Friday the 13th (1980)

I recently re-watched the original Friday the 13th because I picked it up on blu-ray. As I've mentioned I love the Friday movies and honestly can't wait until later tonight where I get to see the new one. I won't be this excited for my first child to be born. This way it was kind of cool to see just how far the series has come since the original was released almost 30 years ago.

The first Friday was never my favourite. I was a bigger fan of the later, more ridiculous ones where Jason was basically this unstoppable zombie killing machine. Those ones are awesome. The first is still a good movie though, and is actually the most grounded of all of them. This is before everything went bat-shit crazy and Jason was punching off people's heads. I just find it a little on the slow side and it doesn't hold up too well today.

The most interesting thing about this movie for me was knowing how controversial it was when it was first released. People protested it and called it the most sick and offensive thing ever created. First off, even then these people must have never seen a single movie, TV show, book or object in their entire lives if they thought this was the most offensive creation of all time. If they released this movie now , it would get a PG-13 rating probably pretty easily. It's nothing. Saw has shown us shit that makes Friday the 13th look like a god damn picnic with unicorns.

Imagine if the Saw movies had come out back in 1980? If audiences thought Friday the 13th was so vile and disgusting, what would Saw have done to them? I guess their faces would have just melted off. That's the only way they could have dealt with it I would imagine.

I will say this though, the blu-ray of this movie looks and sounds incredible. The picture quality makes the movie look brand new, and the sound was one of the best experiences I've had since getting my surround sound system. This is a must buy for anyone who has a blu-ray player and is a fan of the movie.

Although it's not my favourite of the series, I still like this movie and have to respect it because it laid the groundwork for all of the future ones.

7/10