Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 15 Vanity's Mirror Review

Vanity's Mirror originally aired on February 29, 1988. Whereas the previous episode was a clunker, this episode is outstanding. This is by far the most disturbing episode to date. The antique in this one was a gold compact mirror. If the light reflected onto another person's face, it made the person instantly fall in love with the owner. The owner in turn had to kill the person. What was disturbing was the second owner in the episode. She had a very attractive older sister who was nothing but nice to her younger sister. However, Helen, the younger sister hated the older sister and was constantly jealous. Not only does Helen steal the older sister's boyfriend on the night of the prom, she nearly kills her by hanging her in her bedroom, as well as kills herself and her sister's boyfriend. This all happens the night of the prom. Talk about the worst prom night EVER! Oddly enough, although the airdate is in 1988, the prom poster in this episode claims prom 1987. What was the worst thing however, and this is what I truly love about this episode is that the antique wasn't retrieved and placed in the vault. Our trio fails in this episode. A truly bold thing to do. It'd be like having Monk not solve the case at the end of the episode and the killer gets out scot-free. Not only do they not retrieve it, but the final shot is somebody else picking it up. The evil lives on and it's the creepiest episode in the series to date. Such bold choices and all of them paid off.