There are NO Hockey Masks here! Enjoy a giant bite of nostalgia as we review each episode and tell what you why you what made an 80's Canadian series (Friday The 13th: The Series) great. It's time to tell the Tales of the Recovery of Cursed Antiques!
Mike Wilkerson & Nicholas J. Hearne
St. Louis, MO USA
There is VALUE in family. The ties that bind aren’t just bonded in blood when it comes to value. It’s about conviction, steadfast focus, and allegiance to those things and people who have come before you. Whooo-boy, have we got a whole lotta’ strange planned for you inside THIS chock-full-a’ kin episode of Friday … Continue reading Our Review Of “The Long Road Home” – Season 3, Episode 15 →
Lockets are items that carry that which matters to us – for a variety of reasons. What if that locket not only contained the pictures of those arounds us but also – were the centerpieces of voices that told us that it was TIME TO KILL AGAIN! There’s a lot to unpack inside this … Continue reading Our Review Of “Repetition” – Season 3, Episode 14 →
It’s not often that a love story involves planets, motorcycle gangs and resurrected family members, but – there’s always a first time for everything. Inside this episode of Friday The 13th: The Series, we’re introduced to “The Midnight Riders” – an MC that provides us with stories, action and – tales of the undead? It’s time … Continue reading Our Review Of “Midnight Riders” – Season 3, Episode 13 →
Ah love – exciting and new. Finding one’s true love is something that only happens once in a lifetime – or does it! Inside this episode of Friday The 13th: The Series we meet Eli, a mortician with a hankering for love – but like everything else in this series – there’s a CATCH! … Continue reading Our Review Of “Epitaph For A Lonely Soul” – Season 3, Episode 12 →
The race to success isn’t one that’s easy. It’s certainly not always clear. Being presented with “easier ways to do things” is supposed to be a good thing, right? Well, not in every case, especially when one is gifted the abilities from a father who has not only something else up his sleeve – but when … Continue reading Our Review Of “Year Of The Monkey” – Season 3, Episode 11 →
The stories of serial murders are POPULAR. Especially those written by acclaimed crime biographer Alex Dent. His writings are gritty, detailed and feature stylings that almost make you think that HE WAS THERE when the victims took their last breath! Ya see, sometimes the pen is mightier than the sword… It’s time for The Curious … Continue reading Our Review Of “Mightier Than The Sword” – Season 3, Episode 10 →
There is GOLD inside of Black and White movies. You just have to know how to look for it. While we don’t all share a love of film noir, the stories from that completely different age of movie making are LEGEND. In this episode of Friday The 13th: The Series, we meet Desmond Williams, … Continue reading Our Review Of “Femme Fatale” – Season 3, Episode 9 →
Who doesn’t love a good story about VAMPIRES? Add in a burney cross or two, some holy water, stakes to the heart and FORBIDDEN LOVE and you’ve got the true recipe to another grand entry in library of KICK ASS 80’s television! It’s time for The Curious Goods Podcast – a Retell, a Revisit … Continue reading Our Review of “Night Prey” – Season 3, Episode 8 →
How on Earth could a show produced more than 30 years ago, provide a focus on the inequality of races in America? TIME TRAVEL! That’s how! What’s strange is that this episode of Friday The 13th: The Series doesn’t feel “old”. It doesn’t feel “out of place”. It asserts itself as an action-filled, direct … Continue reading Our Review Of “Hate On Your Dial” – Season 3, Episode 7 →
The concept of flipping a coin is nothing new. It’s certainly not new to those of us in the Friday the 13th The Series family of fandom and inside this episode we find Johnny Ventura at the very center of some raucous action and hard decisions that make for the pieces parts of a … Continue reading Our Review Of “Bad Penny” – Season 3, Episode 6 →
We’ve all thought at one point or another, that we’ve felt like we could read someone else’s mind. Whether it be from the context of their vocal tone, the facial expressions they convey, or their emotions that are shared, one way or another – it all comes down to knowing what you know. But what … Continue reading Our Review Of “Stick It In Your Ear” – Season 3, Episode 5 →
Not being able to have control of your body – isn’t funny. We have all had nightmares where suddenly – you have no control over your body and then – you wake up and CAN control your body. Imagine life for those that don’t have control of their bodies. Who are paralyzed from the … Continue reading Our Review Of “Crippled Inside” – Season 3, Episode 4 →
The time has come to MOVE ON! Ryan Dallion is out playing in a playground some where after our last episode, but we – the audience – are left to be witness to the search for, the finding of, and salvaging of CURSED ANTIQUES! Unfortunately, NOTHING IN THIS EPISODE HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH … Continue reading Our Review Of “Demon Hunter” – Season 3, Episode 3 →
It sucks to wake up, see that you’ve got 666 scribed into your chest and to be fully aware that you’ve murdered a Nun but DON’T KNOW WHY! It’s time to take on the second portion of the next 43 minutes of The Prophecies – where we find out what’s happened to Ryan Dalion, … Continue reading Our Review Of “The Prophecies – Part 2” – Season 3, Episode 2 →
Friday The 13th: The Series, wasn’t a program that focused on hockey masks, sharp knives, or sex’d up teens ready to be executed because that’s what the script says. The program was propelled by the search, acquisition and salvage of cursed antiques of all kinds. Dolls. Jewelry. Baubles, relics. The list could have gone … Continue reading A Conversation with Ryan Dallion’s Alter Ego: John D. Lemay →
Sleepy French towns. One can only wonder what magic they hold. The memories, the food, the people. What about being the centerpiece for the arrival of the Beast?! It's time to recount our visions of the darkest tale told to date during Friday the 13th The Series. It's a devil ridden epic broken into … Continue reading Our Review Of “The Prophecies: Part 1” – Season 3, Episode 1 →
Friday The 13th: The Series isn’t just the focal point for cursed antiques, 80’s haircuts and slow jams with the Devil – it’s the nexus for the meeting of minds of all kinds. Tonight, we’ll chat with Alyse Wax, author of Curious Goods: Behind the Scenes of Friday the 13th: The Series who is … Continue reading An Interview with Alyse Wax – Author of Curious Goods: Behind the Scenes of Friday The 13th: The Series →
What is the point of reviewing a “dead” show? A “dead” show that hasn’t aired a new episode in thirty years? A “dead” show that can’t be watched on any of the numerous streaming platforms available? Why would any reviewer, weather it be through video, audio or print, take the time to critique something … Continue reading Our 301 – Recapping Season 2 & Launching Season 3 →
Which way will this LAST EPISODE OF SEASON TWO GO? The way of Witches, that’s where and boy is it a wild ride! A climb up a literal Witches Ladder! If you ever thought the last episode of the season of a television show needed to be a barn burner, well – prepare the … Continue reading Our Review Of “Coven Of Darkness” – Season 2, Episode 26 →
The demands of prison are ones that only those who have been there can truly imagine. Regardless of whether you were wrongly put there for murdering your wife, or for robbing a bank, Prison is the ultimate bellwether for those that enter the tall walls and not so pearly gates. Inside this episode we … Continue reading Our Review of “The Prisoner” – Season 2, Episode 25 →
Medicine has progressed over time, turning often certain death into at least a chance at life. What if one didn’t need to consult with doctors, visit hospitals or consider “medicine” at all but instead, put their faith into something more “cultural”? Would you be willing to put your future into the hands of a … Continue reading Our Review of “The Shaman’s Apprentice” – Season 2, Episode 24 →
Ahh, modern dance – the efforts of the incredibly gifted, athletic, and often quirky – during the late 1980s… It was a time of interesting events, and inside this episode of Friday The 13th: The Series – it is the focal point for not just SUPREME FOCUS, but for agony, unrelenting pain, and DEATH. … Continue reading Our Review Of “The Maestro” – Season 2, episode 23 →
The world of BILLIARDS isn’t just one that RICH people play – even the poorest, got-nothing nobodies can jump in with both hands literally. All you need is a pool cue, some skill and the tenacity to sink balls – DEEP! LONG! and HARD! There’s no question that this episode is ALL ABOUT BALLS, … Continue reading Our Review Of “Wedding Bell Blues” – Season 2, Episode 22 →
The DEVIL. He’s not just in the details, he’s – INSIDE THIS EPISODE. That’s right, Malbolgia, Lucifer – the desolate one – he who hath horns, is in this episode – BUT NOT REALLY. You’d think that a devilishly enchanted snow globe would bring together a (snow globe’d) storm of AWESOME inside a show like … Continue reading Our Review Of “Wedding In Black” – Season 2, Episode 21 →
Few things ring truer than the beauty of Denise Katrina Matthews. You’ll know her better by the name that followed her for her career in movies and music – Vanity. Yes, Vanity, and how appropriate is that name? Not because of what impact it had on her, but on the impact it had on … Continue reading Our Review Of “Mesmer’s Bauble” – Season 2, Episode 20 →
You’re already listening to The Curious Goods Podcast, because you’re a fan of The 80’s Cult television series – Friday The 13th: The Series. How could the program notch up a level to be – EPIC? Well, not strangely you: 1.) Involve Nazi plans of Reanimation 2.) Tell the tale of Jack Marshack’s previous … Continue reading Our Review Of “The Butcher” – Season 2, Episode 19 →
When I was 10, I WAS the kid whose Dad left. That rode on his bike until all hours of the night. Who didn’t have a lot of friends and the few I had wondered eventually – where my Mom and I moved to. Inside this episode of Friday The 13th: The Series, we’re … Continue reading Our Review Of “A Friend To The End” – Season 2, Episode 18 →
In the world of fantasy, a “ring” can have many uses and powers. What if I told you that this episode of Friday The 13th: The Series, gave us what happens with a World Series ring, from way back in 1919? That it would shower the ones that wields it with treasure galore, and … Continue reading Our Review Of “The Mephisto Ring” – Season 2, Episode 17 →
When one thinks of how they “wish things could change in their lives” I would venture that few think about the tale of 1941’s The Wolfman as an origin point for things that seem like better times. Nevertheless, that film, starting Lon Chaney, Jr., is at the center of this episode of Friday The … Continue reading Our Review Of “Scarlet Cinema” – Season 2, Episode 16 →
The brain, is a very strange thing. The connections, the electricity, the memories and the finer things – they’re all there. But what about – the SOUL? It’s what makes us “human” and separates us from the animals to be sure but – inside this episode, that concept gets our daring trip into HUGE … Continue reading Our Review Of “Better Off Dead” – Season 2, Episode 15 →
The value of one’s looks is completely subjective – or is it? Inside this episode of Friday The 13th: The Series – we make a HARD revisit to a previous episode’s not-yet-recovered item – a cursed compact! A pocket mirror that fosters malice, malfeasance and death. It’s all about the looks ya’ got, baby – but … Continue reading Our Review Of “Face Of Evil” – Season 2, Episode 14 →
The Civil War. It wasn’t just brother fighting brother – it was the showcase for the war on – the future! A future where a man is utilizing a cursed object – a lantern – that utilizes aged photographic slides to re-enter the past – to then claim civil war relics but – there’s … Continue reading Our Review Of “Eye Of Death” – Season 2, Episode 13 →
While I didn’t have a playhouse outside my home when I was a kid, I did have a stagecoach bunk bed, where my friends and I would have ongoing adventures, naps and memories that fuel me until today. What would have happened if the area I played in was – outside, and when I … Continue reading Our Review Of “The Playhouse” – Season 2, Episode 12 →
I loathe bees. Sure, you can tell me all you want about how beneficial they are for the environment and that they bring the sweet spring fling for all of us in North America with their pollen-spreading antics but to this I say SHENANIGANS! Inside the most-recently reviewed episode of Friday the 13th: The … Continue reading Our Review Of “The Sweetest Sting” – Season 2, Episode 11 →
The illicit tales of ILLEGAL STREET RACING aren’t just legend now – they are corn-combines-of-cash garnering machines inside of today’s Hollywood offerings. Did you know that back in the 80s there was ANOTHER tale of illegal street racing, action and DEATH? All because of a cursed silver chain, a blank car key and a … Continue reading Our Reivew Of “Night Hunger” – Season 2, Episode 10 →
The value of pocket watches isn’t that they tell time. It isn’t even that often – they are legacy jewelry that denote special people and memories in your life. A pocket watch is literally a tether to times long gone by. An almost time machine that allows us to know where we are and when … Continue reading Our Review Of “13 O’Clock” – Season 2, Episode 9 →
The “magic” of throwing one’s voice ISN’T magic – it’s a skill. A skill that takes years to develop, which doesn’t include the time it takes to rise through the rankings of ventriloquist comedy stylings. Y’see it takes a long time to end up “on top”. To be the focus of sold out shows, … Continue reading Our Review Of “Read My Lips” – Season 2, Episode 8 →
Obsessions, regardless of kind or focus – are unhealthy – and this episode of Friday The 13th: The Series – is a perfect sample to showcase why. A Carnival. A roving Wax Museum of Infamous Characters, a handkerchief from Louis the 16th’s time – Obsession and Death. It’s time for the Curious Good Podcast: … Continue reading Our Review Of “Wax Magic” – Season 2, Episode 7 →
What can be said about the days of history’s past, when actor’s not only weren’t paid gobs of money for their portrayals. Not only weren’t coddled like screaming, spoiled children that wanted another delicious ice cream pop, but also did their own make up? That’s right. Once there was an actor named – John … Continue reading Our Review Of “Master Of Disguise” – Season 2, Episode 6 →
There are times when the heartstrings are pulled valiantly by a man or woman. But what happens when those heartstrings aren’t ones that woo – but ones that KILL! It’s time for a total 80s theatrical television episode paying homage to Phantom of the Opera – with a TWIST! A sharp twist that skewers … Continue reading Our Review Of “Symphony In B#” – Season 2, Episode 5 →
While we as a society in this age are quality forgetting about “coins” when it comes to finances, ancient curses, dark ceremonies and SATAN HIMSELF are all something that will forever be tethered to coins. Inside this episode, we find the sage old coin toss has a particularly evil result – with a twist! … Continue reading Our Review Of “Tails I Live, Heads You Die” – Season 2, Episode 4 →
The vein of mental health is a strangely woven one to be sure. The only stranger vein? The NEWS! While we can all tune into any one of hundreds of news outlets worldwide now, back in the 80s – there were a LOT fewer ways to find out what’s going on. What if the … Continue reading Our Review Of “And Now The News” – Season 2, Episode 3 →
Voodoo has been a staple in a great many movies, television episodes and more. It is often dark. It is often menacing. It is often bloody. Inside this episode, we find a DIFFERENT DEFINITION and context for it. It’s – a religion. It’s the centerpiece of a variety of ceremonies but it is ALSO … Continue reading Our Review Of ” The Voodoo Mambo” – Season 2, Episode 2 →
Mirror’s aren’t just the pathway to review your own looks – they are often portals to other, darker lands, where evil uncles lurk – reaching from beyond to impact the living! To bring the Dark Lord into the their realm and bring darkness to all! At least that’s the set up for this first … Continue reading Our Review Of “Doorway To Hell” – Season 2, Episode 1 →
Few words can explain an entire season of entertainment, especially when a season of a program was 26 episodes, and, oh, by the way…it was more than thirty years ago. Friday The 13th: The Series wasn’t a show that had anything to do with Friday the 13th. You know, the movies? Jason Voorhees, hockey … Continue reading Our 201 – Recapping Season 1 & Launching Season 2 →
Have I ever shared with the audience that I hate, with a white hot hate, past-episode clip shows? Have I ever shared with the audience that I hate, with a white hot hate, past-episode clip shows? Have I ever shared with the audience that I hate, with a white hot hate, past-episode clip shows? … Continue reading Our Review Of “Bottle Of Dreams” – Episode 26 →
The protection of a child – even before it’s been born – is an instinct that many covet – but none as much as the Mother depicted inside this episode of Friday The 13th: The Series. Hold on to your history books, let the last band play on, and strap yourselves into an old … Continue reading Our Review Of “What A Mother Wouldn’t Do” – Episode 25 →
The tales of the Father – often become fails of the Father. Ryan Dalion hasn’t had the best relationship with his but inside this episode of Friday The 13th: The Series, were given a chance to learn more about Ryan, his Father, their relationship and how a cursed object – a Devil’s-headed pipe, brings … Continue reading Our Review Of “Pipe Dream” – Episode 24 →
Cops have a rough time of it already inside of mainstream media, but – what about 30 years ago? Were they depicted as sage, courageous heralds of integrity? Did they deliver justice, righteousness and a feeling of satisfaction when the bad guys finally got their just desserts? Far. From. It. It’s time for the … Continue reading Our Review of “Badge Of Honor” – Episode 23 →
The fog. It’s one of the most mesmerizing meteorological events on the planet. While there are scientific reasons for it, the fact is that when the fog is utilized inside of modern American cinema – it’s all the more delicious. What could add an extra flavor the the tasty bounty of fog? A foghorn, … Continue reading Our Review of “The Pirate’s Promise” – Episode 22 →
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