Friday the 13th Part III (1982)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Steve Miner

Writers:

Martin Kitrosser (screenplay)
Ron Kurz (character creator)

Release Date:

13 August 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

A New Dimension In Terror...

Plot:

Having escaped in the last episode, Jason is back, hockey mask and all, to continue his murderous rampage across Crystal Lake.

Plot Keywords:

Mask | Crystal Lake | Hockey Mask | Lake | Jason Voorhees

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Dana Kimmell	...	Chris
Paul Kratka	...	Rick
Nick Savage	...	Ali
Rachel Howard	...	Chili
David Katims	...	Chuck
Larry Zerner	...	Shelly
Tracie Savage	...	Debbie
Jeffrey Rogers	...	Andy
Richard Brooker	...	Jason Voorhees
Anne Gaybis	...	The Cashier (as Annie Gaybis)
Catherine Parks	...	Vera
Kevin O'Brien	...	Loco
Gloria Charles	...	Fox
Cheri Maugans	...	Edna
Steve Susskind	...	Harold

Also Known As:

Crystal Japan (USA) (fake working title)
Friday the 13th Part 3 (USA) (video title)
Friday the 13th Part 3-D (USA) (trailer title)
Friday the 13th Part 3: 3-D (USA) (trailer title)

Runtime:

95 min | Sweden:91 min (2002 re-rating)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:(Banned) | Netherlands:16 | UK:15 (re-rating) | UK:15 (re-rating) (2008) | Brazil:14 | Spain:18 | Ireland:18 | UK:18 (video rating) (1987) | UK:X (original rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Canada:R | France:-12 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | West Germany:18 (Banned) | Italy:VM18 | Mexico:C | Finland:K-18 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Norway:18 (video premiere) (1993) | Norway:(Banned) (1983-2003) (cinema release) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Green Valley, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Able (the old man) is much like Crazy Ralph from the first two films.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Loco looks up to where Fox is for the second time, after he has told her to get down and has grabbed the container of gasoline, she is gone, but we can see a foot (probably Jason's) stepping out of view of the camera in the lower right corner of the upper barn doorway.

Quotes:

Shelly: Is that all you're gonna do this weekend? Smoke dope?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Cheerleader Massacre (2003) (V)

My favorite Friday the 13th installment

Although this installment was not too original, I thought it stood out from the others. If you watch the series in order, this is the first time the victims are just vacationing teenagers and not camp counselors. I also thought the character developement was better than the first two (yes, I know "character developement" and "slasher movies" aren't birds of a feather, but I though it worked in this particular slasher). I actually became attached to some of the characters and didn't want them them to die. Most people, however, think the time spent developing characters slowed the pace and made the movie boring. This was also the first Friday the 13th movie to have it's climax in a barn. I thought the fact that it took place on a ranch was kind of neat, I was getting kind of tired of camp.

Most of the death scenes were original, the gore level was average, not a whole lot of suspense (but what do you expect? This is Friday the 13th, not The Sixth Sense), but the characters were really cool. It had some continuity errors with the previous movies, so I'm deducting one point. 9 out of 10.