Top 5 Friday the 13th endings!!!

 Top 5 Friday the 13th endings!!!

Happy Friday the 13th everyone!!! After feeling sick for what seems like forever, I'm FINALLY getting around to feeling better. This weekend is going to be packed full of fun. Not only is today a Friday the 13th IN October! But tomorrow is also Rock & Shock! Stay tuned for updates and coverage over this weekend! Today I'm celebrating all things Friday the 13th. While viewing some of my favorite sequels I'm ranking the top 5 Friday the 13th endings!!!

5) Jason X

You know it's REAL bad when Stacy doesn't even own this one. I think honestly, I may have seen this movie at most twice? Still I really have to hand it to this movie for it's clever last shot which shows Earth 2 (...) and Jason aka the shooting star falling to the planet and at a beautiful lake where two teens spot this flash of light and decide to investigate where it landed. Here we're shown that history is indeed going to repeat itself even though we're on a new planet. I really gotta say in this truly horrible film, there's a handful of decent scenes in this movie. Maybe I like the ending so much because this mess was ending. Ha!

4) Friday the 13th part 3

One of my favorite sequels out of the entire series. This film is legendary for being known as having several alternate endings. Some were filmed, some weren't. In the end they went with Chris taking a canoe out into the lake after killing Jason in the barn. Here audiences remember something like this happening in the original with Alice. When Chris awakes the next morning she's greeted by the frightening image of Jason alive unmasked looking at her through the window. He sees her, and as she tries to escape Jason bursts through the screen door before Chris sees Jason has vanished. Moments later the rotting corpse of Jason's mother lunges from the water, covered in water worms before grabbing Chris, dragging her into the water. Seconds later the scene fades out before we see later that morning the police have shown up. They talk about how Chris has lost her mind, and is babbling about a "Lady in the lake" here we see Chris hysterical, safe and sound being taken away in the back of the police cruiser before slowly panning to Jason's corpse laying in the barn. A reason why I love The Final Chapter is the fact they returned to this same location and paid such close attention to detail with taking place right after this film.

3) Friday the 13th part 5 A New Beginning 

I really love A New Beginning. I know it's not really looked at so fondly since Jason really isn't in this entry, but you really gotta hand it to this movie. Not only did it try something different, it had a huge bodycount, AND was one of the last gritty old school sequels in the series. Part 5 had a huge reveal showing that the killer in this movie really wasn't Jason. It was a copycat killer using Jason's M.O after witnessing his estranged mentally challenged son get murdered. Snapping he goes on a murdering spree, and is killed by Tommy. Shortly afterwards Pam and Reggie are at the hospital where Tommy is staying and the sheriff fills Pam in on how Roy (the copycat killer) and how he used Jason's mask, making everyone in town it was him who had returned committing these crimes. Pam walks into Tommy's room, filled with emotion staring down at him before he wakes up and stabs her laughing like a madman. Snapping awake, we see it was a dream. Pam walks to his room before hearing a crash and rushing in. She sees his widow shattered, and it pouring outside. Just then Tommy slowly appears behind her wearing the killer's mask and holding a knife. This leaves the question? Did Tommy really snap? Is he the next Jason? Interesting...

2) Friday the 13th

Funny story about this movie. When I was 8 or 9 I stayed up late with my sister and father watching this movie on HBO. I had never seen the original before. I still remember to this day the peaceful and beautiful shot of Alice, the only survivor waking up drifting in the middle of the lake. The score is absolutely dream like, and the police have finally arrived, yelling for her on shore. Waking, and looking around, gently touching the surface of the water, she sits up when suddenly BOOM! The rotting corpse of Jason, the killer's son lunges from his watery grave and grabs her, pulling her backwards to the bottom. I STILL remember screaming and jumping up from the chair. One of the greatest jump scares of all time. What makes this ending even more memorable is the creepy scene following showing Alice waking up at the hospital. She's informed that everyone is dead, and she's the only survivor. Here she looks up and asks "The boy? Is he dead too?" The sheriff looks confused. Alice insists that the boy who grabbed her, the one who pulled her underneath the water?! The sheriff calmly explains that they didn't find any boy. Here Alice stares, her blue eyes looking stunning as she states "Then he's still there." The last shot is the lake...and unknown to audiences back in 1980...it was about to open up a whole new world of endless sequels.

1) Jason Goes To Hell The Final Friday

My favorite on the list. I'm sure I'm speaking for everyone my age, when they first saw this ending in the early to mid 90's, they stood up screaming and cheering. I'm a massive fan of Jason Goes To Hell. I know a lot of people don't dig it, but I will FOREVER try to show people how this sequel truly was a gem in the rough. They did something different, it was adults fighting Jason, amazing KNB gore, and of course this ending. If only Freddy Vs Jason has been half as good as the hype that this ending left for years for us horror fans. I adore this ending. Steven and Jessica fight Jason and send him to Hell (way to go John D LeMay!) As they walk into the sunrise holding their daughter, we're shown Jason's beaten up mask laying in the dirt. Suddenly a gloved hand we all know and love pops up and drags the mask down laughing. Here fans for over a decade wondered when Freddy and Jason were finally going to tango. This ending goes to show the 1990's truly were awesome for horror!

Happy Friday the 13th everyone!!!