Leprechaun reenacting Alien's chestburster scene from a much more intimate area, and powerful Hell lord Pinhead being tricked by a hologram. But just because most attempts at a thing don't work out, doesn't mean none of them do.
Sure, Jason X is pretty silly, but at this late stage in the Friday the 13th franchise, it's not like fans should've been expecting a sincere attempt to scare them. The Friday the 13th sequels had been about rooting for Jason as he destroys people for several films at that point, and to pretend otherwise would be disingenuous. Yet, Jason X tends to get unfairly slammed as being lame or bad, and when comparing it to prior Jason films, those assessments just aren't true.
Jason X isn't high art, but neither were any of the other Friday the 13th sequels. What it is is a fun, gory ride of a slasher flick that never bores and always entertains.
Jason X Is Better Than Its Bad Reputation
One reason Friday the 13th diehards might be tempted to turn on Jason X is its lack of the Camp Crystal Lake setting that has become the series' trademark. While that is indeed gone, all the other hallmarks of Friday the 13th remain. Jason uses all kind of sharp implements to kill his victims, including a huge machete. Jason is basically unstoppable, in line with every movie since he became a zombie in part 6. Jason is played with noticeable anger and menace by fan favorite actor Kane Hodder. And yes, there's a fair amount of nudity and sexual content, if not the mountains of it found in some of the earliest entries.
The spaceship setting also allows for kills never seen before, such as the hilarious hologram scene that pays tribute to both Camp Crystal Lake and the infamous sleeping bag kill from part 7. Then there's Jason freezing a victim's face in liquid nitrogen, then smashing it into a counter, one of the best kills in the whole franchise. Topping things off is Uber Jason, created when future medical technology attempts to rebuild a damaged Mr. Voorhees. This leads to a fight between cyborg Jason and an android, which is awesome, to put it mildly. With all those positives ed for, the general bad reputation Jason X has really doesn't make any logical sense, unless one just refuses to give a movie that puts Jason in space a chance.
