Camp Crystal Lake is reopening twentyish years after a series of murders, fires, and poisonings had shuttered the facility. A new wave of counselors are prepping the camp for visitors when bad weather halts their progress and divides them. As the dark and rainy night continues, we see that one by one, these counselors are brutally murdered by a menacing figure. Counselor Alice Hardy begins to realize what’s happening and eventually must face down the killer herself.
I love the experience of going into a 40 year old film with a massive twist (that everyone probably knows) and being totally caught off guard by it! I want to shout the spoiler to the world and yet everyone’s like, “We know!!!”. Despite the formulaic nature of this slasher film, I honestly liked it. The big bad was cartoonish and yet had a strangely compelling motivation. And the isolation of the camp setting, the weather, the “ki ki ki, ma ma ma” music—it all came together to serve as the perfect Halloween week film!