Friday the 13th Part III

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Director: Steve Miner Year: 1982 Runtime: 95 min IMDb: ⭐ 5.6
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Synopsis

An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of naïve friends. Ignoring Camp Crystal Lake's bloody legacy, one by one they fall victim to the maniacal Jason, who stalks them at every turn...

Plot[edit | edit source] Shortly after being sliced with a machete by Ginny Field, a badly injured and unmasked Jason Voorhees goes to a lakefront store for a change of clothes. While there, he murders the store owner, Harold, and his wife, Edna. Meanwhile, Chris Higgins and her friends travel to Higgins Haven, her old home on Crystal Lake, for a summer trip. The gang includes pregnant Debbie, her boyfriend Andy, prankster Shelly, his blind date Vera (who does not reciprocate his feelings), and stoners Chuck and Chili. After running into a man named Abel, who warns them to turn back, the gang meets Chris' boyfriend, Rick, at their destination. At a general store, Shelly and Vera get into a confrontation with three bikers Ali, Fox, and Loco. Shelly gets in the car and knocks down their motorcycles. While the car gets their front window broken with a chain, Shelly returns to knock down the bike again, impressing Vera. Later, the bikers show up at Higgins Haven, where they siphon gas out of the van and attempt to burn the barn down to get even. Jason, who has been hiding inside the barn, murders Fox and Loco each with a pitchfork before beating Ali unconscious. That night, Chris and Rick head out into the woods, where Chris reveals that she was attacked by a deformed man two years prior, which prompted her to leave Crystal Lake in the first place; the main reason that she returned was to confront her fears. Her overall memory of the incident is unclear. Back at Higgins Haven, a rejected Shelly scares Vera with a hockey mask and then wanders into the barn; Jason emerges wearing Shelly's mask. Vera retrieves Shelly's wallet from under the dock, then is promptly shot in the eye with a speargun. Jason then enters the house and slices a handstanding Andy with a machete. Debbie finishes her shower and rests on a hammock, where Jason thrusts a knife through her chest from beneath. When the power goes out in the house, Chuck goes downstairs to the basement only to be hurled into the fuse box and electrocuted. Chili finds Shelly bleeding to death from a slashed throat, believing it is a joke at first, and Jason impales her with a fire poker. When Rick's car breaks down, Chris and Rick are forced to walk back to the house, only to find it in disarray. Rick steps outside to search the grounds, but Jason grabs him and crushes his skull with his bare hands, making one of his eyes pop out of its socket. Jason then attacks Chris, who narrowly escapes the house and tries to flee in her van. With the van running out of gas, Chris tries to use the van's reserve tank. However, she runs out of time and the wheel falls through the bridge, prompting Chris to enter the barn to hide, only for Jason to attack again. Inside the barn, Chris strikes Jason over the head with a shovel and hangs him. He regains consciousness and temporarily removes his mask to free himself from the noose, allowing Chris to recognize him as the same man who attacked her two years prior. An awoken Ali tries to attack Jason, but Jason quickly finishes him off. The distraction allows Chris to strike Jason in the head with an axe. He staggers momentarily towards her before finally collapsing. Exhausted, Chris pushes a canoe out into the lake and falls asleep. Chris has a nightmare of an unmasked Jason running towards her from the house before disappearing, which then cuts to the decomposing body of Pamela Voorhees, with her head attached, emerging from the lake to pull her in. The following morning, the police arrive and escort a traumatized Chris away from Higgins Haven. Jason's body is shown to be still lying in the barn, seemingly dead.

Summary adapted from TMDb and Wikipedia sources.

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Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

a dog dies
spoiler There are no dogs in the movie.
someone is sexually assaulted
spoiler It is heavily implied in a flashback that Jason had raped one of the characters 2 years prior to her debut in the movie.
someone leaves without saying goodbye
Yes
there's child abuse
spoiler Although nothing is shown, one of the characters talks about her parents yelling at her and slapping her.
a woman is brutalized for spectacle
spoiler Par for the course with this series, and genre overall really.
there's domestic violence
spoiler Arguing between mother and child (shouting) off-screen, but not overly abusive.
there's abusive parents
spoiler Arguing between mother and child (shouting) off-screen, but not overly abusive.
someone is stalked
spoiler big theme of the franchise
someone uses drugs
spoiler Characters are seen smoking weed multiple times.
an animal dies
spoiler Dead rabbits are visible from 13:00 to 13:20. There is a roadkill rabbit on screen from 21:05 to 21:15. There is a dead skunk at 1:07:10 to 1:07:25.
a cat dies
Yes
a pet dies
spoiler Several pet rabbits are killed off screen, but the owner finds their bodies
animals are abused
spoiler Two gold fish being kept in a bowl that is too small for them is technically animal abuse
rabbits are harmed
spoiler There is a rabbit seen onscreen early on, it is not harmed but it is picked up and held by a shop owner. However, several dead rabbits are seen on the road, presumably being killed from hit by cars.
there are spiders
spoiler spent the whole movie with extra tension waiting for a spider jumpscare, but there ain't none, only a biker guy who has a spider logo embroidered on his vest ?? like come on guys
there are bugs
spoiler A character has worms in and around their face from 1:29:57 to 1:30:08.
there are snakes
spoiler A snake is shown to have killed several rabbits in an opening scene.
there are rats or mice
Yes
there's genital trauma/mutilation
spoiler Technically yes. There's a guy walking on his hands, and Jason splits him down to his naval. However, you don't really see it because the shot is from the bottom up, so his torso basically hides everything and he collapses dead instantly. No genitalia are ever seen being harmed. You see his body later, in the rafters, all gorey where the incision is, but again, no genitalia are visible. As someone who is particularly sensitive to this trigger, it didn’t bother me since we don't see the genitals being mutilated, but if the implication alone is too much for you, that's understandable. The timestamp for the murder and body is roughly 1:02:50-1:05:12. Immediately after his wife is stabbed, though so yeah.
there's finger/toe mutilation
Yes
there's amputation
spoiler A man gets his arm cut off
hands are damaged
spoiler Jason gets stabbed through the hand by one of his victims
someone is held under water
spoiler A short scene of a character being grabbed and dragged underwater, but no underwater shots.
someone is restrained
Yes
someone is beaten up by a bully
spoiler The bikers tease the younger characters and show aggressive behaviour.
someone's mouth is covered
spoiler Jason covers Rick's mouth while attacking him outside the barn so that he cannot call for help.
a kid dies
Yes
a major character dies
Yes
someone dies
Yes
a parent dies
spoiler Pregnant woman death, not visibly pregnant.
there are jump scares
Yes
there are shower scenes
spoiler A woman is showering from 1:01:45 to 1:04:10.
there's natural bodies of water
Yes
There's audio gore
Yes
someone defecates
spoiler Near the beginning, audible only. Very unexpected.
there's spitting
spoiler Unnecessary scene of a man dropping a deuce. Sound is nasty. Eeeew.
there's farting
Yes
there's eye mutilation
spoiler A character is shot in the eye with a speargun.
heads get squashed
spoiler Jason crushes Rick’s head with his bare hands. His eye pops out. It’s not very realistic.
someone suffers from PTSD
spoiler The opening depicts the last film's protagonist still reeling from her ordeal with Jason, while the ending depicts this film's in a clear state of distress.
reality is unstable or unhinged
spoiler There's some scenes at the end that's suggested to be because the victim snapped (hallucinations)
a mentally ill person is violent
Yes
there's body dysmorphia
spoiler A man is fat shamed by his wife. Note: he is not fat Another character repeatedly expresses he feels ugly and fat
someone has an anxiety attack
spoiler The ending depicts the protagonist leaving the farmhouse in a police car, heaving and sobbing in a rather distressed manner.
someone has a meltdown
Yes
there are hangings
spoiler Jason is hung by his neck after falling off the second floor of the barn.
someone's throat is mutilated
Yes
someone struggles to breathe
Yes
someone is strangled
Yes
there are sudden loud noises
Yes
shaky cam is used
Yes
there's flashing lights or images
spoiler No, if you are incredibly light sensitive the only "flashing lights" are a little lightning right in the beginning (after the flashback scene) and sparks flying out of the fuse box.
there's screaming
Yes
there is obscene language/gestures
Yes
someone is watched without knowing
spoiler Very often courtesy of Jason himself.
a pregnant person dies
spoiler Although not visibly pregnant, they mention a couple times at the beginning that one of them is pregnant
there's ableist language or behavior
spoiler Jason, who has a facial difference, is described as grotesque, inhuman, etc (specifically his face too). I'm not sure why people said no about this one.
there's fat jokes
spoiler A rather crude one off joke is made at the expense of a character who honestly is only slightly larger than the rest of the cast.
a minority is misrepresented
spoiler The only Black characters are a violent motorbike gang.
the black guy dies first
spoiler No, but the black characters in this movie are both criminals, they are the only two in the movie, but one is the first to die past the two deaths that start the movie
there's a large age gap
spoiler Dana is in a relationship with Rick, who looks a lot older than her. Ages are unconfirmed.
there is sexual content
Yes
there are nude scenes
Yes
someone is sexually objectified
Yes
a male character is ridiculed for crying
spoiler "Be a man" is used
someone is homeless
spoiler The killer's home is destroyed.
the ending is sad
Yes
a person is hit by a car
spoiler there is a scene where a victim tries to run down Jason in a car, but misses him.
a car crashes
spoiler A car has a bridge collapse underneath it, getting its wheel stuck in the wood. The bridge is only a few feet off the ground.
a car honks or tires screech
Yes
there's blood/gore
Yes
someone drowns
Yes
there's body horror
Yes
someone is crushed to death
spoiler Head crushed with hands, gory popping.
there's shaving/cutting
Yes
someone is stabbed
Yes
someone falls to their death
spoiler no but someone falls from a 2nd story window

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