Friday the 13th Part III
1983 Dir. Steve Miner The not-quite-dead-yet Jason wrecks more havoc around Crystal Lake; this time honing in on a group of friends staying at a nearby holiday home. By 1983, the popularity of the slasher film was in gentle decline. Audiences seemed to be tiring of the bloody subgenre, and filmmakers were bleeding it drier than one of Jason’s victims – though some (not me) would argue it had been pretty dry of imagination and creativity to begin with. However, the financial success of the first two Friday the 13th movies meant that it was really a no-brainer for Paramount to produce another one. Taking the helm once again was Steve Miner, who had originally wanted to focus the story on the character of Ginny again. After failing to convince Amy Steel to reprise her role, the writers took a different approach. And when I say different, I mean they pretty much just wrote the same story from the first movies over again. Although they did at least provide a new cabin. Friday th...