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Friday the 13th

Starring:

Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti, Danielle Panabaker, Jonathan Sadowski, Travis Van Winkle

Producer: Michael Bay

Director: Marcus Nispel

Genre: Horror

Rated: R

 

A group of Kids go to the woods, do drugs, fornicate and get killed off one by one. That pretty much sums up what Friday the 13th is all about.

This one is being billed as a Reimagining of Friday the 13th, However it is really more of a direct sequel to the Original than a remake; and actually starts with the ending of the first one.  This franchise much like a nightmare on Elm Street has consistently gotten worse in every film and somewhere along the way went from horror film to slasher comedy.

Director Marcus Nispel and Producer Michael Bay have given the same treatment to Friday the 13th that they did to A Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the series is better for it. The story of Jason is finally being taken seriously doing away with the bad jokes, ridiculous locations (Jason in Space) and Jason being an inhuman killing machine. This version takes its cues from the original but offers a grittier feel; it goes back to its roots and gets it right.

In this Reimagining We get subtle differences that somehow make all the difference in the world. Jason is not only able to think but he feels pain, he comes off as more human which makes him scarier. The location that started it all and the only place that feels right for a Friday the 13th film Camp Crystal Lake is back, rundown from years of neglect. In fact almost everything you could ask for is in this one, the relationship with his mother, origin of the hockey mask, obnoxious teenagers that you want to get killed, Drugs and Alcohol and a rarity for this day and age which used to be a staple of the genre, topless girls. There are legitimate scares in here, some imaginative execution scenes and the feel of the film is great, Hands down this is the best Friday the 13th since the original.

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