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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.
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.
Music Video of the Day: Barstow by Jena Malone (2026, dir by Jennifer Reeder)
If you were wondering what Jena Malone has been up to, she’s got a solo album coming out. It’s called Flowers For Men and it will be released on May 8th. Here’s the music video for her first single, Barstow.
Enjoy!
Song of the Day: Main Theme From Missing In Action by Jay Chattaway
Listening to this makes me even more determined to write-in Chuck Norris’s name when I vote in November. Go get ’em, Chuck!
Music Video of the Day: Something Blue by Lucid Express (2025, dir by Michael Plant)
I love mood music.
Enjoy!
Retro Television Reviews Will Return On March 23rd
With both 2026’s second Friday the 13th approaching and Oscar Sunday this weekend and then St. Patrick’s Day and Bruce Willis’s birthday coming up the week after, this is going to be a busy 14 days for me. I’ve got a lot of movies to watch and reviews to write so my Retro Television Reviews are going to take a break for the next two weeks. They will return on March 23rd, at which point I will hopefully be all caught up!
Song of the Day: I’m Shipping Up To Boston by The Dropkick Murphys
I shared a screenshot from The Departed for today’s 4 Shots From 4 Films and now I’ve got this song stuck in my head. And now, it’ll be stuck in your head too! Even if this song hadn’t been used in The Departed, just the sound of it brings to mind low-level gangsters making big mistakes and causing a lot of damage. There are some songs that are just fight songs and this is one of them.
He lost his leg, y’know.
St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner!
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