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· Year: 1981
· Director: Steve Miner
· Writer: Ron Kurz
· Cast: Amy Steel, John Furey
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Part of the Friday the 13th series.
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Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
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Five years after Mrs Voorhees went on her rampage Camp Crystal Lake is preparing to reopen but soon the bodies begin to pile up.--Scarecrow
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ATMOSPHERE
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GORE
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HUMOR
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SCARES
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TENSION
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For a series that never really reached heights of true excellence, Part 2 is not a bad film. It does have too much gore and the characters are sometimes given the most terrible dialogue, but the suspense is there and it truly can frighten you at points.
As you're probably aware, Jason first appears in this film, albeit without his famous hockey mask. It opens six months after the original, with the survivor of the first film being hunted down by Mrs. Voorhees's vengeful son. Soon, she is done in and we shift foward another four and a half years to the reopening of Camp Crystal Lake. Jason, it turns out, never drowned and had been living in the woods; when he saw his mother killed he became angered and now all those who enter his land must die. Okay, back story done, now concentrate on the gory moments!
To be fair, Jason has a very scary look in this and actually comes across as a rather tragic character; he's a child at heart who doesn't fully understand life and death. The female lead brings this up on occasion and helps to add an air of tragedy to Jason.
The score is menacing and the director really builds up tension at points. Perhaps it relies on a few too many clichés, but, in the end, it's a fun and exciting and scary film that is well worth the time to see.
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