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Friday the 13th Part III

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Movie Details: Having recovered from his wound, Jason Voorhees holes up at a cabin near Crystal Lake. As a group of
Having recovered from his wound, Jason Voorhees holes up at a cabin near Crystal Lake. As a group of young people arrive for their vacation, Jason continues his killing rampage. Presented in Reagan-Era 3D!
Genre(s): Thriller Horror
MPAA Rating: X
Production: Paramount Pictures
Runtime: 95 min
Home Release Date: Oct 17, 2000
Country: US
Language: English
Director: Steve Miner
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Metascore Generally unfavorable reviews
0 Positive Ratings 0%
3 Mixed Ratings 42%
4 Negative Ratings 57%
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"As in each of the other recent 3-D movies, of which this is easily the most professional, there is a lot of time devoted to trying out the gimmick. Titles loom toward you. Yo-yos spin. Popcorn bounces. Snakes dart toward the camera and strike. Eventually, the novelty wears off, and what remains is the now-familiar spectacle of nice, dumb kids being lopped, chopped and perforated." ... Read full review
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Washington Post
Tom Shales
"As directed by Steve Miner and shot by Gerald Feil, the film's use of 3-D is spectacularly and viciously effective. (Gray-lensed Polaroid glasses are handed out at the door; this 3-D process works much better than that used on recent 3-D TV broadcasts.) Not only sabers and butcher knives are tossed into the movie house, however; there are also such relatively benign protuberances as popping popcorn, a leaping snake and a blue yo-yo. From the back of a van, a hippie reaches out with a joint, and very early in the film the audience gets poked at with a pair of rabbit ears atop a television set. An opening scene of sheets flapping on a clothesline is attractively eerie, and a later shot of a victim sitting on a pier that juts into a pool of water is actually pretty. The playfulness is so engaging it's really too bad that the gore has to be so unrelenting, but the producers of these films are now trapped in their own excess [17 Aug 1982, p.B1]"
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"A lesser installment in the series." ... Read full review
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"The horny teenagers all seem like banal, plastic, eager-to-please refugees from a sitcom, desperately hoping with their every line of dialogue for a canned laugh." ... Read full review
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Miami Herald
Bill Cosford
"Implicit in the artlessness of this scene is the filmmakers' sense of the formulaic nature of their work, which requires no higher art than bartering with the butcher for spare parts; when the teen van moves out, like a fisheries truck loaded with trout for the spring re-stocking, it's a nod to the genre and a wink for the grown-ups in the crowd. The rest is in your face. [16 Aug 1982, p.B4]"
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"It's still trash." ... Read full review
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"Friday the 13th Part III is terrible, too...There are some dandy 3-D sequences, however, of a yo-yo going up and down and popcorn popping." ... Read full review
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User Score Generally favorable reviews
22 Positive Ratings 55%
11 Mixed Ratings 27%
7 Negative Ratings 17%
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humunguschungus
May 25, 2019
Friday the 13th part III hasn't aged nearly as well as it could have without it's gimmicky 3D effects, but it still manages to be one of theFriday the 13th part III hasn't aged nearly as well as it could have without it's gimmicky 3D effects, but it still manages to be one of the most iconic films in the franchise not only because of the introduction of Jason's infamous hockey mask, but because of it's fun atmosphere. Do not take this film or any other slasher film seriously (for the most part). Although I will say that the film's reliance on cliches can often be downright annoying. Expand
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Rcavey92212
Mar 7, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There's so much I love about this movie. It's definitely a step up from the last. The setup is the same as Jason targets a new group of druggie, horny teens but this time in 3D. The kills are great. The eye popping scene is the best and the effort put into the 3D effects is really impressive and goofy. From the get go I absolutely loved the disco theme. The acting is pretty bad but in a fun campy way. The final girl is mostly useless but hilarious as she faces Jason down. I love the bikers and the movie is overly entertaining and highly successful mostly because it's not aiming very high. Plus this is the one where he finally gets his iconic mask

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robertoiglesias
Aug 2, 2018
I found Part 3 to be entertaining with some good kills, decent characters (some of them), a nice battle at the ending, and Jason Voorhees.I found Part 3 to be entertaining with some good kills, decent characters (some of them), a nice battle at the ending, and Jason Voorhees. Just watch it in 2D.

However, some complaints. It is so similar to the first 2 films, the 3D is annoying, and characters like Andy, Debbie, Chuck, and Chili don't have enough development (though Chris and Shelly are well developed). And while the death scenes are better than Part 2's quick kills that cut away after 2 seconds, it hasn't reached its potential gore.

So it's good, but it's a weaker installment.
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JPK
Jul 4, 2019
Starting To Catch Sequelitis
Jason’s kills are still clever, but the script’s skills are starting to wane.
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imthenoob
Oct 23, 2018
It's a fun watch with another solid cast of characters and enjoyable kills but the needless 3D addition and repetitiveness tanks it a bit.
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MattBrady99
Mar 13, 2020
Dude the soundtrack in this movie is some funky sh*t!

Not a good movie by any means, but an absolute blast. It's so hilarious and kinda
Dude the soundtrack in this movie is some funky sh*t!

Not a good movie by any means, but an absolute blast. It's so hilarious and kinda embarrassing of how they used 3D in the movie. The amount of times the actors awkwardly put things up close to the camera for along period of time. Then again I did watch this in 2D. After giving it some thought, it's strange to think that Jason gets his hockey mask from a Seth Rogen type of character.
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FilipeNeto
Jun 29, 2018
This movie is the third sequel to "Friday the 13th", proving that if Jason is tough to kill, the franchise is certainly harder to die. TheThis movie is the third sequel to "Friday the 13th", proving that if Jason is tough to kill, the franchise is certainly harder to die. The recipe is like the films that preceded it: in a haunted camp lives a hard-to-kill monster who loves to exterminate stupid teenagers, improving human genetics by preventing such deformed beings from breeding. I'm being ironic, but the truth is that the film is so bad that it allows me that, as well as being no different from the vast majority of slasher films. Expand
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