Friday the 13th (2009)

A group of young adults discover a boarded up Camp Crystal Lake, where they soon encounter Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.

Director:

Marcus Nispel

Writers:

Damian Shannon (screenplay), Mark Swift (screenplay),

Stars:

Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Amanda Righetti

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jared Padalecki	...	Clay Miller
Danielle Panabaker	...	Jenna
Amanda Righetti	...	Whitney Miller
Travis Van Winkle	...	Trent
Aaron Yoo	...	Chewie
Derek Mears	...	Jason Voorhees
Jonathan Sadowski	...	Wade
Julianna Guill	...	Bree
Ben Feldman	...	Richie
Arlen Escarpeta	...	Lawrence
Ryan Hansen	...	Nolan
Willa Ford	...	Chelsea
Nick Mennell	...	Mike
America Olivo	...	Amanda
Kyle Davis	...	Donnie

Storyline

A group of young adults set up tent near the abandoned summer camp where a series of gruesome murders are said to have taken place back in 1980. The perpetrator was a grieving mother, driven insane by the drowning of her child, Jason, whom she believed was neglected by the camp counselors. As legend has it, the last survivor of the attacks beheaded the woman. But then Jason came back, and now he is a vengeful and inexorable killer, wielding crossbows, swords, axes and other sharp instruments. The legend proves horribly true, as these campers quickly discover. Six months later, the brother of one of those campers distributes posters of his missing sister. The police believe she took off with her boyfriend; but he knows better. The brother crosses paths with an uptight young rich guy who is having his girlfriend and friends over at his parents' cabin. The brother ends up at the cabin himself just before his sister's attacker sets upon them all.

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Plot Keywords:

camp | lake | tent | drowning | 1980s | 

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Taglines:

Welcome to Crystal Lake

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, some graphic sexual content, language and drug material

Details

Official Sites:

MySpace Official site [au]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 February 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Friday the 13th Part 12

Filming Locations:

Austin Studios - 1901 E. 51st Street, Austin, Texas, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$19,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,198,653 (UK) (13 February 2009)

Gross:

$64,997,188 (USA) (17 April 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures, Platinum Dunes

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min 106 min (extended edition)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Interestingly, co-writers Damian Shannon and Mark Swift were involved with both the conclusion of the old Friday The 13th series and the start of the new one. Indeed, their first produced script (this is their second) was that of Freddy vs. Jason, the last installment in both the original Friday The 13th and A Nightmare On Elm Street series (even though Jason X takes place later).

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Goofs

When the NJ license plate on the back of the SUV is shown, it has a registration validation sticker in the upper right corner showing '08'. NJ hasn't required those stickers in at least five years.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Pamela Voorhees: Come here. Come here now.
Camp Counselor: No.
Pamela Voorhees: You're the last one. I've killed all the others. It'll be easier for you than it was for Jason.
Camp Counselor: Why are you doing this?
Pamela Voorhees: You need to be punished for what you did to him.
Camp Counselor: I didn't do anything.
Pamela Voorhees: You let him drown. Jason was my son.
Camp Counselor: I didn't do anything. No. No. No. Please.
Pamela Voorhees: You should have been watching him. Every minute.
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Crazy Credits

The opening Paramount logo is tinted blood/crimson red and is accompanied by Jason's theme.

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Connections

References Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

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Soundtracks

"My Favorite Book"
Written by Amy Millan, Evan Cranley, Torquil Campbell, Patrick McGee and Chris Seligman
Performed by Stars
Courtesy of Arts & Crafts International

User Reviews

About what I expected

THe Friday the 13th films have never been what you would call good movies. For me they have always been guilty pleasures, but not something I would recommend to fans not into gory movies where there are occasional scares but no real suspense built up. After seeing this latest entry, which is really a remake of the first four films into one, I can't really say its bad. Horror movie fans who love creative killings will love it, but if you're not a horror movie fan of the slasher genre, then I really can't tell you to see this movie. However if this is your type of thing, go see it.

Now on with the plot, which I really won't go into detail about because we already know what it's about. It starts off with a pitiful prelude that goes back to 1980 and found me rolling my eyes, but afterward it gets better. Young adults go camping, young adults die in nasty ways. THe one wrinkle added to the story is that one of the character's (Jared Padelecki from Supernatural on the WB) is brought into the story because he is looking for his sister. THis sister was involved with the first group of victims, and now there is this second group who know of nothing that has happened to the other group because it has been about six weeks since the first group went missing. You all know what happens next, so I won't say anything more.

Most of the cast was competent, better then many of the ones from the earlier films. THere were a few who were annoying, but that is part of the Friday The 13th scenario. I like the new Jason because he is much more active in the role, much like the Jason from the 2nd and 3rd entries back in the early to mid 80s.

I will give the movie a solid 7 out of 10. It went out and did what it was supposed to, but if you are more into the suspenseful horror films, and not hack and slash with a few jump scares, then Friday the 13th 2009 is not for you.