Friday the 13th the Series: Season 2

I used to watch this show weekly when I wasn't doing anything more important and I enjoyed it quite a lot. With the lack of quality programming nowdays this has become a classic. Chris Wiggins reminds me so much of Donald Pleasence...either of those two could have played Jack Marshack, and either could have played Dr. Loomis (Halloween). I might be getting off-track here, but let me say that I consider Louise Robey to be quite a beautiful woman. I cannot imagine any other female taking her place in this program. The director may have gone a bit overboard with some of Robey's outfits in the first season, but that didn't detract from her beauty; and in the second season the outfits were all very tasteful. I won't list favorite episodes since I consider all of them to be great and I don't want to detract from the entire package. I have bought the first two seasons already and I hope the third season is also released since the only other way of getting it is to buy the whole set from the bootleggers. I don't want to rebuy seasons one and two just to get season three.

Glad this is available on dvd finally. And i don't think the dark quality a number of you have a problem with was a duplication error. Such a dark, uneven tone was one of the things i enjoyed about the series; it set the mood and made many an 80's Sat. morning deliciously creepy... a fun addition to the frivolity of the time. The other great thing about the series is the detail. From set decoration to smallest character, that attention to nuance, even of otherwise over the top characters, allows you to develop empathy for each one and care about the story. That's a skill current filmmakers, especially American, could do well to emulate. There was also some really good performances and character development from many really good actors! I'm thankful Mancusso made as many sordid, joyful little yarns for me to revisit as he did :)

Vanity the singer is one of my favorites! She is in season 2. All the season of Friday the 13 are my favorite.

Me likey: + Nice to have, since I thought it’d never be available + DVDs are nicely laid out, with detailed descriptions of each episode Me no likey: - Bare bones, standard resolution - DVD won’t play through; you’re taken back to the main menu after each episode. I remember seeing this show as a kid, being bummed that they used the ‘Friday’ title (even the same font!) to lure me into thinking it was a series that followed the movies. But I quickly fell in love with the concept. It still should’ve been called something else, but perhaps I’d have never tuned in if that happened. So, well played. Seeing as how I never thought I’d see this show again, I was delighted to discover these, and can even overlook its shortcomings. This is standard definition, bare bones stuff, but at the time that I bought them, conversion to higher resolutions was more scarce. The one thing I don’t like is that discs won’t play episodes back-to-back. Keep the clicker nearby, because you’ll need it to binge. You’re sent back to the main menu following the conclusion of every episode. Each disc holds only 4 episodes anyway, so it’s not a huge deal, but it’d still be nice if each disc just played all the way through.

The writers of this series really came up with some great little hair-raising stories to creep you out with on this season of Friday the 13th the Series. Some of these episodes are so good that they are better than some full-length Horror movies that I have seen. Just a lot of really entertaining and spooky, thought-provoking, edge-of-your-seat little thrillers. Louise Robey, Chris Wiggins, and John D. LeMay all return to play Micki Foster, Jack Marshak, and Ryan Dallion, a trio of antique dealers who face many deadly challenges in their attempts to collect the cursed relics that their evil uncle Lewis Vendredi unleashed upon the world with his unholy pact with the Devil. This series was so good that it's hard to believe that it only ran for 3 seasons?

Just received this set a day ago. Ran tests on the picture quality starting with a standard DVD player/recorder and a blu-ray player. On my 42 inch plasma, the picture looked fine on both players with a slight improvement with the blu-ray upscaling. The opening title was nice and sharp (based on the text) but right toward the end the smoke that appeared rendered the picture somewhat soft. This series uses an over-abundance of smoke/haze/fog which makes the picture grainy. In fact, the antique shop is always smoky in the background. Sharpening this haze won't improve the picture. Also tested the picture quality with a standard DVD player connected to a late-80's 31 inch tube TV by an old video cable from the 80's. Watching a late 80's program on a late 80's TV was a nice nostalgia trip but the picture was grainy esp. in the hazy parts. Maybe the change of cast from season 2 to season 3 was due to excessive smoke inhalation. Bottom line is the DVD picture is as good as it can be with Friday the 13th.

Glad to complete my collection of Friday the 13th: The Series with season 2! Cheesy acting, flimsy plot lines, and terrible F/X… but as anyone who's read my previous reviews will know I love this sort of thing! Louise Robey is resplendent in 80's hotness, and the stories are interesting even if they ask you to seriously suspend disbelief. The last season with Ryan as Mickey's (Louise Robey) sidekick, which makes it the last really good season in my book. Worth a watch, especially if you're a fan of cheesy 80's stuff, and if you can stomach the $9 price! Love this one.

It arrived on time, quick shipping. All of the discs and the case were in great condition and play perfectly. A really fun show to put on at the end of the night and watch an episode or two before bed. Nothing amazing, but fun and horrifically comforting!

やはり、字幕なし、日本語吹き替えなし、だと魅力が半減します。

Season 2 on DVD. What more could you want? Season 3? It comes out in September 2009. There was a rumor floating around the internet that the picture quality of the DVD was poorer than the picture quality of the current TV broadcasts. I don't see a difference. I get Friday the 13th the Series on digital cable and it looks the same as the DVD. To me, anyway. I have been anticipating the release of this series for some time. I'm glad I bought it. As there are no extras or subtitles or anything other than each episode of season 2 the price should be a little lower than it is. But that's the free market for you.

Meh

As advertised

Friday the 13th: the series (FT13TS) was a cool, mildly cheesy, little semi-anthology series set in the late 80s. You follow the adventures of two cousins (Micki and Ryan) and their friend Jack in chasing down antiques cursed by their Uncle Lewis. It's been a while since I've seen Season 2 and I have to say it's held up a lot better than Season 1. Watching Season 2 of the series (my favourite of the three), you can clearly see the show hit its stride: the acting become just a little less wooden and the stories a lot more interesting. By now, you're also able to invest a bit more emotion into the heroic protagonists, especially when they lose every friend and relative to the cursed objects. In fact, the season's writers especially seemed to enjoy torturing them in Season 2. Speaking of cursed objects, the special effects seem more cohesive this time. They're still as symbolically interesting as last season; a few examples: a compact whose reflections kill while feeding on the vanity of its user, a magic rattle that heals a specific medical condition then multiplies and passes on the condition to another with intent to kill, a hypnotist's bauble that controls anyone and grants the user any freaking wish he wants. The villains, in general, are all the hapless, the foolish, the cruel, the weak, the vengeful. You might even find that you'll empathize and even sympathise with some of the characters until they start reveling in their power and more often than not, their power backfires and destroys them. In short, watch FT13TS... its thrilling escapism at its purest.