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Here's my review for the 2009 remake of Friday the 13th, now posted at pinkraygun.com
An excerpt:
Even horror movies should have some basis in reality, shouldn’t they? Something that the audience can connect with so that they get a sense that the horror on the screen could actually happen to them, even if the odds are highly against it? I didn’t get that from this movie. I didn’t get that even if I wanted to get that. I couldn’t relate because while I wanted to believe the premise, the movie kept throwing clinkers in my way that distracted me from the bloody fun and games of Jason’s rampage. This movie wasn’t scary, and I wasn’t scared. And I feel badly about that.
An excerpt:
Even horror movies should have some basis in reality, shouldn’t they? Something that the audience can connect with so that they get a sense that the horror on the screen could actually happen to them, even if the odds are highly against it? I didn’t get that from this movie. I didn’t get that even if I wanted to get that. I couldn’t relate because while I wanted to believe the premise, the movie kept throwing clinkers in my way that distracted me from the bloody fun and games of Jason’s rampage. This movie wasn’t scary, and I wasn’t scared. And I feel badly about that.
