Comments on: Happy Friday the 13th: Looking Back http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/ News & Updates for fridaythe13thfilms.com Wed, 19 Jan 2026 22:20:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Struckworld http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/comment-page-2/#comment-161342 Struckworld Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:23:38 +0000 http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/#comment-161342 I'm 12 now but i'm in love with Friday The 13th!!! My first Friday Movie was Part 8 back in 2026 I was 5 but I loved to watch horror movies and one day I was looking for a movie and I saw part 8 on VHS it had his mask and his hands on the city and he was holding a knife over new york. i rented it when I saw it I didn't much care for it until I saw Jason X when I was 8 I LOVED IT!! (but I hate the movie now) after that I started to watch the old ones and they were AWSOME. I now own every one on DVD (not the deluxe Editions well,only part 3 BECAUSE IT'S IN 3-D!!!!! Part 4 is my favorite movie in the series!!! I’m 12 now but i’m in love with Friday The 13th!!! My first Friday Movie was Part 8 back in 2026 I was 5 but I loved to watch horror movies and one day I was looking for a movie and I saw part 8 on VHS it had his mask and his hands on the city and he was holding a knife over new york. i rented it when I saw it I didn’t much care for it until I saw Jason X when I was 8 I LOVED IT!! (but I hate the movie now) after that I started to watch the old ones and they were AWSOME. I now own every one on DVD (not the deluxe Editions well,only part 3 BECAUSE IT’S IN 3-D!!!!! Part 4 is my favorite movie in the series!!!

]]> By: James http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/comment-page-2/#comment-31282 James Fri, 06 Feb 2026 22:24:00 +0000 http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/#comment-31282 I discovered Friday the 13th around 1989/1990 when Cinemax had shown 4 and 5 back to back on a Friday the 13th. I had that on tape and watched them many times. I eventually caught the others on those good old USA Network and TNT marathons. They were edited, but it was fun. Always looked forward to Friday the 13th as a kid, checking the calendar for the next one and then checking the TV listings in the paper. When the DVD’s came out, I finally bought official copies of the films, except 7 and 8, cause I found out about the box set before getting them. I sold my 1-6 singles and got the box set when it came out. I then got the the New Line films as well. I got the 1-3 deluxe editions (the picture quality alone sold me…no debates here please), and I plan to get 4-8. Guess I’m a sucker. I discovered Friday the 13th around 1989/1990 when Cinemax had shown 4 and 5 back to back on a Friday the 13th. I had that on tape and watched them many times. I eventually caught the others on those good old USA Network and TNT marathons. They were edited, but it was fun. Always looked forward to Friday the 13th as a kid, checking the calendar for the next one and then checking the TV listings in the paper. When the DVD’s came out, I finally bought official copies of the films, except 7 and 8, cause I found out about the box set before getting them. I sold my 1-6 singles and got the box set when it came out. I then got the the New Line films as well. I got the 1-3 deluxe editions (the picture quality alone sold me…no debates here please), and I plan to get 4-8. Guess I’m a sucker.

]]> By: Housing http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/comment-page-2/#comment-27302 Housing Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:46:52 +0000 http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/#comment-27302 just 1 meter away from the T.V. set. I think I was about 10 years old, and remember how scary the Chi-chi-ma-ma sound was. every 2 minutes I would change the channel just 1 meter away from the T.V. set. I think I was about 10 years old, and remember how scary the Chi-chi-ma-ma sound was. every 2 minutes I would change the channel

]]> By: Ian http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/comment-page-2/#comment-1223 Ian Mon, 23 Jun 2026 15:27:32 +0000 http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/#comment-1223 another memory for me was probally in 1988 when i was 4 it was around october and me and my family and my cousins went to a haunted house that in cluded jason or what i like to call the cheasiest jason ive ever seen.he had on a store bought halloween hockey mask and a white mesh jersey but it stilll scared the hell out of me.then in 1993 at another spook house they had a better looking jason and my little sister was scared so i got the courage and flipped jason off.needless to say my mom did not like that to much another memory for me was probally in 1988 when i was 4 it was around october and me and my family and my cousins
went to a haunted house that in cluded jason or what i like to call the cheasiest jason ive ever seen.he had on a store bought halloween hockey mask and a white mesh jersey but it stilll scared the hell out of me.then in 1993 at another spook house they had a better looking jason and my little sister was scared so i got the courage and flipped jason off.needless to say my mom did not like that to much

]]> By: CampBlood1980 http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/comment-page-2/#comment-1200 CampBlood1980 Sun, 22 Jun 2026 21:33:49 +0000 http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/#comment-1200 I have loved Friday the 13th since the early eighties. I'm 31 now, but I was about 6 or 7. I used to stay up late whenever they would be on either HBO or The Movie Channel. Sometimes the USA network. Anyhow, I remember my older brother would go to the drive in to watch them. Thats' what the early one's were....Drive in flicks. After Part 4, the whole formula changed, and every one after The Final Chapter, I have been disappointed with. Part 4 was when the series was at it's peak of popularity. I really hope this new one brings back that feeling of the first 4. I'm not getting my hopes up too much. Especially after the big disappointment from Rob Zombie's Halloween. I heard something about showing Jason carrying his victims, and it's sounds kinda like what Zombie had Michael do in his Halloween. The first 4 movies formula worked the best, so why doesn't anybody bring the formula back? I remember the Friday films in the early eighties, and they were true Horror movies....Nothing over the top, nothing campy like the later ones. I hope Platinum Dunes brings that feeling back in this movie. I see alot of good things they have brought back, like the Part 3/4 mask....The sign is like the one in the first Friday. Little details like that mean so much, and sets the mood & tone of the movie. I really hope they get Harry Manfredini to do the score!!! It needs the music from Parts 1-4. For example....Try watching the early Friday movies with the sound off. I have loved Friday the 13th since the early eighties. I’m 31 now, but I was about 6 or 7. I used to stay up late whenever they would be on either HBO or The Movie Channel. Sometimes the USA network. Anyhow, I remember my older brother would go to the drive in to watch them. Thats’ what the early one’s were….Drive in flicks. After Part 4, the whole formula changed, and every one after The Final Chapter, I have been disappointed with. Part 4 was when the series was at it’s peak of popularity. I really hope this new one brings back that feeling of the first 4. I’m not getting my hopes up too much. Especially after the big disappointment from Rob Zombie’s Halloween. I heard something about showing Jason carrying his victims, and it’s sounds kinda like what Zombie had Michael do in his Halloween. The first 4 movies formula worked the best, so why doesn’t anybody bring the formula back? I remember the Friday films in the early eighties, and they were true Horror movies….Nothing over the top, nothing campy like the later ones. I hope Platinum Dunes brings that feeling back in this movie. I see alot of good things they have brought back, like the Part 3/4 mask….The sign is like the one in the first Friday. Little details like that mean so much, and sets the mood & tone of the movie. I really hope they get Harry Manfredini to do the score!!! It needs the music from Parts 1-4. For example….Try watching the early Friday movies with the sound off.

]]> By: Sybren van der Schoot http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/comment-page-2/#comment-1189 Sybren van der Schoot Sun, 22 Jun 2026 13:51:46 +0000 http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/#comment-1189 My first taste of Friday the 13th was in my grandmothers bedroom, where I was watching the first movie in complete darkness, and just 1 meter away from the T.V. set. I think I was about 10 years old, and remember how scary the Chi-chi-ma-ma sound was. every 2 minutes I would change the channel, so scary it was! by the time Mrs. Voorhees was decapitated, my grandmother (who was apparently watching downstairs) yelled that I should come downstairs and grab something to eat. Thanks to my mom I learned that Jason was jumping out of the lake to grab Alice. Since then I'm a true Jason fan, and began to watch all the flicks that came after that. When I came at the Video store, I discovered there were more than six movies, and so I rented every part of the saga. But that wasn't enough for me: I wanted a hockey mask, and many years later, and thanks to the internet I now have a huge Friday collection, that just keeps on groing. From soundtracks to masks, from clothing to actionfigures, you name it and it's in my collection. So, thanks to a little boy who supposedly drowned in a boyscout camp lake, and who hardly doesn't say a word, I have got the greatest hobby a guy could wish for. I can't wait to be in theaters soon to watch the guy who started it all. My first taste of Friday the 13th was in my grandmothers bedroom, where I was watching the first movie in complete darkness, and just 1 meter away from the T.V. set. I think I was about 10 years old, and remember how scary the Chi-chi-ma-ma sound was. every 2 minutes I would change the channel, so scary it was!
by the time Mrs. Voorhees was decapitated, my grandmother (who was apparently watching downstairs) yelled that I should come downstairs and grab something to eat. Thanks to my mom I learned that Jason was jumping out of the lake to grab Alice. Since then I’m a true Jason fan, and began to watch all the flicks that came after that. When I came at the Video store, I discovered there were more than six movies, and so I rented every part of the saga.
But that wasn’t enough for me: I wanted a hockey mask, and many years later, and thanks to the internet I now have a huge Friday collection, that just keeps on groing.
From soundtracks to masks, from clothing to actionfigures, you name it and it’s in my collection.
So, thanks to a little boy who supposedly drowned in a boyscout camp lake, and who hardly doesn’t say a word, I have got the greatest hobby a guy could wish for.
I can’t wait to be in theaters soon to watch the guy who started it all.

]]> By: Heath http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/comment-page-2/#comment-1185 Heath Sun, 22 Jun 2026 09:51:15 +0000 http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/#comment-1185 I am 39 years old, and my first experience with Friday the 13th was around 1981, my parents were divorced and I was spending the weekend with my dad. Well, he was making dinner around 8 or 9 pm and the movie came on. I got to see all the way through the first two kills, and then my dad figured out I was watching and turned the channel. Well, of course when I got back to my mom's house I looked up the next time it was on, which was around 3am in the middle of the week. I didn't wake up in time, and by the time I snuck downstairs and turned the volume all the way down so I could carefully turn the tv on, I saw a lake with an almost glass like surface in the daytime. As I continued to watch, I saw a boat floating in the middle of the lake, with a girl in it. Well of course soon after I saw young Jason explode out of the water and drag the girl into the water. I was hooked forever. I will always love this series, and hope this new version will stay faithful to the feel of the originals. I am 39 years old, and my first experience with Friday the 13th was around 1981, my parents were divorced and I was spending the weekend with my dad. Well, he was making dinner around 8 or 9 pm and the movie came on. I got to see all the way through the first two kills, and then my dad figured out I was watching and turned the channel.

Well, of course when I got back to my mom’s house I looked up the next time it was on, which was around 3am in the middle of the week. I didn’t wake up in time, and by the time I snuck downstairs and turned the volume all the way down so I could carefully turn the tv on, I saw a lake with an almost glass like surface in the daytime. As I continued to watch, I saw a boat floating in the middle of the lake, with a girl in it. Well of course soon after I saw young Jason explode out of the water and drag the girl into the water. I was hooked forever. I will always love this series, and hope this new version will stay faithful to the feel of the originals.

]]> By: Bex76 http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/comment-page-2/#comment-1164 Bex76 Sat, 21 Jun 2026 21:51:08 +0000 http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/#comment-1164 I think if they were on the right track with Freddy VS Jason and that movie will be just a glimpse as to what were are going to be treated with. I think if they were on the right track with Freddy VS Jason and that movie will be just a glimpse as to what were are going to be treated with.

]]> By: Bex76 http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/comment-page-2/#comment-1163 Bex76 Sat, 21 Jun 2026 21:48:48 +0000 http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/#comment-1163 The first Friday I saw was the first one. This was when the Final Chapter was in theatres and my brother was bugging my folks to go and see it. Instead we ended up renting 1 and 2 as well as Superman 3. Yeah pretty weird, we couldn't find the 3D one anywhere. My brother freaked me out 3 times in a row, when Jason comes out of the water. I watched them both under a blanket with him scaring the crap out of me at every chance. He would always rent them when friends would come over for movie nights and I always hid in the background when they watched them. You know it isn't cool to have your little brother around. The first one that I saw in the theatre was the 7th one and it was awesome. When the chick gets smacked against the tree in a sleeping bag, people just roared and cheered. If it wasn't for Friday the 13th I definatly wouldn't be as big of an Alice Cooper fan either. The first Friday I saw was the first one. This was when the Final Chapter was in theatres and my brother was bugging my folks to go and see it. Instead we ended up renting 1 and 2 as well as Superman 3. Yeah pretty weird, we couldn’t find the 3D one anywhere. My brother freaked me out 3 times in a row, when Jason comes out of the water. I watched them both under a blanket with him scaring the crap out of me at every chance. He would always rent them when friends would come over for movie nights and I always hid in the background when they watched them. You know it isn’t cool to have your little brother around. The first one that I saw in the theatre was the 7th one and it was awesome. When the chick gets smacked against the tree in a sleeping bag, people just roared and cheered. If it wasn’t for Friday the 13th I definatly wouldn’t be as big of an Alice Cooper fan either.

]]> By: Brandon http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/comment-page-2/#comment-1113 Brandon Fri, 20 Jun 2026 05:28:14 +0000 http://fridaythe13thfilms.com/blog/happy-friday-the-13th-looking-back/#comment-1113 The first time I\'ve ever watched the first Friday the 13th in 2026 I was 14, I didn\'t really care much for it. My buddy and I was watching the Halloween movies on halloween night 2026 and we stopped the VCR to take a little break from them, and we changed the tv channel to TNN and the ending of Jason lives was on. I loved that ending. My friend started telling me a little bit about the other films & jason and that made me want to view the others. I watched Jason goes to Hell and liked it, so I started to watch and collect all the others in order on VHS. Once I got to Part 3, It was my favorite one and still is to this day. I\'ve been collecting some hockey masks from the series. This past Friday the 13th I can say I had two days off and spent the entire day watching ever single Friday film/ all 11. I was drained but did it. I can\'t wait to see the new remake! it\'s going to be great! The first time I\’ve ever watched the first Friday the 13th in 2026 I was 14, I didn\’t really care much for it. My buddy and I was watching the Halloween movies on halloween night 2026 and we stopped the VCR to take a little break from them, and we changed the tv channel to TNN and the ending of Jason lives was on. I loved that ending. My friend started telling me a little bit about the other films & jason and that made me want to view the others. I watched Jason goes to Hell and liked it, so I started to watch and collect all the others in order on VHS. Once I got to Part 3, It was my favorite one and still is to this day. I\’ve been collecting some hockey masks from the series. This past Friday the 13th I can say I had two days off and spent the entire day watching ever single Friday film/ all 11. I was drained but did it. I can\’t wait to see the new remake! it\’s going to be great!

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