Today is Friday the 13th. If you are getting the heebie jeebies about this, you might have “Paraskevidekatriaphobics” which is the overly long word for the fear of Friday the 13th. I learned some interesting things just now looking up crap about FTT.
–There are 13 witches in a coven.
–Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy and Albert De Salvo all have 13 letters in their name.
–There were 13 people at the Last Supper. We all know this but I never really thought about it being significant with the number.
And I guess that the Friday and 13th came together in the biggest way because that was the day that France went after the Knights Templar in a big round-up.
But whenever these days come along, I don’t think about that. I think about the movie of course. And Jason. And I always think of a classic horror debate. Which is better, Halloween or Friday the 13th? I think overall, Halloween is better. But those last like 13 seconds of FTT are SO GOOD. You know, where Jason crawls out from underneath the canoe and pulls the chick in the water of Crystal Lake? Meanwhile, the police cars are just pulling up and that spooky flange music is playing.
And this is the only one that has this great ending like that. Halloween movies all end the same. Which is the great moment of Michael Myer seemingly dead, but then when they look back and he’s gone. And then that creepy music starts playing.
So let’s compare/contrast:
FTT Halloween
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Music That CHIK CHIK CHIK AHH AHH AHH AHHH delay sound Eerie piano theme
Winner: Halloween
Cast Jaimee Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasants Kevin Bacon
Winner: Halloween
Killer Mrs. Voorhees Michael Myers
Winner: Halloween
Locale Crystal Lake Haddonfield
Winner: FTT, Crystal Lake is creepier.
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