Friday the 13th Part III (1982)

Stars	User	Rating
8	Paxton	65 _46th
The 13th of October fell on a Friday so that day I invited some friends over and we watched them. All of them. 12 movies in 24 hours. Yeah, I'm cool like that. The kind of cool that puts you in a room with a bunch of dudes watching low budget murder porn including this 3D entry back when the word shameless hadn't caught on yet. The dawn of the hockey mask, but honestly, this should be remembered as Friday the 13th: The Barn Chapter.
6	DavidBlast	70 _65th
What in the name of holy franchising is happening?! Is the series actually getting better as it progresses?! From the chicka-wow-wow 3D intro to the awesomely stereotypical 80s gang featuring Roxy and the cool kids, Jason finally dons the hockey mask and runs amok on Natalie Portman's older sister and her merry friends. Delicious nudity and silly "Is anyone there?" scares ensue. James Cameron pay heed: THIS is how 3D is supposed to be. Oh and fat kid: Cheer the fuck up.
5	KasperL	70 _65th
Starts out spending time on some silly, highly 80s-cheesy rocker characters but, with great kills and a campy tone soon becomes fun as hell. In the terrific last act, Jason, now hockey mask-clad, for the first time gets some real resistance from a more sensible and able final girl. Also, I never thought I'd say this about any movie: With all the gimmick shots engineered to show off the technology, I'm dying to see this re-screened in 3D! (seriously)
5	Jasongirl67	70 _48th
Of the first four movies this is my least favorite Granted I think this has some of the most creative kills BUT; other then part 2 flashbacks there's no mention of Crystal Lake or mommies revenge Hell they never even refer to him as Jason !
4	terrymac	35 _7th
An oddball mash-up of killing and bizarre directorial choices to exploit the 3D gimmick. All the characters were disappointing human beings - their deaths couldn't come quickly enough for me, especially the whiny "joker" with a perm. There were plenty of LOUD NOISE! fake-outs, flashbacks, some odd music, and a sense that all of this was taking place within a self-contained bubble. Is Jason invincible now? Very silly, rubbish, but curiously entertaining - I genuinely want to see this in 3D.
4	BillyShears	75 _65th
Hilarious 3D staged shots, you come in expecting to see total carnage popping out of the screen but end up with yo-yos, juggling fruit, popcorn etc. People will hold things in ways no human has ever held anything (god damn stupid hippy and his popcorn bowl) Shelley is some awful Albert Brooks nightmare character but without him Jason would’ve never been born. They spent so much time trying to figure out how to get the 3D to work no one gives a shit if there’s a crew member in the shot or
4	Luna6ix	60 _15th
Notable only for the introduction of Jason's trademark hockey mask, this third installment really captures the essence of slasher sequels: basically same shit different movie, can I have some money, please?
4	glumpy_99	70 _35th
The passage of time has given this much-derided series an almost quaintly retro charm; this is not an especially well-acted or directed entry but even viewed in 2D, its use of exaggerated 3D effects adds another level of amusement and compared with modern torture porn, the lack of focus on character's suffering makes it easier to digest as more casually silly entertainment. Also notable as the first time Jason goes widescreen, not that Miner does much with the extra screen space.
4	SirSass	40 _19th
Annoying characters, terrible 3-D moments, awful acting.....but its all worth it just to see that guy who does random handstands around the house get decimated by Jason.
4	TimeCapsule	68 _61st
Before "Jaws 3-D"(1983), the 3rd film in the Friday the 13th series was the poster child for the terrible 80's 3-D fad. However unlike the OG blockbuster "Jaws"(1975), the Friday the 13th franchise is just right for this kind of gimmicky schlock. The cheesiest, campiest, and probably worst movie in the series might be, by far, the most fun yet. After 45 minutes of bad 3-D gags, "hockey mask" Jason is born by delivering a money shot 3-D harpoon blast right into a girl's eye, plus full mic drop.
3	Jeb	36 _22nd
The only sequel that is actually decent. The addition of the hockey mask turned Jason into an icon, but this is terribly dated. That being said, it's just another boring, pointless and stupid slasher film from the 80s. But, just like the first, it's one of my ultimate guilty pleasures.
3	adouble	65 _37th
Hard to believe Criticker thought I would rate this an 18. Superfun 80s silliness. Also wow the theme song for this is the most unexpectedly funky shit of all time.
3	VengefulKBM	70 _51st
From a purely technical, quality based standpoint, this movie is significantly worse than the first two. It's certainly not scary, like the first two managed (at least, occasionally). I do not care, and have decided to skew my rating dramatically towards "level of entertainment," which was substantial, my inner critic be damned. There's only so many "awkwardly pointing objects at the camera" shots I can take before I really start enjoying myself.
2	Ytadel	4 _43rd
(2016 Jasonthon #3:) Pretty lazy, even by the standards of a typically lazy subgenre. All the echoes of the first film - from just redoing the Kevin Bacon kill with the pregnant girl to redoing the first film's surprise ending but now with Jason's mom, I guess - just betray a lack of confidence to do anything different. The film's attempts to invest us in its characters are cringey. The climactic chase between Jason and the final girl is ok, and I liked the Jason face in this film.
2	FrederikA	50 _33rd
Keeping the "high standard" of the previous chapter and gloriously campy in all it's early 80s fashion. Though I didn't watch this in the intended 3D, the various wooden staffs pointing towards the camera throughout the film (be that Baseball bats, garden utilities or harpoons) gave a good sense of how the makers utilized the technology.
2	Matthew Parkinson (CineMarter)	30 _17th
Friday the 13th: Part III is a terrible film in a series that's not very good. It re-hashes moments from earlier chapters, does nothing original for itself, and absolutely ruins any attempt at immersion by presenting itself to us in 3D and needing to use that effect every now and then. The acting is bad, the dialogue makes you cringe, the kills are dull, the killer is seen far too much, and the entire experience feels at least an hour too long, even though the film only plays or 95 minutes.
2	Lord Moe	60 _20th
"Friday" Part II was a worthy successor to the original film but Part III (or should I say 3D) isn't quite up to snuff. The good thing is that Jason is as good as in part II and even gets his iconic hockey mask in this entry. The cabin looks great in this film, especially by the end where it is lit by flickering candles and a wind storm is brewing outside. Unfortunately there are some pointless scenes and a lot of 3D pandering (it was shown in 3D). Still enjoyable but weaker than its predecessor
2	DesertPunk	73 _54th
I'm watching this a few days away from going on a trip to a cabin, and man, if we run into a hobo sleeping in the middle of the road brandishing a disembodied eye, I'm just turning tail. I'm also banning handstands and harpoon guns at the cabin. Gotta be safe.
2	talonmalon	61 _30th
It's funny how Jason is a horror icon. And yet, not only does he not appear until the second movie, but when he did, he didn't yet even have his famous hockey mask. That wasn't until Part 3. Seeing Jason don the mask is a major highlight of the film. Beyond that, it works just the same as the first two movies. But, by this point, the formula was starting to grow rather thin. And having been filmed in 3D, it does get indulgent on the effect. Still, those who like the first two should like Part 3.
1	doctor7	26 _15th
Jason gets his trademark hockey mask instead of wearing a stupid bag over his head, so that makes it at least slightly better than Friday the 13th Part 2 in my books. However it doesn't save it from being a terribly dated boring slasher flick from the 80's.
1	DMCrimson	20 _1st
OH MY GOD oh it's just my friend grabbing my arm AHH ITS JASON WITH A KNIFE no its dave with a tire iron fixing the car LOUD NOISE BEHIND ME its just a cat meowing SOMEONE SCREAMED those swimmers are having fun on the dock BLOOD EVERYWHERE who keeps spilling the rasberry jam THAT'S A KNIFE IN THE HEAD it's just fake, what a weird prank to run on your friends WINDOWS SMASHED OPEN AND A HAND IS NOW he's repairing it? that's a destructive way of doing things
1	Moribunny	30 _15th
I saw all of them at least up to the 8th, but in my memory I can hardly tell them apart. This one introduces the hockey mask, but still they are pretty much the same movie over and over again, and they tend to be repetitive internally as well. Of the major slasher franchises, Friday the 13th is the most boring.
1	gogokain	10 _19th
Unfuckingbelievably horrid. Jason isn't half as menacing now that I know he got his mask from a fucking fat nerd named "Shelly."
1	twincinema	60 _36th
Whoa! That pole looks like it's coming right at me. Better see it again 4 more times.
1	Stain	0 _8th
If I hadn't been over at a friend's house I would never have sat all the way through this atrocity
1	Vandelay1	54 _55th
Okay Movie
1	mattburgess	48 _23rd
Jason finally gets his hockey mask but generally this entry feels like a cheap cash-in, lots of lame pandering to the 3D crowd so yo yos and broom handles are always pointlessly flying at the screen. Some of the dialogue is so fun and trashy it almost seems surreal but too much of a mess overall to be enjoyable and can get grating.
1	clawx	80 _61st
I'm just going to say here that I enjoyed every single Friday the 13th movie put out thus far, it's not high art but it's a damn fun time.
1	stanthecaddy	78 _55th
It's crass and crude and dated, it looks as if it was shot on the cheap, the scenery is plain, the characters are stereotypes, and the effects are laughably bad at times. Then, that's all part of the charm of an 80s slasher film. Friday the 13th Part 3D is about as perfect an example as any of what the genre was all about and, if not taken at all seriously, it can be a lot of fun.
1	synthono	60 _9th
Because the first two didn't have enough crap flying at the camera I guess?
1	TrixRabbi	68 _25th
Fun fact: This was the first film ever made
1	princemuchao	58 _28th
This is "the one with the jewfro guy". Thanks to the jewfro guy, the mask appears and we have the Jason of pop culture. Aside from the mask, nothing here really adds to the Jason legend - it could have been any psycho doing the killing. The scenes that were made to be "impressive" in 3D stick out badly. There are some good kills, like the arrow in the eye. The head squish was a bit much, but it got a good laugh out of me. This is the first one where they imply that Jason is dead at the end.
1	bof	31 _8th
Aaaand here's where the F13 franchise gave up - ironically, it's only in this movie that Jason becomes the classic Jason, hockey-masked and unstoppable. But at this point, nobody involved is interested in doing anything but coming up with ways to kill teenagers (in 3D, at that!) Yeah, the speargun shot is a classic, but where the first two movies at least tried to give me a reason to (s)care, this one just stumbles brainlessly forward to the next kill.
1	FoxyRussian	49 _15th
The formula is strong with the franchise by this point. The series is already starting to feel similar and predictable and we're only on part 3! Better kills do not make up for even worse dialogue and a final girl who gets barely any screen time till she's the only one left. At least the side characters had some personalities.
1	adamj1982	50 _19th
Jason finds his groove, this is a fun watch.
1	Groovy_Souls	40 _19th
So much of this movie doesn't make sense that the parts that do are genuinely surprising. How much did a few books hurt Jason? How did our protagonist miss with a knife that many times from point black? These are not the questions a movie should make us ask. However this was the sequel to turn Jason into an icon, and rightfully so. A mask and a genuinely cunning Jason are far more scary than a mindless beast. Not awful here, just lacking.
1	mwestcott	25 _6th
There is NO story to be found this time. Jason is huge, hulking and laughable. Unfortunately he's not scary anymore. The 3D gimmick claims yet another 80s horror sequel.

Average Percentile 27.05% from 1011 Ratings