Back in the early 80s, the increasing popularity of slasher films like Halloween and Friday the 13th was hard to ignore and the impact it was having on the industry was undeniable, with a slew of menacing figures stalking your local cinemas, even those up in the Great White North took notice of this phenomenon,…
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Friday the 13th – Three Decades of Horror (1980-2009)
Jason Voorhees may not have been the star of the very first Friday the 13th movie but he has since become the iconic flagship of one of the most popular horror franchises in history and with countless campers meeting their fate at the end of his machete, or whatever other various implements he finds on…
Friday the 13th (2009) – Review
How does one remake the 1980 classic yet still include the iconic character of Jason Voorhees? It’s no secret that Hollywood is all about repackaging and rebooting products so that they can wring a few more nostalgia dollars out of the public, which was pretty much the case with the 2009 version of Friday the…
Jason X (2001) – Review
When a long-running franchise reaches the point where the idea of “In Space” seems to be the only viable option it may be time to cash in the chips and call it a day, and this was the problem New Line Cinema was facing after the disappointing fan reaction to Jason Goes to Hell, yet…
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) – Review
The one thing that could be considered missing in the Friday the 13th franchise is a credible antagonist for Jason to fight, especially once he reached the stage where he was an undead supernatural monster, and this was something they intended to fix with the seventh installment in the franchise, a movie that would pit…