Poem: My Favourite Kill of All Is Mrs. Vorhees’ Head Being Chopped Off In Slow-Motion

Betsy Palmer collected bit-parts, replaced Lauren Bacall in a play one year, same deal with Ellen Burstyn about a decade later. She’d been on game shows and in some B-movies. She’s got another great footnote in her CV – she dated James Dean.

But the last impression of her on the screen is the best. Her head in slow motion flying through the air and dumpi…