#22 – Friday 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)

Part 6 of the franchise.

Tommy Jarvis goes to the graveyard to get rid of Jason Voorhees’ body once and for all, but inadvertently brings him back to life instead. The newly revived killer once again seeks revenge, and Tommy may be the only one who can defeat him. IMDB

In contrast to the series’ other entries, which had to be edited for violence in order to avoid an “X” rating, the film’s producers requested that McLoughlin add more gore, violence, and murders to the film. Wikipedia

Pretty enjoyable, but also still pretty standard. 2.5 stars.

#23 – Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

Radio DJ Vanita ‘Stretch’ Brock’s open request night is plagued by the annoying phone pranking of two road tripping, party-hard, hoodlums, but things take a disturbing turn when the hoodlums meet their demise at the hands of familiar chainsaw wielding maniacs. With the entire gruesome ordeal recorded on tape, Stretch seeks out the help of a former Texas Marshall who’s on a personal quest of vengeance against this family of cannibals. While at first he turns her down, he eventually decides to use her tape to his advantage, asking her to air it during her request block- effectively baiting the cannibals to the radio station where he’ll personally deal with them. IMDB

Eh,it was OK, I guess. For some reason they re-create the dinner table scene, which obviously doesn’t work near as well, and at the end the main victim does the chainsaw dance that ends the original movie. Starts with potential but devolves. 2 stars.