Jason X was a bad film.. just awful..
And we are old enough to recall going to theaters to see it in April 2002 when it was released..
Some movies get better over time and accepted.. Kind of like Halloween 3, we change in our review..
But all this time later it doesn’t seem like much has changed in the world of JASON X viewpoints..
We had no mercy in 2002 when we revealed the entire movie after being told from those who screened it earlier in the year what happened..
At that time, we were constantly fixated on Robert Ebert (*may he rest in peace) and his hatred of horror movies.. He did not disappoint in his review of JASON X..
We also wrote in 2002:
Roger Ebert reviews JASON X…”There will be a “Jason XI”–or, given the IQ level of the series, “Jason X, Part 2″…
“The characters follow the usual rules from Camp Crystal Lake, which require the crew members to split up, go down dark corridors by themselves, and call out each other’s names with the sickening certainty that they will not reply”
JASON X / 1/2* from THE SUN-TIMES….Although Ebert’s review was the most comical, the rash of negative reviews have not surprised us…Although, the amount of them has…
Other reviews from horror sites at that time (many are gone now)..
CREATURE-CORNER: “Is it a good film? F*** no. The musical score sounds like Philip Glass taking a dump on his Casio, the production design and costumes sometimes falter, and there’s more than one joke that goes so bad as to require the audience to audibly groan”
U-WIRE.COM: ” Never pee in the woods. Pee in the woods and your head gets chopped off. Actually, it’s not just urinating that gets you in trouble, but smoking a joint, having sex, taking a shower, talking, eating, etc. The only people who seem to live are the ones who just run around calling out names. So, if you are alone in the woods at night and hear “ch-ch-ch-ah-ah-ah,” don’t do anything except run around shouting for your friends.
CINESCAPE: JASON X therefore winds up being a rather strange hybrid – sort of but not entirely horror, sort of but not entirely comedy, definitely (assuming you like this sort of thing in the first place) guilty-pleasure fun….
It was just that bad then and maybe just as bad now..
