I’m not exactly a huge horror buff, but I am something of a continuity nut, so I do love it when someone charts the ups and downs, the changes and consistencies, across an entire decades-spanning franchise — even a horror franchise.
So, this being that rare month in which we get to experience both Halloween and Friday the 13th, and only a couple weeks apart, it has been a treat to read both Joe Leydon‘s survey of the Halloween movies (1978-2007), as well as my e-pal Thomwade’s five–part survey of the Friday the 13th movies (1980-2001).
Just for the record, I have never seen any of the Halloween movies, but I have seen half of the Friday the 13th movies, as well as the first and last entries in the Nightmare on Elm Street series (1984-1994; my comments). In fact, one of my first published reviews, as entertainment editor at the student newspaper, was of Wes Craven’s New Nightmare. ‘Twas a little strange to write that piece without having seen any of the films that came before it.
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