In which our critic grapples with the subtleties of “Jason X”
In Pop Punishment, Louis Peitzman endures the most derided genre films, television, and literature, all for your sadistic pleasure. How do you make Jason Voorhees interesting again? You don’t. Maybe that’s unfair, but as far as slashers go, I’ve never found Jason as compelling as the rest. Freddy Krueger has his quips; Michael Myers has…