[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

No, it would have to take place directly after the second one because of the news report the wife is watching at the beginning of the movie where they are showing Ginny being carted off and talking about the gruesome discoveries. Now they do say the second movie is five years after the events of the first one.

There were good things about the movie, it's just that the characters were so flat and boring to watch because their acting was terrible and none of them were there other than to give the movie a high body count. I do agree that Brooker was a great Jason though.

As for the multiple endings, I learned about those last night on the bonus features of the disc. However, you are a little off. The one where Chris is decapitated by Jason and wakes up was never filmed. The one they did film was Chris decapitating Jason, but they felt it was too definitive so they went with the ghost of the mother appearing in her dream.

The ending in which Jason was decapitated was actually the ending that was never filmed. The original alternate ending was intended to be the final 3D gag of the film, and had Chris wandering into the barn after awakening in the boat in search of Rick, where Jason kills her (with her head flying into the audience via the magic of 3D ). As she is being killed, she wakes up screaming, showing us all that it was just a dream. This ending was also the ending that was featured in the novelization. While the scene was never released officially, it has been screened at horror conventions and there are screencaps that exist of the scene. I've included some pictures below (pictures taken from the Friday the 13th memoir "Crystal Lake Memories")





This ending was also immortalized in toy form by the Revoltech figure for Jason, which included an accessory hand that held Chris's decapitated head.

As for how far after part 3 takes place from part 2, it's anyone's guess really. It can be assumed that the movie starts off hours or days after the second one ends, and picks up some time later. That's the way I've always interpreted it. Maybe they forgot the part that says "several weeks later" at the bottom of the screen in post production? It wouldn't surprise me considering the movie ran over schedule and over budget...lol. Who knows?

It's been about a year since I've last watched the film...it's definitely about time I watch it again!