Drawing and Horror Movies

[kybearfuzz]

Telling the Story of Jason Around the Campfire in
Friday the 13th: Part Two

When I'm drawing things, particularly "project" drawings of a sort, I love to put in DVD's I'm familiar with for background noise and entertainment at the same time. I have a large drafting table in my home office, but I spend more time drawing on the couch in my living room with a clipboard in my lap.

The other night, while working on the next "seasons" cartoon, I popped in Friday the 13th Part Two. The first in the series to have Jason as the killer and set up a pretty nice back story, I had forgotten how REALLY good this movie was. In fact, I think it's better than the first and most that follow.

What makes it so good is that it seems to have a pretty coherent plot and some pretty good acting, especially by Amy Steel, who plays Ginny the survivor. Among the counselors bumped off were a couple of recognizable soap opera stars of later years and Tom McBride, a nice furry hottie who played Mark (great name), the wheelchair bound guy who buys it with a machete to the face. Even best are the never answered questions: What was Ginny planning on telling Paul? And what happened to Paul at the end? After Jason crashes through the window to attack, Ginny is seen being taken to the ambulance, but she asks repeatedly where is Paul. I've always enjoyed that kind of ambiguity.

I've had the movie for years and now realize that it has commentary (I really should pay attention to these box sets more), so I'll be watching it again soon to listen to that. Maybe tonight.

Comments

[thrd-uncle.livejournal.com]

I think she was going to tell him they couldn't have sex because she was on her period. Remember that Paul mentioned to the girls, "if you're on your period, keep yourself clean because of bears" (lol), in his 'wilderness talk'. The morning after he spent the night with Ginny, he left the message "watch out for bears" on her mirror in lipstick.

That was my take on it, anyway. We should get together and watch old horror movies some time, we might have similar tastes.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

LOL... wow, that makes perfect sense actually! I have actually thought about getting a screen capture and using that mirror-message as an icon.

And we should, I think. I have a large collection of 1970's and 1980's horror flicks.

[thrd-uncle.livejournal.com]

I have some too.....Texas Chainsaw Massacre (of course), Madman, The Boogens, Tourist Trap, The Beast Within, to name a few.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Ah, I had Tourist Trap through Netflix, thought it was wonderfully creepy. I'd not seen The Boogens before.

I have Black Christmas (the original, not that remake), Prom Night (ditto), Happy Birthday to Me, He Knows You're Alone, etc., among my many. In fact, I ordered one called "The Initiation" that I remember a long time ago from the VHS box. It should be here in a day or so.