I watched See No Evil 2 for the first time recently and was reminded just how awesome Jacob Goodnight is. As in the first film, he starts off as the strong, silent type we know his predecessors like Michael and Jason to be. He patiently stalks his victims, and revels in their fear. And he is relentless in his pursuits. He seems to be everywhere at once. One minute he’s in the morgue, lying there supposedly dead as can be, and the next he’s somehow made it to the other side of the room without the two drunk 20somethings in the room with him even noticing. And then he appears behind them, out of nowhere, silently waiting for them to notice him so he can make his move. However, unlike Jason or Michael, Jacob isn’t limited by an emotionless nature. No, he actually has emotions. Which means he can get angry, he can run if he wants to, he can show emotion when he uses his strength to capture his victims. And unlike Jason or Michael, his value as a slasher comes from that anger. You can see that anger every time Jacob grabs a victim from behind, every time he even looks at one of them. Michael and Jason (or even Leatherface) are scary because they have a one track mind to kill and are so sociopathic that they can’t be reasoned with. Jacob Goodnight is scary because he absolutely can be reasoned with (he feels things, and knows right from wrong) but he’ll probably still kill you anyway. thehorrorhoneys/2014/11/why-see-no-evil-2s-jacob-goodnight-rocks.html
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 00:51:44 +0000
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