Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 40 Face of Evil Review

Face of Evil originally aired on February 6, 1989. I really enjoyed this episode. This episode includes flashbacks of episode 15. If you recall, I particularly loved the ending to that episode, seeing how it implied that the evil of the object carried on. This episode completes that shot and shows that it was actually Joanne, Helen's (the previous episode's villain) sister who picked up the golden compact. The cursed antique in this episode is, you guessed it, the golden compact. However, it works differently. The compact is simply used as a means of revenge. Since Helen wanted love and respect, the compact gave it to her. Tabitha wants the wrinkles around her eyes to go away. The compact gives this to her by having everyone who gets flashed by the compact die. Because Tabitha is concerned with her face, it focuses on the face. The people who die only have their face ruined. Some of the people don't die, but their face is forever ruined and seeing as the episode focuses on the modeling business, their career is in essence over. What's interesting is seeing the direct comparison from the acting, particularly from Joanne, from episode 15 to episode 40, is how much better it truly is. Episode 15's acting is SO over the top. Especially with Joanne and Helen. Helen's maniacal and it's truly hilarious to see how much more subtle the villains have become in season 2. This has been one of the better episodes so far this season. I don't know if that has to do with the fact that it's an object from season 1 (past halfway through the first season, none of the objects have been particularly memorable for me) or not. This was a great episode however and ended the cliffhanger from episode 15.