Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, new counselors roam the area, not sensing the ominous lurking presence that proves that the grisly legend is real.
Janiak still makes time to reference horror classics, swapping out Scream for Friday the 13th Part 2 , but this film is markedly better at approximating the thrills of its reference point.
It’s not quite a betrayal on par with Alice being killed off at the start of Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) or Newt and Hicks being murdered during the opening credits of Alien 3 (1992), but it’s still more than a little dispiriting.