In this special super-sized bonus episode of Genre Exposure, we used the occasion of an October set Friday the 13th to discuss at exhaustive length the titular franchise. From favorite kills to the coolest incarnation of Jason Voorhees, we spill our guts and geek out over our deep love for Friday the 13th. Nothing fancy and we're not trying to reinvent the wheel and give some analysis you've never heard before. Just two horror nerds gushing our hearts out in a more casual chat guided only by a handful of topics we selected in advance to guide discussion. And of course we throw down the gauntlet and take to the battlefield with our own rankings of the series as well. So from all of us at Genre Exposure, we wish you an enjoyable Friday the 13th and hope that, like us, you get the chance to spend at least part of it revisiting Camp Crystal Lake and the legend of Jason Voorhees one more time. And so much more!

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Favorite Jason Voorhees Design -Jason: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood -Dustin: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Favorite (Non-Kane Hodder) Jason Voorhees Performance -Jason: Ted White in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter -Dustin: C.J. Graham in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

Favorite Character -Jason: Megan from Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives -Dustin: Ginny Field from Friday the 13th Part 2

Least Favorite Character -Dustin: Shelly from Friday the 13th Part III -Jason: Steven Freeman from Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Jason's Five Favorite Kills -Deborah Split in Half from Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday -Andy's Handstand from Friday the 13th Part III -Arrowhead Kill from Friday the 13th  -Machete to the Face from Friday the 13th Part 2 -Jason's Death from Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Dustin's Five Favorite Kills -Deborah Split in Half from Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday -Frozen Face Smash from Jason X -Arrowhead Kill from Friday the 13th  -Sleeping Bag Kill from Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood -The Boxing Match from Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

Hottest Girl -Dustin: Katharine Isabelle as Gibb in Freddy vs. Jason -Jason: Judy Aronson as Samantha from Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Hunkiest Boy -Jason: Kevin Bacon as Jack from Friday the 13th  -Dustin: Russell Todd as Scott from Friday the 13th Part 2

Jason's Franchise Ranking 1) Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter 2) Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives 3) Friday the 13th Part 2 4) Friday the 13th: A New Beginning 5) Friday the 13th Part III 6) Friday the 13th 7) Jason X 8) Freddy vs. Jason 9) Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood 10) Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan 11) Friday the 13th (2009) 12) Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Dustin's Franchise Ranking 1) Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives 2) Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter 3) Friday the 13th Part 2 4) Friday the 13th 5) Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday 6) Friday the 13th: A New Beginning 7) Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan 8) Freddy vs. Jason 9) Friday the 13th Part III 10) Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood 11) Jason X 12) Friday the 13th (2009)

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