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Scenes That I Love: Amy Steel Confuses Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th Part II!
Since today is the second Friday the 13th of 2026, it only seems appropriate that today’s scene that I love comes from Friday the 13th Part II. In this scene, Ginny (Amy Steel) proves herself to be the only camp counselor in history to be smart enough to confuse a backwoods vagrant who wears a flour bag over his head. This scene is one of the reasons why Ginny is one of the franchise’s most popular characters.
4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Henry Hathaway Edition
4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today, the Shattered Lens celebrates director Henry Hathaway, born 128 years ago today! It’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 Henry Hathaway Films
Kiss of Death (1947, dir by Henry Hathaway, DP: Norbert Brodine)
Call Northside 777 (1948, dir by Henry Hathaway, DP: Joseph MacDonald)
Niagara (1953, dir by Henry Hathaway, DP: Joseph MacDonald)
True Grit (1969, dir by Henry Hathaway, DP: Lucien Ballard)
Live Tweet Alert: Join #FridayNightFlix for Death Wish 3!
As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in a few weekly watch parties. On Twitter, I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday and I co-host #ScarySocial on Saturday. On Mastodon, I am one of the five hosts of #MondayActionMovie! Every week, we get together. We watch a movie. We tweet our way through it.
Tonight, at 10 pm et, I will be hosting #FridayNightFlix! The movie? 1985′ Death Wish 3!
If you want to join us this Friday, just hop onto twitter, find Death Wish 3 on Prime or Tubi, start the movie at 10 pm et, and use the #FridayNightFlix hashtag! I’ll be there happily tweeting. It’s a friendly group and welcoming of newcomers so don’t be shy.
See you there!
Happy Friday the 13th From The Shattered Lens
Happy Friday the 13th!
Today is the second Friday the 13th of 2026! (We’ve got another one coming up in November.) Some people consider Friday the 13th to be unlucky but those people have obviously never been the only “good girl” at a weekend party up at Camp Crystal Lake. Ask any of them and they can tell you just how lucky Friday the 13th can be.
To our readers who are currently struggling today, we make the following suggestion: Sit back and enjoy the antics of those fun-loving kids up at Camp Crystal Lake. It’s a lot safer to watch them than to be them!
In fact, in case you need help picking which movie to watch, I have reviewed every single Friday the 13th! here on the Shattered Lens! I personally recommend that you watch parts 1, 2, and 4 but it’s totally up to you! Here’s some links to my reviews:
Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Friday the 13th Part VII: A New Blood
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday
Friday the 13th: The Pointless Remake
And then be sure to check out: 12 Thing You May Not Have Known About Friday the 13th and my review of Camp Crystal Lake Memories!
The world will still be here when you get back, I promise. Tonight, I will be hosting #FridayNightFlix and I’ll be showing a classic Charles Bronson film to everyone who survives the day. The details will be posted soon. (In about 15 minutes, in fact….)
Happy Friday the 13th everyone!
Music Video of the Day: Possum Kingdom by The Toadies (1994, dir by Thomas Mignone)
Originally, I thought this song was about possums. Possums are wonderful creatures by the way, even if they do kind of smell bad. They don’t get rabies, they eat tics and roaches, and they’re basically very shy and timid. And they’re severely myopic!
Unfortunately, this song is not about Possums. Instead, the song was named after Possum Kingdom Lake, which is a real lake down here in Texas.
For a while, I thought it was about a vampire. Then I had my best friend Evelyn listen to it and she thought it was about a serial killer. We were both wrong. According to the lead singer of the Toadies, the song was actually about a ghost who was inviting someone to join him in the netherworld.
This video was shot in Dallas. Woo hoo! Overall, it’s a good song, though the “so help me, Jesus” stuff feels a bit forced. And it’s a good video, full of atmosphere and menace. It’s a perfect video for the second Friday the 13th of 2026!
Enjoy!
Song of the Day: Fargo, North Dakota by Carter Burwell
Since tomorrow is William H. Macy’s birthday, it only makes sense that today’s song of the day should come from a film that is not only one of Macy’s best but which also features one of the best score ever recorded. From Carter Burwell, here is Fargo, North Dakota.
Scenes That I Love: Liza Minnelli In Cabaret
Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy birthday to the one and only Liza Minnelli. Here she is, in today’s scene that I love, performing Money with Joel Grey in 1972’s Cabaret.
4 Shots From 4 Films: Special 1972 Edition
4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
H ere are a few the classic films that we released in 1972.
4 Shots From 4 1972 Films
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972, dir by J. Lee Thompson, DP: Bruce Surtees)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972, dir by Ronald Neame, DP: Harold E. Stine)
The Godfather (1972, dir by Francis Ford Coppola, DP: Gordon Willis)
Don’t Torture A Duckling (1972, dir by Lucio Fulci, DP: Sergio D’Offizi)
Song of the Day: Adagio for Strings by Tiesto
For today’s song of the day, we have Tiesto putting a new spin on an old classic.
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