Part four in the "Friday the 13th" series is called "The Final Chapter." It should not be confused with part nine in the
series, which is called "The Final Friday." It should also not be confused with the previous three films, which are all vastly inferior to "The Final Chapter" -- which, despite its false-advertising title, is actually not a very bad movie. I know; I'm just as surprised as you are. A new director (Joseph Zito) was called in, and he displays some signs of competence. Not style or panache, mind you, but competence. Some shots are actually kind of cool, and it appears there was a good deal less cocaine circulating around the set than in past "Friday the 13th" endeavors. Some legitimate actors were called in, too. Not John Gielgud or Robert DeNiro, but Corey Feldman and Crispin Glover, anyway. (For the record, Corey Feldman was known as the "John Gielgud" of '80s actors named Corey. Corey Haim was the "Jason Bateman" of '80s actors named Corey. Jason Bateman was the "Ricky Schroder" of '80s actors on "Silver Spoons.")
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