Great Moments In Bad Movies

There are a handful of scenes in the Friday the Thirteenth series that are good, the boxing match in New York, the virtual reality scene in Jason X, ummmmmm…..okay there are two scenes in the Friday the Thirteenth series that are good, and one scene that is amazing.

Is it when Jason finds his mask?
Is it one of the many many deaths?
How about when they cut off Mrs. Vorhee’s head?

Nope! The most incredible scene in the Friday the Thirteenth series occurs in one of its worst movies, Friday the Thirteenth: The Final Chapter.

A group of horny teenagers are staying at a house in Jason stalking territory. They will soon be dead, but unfortunately for us, the audience, we have to get to know them before that happens. So, the inane banter begins and we’re introduced to your ragtag group of eighties teenagers – pretty girl, tough guy, and….hold on….is that George McFly?

That’s right, Crispin Glover shows up in one of his earliest film roles, as poor pathetic Jimmy. He never has any luck with the ladies and is hoping that this weekend will be his time to shine.

In order to woo said lady, Crispin goes for the gold in a scene that will inaugurate the Great Moments in Bad Movies column.

Crispin casually walks over to the stereo, and presses play. A pounding beat – a rhythmic thumping that can only lead to self-confidence – plays over the soundtrack. Using the music as his own personal relationship guru, Crispin walks over to the girl he has had his eye on all weekend. It’s one of those all or nothing walks. You can tell Crispin is on a mission, and you can almost sense him preparing his pick-up line as he begins his march.

He asks if she would care to dance.

Thankfully, for movie going audiences the world over, she says yes.

Crispin has a little thank you prayer to the almighty, and then unleashes the full fury of Jimmy. In twenty-five seconds the landscape of dance was forever altered. Fusing headbanging, the fluttering wingspan of an eagle, and the occasional paw scratch of a beagle, Crispin Glover creates the most awe-inspiring dance in film history.

When his friend turns off the music, Crispin rightly asks, “Why did you turn it off?”

While the clip at Youtube doesn’t show the response (and I don’t want to sit through the movie again to find it) I imagine the reply would be something like this…

“The world isn’t ready Crispin. The world isn’t ready.”

In exactly one minute Crispin Glover announced to that same world that he was an entirely different breed of actor.

I think Crispin Glover realized that he was in a terrible terrible terrible movie, and that the only way to come out of it alive, and with a future career, was to put his own stamp on the Friday the Thirteenth series. Sure the dance was risky, but by the time the movie is over, and everyone is dead, the only thing worth remembering was just how bizarre that moment truly was.

To see it in all its glory…..behold

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIMj_tYfzsc