A group of young adults visit a boarded up campsite named Crystal Lake where they soon encounter the mysterious Jason Voorhees and his deadly intentions.
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.Written by
J. Spurlin
Effects artist Scott Stoddard created Jason's look, and describes Jason's face as a combination of Carl Fullerton's design for Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) and Tom Savini's design for Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984). Stoddard's vision of Jason included hair loss, skin rashes, and the traditional deformities in his face. Stoddard tried to craft Jason's look so it would allow more human side of the character to be seen. Mears was required to wear full body make-up from the chest upwards while performing as Jason. The actor wore a chest plate with fake skin that would adjust to his muscle movements. He wore a hump on his back to give the impression that Jason had scoliosis. A prosthetic eye was glued to Mears' face to show realistic eye movements. Stoddard initially spent 3 and 1/2 hours applying the make-up to Mears' head and torso. He was eventually able to reduce the required time to just over an hour for scenes in which Mears wore the hockey mask. For scenes in which Jason's face is revealed, it took approximately 4 hours to apply the make-up. See more »
Goofs
(at around 45 mins) In the Shoot the Boot scene, when Chewie holds the shoe with the toe towards him, when the camera angle changes he is holding the shoe in the opposite direction. See more »
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Groups of beautiful people go camping to have themselves killed by the infamous Jason Vorhees in predictable, uninspired, bloody ways.
So you're a fan of slasher films? Or are you one of those people who wonder why this franchise has inspired eleven sequels, reboot, spinoffs, or what have you? Well, I can say now: People just love, love, love Mr. Vorhees so you know he's not going anytime soon. Right off the bat, I have to say this film looked exciting and fun by its publicity. The hype around it is amazing, although not as big as "Twilight" or "High School Musical" but it's pretty big. That's just the problem. The film is not good. It's not even a good slasher film and if you know me, I love slashers. I love the clichés and the camp and the ridiculous over-the-top death scenes but this one is different.
How is it different, you ask? First of all, it's boring. The movie moves surprisingly slow and the pace was uneven all around. Second, the movie is not entertaining. The film takes itself way too seriously with the lame jokes flying over peoples' head as if they were bad dialogue. Third, most of the characters are one dimensional and so unsympathetic that you want them to die the second you lay eyes upon them. Fourth, the death scenes aren't too great either. They're rather uncreative. Fifth, the film is just too predictable that the movie bores you. The movie, as a whole, is just lifeless.
Everything that makes a good slasher movie is not here. The scares are just way too average. The only things that actually scare are the pop up scenes but those get old after being done several times in just the first few minutes. So what's good about the movie? Well, I can say, technically, the film is fantastic. This film knows how to get the camera at the best angles and the use of sound is just fantastic. However, I doubt that's what people are looking for in this type of film.
Jared Padalecki doesn't have much to work with because, after all, it's just a slasher. Everyone else either plays a character who loves sex or either loves drugs and that's such a shame. Yes, there are movies out there where they wink at the audience because of the clichés, as if poking fun of the genre, which is totally fine by me, but this film felt like the clichés were just there because of the bad script. The filmmakers also took some characteristics of Jason Vorhees in the previous films but also added elements of their own and some, I will say now, is laughable while others are surprising, although it doesn't do much.
Overall, the film is a huge disappointment. "My Bloody Valentine 3D," which came out like a month ago, was better and more entertaining than this and also had more to offer. This film is just a list of ongoing clichés and predictability that does not have fun with itself and doesn't know how to entertain an audience. The film should have been good but what can you say? You can't always get what you want.
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Groups of beautiful people go camping to have themselves killed by the infamous Jason Vorhees in predictable, uninspired, bloody ways.
So you're a fan of slasher films? Or are you one of those people who wonder why this franchise has inspired eleven sequels, reboot, spinoffs, or what have you? Well, I can say now: People just love, love, love Mr. Vorhees so you know he's not going anytime soon. Right off the bat, I have to say this film looked exciting and fun by its publicity. The hype around it is amazing, although not as big as "Twilight" or "High School Musical" but it's pretty big. That's just the problem. The film is not good. It's not even a good slasher film and if you know me, I love slashers. I love the clichés and the camp and the ridiculous over-the-top death scenes but this one is different.
How is it different, you ask? First of all, it's boring. The movie moves surprisingly slow and the pace was uneven all around. Second, the movie is not entertaining. The film takes itself way too seriously with the lame jokes flying over peoples' head as if they were bad dialogue. Third, most of the characters are one dimensional and so unsympathetic that you want them to die the second you lay eyes upon them. Fourth, the death scenes aren't too great either. They're rather uncreative. Fifth, the film is just too predictable that the movie bores you. The movie, as a whole, is just lifeless.
Everything that makes a good slasher movie is not here. The scares are just way too average. The only things that actually scare are the pop up scenes but those get old after being done several times in just the first few minutes. So what's good about the movie? Well, I can say, technically, the film is fantastic. This film knows how to get the camera at the best angles and the use of sound is just fantastic. However, I doubt that's what people are looking for in this type of film.
Jared Padalecki doesn't have much to work with because, after all, it's just a slasher. Everyone else either plays a character who loves sex or either loves drugs and that's such a shame. Yes, there are movies out there where they wink at the audience because of the clichés, as if poking fun of the genre, which is totally fine by me, but this film felt like the clichés were just there because of the bad script. The filmmakers also took some characteristics of Jason Vorhees in the previous films but also added elements of their own and some, I will say now, is laughable while others are surprising, although it doesn't do much.
Overall, the film is a huge disappointment. "My Bloody Valentine 3D," which came out like a month ago, was better and more entertaining than this and also had more to offer. This film is just a list of ongoing clichés and predictability that does not have fun with itself and doesn't know how to entertain an audience. The film should have been good but what can you say? You can't always get what you want.