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, Amanda Righetti, Derek Mears

2 wins & 4 nominations.

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 weeks 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:

female nudity | severed head | sex in a tent | bleeding head | severed ear | 

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Taglines:

From the Producers of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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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 [Australia]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Ukrainian

Release Date:

13 February 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Friday the 13th

Filming Locations:

1190 Red Hawk Road, Wimberley, Texas, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$19,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$43,585,449, 15 February 2009, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$65,002,019

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$91,379,051

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures, Platinum Dunes

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min 106 min (extended edition)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Richard Burgi wasn't cast as Sheriff Bracke until 12 hours before they needed to begin filming his character's scenes.

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Goofs

When Bree films Clay as he enters the lodge with Jenna, the fingers on her left hand change position on her camcorder between shots.

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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 New Line Cinema and Paramount Pictures logos are tinted blood/crimson red and are accompanied by Jason's theme.

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Alternate Versions

Also available in a so-called Killer Cut, which includes story extensions, extra violence and more sexual content.

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Connections

Referenced in I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)

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Soundtracks

Doin' Things
Written by Carol Cantrall (as Carol Cantrell), Gloria White, and Louis Bell
Performed by Three AM
Courtesy of Musicball Entertainment

User Reviews

Pointless remake

Only good thing about this cinema experience was that I got to see the trailer for the "Watchmen" movie. I saw the original Friday the 13thmovies when I was a child, and thought they were funny. This new movie is more like number 11th than an actual remake though, also mixing elements from Saw, Texas Chainsaw, The Hills Have Eyes, and adding anew sadistic side to Jason. One good thing is that we do see a few interesting things about his background, for example, how he got the hockey mask. I had some high hopes for this movie, at least that it would live up to the word "remake" but really this was no different than, say, "Jason vs. Freddy" and "Jason X". It was just another movie in the Jason series. I cannot recommend this movie, and if the writers on IMDb had warned me against it, I wouldn't have gone to see it.