Friday The 13th [1980] [DVD] [1980]

Friday The 13th (2009).Certificate: 18.Running Time 106 Minutes (Unrated Cut).Trivia.1) Including the 2009 remake, Jason has killed 167 total people throughout the "Friday the 13th" series.2) Clay & Whitney's last name is Miller. This is a reference to Victor Miller, the creator of the Friday the 13th (1980) series.3) The first time Paramount has any association with the "Friday the 13th" series since 1989.4) This is director Marcus Nispel's second remake the first was The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), which was also produced by the company Platinum Dunes.5) Body count 14 (13 of which are killed by Jason).Synopsis.A group of young adults on a weekend vacation discover a boarded up Camp Crystal Lake, where they soon encounter psychopath killer Jason Voorhees.Timelord Thoughts.Well the horror remake bandwagon continues with a remake of one of my favourite horror movie franchises 'Friday The 13th' but how does this remake compare to the others movies in the series?The end result is a bog standard horror remake that has a few decent gory kills but lacks the scare factor of the earlier Friday movies.So first the positives, Derek Mears is a excellent Jason Voorhees who actually makes the character menacing again, like Kane Hodders Jason before him Mears gives the character a brutality & a scariness as he stalks & sets traps for his victims killing them in some brutal kills that are far bloodier in the unrated cut & the new look Jason works well & merges the iconic sack/hockey mask into a terrifying looking bad ass.Supernatural's Sam Winchester actor Jared Padalecki gives a decent performance & takes the lead as Clay Miller who's searching for his missing sister Whitney who Jason has kidnapped played competently by actress Amanda Righetti.Anyone looking for gratuitous nudity will be happy as the movie features two sex scenes with boobilicious babes *were talking some seriously fit looking ladys here) & the ole clichés of lets smoke dope, get drunk & have pre-martial sex are all present & correct.But what let's this movie down is Jason's backstory, Freddy Vs Jason writers Damian Shannon & Mark Swift completely skips over Jason's relationship with his mother which isn't fleshed out at all because Mrs Voorhees is quickly beheaded during the opening credits so we discover nothing whatsoever about her relationship with her son which would've benefited this remake by adding something new, all we get is a scene were a young Jason appears to find his mum's decapitated head & then simply vanishes into the woods of Crystal Lake.Supporting characters go from being likeable, The Flash's Danielle Panabaker gives a ok performance as Jenna but isn't given much screen time so it's hard to form a opinion on her while Travis Van Winkle can't act his way out of a paper bag & plays the unlikeable Trent, the movies character we love to loathe & who made me want to punch the screen everytime he appeared but at least he gets the movie's best death scene (unrated cut version is even gorier).But my biggest gripe about this remake is that it's just not scary & is simply a by the numbers remake from director Marcus Nispel who I thought would've added more suspense & drama to the mix like he did so wonderfully in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, the movies tone is faithful to what's gone before it just lacks any build up of tension, features too many jump scares & sorely lacks atmosphere thanks in part to a very weak music score. I think it would be a interesting experiment to watch a version of this film with a Harry Manfredini score reinserted to key scenes to see if it ramps up the scare factor any?The blu ray transfer is sharp, strong colours are well defined & no grain presented in a 2.40:1 ratio. The audio English: Dolby True HD 5.1 delivers a excellent atmospheric clear sound while subtitles included are English, English SDH, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish & the featurettes included alternative scenes & behind the scenes + interviews from the cast about making the movie.Overall then 'Friday The 13th 2009' remake does what it says on the tin, the characters are typical cliché adolescents, the plots virtually the same as the previous entries & the ending rips off the original but fails to shock or scare like the original movie climax did & as such the movie is just another average horror remake.

If you want Friday the 13th movies then stick with the orthogonal ones.For me the remake did not work.

Ok, I might be biased towards liking this film as I've been a huge fan of the whole franchise since I saw the original 30 years ago, which has lived with me ever since because of one of the most scariest and unexpected endings in cinematic history. This is the first film I've bought on Blu-Ray and although on my TV the picture looks the same as my upscaling DVD player, the sound quality is slightly superior.Friday the 13th has always been a slasher flick, the plot lines have always been poor to average, and as with the other films in the franchise, you tend to just fast forward to the killings as a lot of the film is taken up with getting to know the characters and plot, but if they're all going to die anyhow, then why bother.What I like about this version is the fact that the opening 20 minutes are arguably better than the final 20 minutes. You have to settle down and catch your breath before witnessing Jasons rampage all over again.And as stated in the title, no other film has captured a death sequence with such chilling accuracy as this. I squirm every time I see it. I kid you not it could have been actual footage. It's the one on the water walkway.The extras are what you'd expect, yet I've just bought "His name Was Jason", which should satisfy every die hard fan.I also have this film on DVD. As this is the extended cut, there is more footage, yet, for me this gives the film a diservice as it just extends the dialogue and the film suffers for it. They could easily have put this extra footage in the extras and kept the film tight as in its original form.My only gripe about the film is the ending. It was sold as being a compilation of parts 1-3, and without spoiling the ending all I would say is " Why the mask?". That was a missed opportunity to have real impact like the original version.Although the original in todays world might not be as shocking to view as back then, I still recommend it to see how slasher flick horror film franchises began 30 years ago.

I was so excited when this product arrived. I am a huge fan of the franchise and this was the only one I needed.The packaging was stellar and the movie itself was fantastic.

Arrived on time 👍, Blu-ray second hand ,afew scuffs ,but play's well , good remake of an old classic , like that they made Jason not so dumb in this version , classic slash 😀👍

Buy from Apple picture quality is a lot better and they upgrade you to the best quality if it’s available.This is very poor quality almost vhs.

It’s definitely worth watching because it’s the start of Friday the 13th & you get the story.

Unfortunately, this streaming version is the previously cut version, most notably with Kevin Bacon's finest moment being severely cut down.So you're not getting the full, uncut film, which is readily available on DVD and Blu-Ray in the UK.Shame.