I seen the tv spot for this movie tonight and caught a clip where the John Travolta character says “but they haven’t seen Friday the 13th part 1 or part 2.

Being a Walt Disney movie, this is a huge surprise to have one of our franchises titles being referenced by a well-established actor such as John Travolta.

From the marketing campaign came promise, however, as print media, movie trailers, and tv commercials displayed front and center that this Friday was going to take place in the biggest place of all, New York City. From this promise, fans were willing to let go some of the major changes that were taking place in the franchise and gave Paramount at least a chance to have a hit on their hands. Unfortunately, some ill-conceived plot points and lack of funding ultimately tanked this new Friday. The silly dream sequences and back story of Renny and Jason just made no sense in the story of Friday the 13th. The dream sequences came off as desperate attempts to keep up with the franchise’s biggest rival, A Nightmare on Elm Street.

It was the money, in the end, that was the biggest rival of Jason Takes Manhattan. Rob Hedden’s vision was severely excised as he had a grand vision of Jason in Times Square, Madison Square Garden and so forth that would have had Jason in all of the scenarios that the fans were expecting in a Jason Takes Manhattan movie. If you’re putting Jason in Manhattan, why not see him in the craziest, most out there situations. Paramount’s limiting budget forced Rob’s vision to be taken to Canada and Rob, who had already worked on Friday the 13th: The Series, enlisted that shows composer and previous The New Blood collaborator Fred Mollin to commit a completely new score for the franchise.

Fred’s score is a time capsule of the late 80’s with the use of heavy synthesizer and a hard industrial edge. Many part’s of the score work well within this one movie. The new ki ki ki ma ma ma is replaced with a kill kill kill jas jas jason. None more prevelant than in the opening title sequence with the famous Paramount mountain.

What really put the nail in the coffin with this movie is the none to popular and horrendous ending. The idea of Jason drowning in Toxic waste in the sewers of New York is not a bad idea and a perfect way to end the franchise. You eliminate all remnants of Jason and it is done away from Crytal Lake with no chance of Jason returning easily for another sequel. The execution and some questionable makeup ideas were what made the ending almost unbearable to watch. Jason screaming after having toxic waste being thrown on him (Jason is the walking dead) and then young Jason crawling out of undead Jason after succumbing to a toxic waste bath is just the silliest thing imaginable. Fans dump on the 2009 reboot, but look to the ending of Jason Takes Manhattan and rejoice that the ending was nowhere as bad as this.

At the end of the day, Jason Takes Manhattan is a fun romp of a movie. It is definitely different from the rest of the franchise as it tried something different as the 7th sequel of a franchise in the same decade. The concept idea was sound. It was lack of execution in some scenes, some bad plot points and really lack of funding that caused this movie to be a mediocre entry into the franchise. I enjoy it for the fun characters, Kane Hodder’s portrayal of Jason and some great kills. What do you think about this highly debated entry into the franchise.

The US DVD of Jason Goes To Hell is a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio and everything looks good in frame. In talking with Mario Kirner, his DVD German bootleg and UK version is displayed in a 4:3 aspect ratio. This ratio reveals some objects in frame that shouldn’t be seen. Check out below and see the stunt mat that the Jessica Kimble character falls onto that should be out of frame.

(*Potential Spoilers* Ahead)

A sequel to this year’s Friday the 13th reboot hasn’t even officially been greenlit yet, but we already know it’s got an official release date — August 13th, 2010 — and that it will be in 3D. However, that 3D sequel — co-financed by Paramount and New Line Cinemas — is still being held up by New Line, most likely because of the relative lack of success of the initial installment, which had a whopping $40 million opening, but only eked out a $65 million gross before the end of its run. Add the $26 million international gross and subtract the $20 million production cost, and there’s a decent enough profit there to suggest that the sequel will likely be greenlit. And soon, if they expect to meet the August date.

But how do you bring an audience to an already slumping franchise? Easy. According to our inside source, The Hollywood Cog, Damian Shannon and Mark Swift — who wrote the reboot and are also penning the sequel — have been instructed to kill off Jason and end the franchise.

Granted, Jason has been killed off plenty of times before, but given the already iffy nature of the sequel, it looks as though they already have plans to send Jason off into the sunset — and that may be the only way to really kill him: Launch him into the sun. Of course, if killing Jason racks up enough box-office business, I suspect they’ll find a way to bring him back. But, going in, anyway, producers Brad Fuller and Walter Hamada want this to be the last of the Friday the 13th movies, and you can bet your ass that that proposition will make its way into the marketing, spoilers be damned.

No director has officially signed onto the project to fill the vacancy left by Marcus Nispel (who is now directing Conan). And though the script was being shopped to the usual suspects — James Wan, Xavier Gnes — we can also report that a dark-horse contender has risen to the top, and looks to be the most likely candidate for the position. His name is Richard Wardlow, and he’d be making his directorial debut. But, in addition to doing the visual effects on Drag Me to Hell, Mr. Brooks and the original X-Men, Wardlow is an experienced 3D effects animator, which makes him ideal for the 3D sequel.

From what we’ve heard, Freddy is more serious and sinister in the new film, which would totally take the comedy out of the conflict. Let’s imagine a new Freddy Vs Jason, but with a better director because if you ask me Ronnie Yu needs to stay out of the horror genre, especially when it comes to Jason Voorhees.

Let the battle begin….this time for real!

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From all of us here at Friday the 13th Films, we hope you guys are having an awesome Halloween! To many of us, this is our Christmas! Let us know what you have done this Halloween season. Drop a note in the comments below.

Maybe I’ve just been gone a little too long, but this is an image only a mother could love. I don’t know if it’s photoshopped or an image from a deleted scene in the series. One thing is for sure, it’s a great image of mother and son. This was my first time discovering it, but if anyone knowns anything about it please post about it. Thanks

Below is the match up. So what do you guys think ?

ADDED: If interested, see my post about the Script Review of this movie.

Now that we know the new sequel is due in August of next year the topic of Jason in the snow is coming back up. In an idea floated a while back by producers, we may see at least part of the new film take place in the snow, at least the opening sequence if not more. With pre-production not yet geared up (officially at least), the filming window would appear to be throughout Winter.

With the sequel being Number 13 in the series, is such a milestone the right time to flip the switch on the weather? Vote in our poll below, and sound off with your comments further down.

Warner Bros. has officially announced the follow up to 2009’s Friday the 13th relaunch and have even given a release date!  Friday the 13th part 2 will reportedly pop into theaters on Friday, August 13, 2010! Nothing has been official in regards to what the plot will be this time around, but after the confusion that MMA fighter Tim Sylvia was already working on a sequel, Brad Fuller shot that rumor down by stating that Derek Mears was his Jason. As for the plot, it has been hinted that Crystal Lake may finally be presented in a wintry setting, but that has yet to be confirmed. Friday the 13th part 2 will be the 13th film in the 30 year old franchise.

Platinum Dunes is currently locked tightly in post production and touching up their current project, a remake of 80’s classic “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (trailer) featuring Jackie Earle Haley in the role of Freddy Krueger, a role made famous by Robert Englund. Drop in often as more news will be coming!

SOURCE: Bloody-Disgusting/Platinum Dunes Blog

The movie CHUD was entirely re-edited with the original ending being inserted somewhere near the middle of the film. This was done after numerous edits were made to make the film general audience friendly. Not only do I enjoy watching the movies to see where scenes were edited down or reorganized, but I think it’s funny to see the swear words dubbed and replaced. I always found these edits interesting and are what lead me to appreciate “cut” films and to also collect them.

Friday the 13th films were treated no differently while being shown on TV in the 1980’s. I really enjoy watching the Friday the 13th marathons on TV just to catch all of the changes that were made to the movies. Recently, I was able to obtain the television versions of Friday the 13th Part 2 and Part 3 on 16mm film. Now, I am sure some people will think I am crazy for enjoying watching edited movies with less gore, nudity and swearing, but for me it’s a bit nostalgic. It takes me back to when I was kid wathcing these late night when the parents were asleep. Check out the screen shots from Part 2 below. I will definitely screening these come Halloween time!

I loved the marathons they threw together for Friday te 13th. All of the movies in HD were spectacular. I could always catcha Friday the 13th movie on the channel, pretty much every other day. It was great. Horror fans need another channel like this back again!

This is pretty much the sort of non-news I don’t waste time on but when I received an email from one “HarryM” I chuckled and decided I should share. Apparently, Jason himself from JASON LIVES, CJ Graham, was hired by Thunder Valley Casino in the past week as their vice president of casino operations. Does anyone other than me find it hilarious that “Jason” is running a casino? I bet that’d make cheats think twice if only they knew…

Here is a look at what you can see from the set of Part 3

If anyone has new photos from these locations that you have visited recently and would like to share them with our website, please send your photos to f13files@gmail.com. Also, any photos from the location of The New Beginning filming in Camarillo, California would be greatly appreciated.

Private School Buys ‘Friday the 13th’ Camp

 BLAIRSTOWN TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP)  — Don’t look for Blair Academy students to wear hockey masks with their blazers. And Jason won’t be the school’s mascot.

But the private school in Warren County has purchased a scary legacy from the Girl Scouts of Greater Essex and Hudson Counties.

The school paid more than $1 million for a 120-acre tract of land where the movie “Friday the 13th” was filmed.

Camp NoBeBoSco was the scene where Jason and his mom sent campers to their deaths in the 1980 horror film.

The school in Blairstown Township plans to use the land as a buffer from development and to expand playing fields.