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New “Kill Count” Video Examines the Savini Kills in ‘Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter’
7 males and 7 females die in The Final Chapter. Equality!
If you’re asking me, the single greatest installment in the Friday the 13th franchise (yes, even counting the 1980 original) is Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, released in 1984. Directed by Joseph Zito, the fourth installment is notable for being the only film aside from the first to feature gore effects by Tom Savini, as Savini agreed to come back so he could kill his own creation.
And The Final Chapter, despite having a slightly misleading title, actually did come through on that promise. The film truly was the end of one chapter and the start of another, killing off Jason and paving way for him to become an undead monster in the subsequent installments. So was that subtitle actually a lie? I mean, it totally was. But it also totally wasn’t. In any event…
The latest episode of James A. Janisse’s weekly series “Kill Count” just dropped, and it examines the gruesome carnage in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. As mentioned, Tom Savini did the effects for the film, so the death scenes are particularly painful and brutal in this one. Who could ever forget Crispin Glover getting a corkscrew to the hand and cleaver to the face?!
My personal favorite kill in The Final Chapter? The death of Jason, which saw him stabbed in the head with a machete… which he then slid down in glorious close up. Bless you, Savini.
Check out the new “Kill Count” episode below!
Grandma is back from the dead and ready to commit murder in Unholy Night, and our exclusive teaser debut gives a glimpse at some of the Christmas Eve carnage.
Unholy Night is set to make its World Premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival, where writer/director Michael Gabriele‘s horror short “Get Away” won the Gold Audience Award for Best International Short in 2023.
In Unholy Night, “Gino’s traditional family Christmas Eve turns into a bloody battle for survival when his long-dead grandma drops by and goes on a murderous rampage. Amid the chaos, Gino reunites with his ex and the dysfunctional duo must avoid his dead Italian relatives popping up all around the neighbourhood as they search for a way to get rid of these Yuletide revenants and survive his family Christmas.”
Marc Bendavid (“Dark Matter”), Shailene Garnett (“Shadowhunters”), Al Sapienza (“The Sopranos”), Ron Lea (“Orphan Black”), Toni Ellwand (“Hannibal”), Cristina Rosato (Mother!), Jacqueline Robbins (“A Series of Unfortunate Events”), and Joe Pingue (Antiviral) star.
Gabriele, making his feature debut, drew inspiration for his bloody holiday horror movie from growing up in an Italian family. “Unholy Night was crafted to deliver not only a captivating horror experience but also to serve as a poignant exploration of cultural complexities and the universal quest for identity and respect,” the filmmaker said in his director’s statement.
Unholy Night was produced by Gabriele alongside Jenna MacMillan of Club Red Productions and Jason Levangie and Marc Tetreault of Shut Up & Colour Pictures (Kids vs Aliens). Executive producers are Tina Carbone, Jef Burnham, Mike Chapman, and Fatima Hayward.
The chaos of an Italian Christmas Eve gets dialed up to a zany, violent degree in the new teaser and images below. Stay tuned for more on Unholy Night and more when Fantasia kicks off later this month.
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