FRIDAY THE 13TH

Hey guys Slasher here! you may have seen this pic before in my last post but now I'm here to explain it. In this scene from Friday the 13th, pretty much my favorite horror series, the perspective is in a third person point of view from behind the girl. she is obviously looking at Jason because of how the light is the brightest around him yet since he is still dark, it makes him stand out and be the 1st thing to catch your eye. the colors used in the scene do not give off a happy feeling but instead an ominous and definitely creepy feeling in the dense forest. there is however light that does show through the clearing almost as if it were being used as a spotlight to give emphasis that Jason Vorhees is in the clearing and has been keeping a menacing glare at the girl in the water.

The angle of this scene presents another detail. The angle is almost to the side which makes it look as if the meeting of the two is like a standoff. except in this case, Jason is without fear and just his presence gives off the uncomfortable feeling as though he has already won in his mind and that the fact that he is calm but menacing at the same time. The girl however sees Jason and is in complete shock and terror that she has even had to run into him and especially at such a vulnerable time since she is skinny dipping in the lake.

There is no way another slasher film can replace the feeling that Friday the 13th gives me when I watch the movies. The way Jason can remain so calm and stealthy and catch up to his fleeing opponents with nothing more than a walking pace is just great. There is nothing more terrifying than having believed to have escaped from your assailant only for him to be one step ahead of you the whole time and only realize it once it is too late. This is why Friday the 13th is a film that will never cease to amaze me and have me checking all of the dark places i see before I decide to let my guard down.