Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)

Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)

Actors:
Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cooke, David Kagen

Director:

Tom McLoughlin

Runtime:

1 hr 26 minutes

Plot:
Tommy Jarvis goes to the graveyard to get rid of Jason Voorhees' body once and for all, but inadvertently brings him back to life instead. The newly revived killer once again seeks revenge, and Tommy may be the only one who can defeat him. 

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 Review:  Warning Spoilers!

Tommy (all grown up) just has to make sure Jason is dead on a dark, stormy night, (Jason meets Frankenstein so to speak) and accidently brings him back from the dead with lightening. Did I meantion that Jason has decayed a bit in his coffin? From there the slaughter begins.

Director Tom McLoughlin brung this series back to life after the failure of the part five film. Jason comes back as  unkillable and grosser than ever. As well as going back to the original story line of killing campp counselors. With good effects this makes a good watch and has the best soundtrack of the franchise.

Friday the 13th part 2 (1981)

Friday the 13th part 2   (1981)

Actors:

Betsy Palmer, Amy Steel, John Furey

Director:

Steve Miner

Runtime:

1hr 27 minutes

Plot:

 Mrs. Voorhees is dead, and Camp Crystal Lake is shut down, but a camp next to the infamous place is stalked by an unknown assailant. Is it Mrs. Voorhees' son Jason, who did not really drown in the lake some 30 years before? 

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Review:

In this film, Jason takes over where Mommy left off, killing everyone that gets in his way. This time it's a camp counselor training center on Crystal Lake. We even get to see the town crazy again. Jason, all grown up, wears a sack over his head, as he has yet to get his mask. And one of the few times in the series you actually see Jason's face.

This is a slasher film through and through that turned Jason into an horror icon.

April Fool's Day (1986)

April Fool's Day (1986) 

Actors: 

Deborah Foreman, Griffin O'Neal, Clayton Rohner

Director:

  Fred Walton

Run time:

89 minutes

 Plot:
 A group of nine college students staying at a friend's remote island mansion begin to fall victim to an unseen murderer over the April Fool's day weekend.

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Review:
Let me start off by saying this film is one of my 80s B-movie favorites.  Some of the newer practical special effects that were coming out was used in this film, so not all of the special effects are that good.
The plot takes a turn at the end leaving you with a WTF moment(in a good way). If you are a fan of the 80's horror genre, then this is a must see.

 

Motel Hell (1980)

Motel Hell (1980)

Actors:

Rory Calhoun, Nancy Parsons  & Nina Axelord

Director:

Kevin Conner

Run time:

1h 41 min

Plot:

Vincent Smith (Rory Calhoun) and his sister Ida (Nancy Parsons) run a rural hotel, but they earn most of their cash operating a food stand that specializes in world-famous sausages. After years of success, however, the duo's upstanding brother, Sheriff Bruce (Paul Linke), eventually discovers the grotesque details of his siblings' booming business: Vincent and Ida are actually plumping up their hotel patrons, killing and dismembering them and then grinding them into frankfurters. 

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Review:

A good old fashioned 80s cult classic horror.  This is a comedy as well, you'll laugh with this one. One person described this as "Texas Chainsaw" meets "The Beverly Hillbillies". It has  been underrated by critics but any horror fan will like if not love this film. I'm not saying it doesn't have it's faults but you overlook them.

Highly recommend watching.

Re-Animator (1985)

Re-Animator (1985)

Actors:

 Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott & Barbara Crampton

Director:

 Stuart Gordon

Runtime: 104 Minutes


Plot: 

Based on H.P. Lovecraft, this campy sendup follows an egostical medical student who develops a serum that revives the dead. 

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Reveiw: 

This is a cult classic. If you know 80s horror B movies, you know Jeffrey Combs. this is one of the many films he did that put him on the map as a cult classic A lister. Just a reminder all 80s B horror films are campy and at time cheeky, but that's why we love them so.

Found on Netflix