The most shocking thing about the FRIDAY THE 13th series, is that the story begins in 1958. That's sixty years ago! Only 13 years after World War 2 for crying out loud.
Ironically, although FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 5 is called THE NEW BEGINNING, it's actually the last chapter of the series first era, a time period I like to think of as the Golden age. From part 6 onward, FRIDAY THE 13TH goes in a radically different direction, creatively, tonally, even technically.
