Friday Conversation: Creating Your Death Scene
Whenever we the fans watch a Friday the 13th movie or any other slasher, there is that inevitable moment where we think to ourselves, man I think that should have been filmed a different way. Also, as a movie plays itself out, ideas begin to churn inside a horror aficianado’s head on how the perfect stalk and slash scene could be created and filmed. You know you have had one of the scenarios come up at some point in your life. Maybe you have even filmed a scene or two yourself or made a fan film as well. If you had a chance to write a screenplay or film a movie, what would you do?
If you had the chance to direct a Friday the 13th film and could also create the death scenes, what crazy, atmospheric or just plain demented death would you come up with. Let us know your ultimate death scene. Perhaps it could end up in a movie some day!
I’ld like to see a scene with no cuts, where in a very dry fashion someone gets killed(choked or stabbed, nothing fancy
) and we see it from a couple of meters away full in screen. Like you’re actually there in the room. It’s been done but not in any Friday The 13th movie. It could be quite effective, I’m sure. I don’t believe more blood means a more shocking death, although it can’t hurt.
I’ve actually wanted to see a scene where Jason chases kids through a club. I thought Jason Takes Manhattan should have had a scene like that where he is after the kids and the club music is playing and then he just starts hacking away at everyone in the club while trying to get to his intended prey.
If a Friday were set in winter I can see a scene play out like this:
The camp is being used in the winter as a retreat for people on their way to being detoxed from various drug addictions. Getting away from so much temptation in the city could help the individual overcome their demons. One of the individuals is having more trouble than the others getting clean, and runs out into the woods from time to time to get his/her “fix” on something that a friend of theirs left in a tree trunk. It’s bitter cold outside, but the person runs outside anyway without a coat or jacket to protect theirself from the cold. She’s shaking as she runs through the woods(let’s assume the character is female), and her raspy breath and panicked state keep her mind focused solely on her current condition so she doesn’t hear the brisk footfalls following close behind, and we don’t see the follower either.
As she reaches the tree containing her stash she reaches in, only to be snatched back by Jason. He looks at her from over her shoulder as he takes one hand over her mouth and the other to the sider of her head and breaks her neck, quickly, and her lifeless body falls over onto the ground next to a few syringes that fell out of the trunk when she tried to reach in and grab them before she was killed. The fog of her last breath trickles out of her open mouth before her body grows cold. Jason takes one more quick look, breath steaming out through his mask, and turns and walks away.
RustyMachete, that is a kick ass scene brother. Great job
In a winter setting. Id love to see Jason put somebody in a large snowblower.
I wouldn’t mind to see him shove someones face into a meat grinder, or wood chipper, or something of that nature… Just let it take their face off, then throw their lifeless body to the ground (kinda like the frozen face kill in JX).
something with flowing blood. It’s something we haven’t seen much of since part 1, with the exception of the Pt 4 outtakes.
I’d like to see Jason grab someone, lift them up, and impale them through the stomach on a spike on the wall. While they’re still alive, he grabs their legs, and yanks them down, gutting them.
I got 2.
I’d like a scene where someones alone, sees jason and starts to scream, but before they can he rips their lower jaw off.
And just once I’d like to see this twist on a classic scene. Take the scene where someone hears a noise outside at night and goes out alone to investigate. Then when they turn around to go back to the cabin where all their friends are, they see jason go into the cabin and kill everyone. The audience would be yelling at the character they think would surely die in cliche fashion, then be surprised when the opposite happens.
everybody is talking about Jason killing someone, what about Jason getting killed? now that Jason is human again in the reboot, i would like to see him meet his match, and i am not talking about someone hitting him with a machete or an axe to the head, im talking about a good old fashioned fight to the death. sure Jason is strong, but come on already, body building and weight lifting and MMA has never been more popular than today.
im not talking about a wrestling match, im talking about Jason being intimidated by someone and taking a set back to assess the situation before he tries to kill someone. a scene where Jason is actually scared for his life. put Jason up against someone 6′8″ and weighing 320lbs of muscle. now that would be a great fight/death scene, even if Jason beats him.
so say Jason does beat him, this is how i picture the after fight……..after the fight to the death, Jason rises to one knee slowly before finally standing, blood steadily dripping from under his mask. out of breath, Jason grabs his side in pain as he is barreled over in pain, suffering from several broken ribs. Jason goes over to pick up his machete that knocked out of his hands at the start of the fight and in picking it up, he takes one final look at the lifeless body laying on the ground that almost got the best of him. Jason then slips away in the shadows of the forest to mend to his wounds and becomes even more determined and zeroed in on killing anything and anyone that enters his woods………..
from David: I’ve actually wanted to see a scene where Jason chases kids through a club. I thought Jason Takes Manhattan should have had a scene like that where he is after the kids and the club music is playing and then he just starts hacking away at everyone in the club while trying to get to his intended prey.
That would off been one off the best seens off any F13TH!!!
Thats kind of hard. Jasons done so many different kills with so many different weapons over the years. But Ive had this idea for FT13th part 2. After the events in the remake, Jasons become kind of like a fugitive as the FBI is looking for Him. All the disapperances are starting to make people wonder whats going on. Of course at the beginning Clay and Whitney die, or maybe just Clay because I remember reading an article awhile back where Jared Padelecki said Hed return for part 2 only if His character dies. So maybe keeping Whitney alive would be cool for the story, since Shes the only one thats seen Jason and lives. Maybe the FBI might need Her help. And also I would have the old lady return, in a weird way Shes almost like the prophet of doom in the remake. Shes not as looney as Crazy Ralph or Abel, but She knows more about Jason than others. I would make Her Jasons Grandmother or Aunt. And one by one the FBI agents will fall at the hands of Jason. He of course still has His hunting skills from the remake so hes one step ahead of them all. And now for My death scene. I think it would be cool if one of the agents is as tough as nails, kind of has the martial art abilities of Jackie Chan or someone cool like that. And Jason and the agent get into an ultimate battle. Not like Condor in Jason X, that was weak. The fight goes on longer than You usually see in a FT13th film, kind of like the battle of Jason and Steven Freeman in JGTH. But this scene is just ultimate. This guy actually gives Jason a run for His money, but much like any FT13th film Jason does win. First He rips off the agents arms, legs, and then pulls His head off. And towards the end of their battle, Jason gets more pissed off. Thats just a piece of my vision for a sequal. Maybe it might not sit well with some. But it beats the hell out of the snow idea. The Thing has already been done.
Here are some cool death ideas:
Jason puts two throwing darts between his fingers, then in one move, he punches his victim in the eyes.
Jason stabs someone with his machete turned sideways. Then, he rips the blade out of the side of their body. Then, he breaks the person in half over his knee.
Those would be cool.
ok here is mines.
Death #1 motor boat with skier, jason kills the driver and the ropes on the water skier tangles around thier neck then get caught in the propeller reeling them in like a fish head first into the propeller blade. the blade rips into their head and face as the body pull closer and closer into the blades.
Death #2 guy in a truck or car passengers seat is impaled through the top of the roof with a spear, the spear enters top of his head through entire body and exits through his asshole and stabbing through the bottom of the vehicle.
Death #3 a couple fucking gets impaled with a huge metal anchor.
Death #4 or a variation of above, couple fucking in bed with their perverted friend hiding under their bed watching them in the mirror. Jason sneaks in and spears the couple like in Part 2, but also spears a bonus body of the guy hiding under the bed!
Death #5 girl with obvious breast implants hops into a steaming shower, the steam is so thick she doesn’t see Jason behind her. Jason emerges into view behind her and shoves huge hedge clippers through her back exiting through her silicone breasts, Silicone and blood oozes out of the wounds as her body is lifted in to the air. Jason them rams her head first into the shower head. The shower head enters her open mouth and explodes out of the back of her head in a shower of water and blood.
Death #6 A guy is microwaving a hotdog in the microwave oven. He is drunk and is staring into the window of the oven watching his weiner cook and bubble. Jason appears out of nowhere and shoves the guys head through the glass of the microwave, his head is cooking from within…then pop!!! His head explodes!
Death #7 Fat guy is eating huge plate of spaghetti at the dinner table alone, Jason snaps his head back and rips open his throat with a butcher knife just as he takes a huge mouthful of food. Blood and spaghetti ooze out of his torn open neck! His head plops onto the heaping plate of spaghetti.
Death #8 Guy with bad heart sees Jason is about to kill him and drops dead from fright. Jason confused looks at the man with his head tiltled then walks away.
Vickie and Mark getting it on.Jason comes in with a pichfork.Sticks it in Vickie and leaves Mark for desert.
Jason takes a shovel, put the shovel into the victim’s mouth, and with pressing with the foot, slash in two parts the face.
I want jason to beat sum1 to death with his mask.
The only one of your ideas so far that’s any good is the first one. Catpain Subtext, good idea. Every other idea is horrible. Keep it simple. Keep it real. No crazy shit. Your ideas are like Jason X part 2 SHIT!!
Hey mines simple. I wanted mine to be in the remake. Instead of jason finding the mask after he killed the hick. I wanted him to wrestle the hick to the ground or something like that jason sees the mask and he grabs it and bashes the hicks skull in with the mask, perhaps causing a crack in the mask
These are all awesome! Honestly, if there was something in the snow I agree that the steam of breaths should be played well. Possibly someone in the woods playing “hide and sneek” or a snowball fight or something. Their breath looks normal at first but as Jason comes next to him/her their breath deflects off his mask, its so subtle. I just think it’d be awesome, then he could maybe (extreme maybe) suffocate someone with snow. I guess “Drown” is more the term haha.
This is a little tribute to part 7.
A guy is standing in a barn. It’s all dark and really quiet. Suddenly he hears the sound of a chainsaw starting. Then jason appears out of the shadows with the chainsaw held up in the air. The guy runs to the back of the barn, hiding from jason. He can hear jason coming closer by the sound of the chainsaw. Suddenly, jason pops out in front off him, sending the chainsaw sideways, halfway trough the stomach when the motor stops. The guy isn’t dead yet and is screaming in pain. Jason then grabs a nearby machete and shoves the machete to the side off the head.
I want jason to be unessesarly brutal. I want him to tackle people, and just swing his machete frantically at ppl, more than he does. I want lots of blood. Thumbs in eyes. I want him to pick sum1 up by the feet and rip disembowl that person with a knife or something. Kick teeth out. shove a stick down sumones throat. When teens r bangin I want jason to run up behind whosever on top and cut that person in half from the ribs. Then the bottem run and jump onto their face and crush it. Ide like to see jason break someones limbs all of them and then throw them into a lake so they can’t swim All in all I want jason to be even faster and meaner more brutal. And ide like to hear more noise come from him, like grunting loudly. You can’t scare people anymore with choking and non gory stuff. At least you can’t with jason. The full camera view kills I agree with tho, its more effective if you can see the whole thing. I want to see sum crazy snow kills. Smashing sumones head in with ice. Cutting sumones throat while drowning them on the hole in the ice, its hard to explain what I mean. I could go on but I won’t. <3
The ultimate death scene would be jason doin a curb stomp to someones head, if that doesnt work then he does a predator move and skins them alive and sets the skin on the floor of one of the cabins like a throw rug. Damn im good, hire me and u guys would have the best f13 remake ever.