Friday the 13th: The Series Ep. 41 Better Off Dead Review

Better Off Dead originally aired on February 13, 1989. This was an interesting episode. There's really not too much to tell about this episode. One of Micki's friends dies a pretty horrible death. She gets operated on and has her soul taken out. This is never seen in graphic detail, but it's a horrifying, if not completely unrealistic concept. The cursed antique was a silver syringe. This took out the parts in our brains that make us human. The villain was doing it to save his daughter who was deteriorating from a disease that made her animalistic. By taking it out of others, it made the daughter more and more human, but it also killed the others over time and instantaneously made them animalistic. It's actually a pretty clever antique and much better than a majority this season. This episode originally aired with a 'graphic violence' warning. It's fascinating because by many of today's standards, this episode would be considered tame.