We’ve all been there: your job is boring, it drains the lifeforce from any responsive brain activity, and you would kill to be anywhere else. Well, what happens if your job is killing people and you’re sick of it? This is the conundrum put forth by Unmasked Part 25 (1988), a British horror film that asks the question, “Can Jason Vorhees settle down, find true love, and change his ways?” An interesting posit, and one presented with some dry humor and gore galore.
This one sat for many years on unsuspecting video shelves, its artwork of a mangled face in bandages and tagline of “It’s a cold, cruel world – but Jackson can hack it!” along with the spoofy title suggesting an Airplane! style take on slashers. It may start out that way, but in short order turns into something completely different. Afforded theatrical distribution in its homeland but hitting the video market everywhere else,...
This one sat for many years on unsuspecting video shelves, its artwork of a mangled face in bandages and tagline of “It’s a cold, cruel world – but Jackson can hack it!” along with the spoofy title suggesting an Airplane! style take on slashers. It may start out that way, but in short order turns into something completely different. Afforded theatrical distribution in its homeland but hitting the video market everywhere else,...
- 9/19/2020
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
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