His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th (2009) (TV)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Daniel Farrands

Writers:

Thommy Hutson (written by)
Anthony Masi (written by)

Release Date:

13 February 2009 (USA)

Tagline:

12 films. 3 decades. Bad luck was never so bloody.

Plot Keywords:

Time For Title | Lifting Person In Air | Character Name In Title | Number In Title

Cast

Diane Almeida	...	Herself
Erich Anderson	...	Himself
Judie Aronson	...	Herself
Diana Barrows	...	Herself
Steven Barton	...	Himself
Rachel Belofsky	...	Herself
Peter Bracke	...	Himself
Richard Brooker	...	Himself
John Carl Buechler	...	Himself
Chuck Campbell	...	Himself
Gloria Charles	...	Herself
Stuart Charno	...	Himself
Barney Cohen	...	Himself
Mike Cucinotta	...	Himself
Sean S. Cunningham	...	Himself
Douglas Curtis	...	Himself
Jensen Daggett	...	Herself
Steve Dash	...	Himself (as Steve Daskawisz)
Darcy DeMoss	...	Herself
Bob DeSimone	...	Himself
Elissa Dowling	...	Scream Queen
Todd Farmer	...	Himself
Bradley Fuller	...	Himself
John Furey	...	Himself
Robert V. Galluzzo	...	Himself
Warrington Gillette	...	Himself
C.J. Graham	...	Himself
Seth Grahame-Smith	...	Himself
Adam Green	...	Himself
Seth Green	...	Himself
Vincent Guastaferro	...	Himself
Bonnie Hellman	...	Herself
Tiffany Helm	...	Violet (archive footage)
Kane Hodder	...	Himself
Barbara Howard	...	Sara (archive footage)
James Isaac	...	Himself
Renée Jones	...	Sissy Baker (archive footage)
David Kagen	...	Himself
Elizabeth Kaitan	...	Herself
Cynthia Kania	...	Herself
Andrew Kasch	...	Himself
Jeff Katz	...	Himself
Adrienne King	...	Herself
Melanie Kinnaman	...	Pam (archive footage)
Ken Kirzinger	...	Himself
Paul Kratka	...	Himself
Ari Lehman	...	Himself
Joe Lynch	...	Himself
Al Magliochetti	...	Himself
Harry Manfredini	...	Himself
Adam Marcus	...	Himself
Sharlene Martin	...	Tamara Mason (archive footage)
Nancy McLoughlin	...	Herself
Tom McLoughlin	...	Himself
Derek Mears	...	Himself
Nick Mennell	...	Himself
Victor Miller	...	Himself
Lawrence Monoson	...	Himself
Camilla More	...	Herself
Carey More	...	Herself
Tom Morga	...	Himself
John Murdy	...	Himself
Gregory Nicotero	...	Himself
Marcus Nispel	...	Himself
Kerry Noonan	...	Paula (archive footage)
Betsy Palmer	...	Herself
Lar Park-Lincoln	...	Herself
Catherine Parks	...	Herself
Alecia Patterson	...	Raven
Marilyn Poucher	...	Herself
Bill Randolph	...	Himself
Jeffrey Reddick	...	Himself
Peter Mark Richman	...	Himself
Amanda Righetti	...	Herself
Jared Rivet	...	Himself
James Roday	...	Himself
James D. Rolfe	...	Himself
Felissa Rose	...	Herself
Shavar Ross	...	Himself
Lisa Ryder	...	Herself
Martin Jay Sadoff	...	Himself
Tom Savini	...	Himself - Host
John Shepherd	...	Himself
Kevin Spirtas	...	Himself
Amy Steel	...	Herself
Danny Steinmann	...	Himself
Susan Jennifer Sullivan	...	Melissa (archive footage)
Mark Swift	...	Himself
Lauren-Marie Taylor	...	Herself
Anthony Timpone	...	Himself
Russell Todd	...	Himself
Ryan Turek	...	Himself
Travis Van Winkle	...	Himself
Debi Sue Voorhees	...	Herself
Ted White	...	Himself
Dick Wieand	...	Himself
Staci Layne Wilson	...	Herself
Larry Zerner	...	Himself
Joseph Zito	...	Himself

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Company:

Masimedia

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Peter Brooker mentions a hockey team called "The Detroit Islanders". Was he thinking of Detroit Redwings or New York Islanders?

Quotes:

Richard Brooker: I believe it was Peter Schindler and Marty Becker were Detroit Islander Hockey fans. And it was their idea to come up with the hockey mask to cover the face up.

Movie Connections:

Features Friday the 13th (1980)

An Enjoyable Documentary for Jason Fans

Tom Savini hosts this documentary on thirty years of "Friday the 13th", complete with some cheesy segue scenes of girls getting killed by a stalking killer. Just about anyone who was anyone in the film's history (besides Crispin Glover and Corey Feldman) make appearances to talk shop.

If you're a fan of "Friday the 13th" (and I am), you'll probably enjoy this documentary. It's fast-paced, covers plenty of ground, catches us up with "stars" we haven't seen in a while. If you don't know the stories behind the films, this is a great way to learn them in a fairly short time.

If you're not a "Friday the 13th" fan, I'm not sure why you're watching this one. Is your boyfriend making you do it? Most of the information covered is something you won't care about unless you're familiar with the movies. Does the casual fan care what some minor character from part six thinks? I doubt it. But the more serious fans will eat it up like rice pudding.

That's really all one needs to know here. After you've purchased all twelve movies in the latest special edition, this film acts as sort of a nice summary piece. They even have a feature that sums up the entire series in four minutes (sadly not so much focusing on death scenes as on Joe Lynch ranting). With two discs of special features, there's really no way you can expect more "Friday the 13th" love... if you need more, you're beyond help. Go to a convention and have Kane Hodder strangle you or Ari Lehman make a "rock" pose with you. That should do the trick.