My Ranking of the Friday the 13th Movie Franchise

Here is my ranking of the Friday the 13th Movie Franchise:

Friday the 13th-The first one. The template, although the main antagonist, Jason Voorhees, is not the killer in this one. Spoiler alert: his Mom is. Either way, awesome start to what has been I think an overall very good movie franchise.
Friday the 13th Part 2-Great follow-up to the original. I like it almost as much.
Friday the 13th The Final Chapter-The 4th and what was originally supposed to be the final Friday movie. It turned out not to be, but nevertheless, I really like this one.
Freddy vs. Jason-This is really more of it’s own thing, but since Jason is a big part of it, this has to be here. I love this movie. A lot of fun. Having Jason and Freddy Krueger battle each other is so great. Pure popcorn movie.
Jason X-Jason movie #10. Many may think this is a silly one (Jason killing people in space.) but I think it’s fun and it’s really more of a science fiction movie because as I said, it’s in space. But I really like it. No apologies. And I told Kane Hodder (Jason in Parts 7-10) that when I met him in 2022.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives-The 6th one. I think this one is over the top but a fun horror movie.
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood-Kane Hodder’s (perhaps the most famous Jason because he played him 4 times and has always been a flag waver for this character and the franchise) debut as Jason. Very good story. Great action and kills. I like this one.
Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning-Apparently this is not a popular one, although I think it’s now a cult favorite. Jason is not really in this one (Spoiler: Someone else is imitating him.). However, it works for me. I really enjoyed it.
Friday the 13th Part 3 3-D-The 3rd movie and yes it was shot in 3-D and shown in theaters in 3-D. This was actually the first one where Jason wears the now famous hockey mask. Great kills in this one.
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan-This should really be called Jason Takes a Ship because Manhattan is not featured until way later in the movie. However, it’s still fun, I think.
Friday the 13th (2009)-This is considered a remake but I think overall, it’s just another Jason movie. I really like this one. Definitely some differences in the character and his backstory, but still, it’s a Jason movie. I think it was well done.
Jason Goes To Hell-This is my least favorite by far. The story is an interesting idea, but overall, it doesn’t work for me.

OK there is my ranking of the Friday the 13th/Jason movies. As of this writing, there is supposed to be a prequel series coming, so if that happens, I look forward to seeing that.

How would you rank these? Thoughts?

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Mariah (The Girlfriend) says:

November 22 2023 at 7:06 PM

Since we both decided to rank all the movies, Lucas asked me to also comment with my lists.

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th: Part 2
Friday the 13th: Part III
Friday the 13th: The New Blood
Freddy vs Jason
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Friday the 13th: Jason Takes Manhattan
Friday the 13th: Jason Lives
Jason Goes to Hell
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Jason X