Quist vs Freddy vs Jason

31 November 30th, 2023 We are thirty-one days in, and to be honest, fatigue is kicking in. Yes, I am doing other things, and my life does not revolve around watching and writing about this film. I cannot imagine this being the vain of my existence. Life imitating art? Yesterday, I had a moment like Lori did at the film's beginning. I am seeing a new neurologist for Multiple Sclerosis, and they kept asking me questions about my sleep. I was like, this cannot happen; why does this sound too familiar? Nobody is stalking me in my dreams, but since I've started this, my sleep has been terrible. Coincidence? Maybe. I did get some news that my MS has active lesions, and I am rather pissed about that. My old neurologist should have seen that and mentioned something, maybe started some therapy. Unlike previous issues I have had in the past, nothing silly is happening. No double vision, no sensation issues, just irritable, stressed from work, and a tad bit of life. I probably need to sl

The Many Masks of Jason During this watch, I counted that Jason wore four different masks. The first mask we get is a non-battle damage fresh mask. I like this mask but hate it because it runs too long on the face. That, to me, gave Jason a derpy, least threatening look. The second mask we get is in his dream sequence with Freddy. The infamous claw mask. I enjoyed this aspect of the mask. It shows that Freddy is a genuine threat to Jason. It was an addition to the mask, like the axe wound from part four and the busted corner of the mask from part seven. It was a great representation of the mask. In this sequence of events, we even get a nod to the toxic waste scene from Friday the 13th, Part 8: Jason takes Manhattan . What is old and familiar returns in this stunning conclusion? The third mask is the magical mask. How did the battle wounds on the mask from prior movies just show up on this mask? We get the return of the axe wound, as previously mentioned. We get some weird “welding” of

November 28, 2023 Day 29. Twenty-nine days in, and it’s not getting old… yet! Today was a simple watch and no note day. It was day one of picture taking for the final version of this and to update the blog. I told a few about the mask today, and they seemed pretty cool. Especially getting it signed in the future. Monica Keena keeps getting annoying, though. I think I’m starting to., Josh, ha ha ha. Her scratchy voice when screaming and her overacting is what I needed today! Tomorrow, we will get back on track; my sleep schedule is messed up, and I am starting to wonder if something is wrong. I get to see a new neurologist for the MS. I have been without medicine since Late April/Early May of this year. I am sick and tired of the roller coaster I have been on. Painful days, odd sensations, irritability to the max, moods ranging all over the spectrum. Nothing feels normal or is expected of me. I am easily annoyed. I am worried that I have progressed more than I should have been with chan

November 27, 2023 Day 28 Doubt is starting to kick in. This time it’s from me. I’m close to day 30, which is admirable, but that leaves 337 days. Thank you, leap year, for the additional 2 showings. Day 365 is October 29, 2024. I am also using this as an incentive to get better shape. Since the project started, I have been 8 lbs down. I have to see this til the end. Get past December, and it’s smooth sailing. Mentally, I am still here, but I did notice the other day I was outright quoting the movie and was a bit tense after watching. 40, and I still get spooked! I did spot one thing I plan on talking about soon. Jason’s mask. It’s still the same campy and fun movie! FYI, picture-taking could be more manageable. Pinball?!? Why does this movie rely on pinball and the machine noises? When Trey dies, you hear it when the bed is smashed; in Jason’s dream, you get a whole shitty sequence, and finally, in the final fight before they are hit by the cart of doom, you also hear the noise. Also,

November 26, 2023 Day 27 Today, we had measurable snow; it wasn’t a lot, but it was enough for me to realize that I hate the Midwest. Thanks, El Niño, I thought we would have a warmer winter! Eventually, I will get out of the Midwest… eventually… Today’s post is a continuation of yesterday’s post. I decided to leave things on a weak cliffhanger in hopes that someone read what was in the photos. Clearly, the hypnocil website is trying to tell us about a Supreme Court case ruling regarding drug testing students in competitive afterschool activities. The findings! It displays the ruling from the 2002 case. So, I have put myself on a recon mission to find out more about that case,,; honestly, it wasn’t what I expected. If I did my research right, the case mentioned in the fictional website in the movie could be the Board of Ed. of Independent School Dist. No. 92 of Pottawatomie Cty. v. Earls, 536 U.S. 822 (2002). It also could be mixed with elements from a prior case, Vernonia School Distr

November 25, 2023 I almost skipped this viewing… Day 26. Before we get into today’s events, I want to take time to address negativity. Over the Thanksgiving dinner, I grabbed a plate of food and mentioned that I was going back downstairs to continue blogging. Everyone then asks what I am doing, so I mentioned that I am watching a movie once a day for an entire year and blogging about that and life. My mom, who is always supportive, said that maybe it’s good for him; it may be odd, but that’s fine. My brother and his wife then decided to chime in and pretty much tell me it’s stupid to do what I’m doing. They were whispering that to each other, thinking I wouldn’t hear. I did hear, and to be honest, at the time, it didn’t phase me, but then I got to thinking about how negative both of them can be. Last I checked, I wasn’t harming anyone. I wasn’t forcing their children to watch the movie with me. The only person/animal that watches the film with me is my dog, Frankenstein. I felt they c

Join us on Sunday, December 17, for the annual Christmas Bash presented by Power 98.9 WPXR. Shameless plug for a radio station from my childhood that is no more. November 24, 2023 What if Dr. Campbell killed his wife? We are left to believe that Freddy killed her. What does Freddy gain by killing her? Why did he choose to kill her? Theory as to why Freddy killed her. Hypnocil. He was the prescribing doctor for hypnocil at Westin Hills. Logically, it makes sense for Freddy to start stalking her in the dream world. Freddy probably also knew he wouldn’t prescribe that to his wife, so he took a chance and went after adults again. Knowing that if he could kill her, maybe that would cause him to quit prescribing the medicine, and then Freddy returns. That alone gives Freddy the motive, and to be honest, if that was fleshed out in the movie, it would have made it better. Back to the original question. Imagine this, you can get away with murder if you kill someone in their bed. Just blame it

November 23rd, 2023. Day 24 is not the what-if day; it reflects life. Thanksgiving with Freddy vs Jason. Happy 136th Birthday to Frankenstein's Monster and The Mummy, Boris Karloff. It also happens to be my niece Ivy's birthday. Today is about reflection while I watch FVJ. I do wish I had a better relationship with my nieces. I partly blame myself because I expect them to behave when they come to the house and do not. So I lose my cool quickly because I hate hearing the running indoors from the basement. It also doesn't help that they have a predetermined opinion of you courtesy of their mother. But that is another conversation that will not be a thing in this blog. I'm reflecting on when I lost my cool and got upset. They like to run around the house, and I have framed autographs over the years. With them running around, they fall off the basement walls, and frames break. Granted, they are cheap frames, but to me, their blatant negligence of other people's propert

  November 16, 2023 Day 17. Not a good day. I overworked myself doing yard work, and then I got to babysit. Everything was going well until my sister asked me if I knew about something. I didn’t, and let’s just say. I had day 17 planned out, but I just need some time today after what I was told. I am fine. Just sad and devastated. Just because we sometimes go years without speaking to people does not mean we have forgotten about them. Oddly, I said that because that, in a nutshell, is the premise of this movie. Doing whatever it takes to not be forgotten. I also find it terrible that I can unintentionally start relating life events to this movie. Call or text 988 if you are having suicidal thoughts or are in a significant crisis. Tomorrow, we will be back to our regularly scheduled program. Scores remain the same.

  Mr. Fancy Pants got to Day 16! November 15, 2023. Slowly losing it, or was Sean right? I am either starting to lose it or embracing the film's stupid aspects. Losing it seems plausible because I notice the differences between Robert Englund and his stunt double. I fully believe that Jason Ritter is the "final girl." My dislike for Lori intensifies with each viewing, along with the stupidity of the lead cast. Outside of that, it's not Stockholm syndrome. Speaking of that, we have reached our first topic of the day. Stockholm syndrome? I honestly feel that is what the lead characters have for Jason. They are more consumed in feeling sorry for him, not because of his past, but because he is being manipulated by Freddy. I have mentioned this before, but this is one of the asinine things in the script. We will just be afraid of what we can't see, but this big fella poses no threat. Yet, he slaughtered people at the worst rave ever. Turned Teammate's head around

November 14, 2023. Day 15! We are fifteen days away from hitting 30 days!!! To bring everyone up to speed, I am toying with ideas for bringing this project to the public. I will still post on threads for a bit longer and return to just making notes. My last post about this on threads will be on day 30. I've even spoken with someone about making this a book; honestly, that is what I want to do. It allows me to keep my writing without editing my thoughts and randomness. I enjoy the mix of telling stories of my life, passing along some wisdom I hope, and the randomness of what I keep finding. So, two days of the week will be dedicated to telling life stories, while the rest will focus solely on the movie. I'll admit I lost focus because I was focused on what I would like from this instead of concentrating on the project. I like that… Project 365: Freddy vs. Jason. It's too bad I can't use that. I am not feeling this today. We have a special guest joining us today. Hackens

November 13, 2023. Going live on Threads presented some challenges for me. I am not a fan of how I posted days 1-13. I was unaware of the word limit, so I had to convert the document to pictures. I may not be a fan of that, but it got out everything I have written up to this point. It will be a learning curb until I get the hang of things. Do I enjoy watching this movie during the day or night? Honestly, I have no preference. The day is more leisurely because it is done and out of the way. The night is fun because it is an excellent way to end the evening. Today, I am taking a tonal shift, focusing on a few things I mentioned in yesterday's writings and finding a way to navigate most of them into the FVJ universe. MS. I can only wiggle this one in there if a character in the series had MS. I admitted in a previous viewing note that I was diagnosed with MS. I have my ups and downs with it and, to this day, do not understand why I have been fortunate that it has progressed like sever

  Unlucky 13! November 12th 1955…That day, I returned to the future to stop myself from doing this.  Wrong series, Josh, and you do realize that you were not even thought of, let alone alive, in 1955.  November 12, 2023. Today marks day thirteen in this journey. I did not expect to get past day five, but I keep finding new and exciting things with each viewing. I also know that the longer this lasts, the more I will have to say about the movie and myself. This is not about me, though; it's about the movie. That would be a significant step forward if I could tell a story or two about myself while doing this. Milestone days. I started to look ahead to milestone days. Is the milestone day 25? Nope. Day 20, nope. Day 30, keep dreaming. Wednesday, February 7, 2024, marks day 100. 87 more viewings left. This is the short-term goal I am aiming for. Why, you might ask. First off, that would be 9,700 hours of this. To me, even saying that is insane. I can function, work, watch different t

  Day 12: November 11th 2023. Today, we begin with a story. As mentioned previously, I was scared of the horror movie characters. I remember going to the local grocery store, Eagles, looking at the VHS tapes for rental and always being afraid of the laminated card for A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 . Why was it a blue background with Freddy? Then I was scared of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and Child's Play 2 , and I was rather intrigued by the cover art for Demon Lover . The first horror movies I got into as a kid were The Monster Squad , Critters , Killer Klowns From Outer Space , and The Gate . I felt a connection with Horace and Frankenstein in Monster Squad . I was stunned as I aged to notice that Jon Gries was also in Real Genius as Lazlo and good old Uncle Rico in Napoleon Dynamite . He also happened to be the Wolfman in The Monster Squad . It was like he was with me most of my life in the movies that I thoroughly enjoyed growing up and still do as an adult. I was saddened w

" If I wake up tomorrow!" That is my favorite quote from me this year. Well, I woke up today, and that means we have arrived on  Day Eleven. November 10th, 2023. Keeping score Why am I keeping score? I am simply doing it for amusement. While the movie has no clear-cut winner to the battle, why not pick a winner? The fight never changes; I wish the teens had changed, but that is wishful thinking. Last night's viewing brought in a revelation, more dirty jokes, and story time with Quist. I never thought I would admit this, but I am enjoying this. On with the show! Vigilante justice. Why was it okay that the parents killed Freddy? I know what he did was horrible, but the parents are just as bad, if not worse. Someone messed up with search warrants per the lore of Freddy. What he did was not acceptable, and what the parents did was also unacceptable. Instead of trusting the justice system, the parents, imo were like Fuck that, we are ending him tonight. Honestly, there would h