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For a post-Halloween treat, tonight we're watching THE MIDNIGHT HOUR, a movie that premiered on ABC at 9:00pm on November 1, 1985. Little known today, this is my favorite Halloween movie ever made, featuring a group of teenager's who unleash a witch's curse that causes all the demons of hell and the dead to walk the earth. Scary, funny, and featuring a full-on "Thriller" ripoff musical number, this is the perfect watch if you're not ready for Halloween to be over.

Join me on this actual Friday the 13th as we watch and do a deep dive into the seventh movie in the franchise: THE NEW BLOOD. Conceived as a movie that would win an Academy Award, it eventually became "Jason vs. Carrie" as the Crystal Lake killer meets his match in telekinetic Tina.

We continue our deep dive into the bloody goings on at Camp Crystal Lake with Part VI: JASON LIVES. Again featuring the character of Tommy Jarvis, who accidentally causes Jason Voorhees to be reanimated as an undead killer. With self-referential humor at least a decade ahead of its time, this movie is a hugely underrated slasher film.

Jason Voorhees is dead, but five years later Tommy Jarvis is still traumatized. Staying at a halfway house for troubled teens, he begins to have visions of Jason, and people start getting killed. With the most nudity and highest body count so far, this is one of the most controversial films of the franchise.

We continue our deep dive into the bloody goings on at Camp Crystal Lake with Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, considered by many fans to be the greatest movie of the franchise. Joseph Zito directs, makeup artist Tom Savini returns, and Corey Feldman is introduced as Tommy Jarvis. Grab your popcorn and watch along with me.

We continue our deep dive into the FRIDAY THE 13TH series with PART III, originally released in theaters in 3D. This movie picks up one day after the events of Part 2 - technically on Saturday the 14th - and introduces Jason Voorhees to his iconic hockey mask for the first time.