SLASHER MOVIE BUYER'S GUIDE: 'F'

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	FADE TO BLACK (1980) Summary: Weird Eric carries out various movie-inspired murders. Availability... Region 1 DVD or NTSC VHS.  Region 2 DVD or PAL VHS Rating out of five:
	FINAL DESTINATION (2000) Summary: Death feels cheated by a group of kids who escape a plane crash, so hunts them down, one by one. Specialises in jump shocks. Availability... Region 1 DVD or NTSC VHS.  Region 2 DVD or PAL VHS Rating out of five:
	FINAL DESTINATION 2 (2003) Summary: Excellent sequel, which often surpasses the original. Great deaths and attention to detail. Availability... Region 1 DVD or NTSC VHS.  Region 2 DVD or PAL VHS Rating out of five:
	FINAL EXAM (1981) Summary: Poor, yet strangely likeable slasher, notable for the killer seemingly having no motivation whatsoever. Availability... NTSC VHS Rating out of five:
	FINAL STAB aka Final Scream (UK) (2001) Summary: Weak teen horror movie, about the making of a horror film. Again. Availability... Region 1 DVD  Region 2 DVD or PAL VHS Rating out of five:
	THE FINAL TERROR (1983) Summary: Disappointing backwoods slasher. But, hey, Daryl Hannah's in it! How bad can it be? Availability... NTSC VHS. Rating out of five:
	THE FOG (1980) Summary: As much as a ghost story as a slasher, John Carpenter's atmosphere-laden flick nevertheless features plenty of folk being done-in with sharp objects. The excellent Region 1 disc features two documentaries and various extras. Availability... Region 1 DVD or NTSC VHS.  PAL VHS Rating out of five:
	THE FOREST aka Terror In The Forest (1983) Summary: Cannibal hermit snuffs explorers. Not good. Availability... NTSC VHS. Rating out of five:
	FREDDY VS JASON (2003) Summary: Much anticipated face-off between two terror titans. We enjoyed it - check out our cinema review here. Availability... Region 1 DVD or NTSC VHS.  Region 2 DVD or PAL VHS Rating out of five:
	FREDDY'S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE (1991) Summary: This, the series' sixth movie, was slightly distinguished by its 3D sequence. Availability... Region 1 DVD or NTSC VHS.  Region 2 DVD or PAL VHS Rating out of five:
	FRIDAY THE 13TH (1980) Summary: The original teen camp slasher. Great effects from Tom Savini. The Region 2 disc is the best currently on offer, as it features a 20-minute documentary and a commentary by the movie's director Sean S Cunningham and others. Availability... Region 1 DVD or NTSC VHS.  Region 2 DVD or PAL VHS Rating out of five:
	FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2 (1981) Summary: Amy Steel takes over from Adrienne King in this creepy, but presently censored, sequel. Availability... Region 1 DVD or NTSC VHS.  Region 2 DVD or PAL VHS Rating out of five:
	FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 3 (1982) Summary: Originally in 3D, this one is gorier than the second, if not necessarily more sensible. Plus, Jason Voorhees finds his hockey mask for the first time... Availability... Region 1 DVD or NTSC VHS.  Region 2 DVD or PAL VHS Rating out of five:
	FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER (1984) Summary: Now we're cookin'. Tom Savini returns with his box of gory tricks and Jason is resurrected in a morgue. Great kills and thrills abound. Is uncut on DVD these days... Availability... Region 1 DVD or NTSC VHS.  Region 2 DVD or PAL VHS Rating out of five:
	FRIDAY THE 13TH PART V: A NEW BEGINNING (1985) Summary: Technically, this is a poor movie which doesn't even feature the real Jason. But, frankly, we're suckers for this shit. Again, this one is uncut nowadays. Read our full review of the Region 2 disc. Availability... Region 1 DVD or NTSC VHS.  Region 2 DVD Rating out of five:
	FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VI: JASON LIVES (1986) Summary: The series gets back on track, reinventing Jason as a maggot-riddled zombie. There's more humour this time, but also a lot of violence. Splendid. Read our full review of the Region 2 disc. Availability... Region 1 DVD or NTSC VHS.  Region 2 DVD or PAL VHS Rating out of five:
	FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII (1988) Summary: One of the series' very best entries, pitting our hockey-masked 'hero' against a telepathic teen called Tina (Lar Park Lincoln). Read our full review of the Region 1 disc. Availability... Region 1 DVD or NTSC VHS.  Region 2 DVD or PAL VHS Rating out of five:
	FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN (1989) Summary: Jason causes mayhem aboard a cruise ship, then hits the Big Apple. Not quite the film it could've been. Availability... Region 1 DVD or NTSC VHS.  Region 2 DVD or PAL VHS Rating out of five:
	FRIGHTMARE (1974) Summary: Brit director Pete Walker's movie about a homicidal old fortune-telling woman in a cottage. Andrew 'Fawlty Towers' Sachs appears early on. Availability... Region 1 DVD or NTSC VHS.  PAL VHS Rating out of five:
	THE FUNHOUSE (1981) Summary: A group of kids decide to spend the night in the eponymous building. Baaaad mistake. Tobe Hooper directs. Availability... Region 1 DVD or NTSC VHS. Rating out of five:
	FUNNY GAMES (1997) Summary: Incredibly disturbing Austrian movie by director Michael Haneke, designed to make viewers realise the true nature of violence and murder. It certainly does the job, even without showing much blood: a horrible classic. Availability... Region 1 DVD or NTSC VHS.  Region 2 DVD or PAL VHS Rating out of five:
	FUNNY MAN (1994) Summary: Comedy-slasher starring Christopher Lee. Availability... Region 1 DVD or NTSC VHS.   or PAL VHS Rating out of five:

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