I adore slasher movies. I am also a big fan of 80s actioners. It doesn’t require much analysis to form connections between the two genres. One slasher/action pairing I find strikingly similar is the sixth installment in the Friday the 13th series with the Sylvester Stallone disaffected war veteran vehicle, First Blood.
Friday the 13th VI: Jason Lives was an outrageous entry in a financially floundering franchise while First Blood was an intelligent commentary on the struggle of veterans to re-acclimate to society, yet the two films share a number of themes and narrative elements.
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Rambo Jason
