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With yesterday being Friday the 13th, last night's movie choice was kind of a no-brainer, especially since our youngest daughter hadn't seen the 1980 classic yet. As I re-watched the movie in its entirety for the first time in about a half dozen years, I noticed somethings I hadn't noticed before. There is a very clear Alfred Hitchcock influence. It's probably because I also recently re-watched Psycho , but the similarities were a lot more obvious than I realized. This starts with a character who, at least at first, seemed to be one of the main characters (and possibly the final girl) only to be one of the first victims. In addition, the first-person perspective of the killer and the killer being influenced by a dead person's voice were very Hitchcock-like. Speaking of the movie's final girl , the one that does survive until the end is kind of dumb. I won't spoil things by saying which one it was, just in case you haven't seen the movie yet, but it was a...

Synopsis: Five years after a prank went wrong and set him on fire, the significantly disfigured former summer camp caretaker, Cropsy, is released from the hospital. Shortly after, he steals a pair of shears and begins killing summer camp counselors for revenge. Who's in it? The movie stars Brian Matthews , Jason Alexander , Ned Eisenberg , Holly Hunter , Lou David and Fisher Stevens . Review: I was in the mood to watch a horror movie with my wife last night and, after a quick search, decided to give this one a try. It sounded like the type of slasher film we would normally enjoy but it turned out to be a disappointment. I have a number of complaints about this film. The main one would be the awfully long time it takes for Cropsy (David) to do any real damage. It seemed like an eternity before he kills one of the campers and, after that, the movie makes you wait even longer before his next victim. When combined with some of the most annoying horror movie music I've ever list...