* (Halloween countdown post #15/restored)

 

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‘In numerology, the number twelve is considered the number of divine organizational arrangement or chronological completeness, as reflected in the twelve months of the year, twelve hours of the clock day, the twelve deities of Olympus, twelve tribes of Israel, twelve Apostles of Jesus, the 12 successors of Muhammad in Shia Islam, twelve signs of the Zodiac, the 12 years of the Buddhist cycle, etc., whereas the number thirteen was considered irregular, transgressing this completeness. There is also a superstition, thought by some to derive from the Last Supper or a Norse myth, that having thirteen people seated at a table results in the death of one of the diners.

‘The fear of Friday the 13th has been called friggatriskaidekaphobia (Frigga being the name of the Norse goddess for whom “Friday” is named in English and triskaidekaphobia meaning fear of the number thirteen), or paraskevidekatriaphobia, a concatenation of the Greek words Paraskeví (Παρασκευή, meaning “Friday”), and dekatreís (δεκατρείς, meaning “thirteen”) attached to phobía (φοβία, from phóbos, φόβος, meaning “fear”). The latter word was derived in 1911 and first appeared in a mainstream source in 1953.

‘According to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North Carolina, an estimated 17 to 21 million people in the United States are affected by a fear of this day making it the most feared day and date in history. Some people are so paralyzed by fear that they avoid their normal routines in doing business, taking flights or even getting out of bed. “It’s been estimated that $800 or $900 million is lost in business on this day”. In Finland, a consortium of governmental and nongovernmental organizations led by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health promotes the National Accident Day, which always falls on a Friday 13th.’

‘In many Spanish speaking countries, the movie Friday the 13th was renamed Tuesday the 13th (“Martes 13”) because, in those countries, Tuesday the 13th is believed to be a day of bad luck, not Friday the 13th.’— collaged

 

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The Coroner Report
info. from houseofhorrors.com, a.o.

Working steadily with a special taskforce of the FBI, I have been able compile a complete listings of all Jason Voorhees’ victims. I have been able to provide the victims’ names and proposed method of death. Special thanks to Fangoria, it is the magazine of choice here at the coroner’s office. Without their inspiration, I could have never made it through the long hours working on this report. The following report list only the victims of one, Jason Voorhees, excluding all victims from Friday the 13th and Friday the 13th, Part V: A New Beginning. Jason was not directly responsible for those murders, thus he is not held responsible for them.

 

Friday the 13th, Part 2

1. Alice (Adrienne King) Stabbed in the temple with an icepick.

2. Crazy Ralph (Walt Gorney) Garroted with barbed wire.

3. Policeman (Jack Marks) Hammerclaw in the Head.

4. Scott (Russell Todd) Throat slashed while hanging in a snare.

5. Terry (Kirsten Baker) Knifed.

6. Mark (Tom McBride) Machete to the face.

7 & 8. Jeff (Bill Randolph) and Sandra (Marta Kober) Double impaling with a spear gun.

9. Vickie (Lauren-Marie Taylor) Knifed

10. Paul (John Furey) Disappears, presumed dead.

 

Friday the 13th, Part 3

11. Harold (Steve Susskind) Cleaver to the chest.

12. Edna (Cheri Maugans) Knitting needles in the back of the head.

13. Fox (Gloria Charles) Pitchforked through the neck onto a rafter.

14.Loco (Kevin O’Brien) Pitchforked in the stomach.

15. Ali (Nick Savage) Macheted to death.

16. Shelly (Larry Zerner) Throat slashed.

17. Vera (Catherine Parks) Speargun to the eye.

18. Andy (Jeffery Rogers) Macheted in half.

19. Debbie (Tracie Savage) Knifed from underneath her hammock.

20. Chuck (David Katims) Electrocuted on a fuse box.

21. Chili (Rachel Howard) Stabbed with a fire poker.

22. Rick (Paul Kratka) Head squeezed till his eye pops out.

 

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

23. Axel (Bruce Mahler) Surgical hacksaw to the throat, neck broken.

24. Nurse Morgan (Lisa Freeman) Gutted by a scalpel.

25. Hitchiker (Bonnie Hellman) Knifed through the neck.

26. Samatha (Judie Aronson) Knifed through the neck.

27. Paul (Alan Hayes) Speared in the groin.

28. Terri (Carey More) Speared in the back.

29. Mrs. Jarvis (Joan Freeman) Killed, causes unknown.

30. Jimmy (Crispin Glover) Corkscrew through the hand, cleaver in the face.

31. Tina (Camilla More) Thrown through a window, lands on a parked car.

32. Ted (Lawrence Monoson) Knifed in the head through a movie screen.

33. Doug (Peter Barton) Head crushed in Jason’s bare hands.

34. Sara (Barbara Howard) Axed in the chest.

35. Bob (E. Erich Anderson) Garden harrow in the throat.

 

Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives

36. Allen (Ron Palillo) Heart ripped out.

37. Darren (Tony Goldwyn) Impaled on a spear.

38. Lizabeth (Nancy McLoughlin) Speared through the mouth.

39. Burt (Wallace Merck) Arm ripped off, impaled on a tree branch.

40, 41, & 42. Stan (Matthew Faison), Katie (Ann Ryerson) and Larry (Alam Blumenfeld) Triple decapitation with a machete.

43. Martin (Bob Larkin) Broken bottle in the throat.

44 & 45. Steven (Roger Rose) and Annette (Cynthia Kania) Double impalement with a machete on their motorcycle.

45. Nikki (Darcy Demoss) face crushed against RV wall.

46. Cort (Tom Fridley) Hunting knife in the head.

47. Roy (Whitney Rydbeck) Pieces of him are found strewn in woods.

48. Sissy (Renee Jones) Head ripped off.

49. Paula (Kerry Noonan) Hacked up with a machete.

50. Officer Thornton (Michael Nomand) Dart in the forehead.

51. Officer Pappas (Michael Swan) Head crushed in Jason’s bare hands.

52. Sheriff Garris (David Kagen) Broken in half.

 

Friday the 13th, Part VII: The New Blood

53. Jane (Staci Greason) Tent spike in the neck, impaled to a tree.

54. Michael (William Butler) Tent spike thrown into his back.

55. Dan (Michael Schroeder) Jason’s hand through his body, neck broken.

56. Judy (Debora Kessler) Bashed against a tree in her sleeping bag.

57. Russell (Larry Cox) Axed in the face.

58. Sandra (Heidi Kozak) Pulled underwater and drowned.

59. Maddy (Diana Barrows) Scythe in the neck.

60. Ben (Craig Thomas) Head crushed in Jason’s bare hands.

61. Kate (Diana Almeida) Party horn in the eye.

62. David (Jon Renfield) Butcher knife in the stomach.

63. Eddie (Jeff Bennett) Beheaded with a machete.

64. Robin (Elizabeth Kaitan) Thrown through a window.

65. Amanda Shepherd (Susan Blu) Speared from behind.

67. Dr. Crews (Terry Kiser) Tree-trimming saw in the stomach.

68. Melissa (Susan Jennifer Sullivan) Axed in the face.

 

Friday the 13th, Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

69. Jim (Todd Shaffer) Impaled with a spear gun.

70. Suzy (Tiffany Paulsen) Stabbed with a spear.

71. J.J. (Saffron Henderson) Bashed in the head with her electric guitar.

72. Boxer (unidentified) Hot sauna rock in the chest.

73. Tamara (Sharlene Martin) Stabbed with a mirror shard.

74. Jim Carlson (Fred Henderson) Harpooned in back.

75. Admiral Robertson (Warren Munson) Throat slit with a machete.

76. Eva (Kelly Hu) Strangled.

77. Wayne (Martin Cummins) Electrocuted on a control panel.

78. Miles (Gordon Currie) Impaled on a deck post.

79. Deck Hand (Alex Diakun) Axed in the back.

80. Gang Banger #1 (Sam Sarkar) Stabbed through the back with his own syringe.

81. Gang Banger #2 (Michael Benyaer) Bashed and scalded on a steam pipe.

82. Julius (V.C. Dupree) Jason knocks his block off.

83. Cop (Roger Barnes) Dragged into an alley, killed.

84. Colleen Van Deusen (Barbara Bingham) Immolated in an exploding car.

85. Charles McCullough (Peter Mark Richman) Drowned in a barrel of sewage.

86. Sanitation Worker (David Longworth) Bashed in the head with a wrench.

***Several anonymous students left to die on the burning ship, and a diner worker thrown against a wall. All unconfirmed kills.

 

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

87. Coroner (Richard Gant) Eats Jason’s heart, dies and becomes possessed.

88. Coroner’s Assistant (Dean Lorey) Autopsy probe in the back of the neck, face pushed through a metal grating.

89. FBI Agent #1 (Tony Ervolina) Pencil through his spinal cord.

90. FBI Agent #2 (Kane Hodder) Coroner’s fingers through his skull.

91. Alexis (Kathryn Atwood) Slashed up with a straight razor.

92. Deborah (Michelle Clunie) Stabbed through the back with a barbed wire spike, ripped in half.

93. Lou (Michael Silver) Head crushed.

94. Edna (Dian Georger) Head slammed in car door.

95. Josh (Andrew Bloch) Possessed by Jason, shot in head and impaled with poker, later melts away.

96. Diana (Erin Gray) Knife-sharpening pole in back.

97. Robert Campbell (Steven Culp) Possessed by Jason, later shot in head, run over with car, impaled on a barbecue skewer.

98. Officer Ryan (Madelon Curtis) Head bashed against a locker.

99 & 100. Officer Mark (Mark Thompson) and Officer Brian (Brian Phelps) Heads bashed together.

101. Ward (Adam Cranner) Arm broken, falls dead through the diner doors.

102. Shelby (Leslie Jordan) Burned to death on a deep-fat fryer and grill.

103. Joey B. (Rusty Schwimmer) Face bashed in.

104. Vicki (Allison Smith) Impaled on a barbecue skewer, head crushed.

105. Randy (Kipp Marcus) Possessed by Jason, later his neck is severed with a machete.

106. Creighton Duke (Steven Williams) Crushed to death by Jason.

***All possessed murders were attributed to Jason, since it was his spirit that was the possessor.

 

Jason X

107. Private Johnson (Jeff Geddis) Possibly stabbing or strangulation. Off camera.

108. Soldier 1 (Unknown) Blow to Skull.

109. Soldier 2 (Unknown) Thrown into Friendly Fire.

110. Soldier 3 (Unknown) Blow to Skull.

111. Soldier 4 (Unknown) Strangulation.

112. Dr Wimmer (David Cronenberg) Speared.

113. Sergeant Marcus (Markus Parilo) Possibly stabbing. Off Camera.

114. Adrienne (Kristi Angus) Liquid nitrogen, head smashed.

115. Stony (Yani Gellman) Stabbing with surgical instrument.

116. Azrael (Dov Tiefenbach) Broken neck.

117. Dallas (Todd Farmer) Head smashed.

118.

119. Condor (Steve Lucescu) Impaled.

120. Gecko (Amanda Bragel) Throat slashed.

121. Briggs (Dylan Bierk) Cut in half.

122.

123.

124. Professor Lowe (Jonathan Potts) Decapitation.

125. Spacestation Solaris Unknown losses due to collision with Grendel

124. Crutch (Phillip Williams) Electrocution.

126. Kinsa (Melody Johnson) Shuttle crash.

127. Waylander (Derwin Jordan) Self detonation.

128. Janessa (Melyssa Ade) Space.

129. Sergeant Brodski (Peter Mensah) Atmospheric re-entry.

 

Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

130. Heather (Odessa Munroe) Pinned to tree with machete through stomach.

131. Trey (Jesse Hutch) Impaled 10 times through back with machete, fold in half by bed.

132. Mr. Mueller (unknown) Decapitated with machete.

133. Blake Mueller(David Kopp) Hacked up with machete.

134. Gibb (Katharine Isabelle) Chest impaled with long pipe.

135. Frisell ‘Glowing Raver’ (Ken Kirzinger) Impaled through back with long pipe/thrown away.

136. Teammate (Colby Johannson) Head twisted.

137. Shack (Chris Gauthier) Flaming machete thrown through back.

138, 139, 140. Raver 1/2/3 (Unknown) Chests slashed with flaming machete

141. Raver 4 (Unknown) Stomach slashed with machete

142. Raver 5 (Unknown) Chest slashed with machete

143. Raver 6 (Unknown) Sliced with machete.

144. Mark Davis (Brendan Fletcher) Back set on fire, face slashed with bladed glove.

145. Security Guard (Tony Willett) Crushed by heavy door.

146. Deputy Stubbs (Lochlyn Munro) Electrocuted/thrown into console.

147. Freeburg (Kyle Labine) Possessed by “Freddypillar”, sliced in half with machete.

148. Charlie Linderman (Chris Marquette) Thrown/back impaled by self bracket/blood loss.

149. Kia Waterson (Kelly Rowland) Chest slashed/thrown into tree with machete.

150. Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) Arm ripped off/bladed glove through back, decapitated with machete.

 

Friday the 13th (2009)

151. Wade (Jonathan Sadowski) Head/ear slashed off with machete.

152. Amanda (America Olivo) Trapped in sleeping bag, hung upside down from tree over campfire/burned alive.

153. Mike (Nick Mennell) Foot/leg slashed/impaled through hand with machete under floorboards, pulled underground.

154. Richie (Ben Feldman) Leg caught by bear trap, head sliced down with machete.

155. Donnie (Kyle Davis) Throat slit with machete.

156. Nolan (Ryan Hansen) Shot in back of head through forehead with arrow while driving boat.

157. Chelsea (Willa Ford) Stabbed in head through dock with machete.

158. Chewie (Aaron Yoo) Screwdriver in throat.

159. Lawrence (Arlen Escarpeta) Axe thrown into back/forced through.

160. Bree (Julianna Guill) Impaled through back on mounted deer head’s antlers, thrown through 2nd window/lands on car.

161. Officer Bracke (Richard Burgi) Impaled to door with fireplace poker through eye.

162. Trent (Travis Van Winkle) Lifted/impaled through back with machete, impaled through back on spike on back of truck.

163. Jenna (Danielle Panabaker) Impaled through back with machete.

 

This report only reports actually death caused by Jason Voorhees or by the people he possessed. All other murders not committed by Jason Voorhees are not part of this report.

By the sole power invested in me by this office this is a complete listing of Jason Voorhees victims to date 05/26/45. His whereabouts are unknown and any further killings attributed to Voorhees will become part of this report.

Quincy, M.E

 

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‘Thirty years ago, a small horror film gave birth to 11 sequels, an endless body count and one of the most terrifying icons in horror history. Gore FX legend Tom Savini is your host for the ultimate documentary on everybody’s favourite hockey-masked momma’s boy and his three decades of cinematic carnage, featuring classic clips from the Friday The 13th movies, rare behind-the-scenes photos and footage, and over 80 interviews with filmmakers, actors, stuntmen, FX artists, journalists and fans. His Name Was Jason… and this is his legacy.’ — collaged

 

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‘Friday the 13th was primarily a product aimed to get people’s attention, scare people, surprise people, make people talk about it and make money. It’s very simple and straight forward. The whole project started with Sean Cunningham – after the success of Halloween – coming up with a title and marketing it very passionately! “I was playing around with the titles. And one of the titles just came into my head at the time was Friday the 13th. And out of frustration I said “Friday the 13th! Christ! If I had a picture called Friday the 13th, I could sell that! … We took this ad in Variety that said “Friday the 13th the most terrifying movie ever made‟. It was in great big block letters crashing through a mirror.” It was an attempt of capitalising on the famous Christian superstition surrounding the events of Knights Templar and the unlucky Friday the 13th; paraskavedekatriaphobia (the phobia of Friday the 13th) – a form of Triskaidekaphobia (the phobia of number 13).

‘Victor Miller comments on how they tried to structure a horror film now which would live up to their ad in Variety: “I went to school basically on the movie Halloween, saw it once figured out what a good horror film would need. … First of all, you have to start with a prior evil. Something happened a long time ago that was really bad. Then you have to have a group of adolescents or slightly close to adolescents who are in an environment in which they can not be helped by adults. The other thing I learned from Halloween, if you make love you get killed. So I had to figure out a way to do that.”

‘When Miller and Cunningham structured their “product”, they had come up with mainly two exploitation notions; a deliberate simplicity in the story and a passionately graphic depiction of gore. The simplicity of the story put the focus on the gore – the killings, and the gore in the killings became the center of attention as it never did in a major Hollywood film ever. Friday the 13th was not a major horror film; it was independently produced low-budget exploitation. However things took a controversial and post-modernistic turn when a major Hollywood distributor, Paramount, gave the film a nation-wide opening. “…the controversy that surrounded the film arose because it was distributed by a major studio rather than one of the usual exploitation outfits.” What Paramount did created a very post-modernistic turn of events because it was the ultimate introduction of the “low culture”, to the popular culture. That’s why the film’s effect on the society – who was exposed to this “low culture gore” for the first time – was intense; “The film takes the nascent community, the one we have assumed through years of similar cinematic experiences must of necessity prevail, and crushes it.”

‘Tom Savini describes the killings as fireworks. He says: “When you watch fireworks, you got the one… you wait for the next one you know. Same thing with Friday the 13th; Fireworks was; ok, she dies with an axe on her head, this gets cleaved with a machete, this gets his eyeball… It became like fireworks. It’s like one effect after the other. But in this case, it’s one gory death after the other. I don’t think they were really into “that’s a horrible way to die… most like “yeay what a great way to die… you know what I’m saying.” It is most accurate to state the fact that Jason is the co-star or the presenter of “the slasher fireworks”.

‘Jason fits most suitably to the “automatism” category under “The Uncanny”; “Automatism can be used when what is human is perceived as merely mechanical: examples of this would be sleepwalking, epileptic fits, trance-states and madness.” Jason Voorhees seems to be the mute evil personification of automatism. Jason gained the “monster” and “supernatural” and “comic-book-like” almost simultaneously. It is this pulp ambience that gave Friday the 13th films even more enfranchisement. “The emphasis in these films is on the body as a package, which can be opened. What we find fills us with awe and horror. Death both repels and rouses, and monster films exploit the ambiguities of repulsion and curiosity. The genre is repetitive precisely because death and malformation have to be presented in rigid conventions, or disgust would overwhelm curiosity.”

‘Jason Voorhees turned the tables as exploiting the sympathy for the monster. Very few films “have totally unsympathetic monsters. In many, the monster is clearly the emotional centre, and much more human than the cardboard representatives of normality.” Jason is not human at any level. The truth is, there are not many levels to Jason‟s personality; he just kills and kills and kills… in a “cool” way. It is this pure “cool” Jason monster is based upon. A menacing killer described as pure cool and pure evil has never been as blunt and successful as Jason Voorhees. Friday the 13th franchise “repackaged the underground appeal genuinely edgy horror offerings into a saleable multiplex-friendly fodder”.’ — Can M. Evrenol, Friday the 13th franchise: The myth of Jason Voorhees

 

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The Franchise (1980 – ?)

 

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Sean S. Cunningham Friday the 13th (1980)

‘Friday the 13th received negative reviews from critics upon its initial release, but has since gained a significant cult following. Rotten Tomatoes reports that 59% of critics gave the film a positive review, based on 49 reviews. Its most vocal detractor was Gene Siskel, who in his review called Cunningham “one of the most despicable creatures ever to infest the movie business”. He also published the address for Charles Bluhdorn, the chairman of the board of Gulf+Western, which owned Paramount, as well as Betsy Palmer’s home city and encouraged fellow detractors to write to them and express their contempt for the film.’ — collaged

“He’s still there”: Friday the 13th (1980)

 

Steve Miner Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

‘Steve Daskawisz, who played Jason, was rushed to the emergency room when Amy Steel hit his middle finger with a machete during filming. Steel explained: “The timing was wrong, and he didn’t turn his pick axe properly, and the machete hit his finger.” Daskawisz received 13 stitches on his middle finger. It was covered with a piece of rubber, and Daskawisz and Steel insisted on doing the scene all over again. In one scene where Daskawisz was wearing the burlap flour sack, part of the flour sack was flapping at his eye, so the crew used tape inside the eye area to prevent it from flapping. Daskawisz received rug burns around his eye from the tape from wearing the rough flour sack material for hours.’ — collaged

“Jeff and Sandra Uncut Impale”: Friday the 13th, Part 2 (1981)

 

Steve Miner Friday the 13th Part III (1982)

‘I came to the conclusion that the film was sorta kinda not terrible, that it might even be good and well-shot in a few places, and that maybe just maybe it justified the notoriety of the whole franchise. Well, I hope you all enjoyed that brief renaissance of quality, because Part 3 is a deeply stupid movie. “Does that mean that the first two films weren’t stupid?” No, my dears, that means that Friday the 13th, Part 3 is so appallingly, overwhelmingly stupid, it is stupid even by the standards of the Friday the 13th franchise.’ — Antagony & Ecstacy

“Vera’s Spear Death”: Friday the 13th, Part III (1982)

 

Joseph Zito Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

‘It works oddly well, almost like a John Hughes movie that got lost and wandered into slasher territory. The cast and characters are above average and even likeable, and their little teenage dramas actually captivate to some degree. The Final Chapter does actually end with the death of Jason, but the film’s success secured the release of a fifth film less than one year later.’ — Combustible Celluloid

“Deleted Deaths”: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

 

Danny Steinmann Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

‘This is not a fun stupid movie. This is a stupid movie that makes me want to claw my skin off. Why would Roy pretend to be Jason Voorhees? Doesn’t matter. Why would he kill eighteen people to avenge his son, including such spear-carriers as the drifter or Pete and Vinnie? Doesn’t matter. But my God, there’s only so much “doesn’t matter” you can take in a single film, and there’s something about the way that extras keep revolving into the film just to be cut down that’s infinitely more frustrating than just watching the platter of teenagers get picked off in the earlier films.’ — Antagony & Ecstacy

“Violet’s Death”: Friday The 13th, Part V: A New Beginning (1985)

 

Tom McLoughlin Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)

‘Jason Lives would become notable for being the only film in the franchise to contain no nudity; the characters in the film’s sole sex scene are both fully clothed, a conscious move on McLoughlin’s part to distance the series from the notion that the Friday the 13th films were morality tales in which premarital sex was punished by death. Director McLoughlin was pressured by the film’s producers to have Darcy Demoss remove her shirt during the RV sex scene, but he only suggested the idea to Demoss, who refused.’ — collaged

“Slash Scenes”: Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)

 

John Carl Buechler Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)

‘Several explicit scenes of gore were cut in order to avoid an X rating, including: Maddy’s death, who originally had a sickle jammed through her neck; Ben’s death, which showed Jason crushing his head into a bloody pulp; Kate’s death, which showed Jason ramming her in the eye with a party horn; the VHS and DVD versions only show a full view of Jason as he aims towards her face, but quickly cuts to another scene before revealing the blood and gore gushing from her eye; we see Eddie’s head hit the floor; a shot of Russell’s face splitting open with a large blood spurt; Dan’s original death had Jason ripping out his guts; Amanda Shepard’s death originally showed Jason stabbing her from behind, with the resulting blade going through her chest and subsequent blood hitting Dr. Crews; Dr. Crews’s death showed Jason’s tree-trimming saw violently cutting into his stomach, sending a fountain of blood and guts in the air; Melissa’s original death had Jason cleaving her head in half with an axe with a close-up of her eyes still wriggling in their sockets.’ — collaged

“Movie Mistakes”: Friday The 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)

 

Rob Hedden Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)

‘On his commentary track for the film in the box set, director Rob Hedden acknowledges the faults and even agrees that more of the film should have been set in Manhattan, citing budgetary and schedule problems. The film failed to generate a substantial amount of money at the box office, which continued the decline in grosses the series had been suffering, and Paramount sold the franchise to New Line Cinema soon afterward (they would later distribute the 2009 reboot together). Rotten Tomatoes details that only 9% of the critics who reviewed the film gave it positive reviews, making it the poorest-received film of the series. It holds an average score of 3.9/10. Entertainment Weekly labeled it the eighth-worst sequel ever made.’ — collaged

“Head Punch Kill”: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)

 

Adam Marcus Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)

‘I got angry with Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan for suggesting Jason would be in New York and then not putting him there until an hour into the movie. So we won’t even talk about Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, where Jason doesn’t actually go to hell until two minutes before the movie ends. I suspect a film all about Jason in hell would not be very interesting, as he would be lackluster indeed when surrounded by luminaries such as Hitler and Disney.’ — Eric D. Snider

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) “Best Parts”

 

James Isaac Jason X (2001)

‘Rare for a movie to so frankly describe itself. Jason X sucks on the levels of storytelling, character development, suspense, special effects, originality, punctuation, neatness and aptness of thought. The characters follow the usual rules from Camp Crystal Lake, which require the crew members to split up, go down dark corridors by themselves, and call out each other’s names with the sickening certainty that they will not reply. Characters are skewered on giant screws, cut in half, punctured by swords, get their heads torn off, and worse.’ — Roger Ebert

“Frozen Head Smash Kill”: Jason X (2001)

 

Ronny Yu Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

‘Parents need to know that this movie contains lots of nudity and some sex, lots of foul language, and characters who drink and do drugs. There is also an ambiguous date rape and a brief racial slur towards the only black character in the entire movie. People are gutted, stabbed, impaled, torn apart, sliced open, burned, crushed, and killed in just about any way that produces lots of gushing blood. But if it’s any consolation to parents, all the kids who engage in stupid behavior pay for it pretty heavily.’ — Common Sense Media

“Jason Deaths”: Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

 

Marcus Nispel Friday the 13th (2009)

‘Five nauseating 20-somethings head out to Camp Crystal Lake to guzzle Pabst Blue Ribbon and have loud tent sex, but Jason roasts one of them like a weenie and says howdy to everyone else with the business edge of his trusty machete. And that’s just the intro! After that, a fresh batch of kids get systematically slaughtered, but in even less inventive ways, and with few accompanying scares.’ — Ear of Newt

“Trent’s Scream and Death”: Friday the 13th (2009)

 

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p.s. Hey. ** Dominik, Hi!!!! I will, re: Salon du Chocolat. I’ll try to take a photo of my loot and show you. No, I will. Whew, on the coat. How fast will you get it? I don’t know about there, but it’s definitely coat-necessitating weather here. No, attachment to my lost scarf, although it did its job. I’ll just grab something. Luckily, I’m not stylish. Sad story: yesterday I started feeling sick, not deadly sick, but bad enough that I couldn’t see Eno last night. Waah. Zac went, so I’ll get his review today. Grr. Love is so generous. Gee, I think I’ll take Screaming Ambulance, thank you very much! You want one of them to cuddle up with? Today love just has the simple seeming task of making me not be sick or not any more sick than I am so far at least, and thank you love in advance, G. ** Misanthrope, Oh, ok. I’m really a computer klutz. But I’ll try not to update something that calls itself BIOS and asks me to update it, even if it asks very politely. You friends’ better health doesn’t count as better health until they go to the corn maze with you. ** _Black_Acrylic, Yes, there were actually three or four other UK ones, but those were the tastiest. UK in the house! What doesn’t Scotland do well, you know? I can’t think of anything. ** malcolm, Hi. Honored by your dream inclusion. And it sounds fun, a lot more fun than my generally terror and running for my life -filled dreams. Maddy Ellwanger, okay. I don’t know her work. I just opened a new window and typed her name in the search and loaded the page, so I will investigate her very shortly. And do a post if I like what I find and can figure out a way to represent her with adequacy and educational value. Thank you. She does sound fascinating. Fuck those people who won’t go with you to the haunts. That’s outrageous! I’m flabbergasted at their lack of ambitious fun-lovingness. I’d go with you, but, yeah, a little impractical, and, unfortunately, I’m the opposite of a screamer. True about the suckiness of feeling that one must experience pain to make sufficiently strong art. Good that it paid off in Saima’s case — I will check out her stuff too. Obviously I’m of the belief that my imagination can take the really big risks for me as long as I’m attentive and nonjudgemental enough. Otherwise I would have been writing my novels in prison starting decades ago. Whew. ** Sypha, Does the manga illustrate the too scary prop? I’m trying to imagine a too scary prop, but I’m probably the wrong person to do that. ** Gee, Hi. Thanks. If I manage to finish the collection, it’ll just be a kind of short chapbook kind of book(let) because I don’t have a ton of things to work with. Because of scheduling constraints, the blog will celebrate Halloween itself with a slave post. Which is, you know, kind of appropriate. Oh, NeoDecadent Xmas on Zoom, good. I can watch it. Let me know when it’s figured out. Cool. Go to Japan! Seriously! It’s so great! Weekend: assuming I start feeling better — I’m a little sickish today — or, wait, whether I’m sick or not, I have to do a photoshoot tomorrow morning for an article on ‘Closer’ for The Observer. Salon du Chocolat visit/buying spree. Film work, of course. And we’ll see. That might be a lot already given my bleh. You + your weekend = ???? A cat, okay? I’d like to see that too. Pix please. xo. ** Audrey, Hi. Even a diehard haunt lover like me wouldn’t do the morgue one. No thank you. There are quite a number of artists who do really good-to-really-great work at the beginning and then lose the fire or the soul or the ambition or something and spend years and years just making disappointing things after that. And it’s like they don’t seem to realise it, or, worse, they don’t care. I could name a bunch of names, but the names would be arguable for others, and arguments aren’t so interesting. I’ve always hoped/planned that I would stop before I lost it. Seems important somehow. I grew up and lived most of my life in LA. The San Gabriel Valley as a kid/teen then close to the ocean for a while and finally in the Hollywood-Echo Park area. I think my novels are always set in LA even if I don’t say so. Well, except for a few (‘Period’, ‘The Marbled Swarm’, ‘The Sluts’). I think I just know that kind of turf and how it works really well. No, no painful memories, no worries. I think about that stuff a lot of the time already. No worries too on not seeing our films. They’re out there and will remain so, no rush. Like I told Dominick, I started feeling a little ill yesterday and didn’t get to go see Brian Eno, which obviously I’m unhappy about. My friend Zac went, and I’ll hear how/what it was. Nice: the horror movie marathon! Curious what you curated, but no pressure. I’ll bet none of the films in the post today made it in understandably, ha ha. Nothing Halloween-like planned for Halloween, at least yet. It would be difficult here. Maybe there’s some scary restaurant or something. I wish I could watch your marathon, but your Halloween starts in the middle of the night here, and then there’s the whole lack of a Star Trek-like way to dematerialise/materialise problem too. Alas. Have a superb Friday. Love, me. ** Okay. I’m not really even sure at this point what I was thinking when I decided to add to the Halloween blog celebrations by restoring this old post featuring the potentially all-time worst horror movie franchise, but I guess I had my reasons. Suffer or enjoy, as you see fit. See you tomorrow.

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Laloween (Mexico City)
‘La Casa del Terror, es una atracción que consiste en un recorrido grupal a través de diversos escenarios altamente decorados que son recreados por la producción de Laloween para crear una experiencia que cause un alto impacto y entretenimiento de terror para nuestros visitantes, siempre cuidando la integridad y la seguridad de los mismos.’

 

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Casa del Terror (Guadalajara)
‘A circus-shaped spaceship comes to town. All the visitors are very excited to enjoy and see the show they have prepared yet they do not realize that it is a trap by aliens who seek to destroy humanity and take all the blood they can frame with cotton candy. A pile of frights and bloody popcorn await you in this maze.’

 

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Scream Camp (Oldham, UK)
‘A kidnapping at the hands of chainsaw-wielding killers, being thrown in the boot of a car and being buried alive. Those are just some of the horrors that face those brave enough to pitch up at Scream Camp, a terrifying overnight camping experience in Oldham. Billed as a ‘real life horror movie’, it sees campers gather around a fire for games and stories before a ‘security breach’ forces them to flee to what they think will be the safety of their tents. From there, things only get scarier. “Round about midnight, the murderers come,” said founder Calum Beckett. “It’s a full contact event: the guests are pulled out of their tents by hooded kidnappers and taken off. They’ll do things like put them in a box in the ground, take them into a barn and tie them up, and shove them in the back of a car. It’s quite scary but there’s also the other side of it where we play campfire games and toast marshmallows.”‘

 

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Hallowtween (York, UK)
‘Calling all fearless 10-15 year olds of a more nervous disposition … Venture into a new dimension of spine tingling fun this Halloween, as you are invited to explore 4 of the farm’s most mysterious buildings, each with its own twisted history you will discover for yourself once you step inside. Only for children 10-15yrs. Age limit is strictly enforced!’

 

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Salvation-Z (Gloucester, UK)
‘Once again the  horribly scary Salvation-Z returns Gloucester Prison. 4 acres of Un-dead zombie madness, with some very much still living madness to chase, catch and consume you. A horror scare park, set in a Georgian Prison, this isn’t a warehouse full of junk, it’s genuinely horrible already, 126 Executions, violence and despair peeling paint and the stench of death. Once you enter, you can only go forward towards your Salvation. One big horrific experience designed to really mess you up. Gloucester, prepare to soil your pants.’

 

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Athens Hall of Horrors (Athens, Greece)
‘For the first time in Greece, a neoclassical building in the center of Athens is transformed into an experience of absolute horror. The unique horror hotel invites you to wander its dark rooms and meet the sinister creatures that come to life through a group of actors. The old hotel, for over a century lay dormant, rotting from within… But now it reopens its rotten doors and invites you to discover its labyrinthine hallways that lie within , its subterranean secrets and to meet Count Diavolo Hellaton and the rest of the creatures that lurk in its shadows. The Athens Hall of Horrors is hungry… and you are its next meal.’

 

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Craigieburn Halloween Haunted House (Melbourne, Australia)
‘I never get scared at ‘Haunted Houses’ or cry about things that are scary. But needless to say you guys made me poo my pants, scream my lungs out, and cry a million tears hoping it would end. You guys did an incredible job and although I wanted to stab you all, i’ll be back next year!

 

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Fearaphobia (Westfield, Helensvale, Australia)
‘Unlike other theme parks, Fearaphobia Scream Park P/L has been built exclusively to guarantee you a fright fuelled, fun fest this Halloween season. You will experience 5 custom built, US styled horror themed haunts.’

 

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Super Scary Labyrinth of Fear (Fuji-Q, Japan)
‘Super Scary Labyrinth of Fear, one of the largest haunted houses in the world.
The Super Scary Labyrinth of Fear was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records at the time of its opening for its walking distance, and has since terrified more than 4.5 million of its guests daring to visit. The attraction is themed on a quarantine ward in a hospital that previously conducted horrendous experiments on its patients. In addition to a very realistic setting and visual/audio details such as deadly moaning, visitors experience accentuated fear through smells and temperatures that stimulate all five senses. With many visitors retiring and succumbing to their fears, will you be able to endure the fear that may leave you a bit traumatized.’

 

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Onryou Zashiki (Tokyo)
‘This is a Japanese-themed haunted house attraction in Tokyo Dome. Gomi Hirofumi, the most famous haunted house producer in Japan, created this attraction which will surely send shivers down your spine! The creator’s unique way of having a storyline that visitors can play along with has made many of his creations successful in delivering a good scare. In fact, this haunted house attraction makes visitors take off their shoes for a heightened horror experience. The mission will revolve around a woman named “Youko” for visitors to escape from the house.’

 

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Screaming Ambulance (Tokyo)
‘This is Japan’s first haunted house that will come to you! Due to COVID-19, this haunted house concept was introduced as a way to not only scare the living daylights out of people but also to prevent the spread of COVID-19! This ambulance-type haunted house will have visitors boarding the ambulance and experience horrors only those inside can vividly describe. Since this will be delivered to visitors’ homes, advanced reservation is needed. Also, this is only applicable to the 23 wards of Tokyo but other areas can be consulted.’

 

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Daiba Strange School (Tokyo)
‘Located in a shopping mall, this haunted school stands out with its decrepit facade and morbid decor. Equipped with a light, visitors explore this so-called cursed school—abandoned for over 40 years after a student’s suicide sparked numerous copycat suicides and mysterious deaths—to put restless students’ spirits to rest.’

 

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Hysteria (Dubai)
‘The family of this stately manor had their children mysteriously vanish during the middle of the night and the despairing parents roam the halls and rooms of this mansion trying to find who has taken their children. They believe you, one of the guests know where their children have gone. The parents seek revenge on each guest as they pass through the manor doors. Beware as you may be taken by the family and be taunted by the spirits of the deceased children themselves. Be warned that the parents believe their children are still alive and begun to suffer from hysteria.’

 

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H15 (Hong Kong)
‘H15 lets you experience a solo journey “post-mortem,” where you’ll enter a morgue and be strapped down to a mortuary bed, be escorted by a “corpse bearer” through your own funeral, and walk through the underworld to face ghouls alone. The attraction is so scary that there’s a scare word you can use if it all gets to be too much.’

 

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Everland Horror Maze (Yongin, South Korea)
‘Everland Horror Maze this year as well!!!! Fail! It’s so scary! Isn’t there anyone who will go together and protect me??’

 

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Hiša Strahov (Kranj, Slovenia)
‘When you gather enough courage and show up in our Horror House you firstly wait in Dr. Groznik’s reception, who has prepared very special treatment for you. Nurse accompanies you to Doctor’s ordination and you are ready for 30 min of therapy in virtual reality googles. Horror movies are happening all 360° around you in 3D. Besides, you will never know what is really happening around you and what is only in-horror movie sound. After 30 min of virtual horrors you will realize that Dr. Groznik has unfinished business with you and your friends. You will need to cooperate and gather all of your courage to escape mad doctors evil plans.’

 

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VERBØTEN – Brutality Haunted House (Basel, Switzerland)
‘Dark, evil, demonic: John Carvino’s team from Basel (Brutality Haunted House) in Switzerland and the undefeated master of horror simulation, Adrian Marcato, and his amazing team from Los Angeles, USA (Heretic Horror House) meet for two nights in the old world: VERBØTEN.

‘Immerse yourself in the dark, sick fantasies of the two creators of this event. The show is very brutal, aggressive and personal. It’s only YOU and US. The number of tickets is strictly limited. Tickets are on advance sale now. To purchase a ticket, you have to go through three steps. Because we want to get to know you before you get to know us. And you certainly will!

1. You’ll find all the necessary information about the show at www.hauntedbasel.com under the link “RAW”. Read this carefully.
2. On the same page, go to the link “INNER CIRCLE” and fill in the form.
3. As a member of the INNER CIRCLE, you’ll receive an email with a secret link and can then purchase a ticket. You can do, but you don’t have to. Tickets are personal and non-transferrable, they cannot be exchanged or returned. Only members of the INNER CIRCLE are entitled to purchase tickets. The link must be kept confidential. If you purchase a ticket without having received a personal invitation, the ticket will not be valid.’

 

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Horror House Qatar (Doha, Qatar)
‘In this spine-chilling adventure, we take you through the twists and turns of our nightmarish labyrinth, where every corner holds a new fright, and every step brings you closer to the unknown. Join us as we face our deepest fears and enter a world of terror, live actors, and mind-bending special effects. Are you brave enough to survive the horrors that await within these walls? Watch now to find out, but beware – once you enter, there’s no turning back. It’s a journey into the heart of fear, and only the bravest will emerge unscathed.’

 

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Prague Fear House (Prague)
‘Before being put into the catacombs, the client receives an “angel” and is drawn into the action. If you want to experience horror on your own, this tour is right for him. Everyone gets a rescue password, which they can say at any time during the tour, and thus the experience ends for them. It is accessible from the age of 18. Everyone walks the underground alone and lasts about half an hour. There is a possibility of soiling, so we recommend replacement clothing.’

 

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Quietus Horror (Leuven, Belgium)
‘Quietus Horror is a horror experience based in Belgium that uses psychological and extreme elements to immerse participants into its narrative.’

 

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Nightmares Manila (Manila)
‘Nightmares Manila is a massive 5-in-1 walk-through dark attraction filled with terrifying live actors, horror movie style scares, and Hollywood quality special effects. Featuring two haunted attractions, zombie paintball, escape rooms, and a cafe all in one location. Terrifyingly fun for all your friends and family, Nightmares Manila where all your nightmares come true!’

 

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Horror House Storgata 13 (Oslo, Norway)
‘We are the scariest thing to do in Oslo! Horror House Storgata 13 is a haunted house attraction – located in the city centre. Your task is to go through 8 rooms (each room represents a different kind of fear). There are live actors involved. In each room you will face a challenge testing how brave you are.’

 

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Horror House at the Mall of Arabia (Cairo, Egypt)
‘1st Egyptian horror house in The Mirage Mall. Now you and your friends can totally piss yourselves in fear on purpose.’

 

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Halloween House Motherwell (Motherwell, Scotland)
‘A Halloween obsessed couple has transformed their home into a terrifying haunted house – for the sixteenth year. William Howson, 67, and wife Roslyn, 61, began the spooky attraction in 2006 and have welcomed hundreds of trick-or-treaters over the years. It takes seven weeks to get their house ready for the Halloween display which is spread over their living room, kitchen, bedroom, hall and garden. Guisers queue up for hours to go through the haunted house, which is kitted out with hundreds of creepy decorations and scary mannequins. The couple has welcomed 600 people to their house in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, in previous years and will open their doors again on October 31.’

 

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Lost Souls Alley (Kraków, Poland)
‘Lost Souls Alley is a “haunted house” in Kraków’s Old Town. An entire building was converted to various themed rooms with a carefully thought-through design, vibe and challenges along the way just to give the guests a really good scare. Lost Souls Alley offers a few different options with varying levels of Pain, Fear and Fun. Minimum age requirement is 13, however, some options are available only for adult visitors. Due to the specific form of entertainment Lost Souls Alley is not recommended to anyone with pre-existing health conditions or sensitive people in general.’

 

 

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p.s. RIP: Robert Irwin, Ida Applebroog. ** David Ehrenstein, Excellent choice, thank you ** Misanthrope, Hi. Tosh suggests it’s a matter of patience on the days when I (over)stuff the blog with jpegs, which, is well, most days, I guess. I don’t know what BIOS is, but I won’t go for it, thanks. As someone desperate for a home haunt experience, I declare your so-called sick friends to be total wusses. ** Dominik, Hi!!! I would say the majority of the costumes were cringe, as were, honestly, most of the guests themselves too. Yes, one must enter Salon du Chocolat with a wad of cash either in one’s wallet or card. I usually try to survive financially by trying to concentrate either on the chocolate sculptures or on the large array of Japanese chocolatiers because they know how to do chocolate. We’ll see. Ticket pdf acquired and ready to be printed. Oh, no, you’ll need a winter coat really soon if not already. Hm, I still wear my falling apart winter coat that I’ve had for, like, decades, which is not a great choice either. Did you find one yet? Me, I lost my scarf a couple of days ago, so I have to snatch up a new one. Much easier. I’m seeing Brian Eno live tonight, and I would like love to convince him to drop the ambient stuff tonight just long enough to play ‘Baby’s On Fire’, G. ** Charalampos, Hi. My favorite is probably ‘Class Relations’. Almost all of their early films are pretty great. Alizée, wow, I remember her. I’ll await a Greek choice that suits my digestive system then. I remember when I was there I had no problem finding very delicious and suitable foods. Vibes spiraling outwards from Paris. ** _Black_Acrylic, ‘Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach’ is a very good one. ** Mark, Hi. Nice weekend. I’m seeing Eno tonight and hitting up Salon du Chocolat this weekend and going to the American food store (The Real McCoy) to buy American Halloween candy maybe tomorrow. At least to start with. Definitely a number of alluring NYC-based current items. Henry Taylor’s retro at the Whitney should be great too. Your doc is in post, congrats! You’re fast. We’ve been in post since May and we’re still not finished. Everyone, If you’d like a copy of Mark & Jose’s amazing zine about me, it’s back in stock at Printed Matter here. I went to Paris Ass last year. It was huge and packed. If you can, you might check with others who had booths there to see how much they actually sold. It looked to me like it was very much a browser thing more than purchasing thing. But then again you’d meet a lot of fellow queer thing makers, plus you’d be in Paris! ** Sypha, Based on the pix I’ve seen from her current European tour, she does look better, yes. I think the post-plastic surgery swelling has decreased to a less startling effect. ** malcolm, Hi thanks. I like ‘Class Relations’ a lot. Most of their early films are really good. Being complicated has its upside, as your art constantly proves. Nov. 1st, great, exciting! ** Steve Erickson, I like bleak, and might as well cover as many of bleakness’s angles as possible, I guess. Everyone, Steve reviews Poppy’s new album ‘Zig’ here. Also, he alerts us that ‘Grasshopper Film’s website/app projectr.tv is streaming the entire Straub/Huillet catalogue.’ Thanks! ** Gee, Hi. It’s true, the slaves should inherently wipe the slate clean. They’re good at that. I’m so sorry to hear you feel drained, but having three major projects in progress is pretty good news. They’ll outlast the drainage period, I’m sure. ‘Neo-Decadence Xmas event’: what in world is that going to be? Like, live or cyber or … ? Very cool. I’m working on a short fiction collection, but the film is eating almost everything. I should have more writing time in a couple of weeks when we finally finish the final edit. There’s no Halloween here, so, at the moment, no, it’ll be just another (albeit sadder) day. I think you transforming into a witch would help relive my sadness by proxy. ** Jeff J, Hi. Of the Straub solo stuff I’ve seen, they’re all beautiful, but they’re also kind of just ways to get another taste of him and his sensibility rather than amazing things in and of themselves. We should have the final edit ready in the next couple of weeks. It’s down to just finessing and perfecting now. Everything is in place. So wish I could be at the Harry Smith screening. I hope you get an excellent crowd. Oh, shit, intensive surgery. Of the sort that will lay you up for a while? Man, I’m sorry, but also hopeful that it’ll put all of the hell behind you finally. I still haven’t watched the Wes Anderson shorts. Thanks for reminding me. Really looking forward to them, natch. xo. ** Tosh Berman, Hi, Tosh! I’ve been following the tour on your substack. Looks and sounds like a wicked crazy blast. I’m glad to hear that the images eventually came through. I know the way I do the blog is taxing, but, I don’t know, I keep wanting to go for broke. Thank you for your patience. And, oh my god, you’re in Japan! Enjoy it so much! ** DARBi🐊, Big hi back to you, my friend. Ha ha, I actually like that an ugly painting brought me to mind. I like ugly, you know. In art at least. Mm, actually, yes, artists have mixed their blood with paint a whole bunch of times. Maybe I should do a whole post featuring them. Every time I’ve been in Massachusetts I thought it was beautiful and I really liked it. Well, maybe not a 100% on Boston, but everywhere else was super nice. Iow, great idea! My rent? Uh, let’s see, in dollars I think it would be around $1600 a month. A lot. It’s actually a little past my limit, but Paris is not cheap, and I’m willing to suffer to love in the center, I guess. My October has been okay, not like the Octobers I was used to in the USA with mega-Halloween build up, but, you know, it’s been okay. Film film film, basically. And yours? Oh, I mean, I’d love something from Spirit but don’t get busted or anything. Gosh, thank you. Spirit should stay open all year long. In LA they have year-round Halloween stores, and I think they do okay. Croutons … I do like them, with and without salad. And I haven’t eaten one in ages. Maybe the American food store sells them here. Oh, I love cheese fondue. Do those bread square things you dip in the cheese count as croutons? I mean, they kind of are croutons. Big up and xoxo. ** Audrey, Hi, Audrey. I’m really happy you like Straub-Huillet. Score. I agree, I agree. I think I was born optimistic, and I don’t know why. There’s every reason not to be. But when I get negative, it only lasts for, like, an hour or two, and then the darkness expires. Strange. Maybe it’s chemical or something. Yes, I plan to get Wallsocket today or tomorrow. I’m just waiting for a decent listening space to arrive. For years people hoped Rimbaud had been secretly writing poems, but that turned out not to be. More poetry from him would be a dream, but there is something beautiful about the idea that he knew he had written this great work and stopped rather than just keep writing because that’s what he knew how to do. But there’s my optimism sneaking in again, ha ha. Oh, you live in Washington, nice. You’re a West Coaster like me, or like I mostly was until I zoomed over here. I’m so sorry about your suicidal friend. I have a really hard time with suicide. I don’t know if you’ve read my books, but that’s all through there. Speaking from experience, and this is pretty obvious, but it’s really important to know what you and can’t do in those situations. But helping a suicidal friend is very important too. It’s so complicated. I’m so sorry. I hope your friend has reached a more self-regarding state by now. The film goes very well, thanks. Big money problems, but we’re almost finished editing the film, and I’m really proud and happy about it. Thank you. I hope your Thursday is very chummy with you. Love from me, Dennis ** Right. And today you get my annual survey of haunted attractions located outside the USA where the lands are much more sparsely populated by such things. Hope some of you out there are nearby them. See you tomorrow.