The results are in and Friday the 13th (the remake) “hacked” its way to #1 at the box office with $42.2 million dollars! What does it mean for American culture/ethics when the masses go out to see a slasher flick rather than a film with culture (slumdog millionaire) or history (frost/nixon, milk) or equailty (gran torino)or [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Friday the 13th’
Hockey Mask #1 at box office
Posted in From the balcony, tagged Box office, Entertainment, Films, Friday the 13th, Hollywood, Jason Voorhees, Movies, Slasher films on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Friday the 13th…, The Remake
Posted in From the balcony, tagged Entertainment, Friday the 13th, Hollywood, Jason Voorhees, Movies, TV on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When Friday the 13th came out in 1980 I was only 7 months old. It would take be 12 years before I’d see the “original” and its then several, less worthy, sequels. Even though I hold ‘Halloween’ as the pinnacle “slasher genre” film with its Hitchcock approach to supsense and minimal gore, I still love Friday the [...]
