Can’t Corey Feldman do anything right? In 1984, he supposedly killed Jason Voorhees and put him away for good in “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter.” Well, a trillion sequels later, Jason is still running amok in that retro hockey mask and with that crazy machete of his. Thanks a lot, Corey.

In “Jason X” (New Line Cinema, R) Jason is cryogenically frozen in a process more ridiculous than the one in the first “Austin Powers.” He’s frozen so future generations can figure out a way to kill him, since none of the geniuses alive today can do so. How about a frozen Jason, some C-4 and a match? Wait – that would take some thinking.

Hold on – there’s more to this story. Five hundred years and a few cobwebs later, a team of promiscuous teen scientists finds frozen-Jason while visiting the barren “Earth 1.” See, humans now live on “Earth 2,” as “Earth 1” is uninhabitable because the soil and oceans no longer sustain life. I’m sure the filmmakers quickly would blame tractors and SUVs for this debacle.

For our modern-day feminist, the future looks awfully grim. If this film is accurate, the future will be paradise for the chauvinistic male. Female doctors and scientists practice their medicine in skimpy, skin-tight half shirts. This is not to mention the simplicity in getting them to take those clothes off. Is this what these filmmakers see happening to America’s youth?

Moving on … Jason is woken from his frozen state, apparently because he senses two of the teens having sex elsewhere on the ship. Evidently, premarital sex drives Jason’s homicidal tendencies. Who is the guy? Dr. Laura gone berserk? Either that, or he’s got one bad case of freezer burn.

So, the film goes on, people are slaughtered, yada-yada-yada, Jason might not be dead – the end. Yes, this is a horrible film and a complete waste of time and money. However, something tells me that the people who willingly pay to see “Jason X” will like it no matter what anybody tells them.

Putting all of this aside, “Jason X” tells us a thing or two about our culture as Americans. First off, this film is excessively violent. But it’s a horror film, so what should one expect? One should expect to be horrified at the sight of some of these brutal killings, but many aren’t.

Why? Because films like these have desensitized society to violence – plain and simple. The more laughs I heard in the theater as Jason impaled person after person, the more sickened I felt. Is this what humor has come to?

One more good point made by this film – its R rating. It’s disturbing that a film like “Jason X,” with all its brutal gore, can receive an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, when Stanley Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut” was faced with an X rating.

See, “Eyes Wide Shut” had too much sex for the MPAA, even though the scenes were filmed artistically and at a distance, not focusing tightly on sexual actions. “Jason X” brings the old question back to the MPAA – why is it so accepting of pointless violence, yet so punishing toward sexuality?

Although “Jason X” is one of the worst films of the year, it fits well with the other chapters of the tired “Friday the 13th” series. As long as audiences keep buying tickets, Hollywood will keep making this trash, which will keep thought-provoking horror films like “Frailty” out of the cinemas. So please, don’t see this film.