#103: Cinema of Fear Freddy

For whatever reason, I was able to watch Nightmare On Elm Street movies when I was a kid, so I've always been fond of Freddy. I also watched the TV series, as well as Monsters, and any other supernaturally themed show that I could. Unfortunately, this Freddy figure is the most disappointing of the series. My biggest problem with him is that the sleeves on his sweater are not painted to have stripes! As far as I can tell, this is standard to the figure, not just a problem with mine. Maybe Mezco thought it too costly to paint his arms with stripes, but I think that was not a good move. His left hand looks kind of weird from the wrong angles, as if the hand is too long and the fingers are too short. His right eye has a little less paint around it than the left eye, making it look smaller and his face off balance a little. I think this is probably the sort of thing that varies from figure to figure.

Aside from all that, I like the figure. It captures Freddy pretty well, with a devilish grin on his face. Also, his hat is removable, and he looks pretty good with it on or off. For some reason, his accessory is a trash can lid, which is really random. Admittedly, it has been a little while since the last time I watched one of the Nightmare On Elm Street movies, but I don't recall him killing anybody by using a trash can lid.

#102: Cinema of Fear Jason

Growing up, I was always aware of the Friday the 13th movies (I even dressed as Jason for Halloween one year when I was 7 or so), but I never actually saw any of them until some time after Jason X was released. So of course I was looking forward to getting a Star Wars sized Jason figure. Representing Jason as he appeared in Friday the 13th part IV: The Final Chapter (one of the better films in the series, starring both Crispin Glover and Corey Feldman!) the figure goes for a fairly iconic look. He comes with an axe and a machete, both appropriately splattered with blood. The mask is well detailed, and matches up with its appearance in the movie pretty well. What's really cool about it is that it is removable. Underneath the mask, it is a pretty good representation of his unmasked appearance in the movie. Of the three figures in this series, this is the only one I had a decent look at beforehand, thanks to an earlier release as an exclusive, so I knew what I was in for. It's a cool figure, and the sheer novelty factor of having a Star Wars figure sized Jason really counts for a lot to me.

#101: Cinema of Fear Leatherface

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the earliest examples of a slasher film, and is generally considered a classic of the genre. It was only in the past few years that I got around to seeing it (I saw the remake as well), so it never really caught my imagination like your Friday the 13th or your Nightmare On Elm Street. Because of that Leatherace is the figure I was least excited for from this series. Fortunately, he turned out to be a pretty cool figure. It's been a while since I've seen the movie, and I think his hair was longer than this figure has, but that's my only real complaint about it. Leatherface comes with the requisite chainsaw, a hammer, and a display base. I think that what I like most is that everything is covered in blood, as befitting an iconic slasher. I've never had a toy that's so gory before, and it makes for an interesting contrast.