Let Your (Movie) Freak Flag Fly!

Hello!  Yes, hello to you!  99.999999998 percent chance that if you have gotten this far and have ended up on this page, you are, indeed, a movie freak.  Or a movie nerd.  Or a movie fanatic, if the first two bother you.   But let's face it, you got here because you follow me on Twitter, or you saw a Twitter re-tweet or "like" from someone who follows me on Twitter.  Once you saw that, you realized that I was writing about a topic that is very VERY close to your heart.... MOVIES!   You find yourself doing this a lot, and by no means are you simply monogamous with me.   Nope, this is one of a dozen, or two dozen, or a hundred, movie blogs that you visit during the course of your regular week.   You like old movies and new movies and in-depth articles about what's upcoming and deep features that take on a very scholarly tone and make you understand hidden meanings in films and you like articles that are silly and sarcastic and parody movies and give you top 10 or top 25 or top 100 lists and the only reason you have read this one very long and very unwieldy run-on horrible sentence is simple.

You're a damn film freak.

It's okay.   You're good.   If you didn't know it before now, you were going to find out eventually.  All of us do at some point.   I have been obsessed with movies since 1981, but it took me until this year to "find my voice" and start seeking out others who shared my affliction, or gift.   I joined Twitter and found one account after another that had the same passion as me (or more!), and it was very fun to engage these new acquaintances and discuss the movies that we loved and didn't love so much.  I found myself spending hours on end talking about the best films of 1981 and what's wrong with the newest ALIEN film (a lot!) and putting up hypothetical scenarios for films that will never exist.  It was fun, it was fresh, and I found that I was finding my voice.

And it wasn't enough.

Scroll through "Film Twitter," and you learn something quickly.  Every one, and I mean EVERYONE, has either a film-based podcast, a film-based blog, or they may even have both.  The quality is wildly varying.   Some blogs put out long, well-researched posts about single films, or a series of films, or a director, and you find yourself standing and applauding when you finish reading.  Others exist only for clickbait and do whatever they can to make you jump through hoops to move through "lists" that are generated over 50 different screens.  You'll want to throw your laptop through the window after those (one such site... unnamed... used to be one of my favorite but has gone SOOOOOO far to the listicle/clickbaity stuff that the site is utterly unreadable now.)    Some blogs don't contain the best and most-prepared and edited pieces of work, but they come from such a point of love and enthusiasm for their topics that you can't help to smile while reading and eagerly await their next post.

Everyone has a website.   Obviously, so do I.

I love being on Film Twitter, but 140 characters is never enough for some topics.   I want to get into solid debates on some subjects and I want to go on and on and on about films that I'm nostalgic about from my youth that still hold a special place in my heart-hole today.   Even when you make a properly designed "thread" on Twitter, it just doesn't help you give a full expression of how you feel about movies.

So, here we are.

I started in April, and when I did, I tried to write long detailed articles about films I liked.  I found several things.   Not being as good as other writers (which I wasn't) gave me a very defeatist attitude; also, I hated writing plot synopsis and character descriptions, which quickly made my "reviews" utterly worthless to people who hadn't seen the films I was talking about in any particular post.

I stopped posting very quickly and let the blog die a slow, quiet death.  However, I got a brainstorm at the end of August.   I still wanted to write, but I found it easier if I wrote quickly about things and films that were on my mind rather than trying to prepare longer, more detailed articles.   I'd write fast and simple, and I'd post anytime the feeling hit me rather than trying to hit a weekly/monthly goal.   Since I "rebooted" on the 23rd of August, I've posted ten articles (about 2.5 a week) and I have plenty more ideas in mind.  Sometimes I post write after watching a film (like I did with 1981's "True Confessions" or 1985's "The Last Dragon") and sometimes the feeling just seems right, as it was for my tribute to Bernie Casey.   If I want to write that day, I write.  Sho' 'nuff.

So, my question is, as you've gotten THIS far into my post, are YOU writing or podcasting about film?  And if the answer is "no," then why the hell not???

It's time to let your freak flag fly.

Again, if you're reading this, you've probably interacted with me on Twitter.  And if you've interacted with me on Twitter, I've done it because I trust, value and appreciate your opinions and your thoughts on film.   I don't care who you are-- you should be sharing your opinions and thoughts.   I don't care if you think your writing is shoddy and that it doesn't compare to everyone else you read.   If you've read all my posts, you probably realize that I only know about 64 words total.  At best.  And yet here I am.   

Let your freak flag fly.

Post in comments sections of the stuff you read.   If you agree with the author, tell them.  If you disagree, be civilized and make a good counter-argument.  If they have a list of films they love, try and add to the list or recommend something they may not have seen.   Engage.

Let your freak flag fly.

if someone is looking for people to submit content and the subject matter appeals to you, do it.  Who gives a greasy shit if you don't get published?   You got to write about what you love and it only makes you better for the next time.

Let your freak flag fly.

Set up a blog.  Yep, do it.   Go to a blog-format site (like I did-- ask me for info if you like how mine looks) and create a simple blog.   Can't post three times a week?  Fine.  Can only get there once a month?  Cool.   Start writing and you'll find yourself slowly getting hooked.

Let your freak flag fly.

At the very least, ENGAGE on Twitter when you see people talking about a topic that interests you.  Don't worry about jumping in if you do it in a fun, polite way.   If someone talks about RAWHEAD REX or Cannon Films or the 1980's and I see the tweets, I usually jump in.   If they don't want you there, they'll ignore you.  Most of the time, if you jump in politely, you will be more than welcome.  And join live tweets!  Nothing brings you into the fold quicker than being a part of a small group of people all watching and talking about a fun movie at the exact same time.

Let your damned freak flag fly.

Still feeling shy?  Well, let me give you a little boost.   Not ready to start a blog but you want to try and write?   I'll host you here.    Want to try an article one time and see if you like doing it before you go further?   I'll host you here.  As long as your post isn't inflammatory, mean-spirited, divisive or anything else that would truly offend, I will be more than happy to post your stuff here and give you 150% credit.  No time limit, no word limit  (give me two paragraphs about a movie or performer, or give me 5000 words), and if you need me to find all of the artwork, I can.   I want every single damned one of you to get as creative as all get out, and if I can help, so be it.

(But if you steal it from someone else, I'm gonna make sure everyone knows.... so make sure you bring the hot original shit.)

I've got AT LEAST a dozen people that I talk to on Twitter that I'd LOVE to see speak in a longer, more detailed setting.   Your commentary in your tweets is great, and you should be doing more.  I understand jobs and family and obligations, but everyone can find a few minutes here and there to scratch out a few paragraphs.

Direct message me on Twitter if you are interested in putting something here (also, I'm not paying, although I will pat you on the head and say "good boy/girl" after you submit, so that's something.)   Same with if you want to start your own blog but have absolutely ZERO idea on how to do it.

Let. Your. Freak. Flag. Fly, people.

I'm gonna wrap up today with some of my bestest buddies on Twitter who have blogs of their own.  I've enjoyed all of their writings and I know you will as well.  They aren't huge sites but the content is fun and well-constructed and hopefully will give you a good framework on what good writing is like.

1. Schizocinema (http://schizocinema.blogspot.com/) which is run by Chris Chaka (https://twitter.com/chris_chaka)

2. VHS Revival (https://vhsrevival.com/ ) - their Twitter is https://twitter.com/VHSRevival

3. Cult Credentials (https://cultcredentials.wordpress.com/ ) - Twitter can be found at https://twitter.com/CultCredentials

4. HorrorMovieBBQ (http://www.horrormoviebbq.com/ ) - Check out their Twitter as well at https://twitter.com/HorrorMovieBBQ

5. The Video Vacuum ( https://thevideovacuum.blogspot.com/ ) - run by Mitch Lovell who can be found on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/TheVideoVacuum

6. Oh The Horror!  ( http://oh-the-horror.com/ ) - run by Brett Gallman who has a Twitter handle of https://twitter.com/brettgallman

7. The Farsighted Blog  (http://farsightedblog.com/ ) - you can find reviews there by Rachel, who you can find on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/maxfischers 

8. Jason Wells ( https://twitter.com/jrwells82 ) looks like he might be firing up his blog again soon.  Keep an eye on: https://jrwells82.wordpress.com/

9. The Mike ( https://twitter.com/TheMike31 ) is a turkey but he's my favorite turkey of all.   Check out his stuff at: http://tmdfps.blogspot.com/

That is really far from a fully inclusive list, but you will find a bunch of distinct voices trying to do different things when it comes to movie writing.   There's also so many wonderful writers at places like Daily Grindhouse, F This Movie, Daily Dead, Talk Film Society, Bloody Disgusting, The Horror Honeys and more.   (alsoI'llkindamentionRupertPupkinSpeaksbutdon'tsayittooloudbecausethatBobFreelanderguygetsabighead...shhh!)(Luv ya, BS!)

So now, if I didn't mention your site or your blog and it's because you don't have one and you're afraid to write something..... well--

GET

YOUR

FREAK

FLAG

ON!

(I, for one, can't wait to see what you have in that beautiful brain of yours.)

R.I.P. Bernie Casey and Having "My Actors" Lists

Whether you are a film nerd, a music afficioanado, or a sports fanatic, it is simply inevitable that, as celebrated names in those professions pass away, you will be overcome to varying degrees of emotion and sorrow over their passing.   Even if you don't get teary eyed over the death of someone you've respected but never met, it is still a natural occurrence to feel at least a small ounce of sadness when a death is announced to the public.  And obviously it goes without saying that some announcements sting more than others.   Your mind wouldn't be functioning properly if you took every loss equally.

I've never been the type to get too worked up over celebrity deaths, because, in reality, we HAVEN'T met them and gotten to know them for the most part (and yes, I know that some of you have and that makes it completely acceptable for you to feel more emotion than others might. For example, you've been to a convention or ten and met George A. Romero several times and gotten to talk with him, I totally understand the higher level of personal sorrow.)  But for me, I can't find myself truly getting too worked up over any singular celebrity's passing over another.    I have bonded with their characters, or their songs, or their great games, more than I have with the man or woman themselves.

That doesn't mean that some don't sting more than others from time to time.

When I started really getting into movies, as I've stated previously, I wasn't your normal pre-teen that only was interested in movies that pre-teens would be.   I was as much into Scorsese and Lumet as I was ROCKY movies, HALLOWEEN films, and STAR WARS sequels.  I also found myself getting more attached to actors that weren't big stars, performers that others around me never seemed to notice.   To me, they were "MY actors," guys who never got discussed in normal movie conversation because they weren't the stars.

R.G. Armstrong was my actor.  Bert Remsen was my actor.  Albert Popwell was my actor (he was in ALL of the first four DIRTY HARRY movies, for cryin' out loud-- in different parts even!!!)

Bernie Casey was definitely one of MY guys.  Hell, he may have even ended up being THE guy on the list.

Bernie Casey started out as an All-American athlete in track and field.  He almost made the U.S. Olympic Team in 1960.   He was then drafted in the first round by the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL in 1961 and played for eight years.  I wasn't born yet, but if I had, Casey would have probably been one of MY guys, even if he never went into acting.

But he did, and thank goodness for that.

After making his debut in 1969's GUNS OF THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, Casey made a long and productive career for himself in Hollywood, crossing over into many genres and back over and over again.   I'm not going to go over all of the films, but I do want to single out some of my favorite Casey films and performances.  (I do not have HIT MAN and DR. BLACK, MR. HYDE listed here, which mean that 1) I'm an idiot because I haven't seen them, and 2) Since I'm digging deeper and deeper into Blaxploitation at the moment, they have both shot up to the top of my "need to see" films list.   Seriously, shame on me, but keep reading anyways.)

MAURIE (or BIG MO) (1973)

Don't let anyone else tell you otherwise.   This is a BRIAN'S SONG knock off, made by a small independent company two years after that groundbreaking "male tearjerker" film came out for television.  Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying to themselves.   And yet, I saw MAURIE first, by more than a few years.  It played in a Friday night network movie slot probably in 1977 or 1978, and back then, I loved sports probably a hundred times more than I loved movies.  I'd sit up and listen to a baseball game with teams I didn't like most nights before I'd watch a movie.  But a sports movie?  Sign me up!

Casey plays real-life basketball player Maurice Stokes, who suffered a brain injury and later became paralyzed as a result of hitting his head on the floor during a game.  Bo Svenson plays Jack Twyman, his teammate and best friend, who never gave up on Stokes and cared and supported him right up until his eventual death.

As a movie, I even remember all these years later that it isn't the best-made picture.  But as a sports movie with a sad ending (at a time when 9 or 10 year old me didn't really know about sad endings yet), it worked.  I didn't cry because "men" aren't supposed to cry, but if I watched it again.... who knows?  I give it 85/15 that the room gets dusty.

SHARKY'S MACHINE (1981)

If for nothing else, I write about Bernie Casey because of Arch.  Casey's vice squad detective is big, tough, loyal, and has several WONDERFUL scenes, including two with Burt Reynolds (about 45 mins in and about 5 minutes before the ending) which seem like they were written specifically to be showcases for the character AND the actor.

You can certainly find the "became a ghost/ceased to exist" scenes on YouTube, but if you haven't seen the movie, you're doing yourself a HUGE disservice.  (I also mentioned on Twitter that I hope that Casey is doing the "Cease to Exist" trick in real life and will be back in a few days to add to our lives again.  I know, I know... but a man can hope).  SHARKY'S is profane, bloody, heart-on-your-sleeve romantic, and brutally funny.   Please please PLEASE find the film and watch it in its' entirety.   It's even worth a blind buy.

NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN (1983)

Not a ton to say here (this is still one of the Bond films I have a tough time fully embracing.  It's more than competent but strangely not compelling, and it DOES feel weird having Connery back during the Roger Moore era).   But Casey's presence as an actor is important enough for the producers to give him the key role of Felix Leiter.   Always nice to have a Bond film on your resume-- unless it's WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH.  (So sorry... low blow.)

REVENGE OF THE NERDS (1984)

Tolerance and acceptance is the message of this great 80's comedy, but it takes a while to come for the poor misunderstood nerds of our title.  When it does come, it comes in the form of U.N. Jefferson, the fraternity president of Lambda Lambda Lambda, an all-black fraternity.   In all honesty, it takes a some charter technicalities and a little bit of (or a lotta bit?) of weed to make the Lambdas accept their new pledges, but when they do, U.N. Jefferson accepts them in with open arms, and when things look the bleakest in the last act, Casey's powerful leader comes to save the day.  There's a reason why the most powerful part of the "We are the Champions" cover plays over his name in the end credits.

SPIES LIKE US (1985)

Man, were the 80's good to Bernie!   I still adore this film and enjoy it from start to finish, but I can fully admit that the funniest stretch of the film is the short montage of training scenes as our two leads (Chevy Chase and Dan Akyroyd) are put through the motions by a no-nonsense Colonel Rhombus to get them ready to become field agents.  Casey is monotone and deadpan hysterical in his short bit as the colonel.

Again, probably something you can find in a short scene on YouTube.  And again, a film you absolutely need to seek out and watch in its entirety if you never have.   I'm not a huge Chevy guy, but this ranks wayyyyy up the list for me of his films.

STEELE JUSTICE (1987)

Casey was in two action films in 1987; he reteamed with Burt Reynolds in RENT-A-COP, and he made STEELE JUSTICE with the immortal Martin Kove.   In full honesty, despite being the cheesier and lower budgeted of the two, STEELE JUSTICE is by far the more entertaining of the two (RENT-A-COP is at best misguided and at worst an unholy mess of a film).   Casey even plays an undercover cop whose very close in nature to SHARKY'S MACHINE's Arch (although without the ceasing to exist capability).  It's not a huge showcase for Casey, but he's fine in it, and it's a really fun B-actioner to seek out.

I'M GONNA GIT YOU SUCKA (1988)

This is probably THE one for a lot of people, and if not for Arch, it might be for me, too.   The film is a wonderful bawdy parody of the Blaxploitation flicks of the early 70's, and it features many of the stars from that era as well.  You get Jim Brown.  You get Isaac Hayes.  You get Antonio Fargas.  And you get Bernie Casey as John Slade, who plays the big hero from the past who comes back to help a younger do-gooder (Keenan Ivory Wayans) clean up the streets and get rid of drug kingpin Mr. Big (John Vernon).   Filled with AIRPLANE-like sight gags by the second, an amazing cast of recognizable faces that never quits, and an energy that never stops (and that Wayans possibly never matched again in films), right in the middle stands John Slade, the biggest, baddest, and most righteous dude who ever lived.

He even has a theme song to prove it (They go with him everywhere).

BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE (1989)

Man, how many big films was Bernie Casey in during the 1980's?   Again, a small role but a key one.  He plays Mr. Ryan, the high school history teacher who gets Bill and Ted on their way to learning.   His assignment (and a telephone booth time machine) are the key components for getting our two wild and crazy goofballs to finally understand all of the main points of world history.  God Bless Mr. Ryan.

There are many, many other roles in a career that stretched over close to forty years and over seventy-five movies and television projects.   But these to me are my essential Bernie Casey, and these are what made him one of "my guys."

Camp Redemption - 10 Lucky Passes for 10 Unlucky Campers (Part 2 of 2)

When we were last together, I had laid out my plan: Go through all twelve of the FRIDAY THE 13TH films (including the remake and FREDDY VS JASON) and find the ten people that I deemed most worthy of a second chance.  Whether they had charisma, name recognition, too little screen time, or just a really REALLY unfair kill scene, each of my final list members would be the ones that I would bring back for a FRIDAY THE 13TH reality show (well, the losers show.  We'd have a second show for all of the final girls and final guys.  'Nother time, folks!)

You can read the first part of the article by clicking here, or just by scrolling down.   Don't be lazy.... go do it.  I'll wait.  Seriously... I have a pizza in the microwave (with bacon bits!).   I have the time.  Go!  (Seriously don't scroll down.... by doing that you'll spoil the list of 10.  Click that link up there).

Okay, before I give my list, a few ground rules:

1. My list, my rules.

2. That's it for rules.

You'll have your chance to respond at the end, and I'm even gonna offer a prize for the best participant.  No shit.

Without any further ado, let's get it on with:

These will be in no particular order, so don't take them as a ranking.   We don't have to rank EVERYTHING, do we?

10. DEMON - FRIDAY THE 13TH V - A NEW BEGINNING

Criteria:

* Very short introduction in almost the third act; obvious added fodder to build body count.

* Miguel Nunez is an actor who has done some nice comic work in the years since his kill; and has even had leads in films such as JUWANNA MANN.   Much more accomplished and polished than most of his NEW BEGINNING cast mates.

* No one should EVER have to get killed on the shitter.

* Co-lead singer on the FRIDAY series' single best song.... "Oooh baby, heyy baby... heyyy baby, ooh baby."   This song should have been allowed to run the full twenty seven minutes it needed.

9.  SARA - FRIDAY THE 13TH A FINAL CHAPTER

CRITERIA:

* Absolutely feels like a "final girl" when first introduced.  Virginal next door type.   Very shocked when she went down, even after they introduced Kimberly Beck next door.

* Full disclosure - High school me had a HUGE crush on this actress when I first saw the film.   My list, my rules.

8. SISSY - JASON LIVES

CRITERIA:

* Likable casts in the FRIDAY series are going to produce results here.  I already put Cort in the Honorable Mention and I could have added more (Paula, Horshack, the lady who tries to use the credit card...) without hesitation.  Sissy gets the slight nod over all of them... but maybe not over EVERYONE in the cast (hint?)

* Sissy is bubbly, fun, does nothing negative and seems to be a good friend to final girl, Megan.

* Sissy also gets a pretty mean-spirited (although well, um... executed) kill gag.

7.  CRAZY RALPH - FRIDAY THE 13TH 1 AND 2

Criteria:

* Ralph runs onto the list from out of left field.   Yes, he made it to a second film.  Yes, he's tragically one note.  Yes, his shirt collar is tattered to all hell....

*...but think of the ENTIRE series (including space!) with a Crazy Ralph cameo.   Every cast does the same dumb ass things.  Every cast makes the same dumb mistakes.  Every cast doesn't understand that going to Camp Crystal Lake is a DUMB FUCKING IDEA.  So why not have Ralph be there in EVERY movie to tell them they are all going to die?   It's not like they are going to listen and go home.

* Or... by the time JASON LIVES rolls around, the likable cast DOES listen to Ralph and DOES go home.  Or gets in Cort's RV and heads to the beach.   The possibilities are endless.   Let em' have it, Ralph!

6. GIBB - FREDDY VS JASON

CRITERIA:

* It's Katharine Isabelle.  She's making my list any time she qualifies for a list I'm making.   Damnit if you guys keep forgetting-- my list, my rules.

* Cute girls in baseball caps are almost automatic entries.

* On a serious note, this may be the biggest bullshit kill in the series.  Am I reading this right?  A girl, who just lost her boyfriend, decides to wash away her sorrows with alcohol at a cornfield rave.   She passes out and goes into Freddy's dream land.   At the same time, some fat fuck gets on top of her in the corn field and may/may not be getting ready to rape her.   While she's having the Freddy nightmare AND while she's got a guy on top of her against her will, Jason comes through the cornfield and impales her (as well as said fat fuck).   I have the most fun with almost every kill in the entire series, but this one almost made this topic un-fun.  I call foul.

5. BRODSKI - JASON X

CRITERIA:

* Back to fun on the list - Brodski's my favorite badass in the series.  Forget Tommy Jarvis.  Forget Tina the Mind Control loser.   And Julius from JASON TAKES MANHATTAN only went one round with Jason, so he's out, too.   You tell me that every film has Brodski trying to kill Jason RIGHT after Crazy Ralph shows up to tell the cast they are going to die.  At least give me a damn JASON VS BRODSKI follow-up.

* Love his lines when he finally meets his demise.

(After being stabbed by Jason):  “It’s going to take more than one poke in the ribs to put down this old dog,” 

(Jason skewers him a 2nd time):  “Yep... that oughtta do it.”

AND THEN HE STILL COMES BACK TO LIFE!  (Where he continues to survive until he grabs Jason, flies into space and supposedly burns up on re-entry to Earth.)

CLASSIC!  Give Brodski a 3 picture deal and let's get shooting!

(Shit-- is Brodski even dead????)

4. SHERIFF GARRIS - JASON LIVES

CRITERIA: 

*  He makes one big mistake.  He doesn't believe Tommy Jarvis.  If he just sorta believes him with an ounce of necessary skepticism, or even does more thorough investigating, who knows how many of JASON LIVES' characters see another day?   After that, he does the decent things, the noble things.

* He obviously loves his daughter, Megan, and will do anything to protect her.

* He makes the noble sacrifice at the campground to protect the children.

* Although bull-headed about Tommy's story, Garris is probably the least cartoonish and most professional law enforcement officer the entire series sees.   (Maybe Sheriff Landis from JASON GOES TO HELL and Sgt. Tierney from the original.  And that's it.)

3. VIOLET - A NEW BEGINNING

CRITERIA:

* No way Violet doesn't make the list.  I think she's only grown in popularity since the film came out.   She's used in gifs everywhere.   How many girls in the entire series have been anything more than cookie-cutter in their looks.

* Seriously, do I need any more reason than this, anyways?

If Violet doesn't make your list, you're not trying.

2. JIMMY - FINAL CHAPTER

CRITERIA:

* Noooooo freakin' way Jimmy doesn't make the list.  There was 0.0% shot he doesn't end up here.  Don't even attempt to argue it.

* Much like "It's Katharine Isabelle," this one is, "It's Crispin Glover."  Every scene that Glover would have been in past his death would have been interesting at the very least.

* Turns out he's not a dead fuck.

* "Ted...hey, Ted... where the hell's the corkscrew???"

1. JASON VOORHEES - FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980)

BOOM.  Mic Drop.

CRITERIA:

* You want to talk unfair death?  I've got your unfair death right here:

Young boy with special needs drowns at summer camp while two asshole snotty camp counselors run off to make out.   His mother, who works hard at the camp to support her AND her young son, finds out her son has died in an accident and it mentally scars her for life.   If we heard this story in real life, we'd all be crying.

And yet.... Jason's the fuckin' bad guy.  Shame on all of us.

Young Voorhees is the PERFECT recipient of this second chance.  He didn't have sex or do drugs or act like a jerk or go into the woods alone or anything.  He was a damn child who got dealt a shitty hand.   Let's rectify that now.

Oh, what is it you say?   If Jason ends up being saved, he doesn't get all mangled up and pissed off, and he never comes back to kill all of the other counselors and none of the other films ever happen?   

Fine.   Bitch all you want.  I'm taking Jason to Walt Disney World and buying him some funnel cake.

My list, my rules.

Okay, that's my ten.  Love it, hate it, set it on fire.  Do what you need to.... but also do THIS.

Let's make this an even dozen.  I will be accepting two characters to add to CAMP REDEMPTION.   Use the comments section below, or better yet, go to Twitter (I'm at @worldbtweethttps://twitter.com/WorldBTweet and give me:

1.  Who you want to save

2.  A brief reason as to why they deserve to get a 2nd chance.

I'll take the best ones and we'll put it to a vote here.   The one with the most votes will receive their choice of either:

(Yes, I have prizes!!!)

1. THE MAKING OF FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE LEGEND OF CAMP BLOOD by David Grove - a used copy, but over 430 pages of behind the scenes stories and pictures of the entire series (through FREDDY VS JASON).

OR:

2. Your choice of any 2 (two) of these used blu-rays:

2nd Place vote-getter gets whatever prize isn't claimed (or can pick 2 of the leftover blu's instead of the book if so desired-- I'm cleaning out space.)

* I'll need a shipping address to send the prizes, so if you feel hesitant about giving that out, you can still send your character choices just for fun. 

* If you put your character in the comments section, either give me a Twitter account handle or email address to contact you if you win.

* If you want to play for the prize, just add a $$$ to your comment or tweet.

* I'll take entries until October 1st then post the best ones for voting.

* Any questions about the contest, don't hesitate to contact me.  It's for fun, but I want anyone who wants to play to have a fair chance with it.

So, get crackin'..... WHO GETS TO LIVE????