it. Stuart Charno, is decent as Ted, but was a little annoying at times. Warrington Gillette, is decent as Jason but is kind of wimpy, and i didn't find him all that menacing he had his moments though. Walt Gorney does his thing as Crazy Ralph and does it well. Marta Kober, is a typical f13th character, she did okay i guess. Tom McBride, is good as Mark, in the wheelchair i felt sorry for him. Bill Randolph, is okay as Jeffery didn't have much to do. Lauren-Marie Taylorl,is HOT, and did well with what she had to do. Russell Todd, is okay as the ass.Betsy Palmer shines in her scene. Overall well worth the watch, highly recommended, for a night of entertainment! ***1/2 out of 5
15 out of 18 people found the following review useful: Whoa! A good sequel!!, 5 April 2003 Author: Michael DeZubiria (miked32@hotmail.com) from Luoyang, China
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I say that, of course, in reference to the expected quality of a movie like this. In general, horror series like the seemingly endless Friday the 13th series are composed of one hugely successful original film (generally, by today's standards, inexplicably so, despite the abysmal standards of today) followed by a lot of stomach-turningly awful sequels that try in vain to recapture the success of the original film. The first sequel in the Friday the 13th series, however, seems to escape that trend, although it never manages to be much better than the original, which wasn't that great in the first place. But at the very least, even the Austin Powers series went more precipitously downhill than Friday the 13th.The movie takes place several years after the original ended, and since Mrs. Voorhees was the real killer in the original (which we all know because we've all seen Scream) and was beheaded at the end, we now have to have a real killer. The thing that helps this movie escape the treacherous realms of the sophomore effort is that it presents the story so well. Jason has lived in the woods since his mother was killed (a horrifying event which the young Jason witnessed), not interacting with a human being in any way in all those years. In order to seek revenge for his mother's murder, he has been savagely stalking and murdering anyone who comes close to his area of the lake.Not exactly the most intricate storyline, but at least it's not some mindless killer running around killing any teenager daring enough to get involved in any kind of sexual behavior (an extremely popular motive in cheesy horror movies). In this case, promiscuity is punished because Jason supposedly drowned because the counselors who were supposed to be watching him were making out when he was screaming for help.There is a cheesy fireside scene where one character explains this whole thing to all of the teens who are out there training to be counselors, which obviously ends with one person in disguise jumping out of the bushes screaming and scaring the hell out of everyone around the fire. The movie then jumps into auto-pilot for most of the film, becoming your typical slasher movie, but at least they took the time to explain why all these killings were happening, right?This makes me wonder, however, why they would cover Jason's face with a cheap piece of bedsheet with a little hole torn in it for one of his eyes. They've seen Halloween! They know the effectiveness of an expressionless mask, so why not be a little more creative here? The only reason I can think of is that Jason lives in the woods and doesn't exactly have access to things like the costume store where Michael Meyers got his mask, but he did have access to axes and machetes and candles and whatnot. Surely in all those years he could have come up with something at the very least a little more comfortable to wear or easier to see through.At the very end of the film, by the way, we are treated to a close up and slow motion look at Jason's real face (something that we never get to see of Michael Meyers, although we almost do in one of the films), as he leaps through a window to grab the last girl left alive. And what a face! No wonder nobody wants to play with him!As far as the killings themselves, Friday the 13th Part 2 fits in with most other 80s slasher films, which are little more than exercises in coming up with new and interesting ways to kill people, because we already know the formula from countless slasher films made before. In this case, there are certainly some creative murders, and the film even confused me with feelings of sympathy for Jason near the end, particularly when he is holding his arms up trying to get away from the chainsaw.The poor guy! Someone killed his mom for avenging his death, and he's lived in the woods alone his whole life! He's the victim here! Okay, I wouldn't go that far, but I definitely felt badly for the poor guy when he fell off the chair and then almost got chainsawed. But luckily he's soon back on his feet (even after almost being cut completely in half with a weak swing of a machete) goring people with big scary knives and reminding us of the dangers of messing with him. Or, as it were, being anywhere near Camp Crystal Lake.This is also, by the way, the last time that any sympathy can be felt for anyone dumb enough to go up to the lake. The rest of the sequels are filled with people who deserve to die anyway for being so dumb. Well, at least his mask improves from this point on.
12 out of 13 people found the following review useful: Simple horror at its best., 12 April 2002 Author: DUKE1 from United States
Friday the 13th part 2 is a great horror film and is the best in the series. Has its share of sex drugs and blood easy to follow with a great opening. Amy Steel gives a good performance as our heroine and the rest of the cast is fine as well.This film moves at a nice pace has its jump scares and builds up nicely to the final chase. I think this film has stood the test of time nicely does not ever seem too dated in anyway no crazy hillbilly music score (such as in the Burning, Bloody Valentine from the same time}.Simple horror at its best.
13 out of 16 people found the following review useful: Here Comes JASON!!!!!!!!, 19 March 2005 Author: jmcgee321 from United States
After the brilliant Friday THE 13TH, Hollywood of course got greedy and rushed in a sequel with the help of writer Ron Kurz and director Steve Miner. What they deliver is a good installment and top notch death scenes not surpassing the first, but still shocking.Five years after the events of the first film, the survivor of that horrible day is killed by JASON, the boy believed to be drowned for the last 25 years. So now he's finishing off what mama started. Making sure no one goes to Camp Crsytal Lake. But when a new summer camp is opening up right next to his domain, he decides to kill first and ask questions way later.No the hockey mask dosen't come in folks, and no this is not better than the first one. But this one has a playful mode than one, which at it's time was serious. The acting by Amy Steel and John Furey is more of something to root for, because we do care if THEY do die or not. And JASON performance seem lock on, although KANE HODDER is a saint when he plays JASON. And the death scenes are toned down a bit, but still leaves us with that strange feeling in our stomach. Especially the bit involving a wheelchair, what will just make you say "Now that's just plain wrong."
11 out of 13 people found the following review useful: As good as any film in the series., 20 April 2005 Author: TOMASBBloodhound from Echo Base, Hoth. (formerly Lincoln, NE)
If you've never seen this film, or it's been a while since you've seen it, then do yourself a favor and check it out. This is the film that really put the name "Jason Voorhees" on the map. It seems that another camp has opened on Crystal Lake a few years after the original takes place. Now Jason is fully grown, and out to get some revenge for his dead mother! A young Steve Miner was handed the reins for this one and part 3, and he did a very respectable job. With only about a million dollars to use, he created a frightening and more than profitable film which set the table for many more down the road. Since it cost so little to make the earlier films in this series, it just goes to figure that ANY public demand for sequels was bound to create one after the next.Part 2 is somewhat less gory than others in the series. One particularly graphic death was trimmed way down to avoid the X-rating which would have spelled death at the box office. There are some other graphic deaths to make it worth your time, however. One unlucky cop gets the back of a hammer through his cranium. Another man is hung from his feet and his throat slashed. A poor guy in a wheelchair gets a machete in the face, then rolls down a long flight of stairs. Overall, there are still enough killings to keep your interest.The suspense is the strongest aspect of this film. Jason is a smaller and quicker adversary in this film than in the others. The guy they cast for him originally auditioned for John Furey's role, so he wasn't some gigantic beast like Ted White or Richard Brooker. The last fifteen minutes when Jason pursues Amy Steel around the camp are incredibly scary. The moment when Jason comes crashing through the window at the end is perhaps the biggest single scare in the series. And maybe I'm in the minority here, but I think Jason with the gunny sack over his head may have been scarier than with the hockey mask. With the sack, you have absolutely no idea what he looks like under there until we see him unmasked. And what a sight that is!! This is a very good horror film. Do yourself a favor and take another look at it.8 of 10 stars.The Hound.
13 out of 17 people found the following review useful: Arguably the best of all nine sequels., 2 September 2002 Author: Noel Bailey (uds3@hotmail.com) from Longmont: Colorado US
So many refer to this as the debut of Jason Voorhees. It wasn't...simply the debut of him killing people. He left that to his mom in part one! Steve Miner didn't mess around too much with Sean Cunninham's successful formula simply adding some quite inventive kills and bloodletting.No-one could be accused of using method-acting here, truth is its all pretty embarrassing. The high-school script though probably isn't that much out of place - they are schoolkids after all.Jason himself, though still slightly diminished of stature is one creepy little dude, still without his hockey mask but wearing a burlap sack with holes cut out for his eyes. What appears to be his demise is of course anything but...as parts 3 to 10 will attest. The final 15 minutes are quite tension-filled and better than anything in the original.A must-see for devotees of the series.
15 out of 23 people found the following review useful: My second personal favorite movie!, 24 January 2006 Author: Brian T. Whitlock (GOWBTW) from WILMINGTON, NC
When you thought you got a latter favorite FT13th movie, not all are that bad. The first one was a thriller and a chiller. The second one is better. More babes, more fright, the more intense. My favorite character in the movie is Ginny(Amy Steel). This is her start before the TV show "The Powers of Matthew Star". Ginny is one of the best looking babes in the movie, second is Terri, whoever's next? Who cares. A new killer is out and about wreaking havoc in The Crystal Lake area. And for Jason Voorhes? He's here, without the famous hockey mask. This is a start of a the terror that haunts Camp Crystal Lake. With Pamela Voohees headless, the new threat is worse than Pam herself. I like the people who hooked up with one another, I liked the one who changes her top and her panties. That scene is one of the biggest teasers in the movie. Terri is the one with Muffin the dog was a real athlete, she got popped with a pea-shooter, then gets her clothes stolen while skinny-dipping in the moonlight, at least she was still alive at that time, that scene worried me a little bit. She looked good with her hair all wet. I'm glad that Muffin was the other survivor in the movie, the question is, "Who was the other dog that got killed?" Rating 4 out of 5 stars.
8 out of 10 people found the following review useful: A Worthy Sequel, 13 October 2004 Author: (caspian1978@hotmail.com) from Attleboro, MA
While most sequels cash in on their original movie's fame, the second part of the Friday the 13th series lives up to its name. Unlike the first movie, Jason stars in this movie while his "mother" has the cameo. The gore and the kill scenes surpass the original. The characters are true teenage stereotypes. Much like the ending in the original, the ending here is great. A jump out of your seat moment that lives up to the original. This is way before Jason wears his hockey mask. Here we are witnessed to a masked killer that uses a pillow case to hide his scary identity. From here on, the fame of PART 2 made it possible for the next bunch of films to happen. It is pretty much all down hill from here. While some of those films lived up to being great horror movies, most fell short and could not recycle the same effect that PART 2 had on its audience.
4 out of 4 people found the following review useful: better than the first, 27 May 2005 Author: acidburn-10 from United Kingdom
Five years after the horrible massacre at Camp Crystal Lake, all that remains is the legend of Jason Voorees and the death of his demented mother who had murdered 7 campers until one get her.It starts of with Alice (Adrienne King) the survivor of the first one, having nightmares about the events of 5 years ago at camp crystal lake. She's living alone in a spooky house and talks to her mother on the phone about trying to put her life back together, unaware that Jason is lurking around outside, she jumps in the shower and gets phonecall, a hang up from Jason, she goes into the kitchen, opens the fridge door finds a human head and Jason pops up and rams a screwdriver through her head.Then we meet Sandra (Marta Kober) and Jeff (Bill Randolf), on a payphone to they're friend, then Crazy Ralph from the first one appears warning them like last time "I Told the others they didn't believe me, you're all doomed, you're all doomed".Eventually they join the other campers at a camp site near camp crystal lake, we get the new meat head councilor Paul Holt (John Furey), Terri (Kirsten Baker) one of the early victims, Ted (Stuart Charno) the funny one, Jeff and Sandra the carefree lovers, Mark (Tom McBride) wheelchair guy, Vicky (Lauren Marie Taylor) the nice girl, Scott (Russell Todd) the charmer and last but not least the main heroine Ginny (Amy Steel) who's the best last girl out of the entire series in my opinion.Overall, much better than the first one, the deaths are wicked especially the one with the 2 people in bed together getting speared, and even the guy in the wheelchair gets it, in the face with the machete, Crazy Ralph (Walt Gorney) makes a final appearance as crazy ralph before he gets garotted with barb wire and the one with the guy gets caught in the trap and has his throat slit hanging upside down.The only standout performance is from Ginny (Amy Steel) who was also impressive in April Fools Day, really goes for it with Jason in the final showdown between killer and heroine.
3 out of 3 people found the following review useful: By far the best Friday the 13th movie of the series (Next to Part 4)., 29 April 2007 Author: Hoyboy7 from Australia
All star cast including Crazy Ralph, guy with a potato sack on his head(who could it be?) and Howdy Doody(the tall skinny red headed guy). Well when this many acting superstars come together you know you're in for a treat. The surviving lady from the first film starts this one off. She is recovery from her trauma suffered in the first film when all of a sudden she feels as if she isn't alone in her house. She goes to open her fridge and to her surprise the head of lettuce she just bought is missing but someone has kindly replaced it with a head of Jason's Mother...the head she herself cut off in the last movie. Then a figure wearing a burn out coat grabs her and sticks a screwdriver through her head. OK so now a whole bunch of these counselors are showing up at camp on Crystal Lake for practice and they all start getting knocked off just like Crazy Ralph said! Damn you people should listen to Crazy Ralph! In case you are wondering...Crazy Ralph is the ever so hip guy driving the bike who goes around warning everyone to stay away from Crystal Lake. Good fella! Anyway after about 67 killings (I'm obviously exaggerating) the last remaining counselors are running from this dude with a potato bag on his head. Of course they think they kill him about 20 times and finally they all end up in this little cabin where the mother's head is sitting and then everyone realizes that Jason, the mother's son, is doing all the killing. He is back from his watery grave to get revenge for Mommy. Yeah so anyway the girl who is still alive pretends to be Jason's mommy and that gives them enough time to attack Jason and kill him off....yeah like they actually killed him. They didn't make a Part 9 for nothing!
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