Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 38 The Playhouse Review

The Playhouse originally aired on January 23, 1989. This is the third time writer/director Tom McLoughlin has contributed to the franchise. Luckily for him, this was his best contribution yet. He had previously done a terrible sequel, as well as a terrible episode, but this particular episode after a slew of forgettable duds is a knockout. The cursed antique is a playhouse that gives the owners (who are children) anything they want. However, they must trap happy children inside the playhouse through the power of hatred. The playhouse looks just like the house in Psycho, the original that is. Anybody else notice the reference to Psycho? A bar in the background was named Bates, pretty clever. This episode deals with child abuse, missing children, as well as how hateful children can truly be at times. Let's face it, nobody's born with a clean slate. How does Tom get away with all of it? It's quite simple: he gives it a happy ending. None of the children trapped inside the house die, but are released at the end. The two abused children learn the power to love and care for others and it's heavily hinted that they'll find a foster family of people who really care about them. Wow! It's almost like a Disney movie ending. This episode was truly disturbing at times, something the TV series hasn't been in a while. This was a great, unforgettable episode.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 37 The Sweetest Sting Review

The Sweetest Sting originally aired on January 16, 1989. This was an all right episode. It wasn't too memorable for me. The cursed antique was a transport bee hive. The glass case made the bees vampire bees that drained the life of one person and gave it to another when being stung again. If this sounds weird and confusing, it is. It's also pretty dumb. A lot of the antiques have been recently. It's quite disappointing. This is another important episode for the series in terms of respect. This particular episode won a Gemini Award (awards for Canadian TV). Who knew this was such an award winning show? I didn't have a clue, but from the facts, it seems like it was incredibly well respected by the industry.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 36 Night Hunger Review

Night Hunger originally aired on January 9, 1989. This episode was pretty interesting for the most part. This marks the halfway point for the series. This is the first episode in the series where the object is not marked down in the manifest. This opens up the possibilities to multiple more cursed antiques...and episodes as long as the audience continues to watch. The cursed antique is a silver key chain. It has the power, if one kills and strokes a blank key with the victims blood, to make the owner beat anyone in a drag race. It's kinda dumb. It also gives the owner telepathic powers to control and drive the car at will without ever being inside the car. Ryan's father gets mentioned in this episode. We get introduced to Lewis's neighboring store owner, who is the villain's father in the episode. He ends up driving straight into his son while he's drag racing to end the evil and to get rid of his own guilt. It's a really awesome car explosion and is quite the climax. However, the cursed antique is lackluster. I feel like a majority of the episodes in this part of the series are really good, but the objects aren't which is a shame, because it leaves the episodes quite uneven.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 35 13 'O Clock Review

13 'O Clock originally aired on January 2, 1989. In the transition from 1988-1989, the show won an emmy for: Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Title Sequence. This particular episode, is the second time Rob Heddon has directed for and the third time written for the franchise. This is a very important episode for the series, not in the sense of story, but in the sense of popularity and respect. The cursed antique is an old pocket watch. If you kill someone and are at the station at 1:00 am, time itself stops. You are the only person moving in the 13th hour. By 1:01 am, everyone gets back to moving, just like they were. When time stops, everyone but the person holding the stopwatch goes black and white and are frozen in time. The holder, in color, moves through a black and white world. It's visually stunning and a major achievement for TV at the time. I like this episode a lot. It brings back the trio that makes the characterization on the show so strong, it's technically astounding, and it was a fun episode. I can't really complain about anything. This episode in particular won the series it's second emmy for: Outstanding Achievement in Special Visual Affects in 1989. A huge episode for the TV series. The series seemed, at the time, like it couldn't stop.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 34 Read My Lips Review

Read My Lips originally aired on November 21, 1988. This was an extremely creepy episode. These episodes keep on getting weirder and weirder and the explanations are getting more and more complex as well. This is Jack's fifth episode that he doesn't make an appearance. The cursed antique is apparently Hitler's pink silk flower. This flower had the power to make a ventriloquist doll come to life. The more people were killed, the more the doll became an actual human. It's very scary. It's another killer doll, but at the end, it's an actual human running around. It's a horrifying transformation. This is a great episode. It's incredibly effective. I just wish the explanation again wasn't so confusing.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 33 Wax Magic Review

Wax Magic originally aired on November 14, 1988. This is the first episode in the series that Micki does not appear in. It's very shocking to not have her in the episode since she's been in 32 consecutive episodes so far. The episode does work without her, but I don't want her to be gone for much longer. The cursed antique in this episode was a handkerchief that could make a wax figure come to life. In order for the main girl in the episode, who had been completely waxed so the villain could have her as his wife, to survive, she had to, unknowingly, kill people to make her become more and more human. It's weird and confusing and not really explained all that well, which is a major downfall to this episode. However, having the main girl self-sacrificially melt was a little scarring. I'm not likely to forget that image for a long time. Major props for creating a visual that's memorable long after the end credits roll. This was an uneven episode. It fell short because of a confusing explanation for the cursed antique, but the ending was outstanding.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 32 Master of Disguise Review

Master of Disguise originally aired on November 7, 1988. Tom McLoughlin, director of Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI, returns to the Friday franchise by directing this episode in the TV series. This was a very bizarre episode. There really is no other way of wording it. Micki falls in love with the hot new actor in town. No one knows anything about his past. Yep, you guessed it, he's the villain in this episode. This man in reality is very deformed. He's pronounced a very talented young actor, but can only get small roles in horror movies. That all changes once he gets his hands on one of Uncle Lewis's antiques. The cursed antique is a makeup case that belonged to Lincoln shooter John Wilkes Booth. After having killed someone, placing the makeup on will give you stunningly handsome looks. I'm not a fan of the antique in this episode. It just seems dumb to me. The villain is mentally unstable. In fact he breaks down because all he wants is to be loved for who he really is. It's a very twisted and bizarre retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Micki actually feels remorse over him and feels sorry for him, knowing full well he killed a lot of people. That's true compassion and forgiveness right there. I love the message of the episode, the execution is all right, but it's not a knock out episode for the series.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 31 Symphony in B# Review

Symphony in B# originally aired on October 31, 1988. This episode for the first time this season felt like the first season. It's good to be back. Let me just say this: Ryan has THE worst luck of any leading man on any TV show I have ever seen! So far he's lost his younger brother when he was young and over the course of the show lost a fiance, not to death, but different circumstances, and to death he's lost his father and two girlfriends! That's some seriously bad luck! This episode marked the second girlfriend he's lost to death. The antique in this episode was a violin that was used to kill people to keep one alive and spark creativity in composing music. Let me just say that the burn victim at the end of the episode was awesome. That was some great make-up and what a way to shock the audience at the end of the episode! There's not much to complain about in this episode. It's not great, but it's not bad either.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 30 Tails I Live, Heads You Die Review

Tails I Live, Heads You Die originally aired on October 17,1988. This was an extremely intense episode. I'm very surprised. Only four episodes into the second season and already two episodes have been dedicated to actual religions. This episode put a lot of emphasis on Satanism. Unlike the Voodoo episode, Satanism was solely looked at as the villain, thankfully. It got incredibly uncomfortable to view because I honestly just want nothing to do with Satanism. I don't want to go anywhere near it. The cursed antique was the Coin of Ziocles. The coin would kill one person and bring another back to life. The stakes keep on getting higher and higher as the series has progressed. Micki actually dies in this episode. She dies for a period of time and it's heartbreaking to see, but in a big twist at the end she is resurrected to life being given the blessing, or positive side of the curse. She received both ends in this episode. It always amazes me that when the stakes are so incredibly high, I care so much for the characters. This was a fantastic episode, but that doesn't mean it wasn't uncomfortable to sit through.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 29 And Now the News Review

And Now the News originally aired on October 10, 1988. This is Jack's fourth time not to appear in an episode. This was an all right episode. For the first time this season, it felt like it did during the first season, which is a very good thing. The cursed antique is an old radio that announces what you're supposed to do in order to receive the reward it promises you. Say you want an A on your final exam, it will say you got the A, but you'd have to kill people in order to get it. The object even attempts to tempt Micki and Ryan at the end of the episode because Micki's tired of how tough it's been collecting cursed objects. They refuse it, obviously, but it was a very funny ending. Once again, Jack is not fully needed to make the show work. I love the trio, but it's not mandatory to make an episode enjoyable.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 28 The Voodoo Mambo Review

The Voodoo Mambo originally aired on October 3, 1988. This was a very unsettling episode to me. I truly hated how normalized Voodoo was represented in this episode. I hated how Jack in the episode said that they had their way of fighting evil and the trio had theirs. It's just not true. There can't be more than one right way. There are WAY too many contradictions all around. As a Christian, watching Voodoo get praised/looked at as a legitimate way to fight evil, it really got under my skin. The cursed antique is a Voodoo mask. This mask takes away people's souls, which Voodoos believe is in their throat. I'll give the episode this, if what they said about Voodoo is true (they've gotten a lot of 'facts' wrong just to make it fit for an episode), then I learned a lot about Voodoo that I had never learned before. I learned a lot more about Voodoo from this episode than I did from The Serpent and the Rainbow. Personally, I would skip this episode. It's not poorly done, but I just don't like the message that is being represented.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 27 Doorway to Hell Review

Doorway to Hell, the second season premiere, originally aired on September 26, 1988. This episode was a direct continuation of the first season finale, an oddity for a show that began as an anthology. This was one intense episode and the stakes were incredibly high, the highest they have ever been. There is no cursed antique in this episode. There is a mirror that Uncle Lewis uses in an attempt to set himself and a demon free on the Earth. The doorway to hell is indeed open, but Jack is able to close it before the demon escapes and Uncle Lewis is defeated yet again. This was a great way to start the second year. I am so attached to the trio, it's unbelievable how attached I have become in 27 episodes. This was one of the weirdest episodes yet. This episode is really strong, it is very different from the series premiere. It's odd to think that a killer doll is considered drastically normal in comparison. I'm hooked now though. Season two starts off on a high point for the series to that date.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 26 Bottle of Dreams Review

Bottle of Dreams, the first season finale, originally aired on July 25, 1988. This is a flashback episode. I love flashback episodes. I love taking the trip down memory lane. I always feel like an expert when I recognize a flashback. This episode had flashbacks of episodes 1, 3, 11, 16, 7, 10, and 13 in that order. Not too much new is added. The cursed antique isn't really an antique at all. It's a green gas in an Egyptian jar, another attempt from Uncle Lewis to kill his niece and nephew. We do learn of Jack's son who died at the age of 12 in this episode. Overall, it was great fun and from what I've read perfectly sets up the season two premiere. Season one had a lot of ups and downs, but with the flashback episode, it all felt worth it. I just hope the series continues to be rewarding.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 25 What a Mother Wouldn't Do Review

What a Mother Wouldn't Do originally aired on July 18, 1988. I really enjoyed this episode. It harkened back to Mrs. Voorhees, and as you well know, I LOVE that character. This mother, as opposed to exacting revenge will stop at nothing to keep her baby alive, including killing others as well as herself at the very end of the episode. The cursed antique is a baby crib. The story goes that a mother was so desperate to save her infant who was very sick while the Titanic was sinking that she attempted to pass the child to a lifeboat. None of the passengers were willing to take the child, even dropping the crib in the water. Instantly the lifeboats ropes detached and crashed into the water drowning seven people. The baby and crib were safe and sound. The curse if that the crib will keep the child alive, no matter how drastically ill the child is if you kill seven people in water. I enjoyed the Titanic reference, but that's NO WHERE near accurate and could be deemed offensive. I think this is the very first episode that we actually see someone seriously discuss buying an antique from Uncle Lewis. The first episode he refused to sell more. I thought this episode was very good though. I'd definitely watch it again.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 24 Pipe Dream Review

Pipe Dream originally aired on July 11, 1988. This episode ran high with emotions. Ryan's neglectful father is introduced in this episode. His father moved from town to town always in an attempt to get rich. The moving got worse after Ryan's brother died. Ryan doesn't like his father. He dropped out of college in order to get as far away from him as possible. It's revealed that Ryan's grandfather died the day his father was born. Uncle Lewis was the only true father figure for Ryan's father and it explains a ton. Ryan's father is the villain in the episode. The cursed antique is a pipe that when smoked claims a victim. The smoke from it causes the victim to be put on fire and eventually the smoke and the victim disappears. Ryan's father calls it a lucky charm. At the end of the episode, Ryan's father sacrifices himself in place of Ryan in order to save his son. The only villain so far to purposefully die in place of a main character is Ryan's father. Ryan is devastated by his father's death and it's emphasized that he died out of love for his son. It's emotionally powerful and you also get to see the strength of the bond of the trio at the end. This was an excellent episode that gives the viewer a lot to chew over long after the final credit is through.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 23 Badge of Honor Review

Badge of Honor originally aired on July 5, 1988. What's interesting is I was so not feeling this episode, but by the end, it had completely won me over. Jack does not appear in this episode for a fourth time. Let's continue with what was done poorly. The cursed antique in this episode is a sheriff's badge that upon touch kills whoever touches it. This antique is stupid and the way people die, jumpy, jump cuts galore, is painful to sit through and not for the right reasons. The secondary villain Has is also extremely boring in this episode. But here's the good parts: the main villain is great and there's a twist that I never saw coming. The main villain is seeking revenge for his wife who was hospitalized because of a car bomb explosion. He talks with his wife and vows revenge on all who caused this event to happen. We realize near the end of the episode that he's been holding a rotted corpse, a decrepit skeleton on the bed and it's nasty. That was a great twist, very Psycho. The other twist involves Mickey's old flame. Mickey by the way is all over her old flame, it's disgusting. She's definitely selling out. Ryan and Mickey find a gun in his bag. The audience knows he's making counterfeit money. He is definitely a villain. In the end you realize he works for the FBI and dies a hero. It was very shocking, but very satisfying all at the same time. It's not a great episode, but it's definitely the best since Quilt of Hathor.

Friday's the 13th: The Series Ep. 22 The Pirate's Promise Review

The Pirate's Promise originally aired on June 27, 1988. This was a really weird episode, and that's saying something coming from this series. I think the fact that I directed a pirate comedy makes this episode all the weirder to me. After I finished directing it, I wanted to stay away from anything piratey for a while, but having the pirate be a vengeful murderous villain was a nice break from the comedy that we had made. Jack didn't appear in this episode again. This is the third episode he has been absent. The pirate who is centuries old swore revenge on all of his crew who mutinied against him that he would kill all of their descendents. The cursed antique is a foghorn that calls up the pirate. If the owner has killed one of the descendents of the crew, the pirate gives him pieces of his gold which are brand new. The gold has been rumored to have been buried at sea and has never been found. These pieces of gold are brand new! The big twist at the end of the episode is that the murderer was also a descendent of the crew and is killed by the pirate in one final act of vengeance. This episode was just weird. I felt nothing for it at all. If I were you, I would skip this episode.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 21 Double Exposure Review

Double Exposure originally aired on May 16, 1988. This episode has a few problems. I'm just gonna throw that out there. Ryan got over Laura very quickly. Considering he was going to leave Mickey and Ryan in the previous 2 episodes, it's odd to see him so quickly dating someone else. Not only does he date someone else, but this girl gets killed in this episode. Ryan is devastated, which is understandable, but they show writers built up Laura SO much. It's very strange because Ryan's connection to the girl in this episode is no where near as strong, but he acts as if it's the strongest connection he's ever had with a girl. I have a serious problem with this. This definitely messes up continuity on the show, completely muddles it all up. The cursed antique in this episode is a camera that when you take a picture of someone creates a duplicate of them. A TV broadcaster has been using it to create a killer that only he has a connection to. Jack in this episode has a duplicate made of him and for a time he's a villain, which is a cool twist of events. However, the duplicate idea just isn't cool enough to stick out in your memory. The stakes are very high, but that doesn't save this episode from being just average.

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood Review

After nearly a full season of television and over a year off on the screen, Jason needed to come back in a big and new way to maintain interest in the movie series. One of the initial talks was to do Freddy Vs. Jason, but neither Paramount nor New Line Cinema were willing to let go of their profitable franchises. They finally decided that if they couldn't have Freddy, they needed the final girl to be a TRUE match for Jason. The final girl would have supernatural powers as well: telekinesis.

As always, we begin with the trailer. The trailer is definitely one of the better ones from the later entries of the series. It actually shows clips from the movie, unlike the trailer for Jason Lives. It's fun enough, but it is incredibly spoiler heavy. It's a far cry from the trailers for the first two entries in the series. The tagline for the film is: On Friday the 13th, Jason's back. But this time someone's waiting. I like the tagline quite a lot. It's ominous and hints at a spectacular final battle. Overall, the movie was advertised well enough, I mean, this is Part VII after all.

The movie begins with a voice over from the actor who plays Crazy Ralph, which is a major plus for all the fans of the franchise. The prologue features clips from Part 2, The Final Chapter, and Jason Lives. It gives a fairly extensive retelling of Jason Lives too. This makes since because it had been a while since Jason had appeared on the movie screen. I like the prologue a ton. It's a gift to the fans who have stuck through thick and thin, good entry and bad for this franchise. It's a very nice touch. Not as great as The Final Chapter prologue, but I won't complain.

The death scenes for the most part are lackluster. Let me make this clear: this is not the director's fault. This is the MPAA's fault. Every death scene was trimmed down to it's bare minimum. John Carl Buechler made a make-up effects extravaganza and none of it actually appears in the final film. The best death is (of course): the sleeping bag death. This would not have been the best death had the make-up effects been left in the final product. On the DVD in a very rough cut workprint, you can see all the hard work that went into the make-up effects. It's truly some of the best of the series and THE best outside of Tom Savini's work.

We cannot discuss Part VII without discussing the crucial element of casting Kane Hodder as Jason. Kane gave a face to the series and a star in the killer, but more on that in future reviews. The make-up on Jason is utterly fantastic. Every single scratch is accounted for in the make-up. Kane's presense in the role is so demanding of attention, it's striking. He gives a presence to a very lackluster film overall.

Tina, what a fantastic final girl. She's haunted by her powers. She accidentally in a fit of rage when she was young killed her father. Her powers are very untamed and it's frightening to see how powerful they can become. Lar gives a strength to Tina that hasn't been seen in final girls since Part III. Tina is a nice girl. She's incredibly attached to her mother and unfortunately loses her mother to Jason. She wants REVENGE. She uses her telekinesis to pretty much whoop Jason's butt. She's got an edge to her that we haven't seen in final girls for a while.

After praising the make-up effects and the final girl, where did this film go wrong? The side characters are just set up to die. This was a make-up effects show. You don't care when characters die. In fact, the film sets up a few for you to cheer when they do eventually die, which I find a little sickening. Long are the days when every character's death mattered. This series has become about the cool deaths and the gore and when they can't even deliver that...you're in trouble. We haven't had good side characters in a while, but the main girl is so well defined. If only the other characters could have been as well defined. It's quite a shame really.

As far as the music goes, it's a weird blend between Harry Manfrideini and Fred Mollin. Harry had scored the previous six films. Fred was scoring the TV series. They recycled some of Harry's cues and Fred wrote new music for the picture. It's not a good blend, but that will change with the next film. However, to my recollection this is the last time in the original series we'll hear the classic Friday cues.

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood was released on Friday the 13th, May 1988. It ranked #1 at the box office for the opening weekend. On a budget of $2.8 million, the film grossed $19,170,001. With continuing diminishing box office returns, the series had begun to run out of steam. The profits for such a low budget are extraordinary, but it's a FAR cry from the profits of the first film. Audiences didn't have to wait long for another Friday the 13th because within only a few days, the first season of the TV series was continuing and nearing it's climax.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 20 Quilt of Hathor: The Awakening Review

Quilt of Hathor: The Awakening originally aired on May 9, 1988. The conclusion was outstanding. This and the previous episode was just like one long hour and a half episode, like a movie. The sad, but cool thing is that these two episodes, the character dynamics are that much deeper than any Friday the 13th film to date. The stakes have been the highest as well. Ryan nearly gets burned at the stake, Ryan has to leave the woman he loves to continue to chase after the cursed antiques, Laura's father, the reverend, is spreading evil, etc...the list goes on and on. What I liked about this episode was even though her father spread the Devil's will, she held onto her faith at the end of the episode. She didn't run from Christianity, she continued to embrace it. Her faith was her own, truly. There's a pretty big jump scare at the end of the episode too, but that one doesn't really make much sense at all.

Before we continue on through to the end of the first season, we must take a break and return to Crystal Lake. After a year of not being on the big screen and a lackluster box office performance of the previous film entry, how were they going to bring Jason back? Better yet, after nearly a year of an anthology show bearing the title Friday the 13th (much like what Part 2 was originally going to be), how did they return to the movie series that made the franchise popular in the first place...well, we'll have to cover that next time.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 19 The Quilt of Hathor Review

The Quilt of Hathor originally aired on May 2, 1988. This was a phenomenal episode. It gave me exactly what I had been asking for: more connections to the characters. The majority of this episode takes place in an Amish community. Amish communities always fascinate me in film and this episode is no different. There's a scene early on when Ryan is dancing with this Amish girl Laura and it's like directly lifted from Witness it's not even funny. Ryan falls so deeply in love with Laura in this episode he gives up his duty to find the cursed objects. You can see in his eyes how deeply he feels connected to her. You feel for him and are rooting for him to win the girl. However, you also feel for Mickey who has such a strong connection to Ryan because of their duty. Mickey is devastated, left in tears at the prospect and what seems finality of Ryan leaving, and that's just the emotional part of the episode. The cursed antique is a quilt that makes your dreams a reality. If you dream someone to die, they die in real life. The boldest thing happened at the end of this episode...it didn't end. It was left open to be continued, a first for the series and a wonderful step in the right direction. The quilt Mickey has is a fake, proven by the fact that it can be destroyed. I can't even imagine how the show's audience must have felt by the finale of this episode. They must have been dying to see the next week's conclusion as well as I am right now.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 18 The Electrocutioner Review

The Electrocutioner originally aired on April 18, 1988. This episode is important to the franchise as a whole because it is written and directed by Rob Hedden who went on to direct Part VIII. This is the second time Rob has written for the franchise, but it is his first time directing. This was an average episode. This is actually the first episode since starting the franchise analysis that I have never seen. The rest of the TV series will be brand new to me. The cursed antique is an electric chair. If he electrocuted someone in the chair, it would not only electrocute them, but conserve the electric power and pass it over to the hands of the murderer who could then have the electric charge of an electric chair at the slightest touch of a hand. This episode was all right, nothing extraordinary. It seems to me, that the episodes that really stick out is when we learn more about the main trio, or if it's personal. But overall, this was an all right episode, nothing great, but far from the worst episode of the series to date.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 17 Brain Drain Review

(*Note: This episode actually aired after episode 18. It appears that the DVD release switched these two episodes, but for the purposes of following the DVD release, I will call this episode 17.*) Brain Drain originally aired on April 25, 1988. This was a strikingly good episode in comparison to the bore Tattoo was. The antique in this episode is a trephanator. This is an old medical object that could transfer spinal and brain fluids from one person to another. What the object does, is transfer intelligence. The villain has an IQ below 60. He kills 3 people by transferring their intelligence into his brain. The villain is played by the same actor who played the villain in episode 3. While doing some research on the series, apparently many actors play multiple roles throughout the series. I was going to say 'how could the producers not think we'd notice?' but seeing as it's already happened in episode 9 and episode 17 is the first time I notice, it's really not that big of a deal. This is also a heartbreaking episode. Jack's past is revealed. He was engaged to a woman who appears in this episode. He got married to another woman, but his traveling tore them apart and they got divorced. The woman he was engaged to, he proposes again and she says yes to marrying him. However, happiness doesn't last long on this show...she dies before the end of the episode and after losing her intelligence, she can't even recognize her fiance. That last point is never directly stated, but it's implied from the way she acts around him. This was a great episode, ultimately a fantastic view.

Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 16 Tattoo Review

Tattoo originally aired on March 7, 1988. This has been one of my least favorite episodes so far. It wasn't the worst, but it just wasn't a fun watch. I just didn't really care. This is the second episode in a row where a sibling tries to kill a sister. It seemed a little bit repetitive to me. The antique in this episode is a tattoo set. When you draw a tattoo on someone, the tattoo will come to life and be the thing that kills the victim. The most twisted scene is the claw that bursts through a guy's chest only to then choke him to death. Talk about a double whammy. I just didn't get to know the sister well enough to care. I'm glad she did live, and she seemed to genuinely care for her brother, however, too much of the episode focused on the brother and he just was so unpleasant. It just was a boring unfun viewing.