Bill Gauthier's Blog, page 20
October 15, 2013
Friday in Gautham Part VII: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
With the Friday the 13th movies still making money but straining a very thin premise, Paramount and producer Frank Mancuso, Jr. were looking for something new to do with the franchise. Sean S. Cunningham was also interested in possibly doing something new with the franchise, especially now that there was a new kid on the […]
October 11, 2013
Friday in Gautham Part VI: Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
After the mess that was Part V: A New Beginning, it’s a surprise that Paramount would’ve okayed a sixth film, except for one thing. Well, make that 22 million things. With a budget of just $2.2 million, the fifth movie earned back ten times the cost. The movie may have been a financial hit but […]
October 3, 2013
Friday in Gautham Part V: Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985)
I know that at some point in my early teens I saw some of this movie, just as I saw some of the others. As I watched it more recently, though, I was surprised by just how little of it I remembered…. The movie begins with Corey Feldman returning as Tommy Jarvis. He witnesses two […]
September 30, 2013
Friday in Gautham Part IV: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
With Friday the 13th‘s premiere in 1980, a sequel followed each year afterward for two years. Friday the 13th Part II came out in 1981 and Part 3 came out in 1982. The filmmakers, seeing how the film was repeating itself like a crazed hamster on its wheel, decided not to rush things for a […]
September 26, 2013
Friday in Gautham Part III: Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982)
Like its predecessor, Friday the 13th Part 3 begins with the last five or so minutes of the previous movie. Unlike its predecessor, it reinvents the ending just a tad, which leads us to the third part of this ever-growing saga. Director Steve Miner returns to the franchise with his second–and final–effort. Being the third […]
September 21, 2013
Friday in Gautham Part II: Friday the 13th Part II (1981)
One of the things that’s great about sequels is that the premise has been set up so the action can begin at once. It’s one of the reasons why The Empire Strikes Back and The Dark Knight work so well. The characters are re-introduced in clever ways and we get right into the story. Friday […]
September 13, 2013
Friday in Gautham Part I: Friday the 13th (1980)
The story goes that Sean S. Cunningham, producer of low budget movies (mostly horror, including Wes Craven’s first movie, The Last House on the Left) had an idea for a movie called Friday the 13th. He had no story, no characters, nothing else in mind except for the title. So he went to a graphic […]
Friday in Gautham: An Introduction to My Views on Friday the 13th
If you grew up in the 1980s, you know that horror was king. In the bookstores, the horror section featured many books with lurid covers that titillated and frightened those of us curious–and brave–enough to venture into the section. Late night TV was creeping with horror. And in the multiplex, a turf war was going […]
September 5, 2013
Schedules, Meltdowns, & Burgers, or My Thursday in September
Whoa-ho-ho! What a day, friends! But I’ll get to that in a minute or so. I’ve decided to attempt to schedule my creative time. I actually decided thismonths ago, and began really thinking about it a couple of weeks back. Tonight I put pen to calendar and I thought I’d share. I read this article […]
September 4, 2013
Quick Video: Summer Vacation
I meant to post this here back when I put the video on YouTube, but forgot. It’s Baby G and I messing with my iPad’s cam. Ain’t she cute?
