Friday the 13th Part 3
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Friday the 13th Part III is the third film in the Friday the 13th series. The 1982 movie was the first film in the series to feature Jason Voorhees
wearing the hockey mask that has become his prominent trademark. The film was released theatrically in 3-D
, and is notable as the first Paramount Pictures
film produced in 3-D since 1954. Much like its sequel Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
, this film was intended to end the series. Unlike its sequel and the later film, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
, this film did not include a moniker in its title to indicate as such.
, the horribly deformed mass murderer Jason Voorhees
has survived his attack at the hands of Paul and Ginny and has migrated to a store where he steals new clothes. He then murders the store owners, Harold with a meat cleaver slammed into his stomach, and Edna with a knitting needle through the back of her head, before moving on to a nearby lake front property named Higgins Haven.
At the same time, a girl named Chris, who was attacked by a mysterious, disfigured stranger in the woods near Crystal Lake two years earlier, returns to the property with her friends Debbie, Andy, Shelly, Vera, Chuck, and Chili. After meeting Abel, an inebriated, religious fanatic who warns them to turn back, the gang meets Chris' boyfriend Rick at their destination (Higgins Haven). Chris intends to face her fears; however, none of her friends know that an unmasked and reclusive Jason has taken refuge in the barn to recover from his battle wounds. The gang run into trouble with some local bikers, who then try vandalize the property. However, they are dispatched one by one by Jason before they can do any real damage - except for syphoning gas from Chris's van. One biker is impaled through the throat by a pitchfork, the next gets another pitchfork through the stomach, and a third is clubbed.
When Chris and Rick go out for a drive, Jason emerges. He slashes Shelly's throat and takes his hockey mask. Now with a mask to cover his hideously deformed face, he then proceeds to murder the rest of the gang. He shoots Vera in the eye with a speargun. While Andy is handstand
walking, he looks up as Jason slashes him with a machete, splitting him in half. Debbie has a knife shoved through her neck while she rests on the hammock. Chuck enters the basement when the power seems to die and is thrown on a fusebox and electrocuted. Chili then gets impaled through the stomach with a red hot fire poker.
Chris and Rick return to find the place empty. Rick goes outside to look around while Chris remains inside. Chris goes to the door to call out to him, but Jason holds him and keeps his hand held over his mouth just a few feet away. After no response, Chris goes back inside. Then, Rick is killed by Jason who squeezes his head until one of his eyeballs pops out. Jason then attacks Chris, chases her around the property, and into the barn. Chris hits Jason in the head with a shovel which knocks him temporarily unconscious, long enough to place a noose
around his neck and roll him off outside the barn, hanging him. When Chris goes back down and opens the barn door, to her surprise, Jason has survived the hanging. Jason raises his mask up so he can take the noose off of his neck, thus showing his real face to Chris, at which point she recognizes him as the man who attacked her two years earlier. As Jason proceeds to attack Chris, one of the bikers, who survived his clubbing earlier, attempts his revenge, but Jason cuts off his hand and proceeds to hack him. With Jason distracted, Chris picks up an axe and strikes him in the head, apparently killing him. Chris then wanders over to the lake and falls asleep in a canoe that drifts into the middle of the lake.
The next morning, Chris wakes up and sees Jason unmasked and alive staring at her through an upstairs window in the house. When he spots her, he runs out to attack her but as Chris tries to escape, she is grabbed and taken into the water by a decomposing Pamela Voorhees
. It is revealed that this was all a nightmare and at some point later, the police take a clearly mentally disturbed Chris off the property as the camera shows Jason's supposedly dead body. The final shot is of the lake finally at peace.
The script for Part 3 called for Jason to wear a mask to cover his face, having worn a bag over his head in Part 2; what no one knew at the time was that the mask chosen would become a trademark for the character, and one instantly recognizable in popular culture in the years to come. During production, Steve Miner called for a lighting check, but none of the effects crew wanted to apply any make-up for the light check, so they decided to just throw a mask on Brooker. Martin Jay Sadoff, the film's 3D effects supervisor, kept a bag with him full of hockey gear, as he was a hockey fan, and he pulled out a Detroit Red Wings
goaltender mask for the test. Miner loved the mask, but during test shots it was too small. Using a substance called VacuForm, Doug White enlarged the mask and created a new mold to work with. After White finished the molds, Terry Ballard placed the new red triangles on the mask to give it a unique appearance. Holes would be punched into the mask, and the markings were altered, making it different from Sadoff's mask. There were two prosthetic face masks created for Richard Brooker to wear underneath the hockey mask. One mask was composed of approximately 11 different appliances, and took about six hours to apply to Brooker's face; this mask was used for scenes where the hockey mask was removed. In the scenes where the hockey mask is over the face, a simple head mask was created. This one piece mask would simply slip on over Brooker's head, exposing his face but not the rest of his head.
Some of the deaths were edited in order to avoid an "X" rating, including: Andy's death, which showed his right leg being cut off and his stomach being torn open; Vera's death was cut of bloodshed and her subsequent reaction (this was cut for supposedly looking "too real"); Edna's death was cut for excessive blood flow; Chili's impalement with the red-hot poker was cut of steaming blood hitting the floor; Debbie's original death showed blood spraying across her chest and face. The film was shot with the Arrivision "over and under" 3D camera, the same that was used with Jaws 3-D
.
For this film in the Friday the 13th franchise, Jason Voorhees was nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains as one of the Top 50 Villains.
The 3-D version of the film was released for the first time officially on the VHS in 1992 Deluxe Edition DVD on February 3, 2009.
The Deluxe DVD and Blu-ray Disc
includes the 2-D and 3-D versions of the film and 2 pairs of blue and red 3-D glasses designed to look like Jason's mask.
Jason Voorhees
Jason Voorhees is a fictional character from the Friday the 13th series of slasher films. He first appeared in Friday the 13th , as the son of camp cook-turned-murderer, Mrs. Voorhees, in which he was portrayed by Ari Lehman. Created by Victor Miller, with contributions by Ron Kurz, Sean S...
wearing the hockey mask that has become his prominent trademark. The film was released theatrically in 3-D
3-D film
A 3-D film or S3D film is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception...
, and is notable as the first Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
film produced in 3-D since 1954. Much like its sequel Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter is a 1984 slasher film. It is the fourth film in the Friday the 13th film series. Though it was billed as "The Final Chapter," there have been many further sequels in the franchise. The popularity and financial success of the film, which grossed over $32 million,...
, this film was intended to end the series. Unlike its sequel and the later film, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday is a 1993 slasher film, the ninth—and, as the title suggests, intended final—installment in the Friday the 13th film series and the first sequel to be distributed by New Line Cinema....
, this film did not include a moniker in its title to indicate as such.
Plot
Picking up one day after the events of Friday the 13th Part 2Friday the 13th Part 2
Friday the 13th Part II is a 1981 slasher film directed by Steve Miner, who also directed its sequel, Friday the 13th Part III and several other popular horror films. A sequel to Friday the 13th , it is the second film in the Friday the 13th film series. It was a moderate box-office hit, opening on...
, the horribly deformed mass murderer Jason Voorhees
Jason Voorhees
Jason Voorhees is a fictional character from the Friday the 13th series of slasher films. He first appeared in Friday the 13th , as the son of camp cook-turned-murderer, Mrs. Voorhees, in which he was portrayed by Ari Lehman. Created by Victor Miller, with contributions by Ron Kurz, Sean S...
has survived his attack at the hands of Paul and Ginny and has migrated to a store where he steals new clothes. He then murders the store owners, Harold with a meat cleaver slammed into his stomach, and Edna with a knitting needle through the back of her head, before moving on to a nearby lake front property named Higgins Haven.
At the same time, a girl named Chris, who was attacked by a mysterious, disfigured stranger in the woods near Crystal Lake two years earlier, returns to the property with her friends Debbie, Andy, Shelly, Vera, Chuck, and Chili. After meeting Abel, an inebriated, religious fanatic who warns them to turn back, the gang meets Chris' boyfriend Rick at their destination (Higgins Haven). Chris intends to face her fears; however, none of her friends know that an unmasked and reclusive Jason has taken refuge in the barn to recover from his battle wounds. The gang run into trouble with some local bikers, who then try vandalize the property. However, they are dispatched one by one by Jason before they can do any real damage - except for syphoning gas from Chris's van. One biker is impaled through the throat by a pitchfork, the next gets another pitchfork through the stomach, and a third is clubbed.
When Chris and Rick go out for a drive, Jason emerges. He slashes Shelly's throat and takes his hockey mask. Now with a mask to cover his hideously deformed face, he then proceeds to murder the rest of the gang. He shoots Vera in the eye with a speargun. While Andy is handstand
Handstand
A handstand is the act of supporting the body in a stable, inverted vertical position by balancing on the hands. In a basic handstand the body is held straight with arms and legs fully extended, with hands spaced approximately shoulder-width apart...
walking, he looks up as Jason slashes him with a machete, splitting him in half. Debbie has a knife shoved through her neck while she rests on the hammock. Chuck enters the basement when the power seems to die and is thrown on a fusebox and electrocuted. Chili then gets impaled through the stomach with a red hot fire poker.
Chris and Rick return to find the place empty. Rick goes outside to look around while Chris remains inside. Chris goes to the door to call out to him, but Jason holds him and keeps his hand held over his mouth just a few feet away. After no response, Chris goes back inside. Then, Rick is killed by Jason who squeezes his head until one of his eyeballs pops out. Jason then attacks Chris, chases her around the property, and into the barn. Chris hits Jason in the head with a shovel which knocks him temporarily unconscious, long enough to place a noose
Noose
A noose is a loop at the end of a rope in which the knot slides to make the loop collapsible. Knots used for making nooses include the running bowline, the tarbuck knot, and the slip knot.-Use in hanging:...
around his neck and roll him off outside the barn, hanging him. When Chris goes back down and opens the barn door, to her surprise, Jason has survived the hanging. Jason raises his mask up so he can take the noose off of his neck, thus showing his real face to Chris, at which point she recognizes him as the man who attacked her two years earlier. As Jason proceeds to attack Chris, one of the bikers, who survived his clubbing earlier, attempts his revenge, but Jason cuts off his hand and proceeds to hack him. With Jason distracted, Chris picks up an axe and strikes him in the head, apparently killing him. Chris then wanders over to the lake and falls asleep in a canoe that drifts into the middle of the lake.
The next morning, Chris wakes up and sees Jason unmasked and alive staring at her through an upstairs window in the house. When he spots her, he runs out to attack her but as Chris tries to escape, she is grabbed and taken into the water by a decomposing Pamela Voorhees
Pamela Voorhees
Pamela Sue Voorhees is a fictional character in the Friday the 13th films, and the antagonist of the original Friday the 13th film. She is a former camp cook and the mother of Jason Voorhees, the main character of the series....
. It is revealed that this was all a nightmare and at some point later, the police take a clearly mentally disturbed Chris off the property as the camera shows Jason's supposedly dead body. The final shot is of the lake finally at peace.
Cast
- Dana KimmellDana KimmellDana Kimmell is an American actress who has starred in movies and on television. She played Dawn Marshall on Texas and appeared on Days of our Lives as Diane Parker from 1983-1984.-Early Life:...
as Chris Higgins - Paul KratkaPaul KratkaPaul Charles Kratka is an American actor who took up a career as a chiropractor and subsequently made a return to film...
as Rick - Tracie SavageTracie SavageTracie Savage is an American actress and journalist. She has starred in movies and on television.-Career:...
as Debbie - Jeffrey RogersJeffrey RogersJeffrey Rogers is an American actor who has starred in films and appeared on television shows. He is perhaps best known for his role in the 1982 horror classic Friday the 13th Part III as Andy. His other films are Surf II and The Karate Kid, Part II...
as Andy - Catherine ParksCatherine ParksCatherine LaBelle Parks is an American actress who has starred in movies and on television. She is perhaps best known for her role in the 1982 horror movie Friday the 13th Part III as Vera Sanchez and in the 1989 comedy Weekend at Bernie's.Parks was born Catherine LaBelle in Tampa, Florida. She...
as Vera Sanchez - Larry ZernerLarry ZernerLawrence J. Zerner is an American lawyer and former actor who is perhaps best known for his role in the 1982 hit horror film Friday the 13th Part III as Shelly. His only other film role was in the 1984 movie Hadley's Rebellion. He made a guest appearance on the television series Fame.Zerner was...
as Shelly - David Katims as Chuck
- Rachel Howard as Chili
- Richard BrookerRichard BrookerRichard Brooker is an English stuntman, perhaps best known for his role in Friday the 13th Part III as Jason Voorhees.-Career:Brooker, a former trapeze artist from England, started his career in acting in a casting magazine, "Dramalogue"...
as Jason VoorheesJason VoorheesJason Voorhees is a fictional character from the Friday the 13th series of slasher films. He first appeared in Friday the 13th , as the son of camp cook-turned-murderer, Mrs. Voorhees, in which he was portrayed by Ari Lehman. Created by Victor Miller, with contributions by Ron Kurz, Sean S...
(Steve Daskawisz appears as Jason during flashback from Part 2) - Nick Savage as Ali
- Amy SteelAmy SteelAmy Steel is an American film and television actress, also credited as Amy Steel Pulitzer.-Biography:She is perhaps best known for her role as Ginny Field in the 1981 horror film Friday the 13th Part 2. She was offered the chance to reprise the role for the third film in the long-running series,...
as Ginny Field (flashback from Part 2) - John FureyJohn FureyJohn Furey is an American actor who has starred in film and on television. He is best known for his role in the 1981 horror film Friday the 13th Part 2 as Paul Holt. His most recent film is the 2005 movie The Galindez File....
as Paul Holt (flashback from Part 2) - Betsy PalmerBetsy PalmerBetsy Palmer is an American actress, best known as a regular panelist on the game show I've Got a Secret, and later for playing Pamela Voorhees in the notorious slasher film Friday the 13th.-Life and career:...
as Pamela Voorhees (flashback from Part 2) - Gloria Charles as Fox
- Kevin O'Brien as Loco
- Cheri Maugans as Edna
- Steve SusskindSteve SusskindSteve Susskind was an American actor who appeared in numerous small parts in sitcoms, such as Frasier, Married with Children, Scrubs, and NewsRadio...
as Harold - Perla Walter as Mrs. Sanchez
- David Wiley as Abel
Production
Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...
goaltender mask for the test. Miner loved the mask, but during test shots it was too small. Using a substance called VacuForm, Doug White enlarged the mask and created a new mold to work with. After White finished the molds, Terry Ballard placed the new red triangles on the mask to give it a unique appearance. Holes would be punched into the mask, and the markings were altered, making it different from Sadoff's mask. There were two prosthetic face masks created for Richard Brooker to wear underneath the hockey mask. One mask was composed of approximately 11 different appliances, and took about six hours to apply to Brooker's face; this mask was used for scenes where the hockey mask was removed. In the scenes where the hockey mask is over the face, a simple head mask was created. This one piece mask would simply slip on over Brooker's head, exposing his face but not the rest of his head.
Some of the deaths were edited in order to avoid an "X" rating, including: Andy's death, which showed his right leg being cut off and his stomach being torn open; Vera's death was cut of bloodshed and her subsequent reaction (this was cut for supposedly looking "too real"); Edna's death was cut for excessive blood flow; Chili's impalement with the red-hot poker was cut of steaming blood hitting the floor; Debbie's original death showed blood spraying across her chest and face. The film was shot with the Arrivision "over and under" 3D camera, the same that was used with Jaws 3-D
Jaws 3-D
Jaws 3-D is a 1983 thriller film directed by Joe Alves and starring Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Lea Thompson and Louis Gossett, Jr...
.
Reception
The film opened in 1,079 theaters in 3D taking in $9,406,522 its opening weekend. Domestically, the film made $36,690,067, a greater figure than the $21,722,776 of the second film.For this film in the Friday the 13th franchise, Jason Voorhees was nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains as one of the Top 50 Villains.
3-D DVD release
When originally released on VHS and later on DVD the film was released in regular 2-D form.The 3-D version of the film was released for the first time officially on the VHS in 1992 Deluxe Edition DVD on February 3, 2009.
The Deluxe DVD and Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...
includes the 2-D and 3-D versions of the film and 2 pairs of blue and red 3-D glasses designed to look like Jason's mask.