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This franchise started off so promisingly but excessive dramatisation and too much cheesiness caused its downfall. Its just like a candle's flame burning brightly in the beginning then flickering out with short dazzling outbursts.

The original started it all, and it was a classic. Everyone still remembers Mrs.Voorhees and his little boy. My introduction to the franchise. Excellent.
Part II took it one step forward, and the thought "Oh so there was Jason in the woods after all!" struck the minds. Jason's first badass show. Excellent. My favorite of the lot.
Part III, easily the second best, when they took it into a new 3D frontier and Jason became really badass with his victims **SPOILER** the poker-rod scene and the arrow scene. Fantastic.
Part IV was supposed to be Jason's end, and it was nicely done but in the end Tommy Jarvis had a change of "soul"? I liked it till the dramatic climax.
Part V of the F13 franchise can be related to Halloween 3: Season of the Witch, **SPOILER** because there was, realistically, no Jason in it, but Tommy was there. Good in parts, but yeah, average overall.
Part VI took off where IV had left, with **SPOILER** Tommy going and digging Jason's corpse up and it gets re-animated by a bolt of lightning. First hint that Jason has some other-wordly connections as well. Cheesiness galore and some nicely timed deaths. Good.
Part VII was easily the worst of the series. What was this supposed to be? Jason vs Carrie? Maybe the SK character would have made more sense in this one. Poor by my standards.
Part VIII took it to another level. Till now Jason was in the woods and semi-urban areas. Now he's striding through no less than Manhattan. The deaths on the ship and then in the city are nicely done. Good try, and a bizarre ending. Average IMO.
Part IX was the second worst of the series. The whole idea of **SPOILER** being Jason-possessed? Wtf was that all about? This one stuck in my throat and never went below to get digested. The ending was a shocker with Freddy's gloved hand making a cameo. Mediocre is what I give to this one.
Part X was another change. Although it was tough to ascertain if they took it up after VIII, they tried something different. Most people bash this one as "one which went overboard" but I say, after 9 parts of the same hash and re-hash, did the audience need another one with the same stuff? At least they got thinking and took him where he had a more menacing presence, in a spaceship. Where there's nowhere else to go cept fight it out(ala Alien). Decent try, good entertainer.
FvJ is not strictly F13, so it doesnt fit the discussion here. Also we have had several threads discussing it before and I ve already posted my views on it.

My Grading would be :-

Part II
Part III : 3D
Original

Part IV : Final Chapter
Part VI : Jason Lives
Part VIII : Jason Takes Manhattan
Part X : Jason X

Part V : A New Beginning
Part IX : Jason Goes To Hell
Part VII : The New Blood