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Video Tour of Camp Crystal Lake

jasonsfury — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:31:17 +0000

Not many fans of the franchise are able to get onto the camp ground of Camp NoBeBoSco, and if they do, they have to be pretty quick about getting their shots before getting kicked out. For those of you that have not seen this video, this was shot as a class project for a local college in the area a few years ago. The students were able to obtain permission to shoot their documentary and it’s one of the better videos showcasing the camp made famous by Friday the 13th!

Bracket Challenge Round 3: Ginny vs Ali

jasonsfury — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:45:57 +0000

The other matchup this week is really, really close. Closer than I thought it would be. Will this new matchup be anywhere near as close? Ali had multiple lives against Jason. Can Ginny deliver the knockout blow as she did to Jason in his shack? This should be another fun vote. Which character should move on to the Final Four?

Ali (Part 3)
To this point, Ali has faced his fellow biker gang and THE Final Guy, Clay. Now he faces his stiffist challenge yet, Ginny. Can he handle his business with her like he handles his business with Fox? “Make a wish.”

Ginny (Part 2)
After Ginny dispatched all other Final Girls and her main squeeze Paul Holt, she now has to deal with the local arsenist. Many have tapped Ginny the odds on favorite to win the whole competition. Can she withstand the full on stench of Ali’s gasoline soaked breath?

A New Beginning Signed Cast Photos up for Auction

jasonsfury — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:37:14 +0000

The cast represented in these photos have become more available for signatures of late at conventions, but if you are unable to attend horror conventions and do not want to pay the usual rate of $10-$20 for a signature per photo, this could be the way to go. The current ebay auction has a starting bid of $24.99 or a Buy Now for $55. If interested, here’s a chance to add some Friday memoribilia to your collection.

Bracket Challenge Round 3: Crazy Ralph vs Young Tommy Jarvis

jasonsfury — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:13:15 +0000

Will the allegiance to Ralph come to an end this week? Or, will Ralph be able to overtake Tommy Jarvis and move one round closer to facing off against Jason of The New Blood?

Crazy Ralph (Friday the 13th 1980)
Remember everyone, God sent him. Do you need anything else? I still can’t believe how in shape this guy is. He rides his bike all the way to Camp Crystal Lake and the counselor training center and everyone else drives miles upon miles to get there. For a drunk, he gets around town pretty damn well.

Tommy Jarvis (The Final Chapter)
Tommy and Ralph have one thing in common. Both characters are Peeping Tom’s! Tommy spends nights staring at Judie Aronson undressing. Ralph goes to the counselor training center and stares at Ginny undressing. Which perv would you rather pick to go on to the next round? There taste in women could factor in.

Sleepaway Camp on Friday the 13th

Kane — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:01:21 +0000

We’ve pretty much come to an agreement that Freddy Vs Jason couldn’t satisfy to the fullest extent, so why not match up two killers who play on the same playground….camp!

Jason was first introduced as a boy who drowned in a lake. Angela was introduced as a girl/boy who ended up in an accident in a lake. So both killers have their history with their lakes.

Both killers also had protective guardians, who would have big impacts on their actions. Angela’s Aunt Martha brainwashed and confused poor Angela to the point to where she had no tolerance for cruelty and she enacted her revenge. Jason’s mother kept him from the world and after her death Jason heard his mother tell him…kill for mother.

So we got one killer who is a master with the machete and we have another killer who is idealistic in the ways she disposes of her victims. It’s obvious that Jason is bigger and stronger than his female counterpart, but Jason in the human form, Angela would stand a good chance.

Perhaps Angela is a character that should be introduced to the Friday the 13th franchise, or at least a character inspired by her. Jason has fought Tommy Jarvis twice and he has fought a telekinetic girl, but he has never fought someone who has so much in common with him.

This would be bigger than Freddy Vs Jason, I know most of you are Sleepaway Camp fans, so you would enjoy watching Jason battle a character that he himself had much influence on.

I’ll leave this to your imaginations!

On a side note…I would give anything to have the old Sleepaway Camp forum back.

Friday the 30th Reunion: Special Friday the 13th Update

jasonsfury — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:22:24 +0000

From Camp Blood Reunion Website:

Friday the 13th 5 director Danny Steinmann makes his 2nd appearance in TX!

Paul who got it in the balls actor and first timer Clyde Hayes aka Alan Hayes joins the “Final Chapter” lineup. And since TFC is my absolute favorite Friday… how bout Nurse Morgan herself, Lisa Freeman?

Last, but certainly not least, everyones fave, and Fear Fest 07 attendee Stu Charno

Bracket Challenge Round 2: Week 14 Results

jasonsfury — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:54:49 +0000

We had a great Friday the 13th here on the site. Thank you so much to everyone that contributed to all of the discussions and for voting! Three matchups were voted on this week with two having no competition at all. The Best Jason Character was the closest matchup we have ever had in this game. One vote decided the winner.

Mrs. Voorhees vs Mrs. Jarvis

Mrs. Voorhees: 48 votes
Mrs. Jarvis: 3 votes

Young Jason vs Street Urchin

Young Jason: 37 votes
Street Urchin: 11 votes

The Best Jason Voorhees Character
Part 2: 4 votes
Part 3: 13 votes
The Final Chapter: 20 votes
A New Beginning: 0 votes
Jason Lives: 7 votes
The New Blood: 21 votes
Jason Takes Manhattan: 2 votes
Jason Goes To Hell: 4 votes
Jason X: 2 votes
Freddy vs Jason: 0 votes
Friday the 13th 2009: 7 votes

Contest: Win Rare Friday the 13th LP Soundtrack From 1982

jasonsfury — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:19:08 +0000

Well, since it is Friday the 13th I decided to run a contest. For those of you that have an interest in acquiring a piece of Friday the 13th history, look no further. This LP was released in 1982 and contains music written by Harry Manfredini that was included in the first three movies. The front and back cover art is displayed in 3D and requires the red/blue 3D glasses to view it as such. Those glasses will be provided as part of this contest. If you are interested, please read the rules below.

In order to participate in this contest, you must do the following:
1. Create a Friday the 13th mix audio clip. You must use music that was composed by either Harry Manfredini, Fred Mollin, or Steve Jablonksi from the Friday the 13th films. As an extra creative bonus, you can also throw in audio dialogue excerpts from the films. Be creative. The more creative the mix, the better your chances of winning.

2. Give your audio clip a creative title. It can be anything you like. The more relevant to your audio piece the better. Remember, the more creative the better.

3. Send an email with either a link to your audio clip or an audio clip attachment along with your name and physical mailing address to jason.parker@fridaythe13thfilms.com. Please include “LP Soundtrack Contest” in the Subject line of the email.

Entries will be accepted up to Sunday December 6th. The winner will be announced the following week and their audio mix displayed on the website. If you have any questions send me an email. Good Luck to all and have fun!

Friday Conversation: Your First Theatrical Friday Experience

jasonsfury — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:29:11 +0000

I first saw Jason on the big screen opening weekend 1988. It was The New Blood and my dad foolishly took me to see the movie. My mom strongly disagreed, but Dad thought it would be no problem. During the movie there were about 6 drunk bikers yelling obscenities at the movie. That, along with the multiple nude scenes and number of swear words thrown about and my Dad never took me to see another horror movie again that decade. I had to sneak into Jason Takes Manhattan the following year with some friends, pretending to go to another movie. Good times indeed.

What was your first Friday movie in the theater and what was your experience like?

Friday Conversation: Your Favorite Jason Actor

jasonsfury — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:10:42 +0000

Now, which actor is your favorite to don the hockey mask or sack? Your reasons can vary from the way they played the character in the movie, to your personal opinion from meeting them in person, or how they have come across in an interview or other roles you have seen them in. It doesn’t matter how you formed your opinion, but let us know who your favorite Jason actor is!

Bracket Challenge: The Best Jason Voorhees Character

jasonsfury — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:46:04 +0000

VOTING HAS CLOSED!
Now, I want to set this straight right off the bat. This bracket challenge is to pick the best Jason character, not the actors behind the mask. There were many people that contributed to the Jason character in Part 2. Some were stand-ins for hand and feet shots, others did the window crashing scene and wore the infamous sack. Kane Hodder played Jason in four movies, but some people actualy like one Jason character he portrayed better than the other. So, to be fair and follow with the contest at hand, we are voting on the Jason characters themselves within the context of the movie they were represented in. Also, yes I did include Roy. He is playing the Jason character, so all of you Part 5 haters have to deal with it today. Saying that, which Jason is the one you would not want around when going to camp, smoking a little dope, and having a little pre-marital sex?

Friday the 13th Trailerpalooza

jasonsfury — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:58:06 +0000

To kick off our favorite Friday of the year, I thought we should all watch the trailers for every movie made in the franchise as a warmup to our movie marathons. There’s a twist with these trailers as some of these are “modernized” to look like what trailers would look like today. Which trailer is your favorite and which one do you wish they would have made in a completely different way?

Friday the 13th 1980 Modernized

Friday the 13th Part 2 Modernized

Friday the 13th Part 3 Modernized

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter Modernized

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning Modernized

Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives

Friday the 13th Part 7: The New Blood

Friday the 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan

Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday

Jason X

Freddy vs Jason

Friday the 13th 2009

Actor Spotlight: Whitney Rydbeck (Roy, Jason Lives)

jasonsfury — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:38:24 +0000

Whitney has starred in may films and television shows since the 1970’s. Most notable films he has acted in are Rocky 2, Steven Spielberg’s 1941, A Very Brady Sequel and of course, Jason Lives. His television shows range from MASH to Start Trek: The Next Generation to Murder She Wrote to Party of Five and more recently, Scrubs.

Whitney is a talented impersonator and mime and has played on many Los Angeles stages in such productions as Drood, How the Other Half Loves, Candida, The Orphan’s Revenge, Sugar, and Clothespins and Dreams. Whitney has also been a member of the L.A. Mime Company and the Richmond Shepard Mime Theatre.

Currently, Whitney is an Assistant Professor in the Performing/Communication Arts Department at Pasadena City College. Check out his IMDB Page and our Actor Page for moe information.

Bracket Challenge Round 2: Gang of New York vs Young Jason Voorhees

jasonsfury — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:33:42 +0000

VOTING HAS CLOSED!
Ah, the end of Round 2 is here and we have saved the best for last…..? Well, at least it’s an interesting matchup. Who would have ever thought a young Jason Voorhees that jumped out of Crystal Lake to grab Alice and take her down to the bottom of the lake would now have the chance to take a New Yorker down as well. In ten years the franchise sure did change!

Young Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th 1980)
Jason desperately wants to meet up with his mommy again, but will he be able to get past the almighty Street Urchin? Perhaps Ari’s band, First Jason, can play some 80’s rap/rock music to keep the Street Urchin rockin out to some rad tunes while escaping to the next round.

Street Urchin (Jason Takes Manhattan)
What can I say, but I really like this guy. If I saw a slimy hockey masked dude walking down the middle of Time Square, I would never think of threatening him with a switch blade. Even if he did knock over my boom box. But Street Urchin confronted Jason and then ran only when seeing the worst makeup job of Jason in the series. A perplexing individual, but still entertaining.

Watch Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3D on the Big Screen this Friday and Saturday

jasonsfury — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:47:54 +0000

A visitor to our site, Jason, mentioned yesterday in the “Spend Friday the 13th with fridaythe13thfilms.com ” blog that he was going to see Part 3 in 3D in the Cleveland area. So, I dug around and found one theater in the area that is showing it. Not sure if there is another theater that Jason was planning on attending, but here is the one I found.

http://www.clevelandcinemas.com/

CEDAR LEE THEATER SHOWTIMES
Showtimes listed in brackets indicate bargain price
11/13/2009 9:30 PM 11:55 PM
11/14/2009 11:55 PM

Spend Friday the 13th with fridaythe13thfilms.com

jasonsfury — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:30:17 +0000

This Friday, November 13th, we will have some great events planned to celebrate Friday the 13th. Join us for the following events to be posted throughout the day this Friday:

1. Discussions on the franchise: Multiple Friday Conversations
2. Special Announcement on Friday the 30th, The 30th Anniversary reunion event next August.
3. Special Bracket Challenge on a character not highlighted in the bracket thus far.
4. Contest to win specific, rare, Friday the 13th memoribilia item.
5. Other tentative events in the making.

We look forward to having you spend the day with us and celebrating Friday the 13th!

Bracket Challenge Round 2: World of Mrs. Voorhees vs Mother of Friday the 13th

jasonsfury — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:11:21 +0000

VOTING HAS CLOSED!
So here we are. Mother versus mother. Can our favorite mother of a pyscho beat our favorite mother of Tommy Jarvis? I think this could be a bit lopsided, but lets see who everyone wants to move on to the next round.

Mrs. Voorhees (Friday the 13th 1980)
Both of the characters in this matchup have one thing in common, they would do anything to protect their son. One difference is that Mrs. Voorhees kills for her son …… and he’s dead. Oh yea, she also talks like she is Jason as well. What a weirdo!

Mrs. Jarvis (The Final Chapter)
She was very wise and even warned her Tommy about Jason. She told him to lock the door in case some psycho decided to wonder in. Unfortunately, her prediction came true and she met her demise offscreen. Could she take Mrs. Voorhees one on one? If Alice could, why not Mrs. Jarvis?

Bracket Challenge Round 2: Week 13 Results

jasonsfury — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:06:52 +0000

In week 13 there were two more landslide victories. One in particular is notable as the only character to survive to the 3rd Round from a movie outside of the original 4 films. Thanks for voting everyone. We are drawing nearer to Round 3 and crowning your favorite character of the franchise. Soon there will be a vote for one character in particular that is not on the bracket!

Sheriff Garris vs Officer Dorf

Garris: 41 votes
Dorf: 15 votes

Axel vs Roy

Axel: 45 votes
Roy: 12 votes

Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3D on UK TV

jasonsfury — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:17:12 +0000

www.scabboy.net posted that the film will be airing at 10pm Friday November 20th on UK TV station Channel 4 in 3D! You will need the anaglyphic, red and blue, 3-D glasses to see this in 3-D.

To find out more, visit Channel 4’s site. Enjoy the Show!!

Friday Conversation: History of the Hockey Mask, What is your Favorite

jasonsfury — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:57:04 +0000

Jason has worn many different masks. It started with the Sack in 1981 and then the original clean mask with red chevrons in 1982 where it then incurred an axe mark to the top left. The mask was worn by an imposter with blue Chevrons in 1985, then an undead Jason reaquired the mask in 1986 to then receive a a bullet hole and mask shaving by boat propellar. Jason had his mask split in half by telekenisis in 1988 then got a new yellowish mask for a Manhattan trip in 1989. After his mask was burned away on his trip, he returned to Crystall Lake where he gained a new mask. Curiously, it contained all of the damage from past masks, but also with the right side of the mask ripped away by the eye. Then Jason was reborn from hell to face Freddy with a new mask, except Freddy left his famous razor marks behind. Then Jason went to Space with a new look hock not like the others and after being blown to bits he got an uber shiny metal mask. Finally, this year it all came full circle. The sack was back and better than ever. Most importantly to fans, the original hockey mask was back for it to start all over again.

Which of the many hockey masks are your favorite of all time?