Friday the 13th Movie Night

By my count four previous Bad Movie Nights have fallen on Friday the 13th but we've never taken advantage. Maybe because it was only a few years ago when I started watching the movies and only on a Friday the 13th. In fact, last Friday the 13th I watched Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan so I've yet to see 9 and 10. Thankfully this is only the first of three Friday the 13ths in 2012.

Friday the 13th Part 2 was released a year after the original but takes place 5 years later. Therefore Part 2 is 1981’s idea of a 1985 future world. Which boils down to a skinny dipping craze prediction that never really happened. This movie was directed by the guy who made BMN's House:



Not to be confused with Hausu, a movie that I can't choose just one still from:





The guy who plays Jason looks like this on his IMDB page:


Jason is on the right.

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter is from Joesph Zito, who made the BMN-recent Invasion U.S.A. with Chuck Norris. He's one to watch out for I would be saying if it was 1985. Both these movies are rated X according to IMDB. I always wanted to have Rated X Night but I was thinking more like Pink Flamingos and/or Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.

Here's what happened last week:

Yesterday's Movies

Killer Breasts Movie Night

We've had Killer Vagina Night and Killer Penis Night so why not Killer Breasts Night. I don't know if there's a movie where people are killed by butts but I would be interested. There, that intro should increase page views. Penis Movie Night is my second most viewed post ever, after "Bonus Bad Taxidermy" for some reason.

I'm stretching the definition of killer to include Hercules in the theme. I mean, Lou Ferrigno does have an impressive chest, which is on display in nearly every scene.



If that doesn't bronze your tan we have the me-proclaimed 80's queen of softcore, Sybil Danning (Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf). All this is the fault of the guy who made Starcrash, Luigi Cozzi.

Deadly Weapons stars Chesty Morgan, whose real name is the sexier Ilana Wilczkowsky. There's a good update on her here. She's doing fine but she's been surrounded by a lot of misfortune. The movie also stars Deep Throat's Harry Reems. Most importantly, incredibly, this is our first Doris Wishman movie!

Here's what happened last week:

Friday's Movies

Best of 2011 Movie Night

Super was a shoo in for Friday night, the question was what to play with it. I considered Machete Maidens Unleashed!, a documentary about movies shot in the Philippines like For Y'ur Height Only.



But that movie is just shot after shot of breasts and explosions. Who wants that? I thought it would be fun to watch The Basement, a movie started in 1989 but released only this year. On VHS!



But why reward procrastination? And, no, it's not a good rejoinder to point out that we watched movies this year that were made available after a long unattainability (Dark Night of the Scarecrow, Desperate Lives, Humanoids From the Deep and stay tuned for Bad Ronald).

The only movie left that achieved eligibility is Trollhunter. It's better than Troll and has more trolls than Troll 2. 

Super may be spelled SUPER, I'm not sure.

Here's what happened two weeks ago:

The Best of 2011

Movies



1. Super
As I've had to say anytime I declared Super as my favorite movie of this year, "No, I don't mean Super 8". It's understandable. I did guess Super 8 would be the best movie of the year. For the record, Super 8 would be in the top ten.
2. 2Everything 2 Terrible 2: Tokyo Drift
Well this is ridiculous. A 45 minute mash-up movie is the second best movie of the year? Well, no, you're ridiculous! Stay tuned for Everything Is Terrible's third movie, an all-dog production showing at Project Lodge in January. Who wants to go?
3. Hanna
Both this and Super were compared to Kick-Ass, what with Hanna having a girl as a killer assassin. Really, both are better than Kick-Ass and I liked Kick-Ass. For crying out loud, Nicolas Cage is in Kick-Ass.
4. Source Code
5. Tabloid
It was merely very good until the term "Spirit Booger" appeared.

Television



1. Community
To remind you: The fake flashback episode (the best episode of any show this year), D and D, My Dinner With Andre, the return of paintball and six alternate realities.
2. Downton Abbey
Oddly, this is essentially replacing Cougar Town from last year's list.Which makes me think of Cougarton Abbey:

3. Louie
4. Parks and Recreation
5. Breaking Bad

Albums



1. Yesterday is a Distant Dream - OJ Law
2. Mountaintops - Mates of State
3. Thao and Mirah
4. Cannibal Courtship - Dengue Fever
5. Wild Flag

Songs


1. Fantastic Adventure (feat. Liyana Fizi) - OJ Law


2. Cement Slipper - Dengue Fever


3. Romance - Wild Flag


4. Maracas - Mates of State


5. How Dare You - Thao and Mirah


6. Don't Move - Phantogram


7. Secretary Song - The Go! Team


8. Make Some Noise - Beastie Boys
This gets the award for best video, because I like identifying celebrities.


9. Car Crash - Telekinesis!


10. Ten-Twenty-Ten - Generationals


Books



1. The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry - Jon Ronson
2. Paying For It - Chester Brown
3. Bossypants - Tina Fey
4. Zombie Spaceship Wasteland - Patton Oswalt
5. Mister Wonderful: A Love Story - Daniel Clowes



Podcasts



1. Stop Podcasting Yourself
2. Comedy Bang Bang
3. How Was Your Week with Julie Klausner
4. Who Charted?
5. Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo's Film Reviews


Best BMN


1. Birdemic
2. Death Drug
3. Breathing Fire
4. Silver Dragon Ninja
5. White Fire

Today's Movies