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So, now we have completed our Production Crew Challenge. The results overwhelming show that the fans truly think that the original movie and The Final Chapter are the definitive movies in the franchise, and rightfully so. I have always thought that the original started the concept and each movie that proceeded it slowly progressed the formula [...]

VOTING IS CLOSED
Well, we have come to the end of the Production Crew Challenge. Thus far, we have created the definitive production of Friday the 13th. Thanks to those people who commented the past two days on what they would like to see as the final component of the production. I even received some emails, [...]

I can’t say that I was too surprised to see the results for this part of the production. There are a lot of talented effects people and companies involved in the series and it was interesting to see where the votes went. I was, however, surprised by the low turnout of voting. I suppose our [...]

There have been some truly spectacular makeup effects that have been created throughout the 30 years of Friday the 13th. Everyone has their favorite artist or company. Tom Savini is a popular choice because his work helped set the tone for all other movies in the series. However, I do want everyone to look at [...]

Last week our visitors came out and supported their favorite writers on the franchise. The votes were spread out mainly for four writers, but in the end, there can be only one. At first I thought that our ultimate Friday the 13th movie would be a majority of people and companies from the original, but [...]

We took a week off with the Challenge as the previous week’s challenge, Production Companies, was extended. Now, we are back with the next piece of the ultimate Friday the 13th movie. Sifting through the writers in the franchise turned out to be a little more complicated than just putting a single name to a [...]

Aside from my little snafu, we had a great response for picking our production company. It seems like we are heading for an almost all Friday the 13th 1980 crew. I hope that we are able to mix in more elements from later installments like Joesph Zito from The Final Chapter. However, it is all [...]

UPDATE: A HUGE ERROR ON MY PART WAS POINTED OUT TO ME AND NOW WE HAVE A DILEMNA. THE FINAL CHAPTER AND A NEW BEGINNING DID INDEED HAVE PRODUCTION COMPANIES. I AM GOING TO EXTEND THE VOTING THROUGH TO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. FEEL FREE TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE IF NECESSARY.
With the reboot almost [...]

Well, the overwhelming majority ruled on this weeks challenge, however, there was an unusually low amount of votes this go-around. I’m hoping that had to do with what was being voted on this time. Anyways, thanks to those who voted and the upcoming week’s challenge should be a good one!
Voting Results for The Composers
Harry Manfredini:  [...]

Now, I am sure that many of you will see this and think to yourself, why are we even bothering to vote. Well, there were similar instances, like this one, where it may seem blatantly obvious who should win. However, there are people who may think differently than the majority and should have an opportunity [...]

A very close vote between two directors in the franchise. In essence, this had the look of a four director race between McLoughlin, Zito, Miner and Cunningham. There was a very narrow margin of victory here, but I don’t think too many fans will be disappointed. I really thought more votes would have gone for [...]

Well, now we get to a vote that can go a lot of different ways. So many movies and stories within the franchise that were told and each director made their movie their own. Which of these directors would you like to direct the ultimate Friday the 13th movie?
Sean Cunningham – Friday the 13th (1980)
Working with [...]

To start off this new challenge, I figured I had to get one of the two easier production areas out of the way. Now, I am sure some wondered why even bother with having people vote on the distributor as most people were going to pick Paramount. That being said, I always have to give [...]

The Distributor
Every motion picture needs a distributor to get play dates and showtimes in theaters. For distribution in the United States and most of the rest of the world, Friday the 13th has been lucky enough to have only a couple of distributors handle the release of the franchise. Many other horror franchises through theater [...]

Starting on January 5th, visitors to this website will be able to voice their opinion once again and vote on what they think is the best in the franchise. The new challenge will give you the ability to vote on what you think would be the best crew to make and distribute the ultimate Friday [...]

I know a lot of people have commented on this finale. Some are confused on if we are voting now between these two characters to determine our overall favorite. Not at all. You voted on your favorite character, which is now Mrs. Voorhees. Everyone voted seperately on the favorite Jason so to set up a [...]

As I mentioned last week, it has been a lot of fun preparing this entire bracket challenge since July. I am glad so many people participated and engaged in conversation about the franchise. There have been a number of visitors that have been, shall I say, unproductive to the discussions, but that didn’t keep visitors [...]

Both matchups this week were very close. I thought at one point that both might end in a tie. Thankfully, that did not happen. I also wanted to mention to certain visitors that I think that it was pretty poor of you to post under different names and vote multiple times to try to taint the [...]

Well, here it is. The showdown that many have predicted would happen many, many weeks ago. This could go either way. Mrs. Voorhees could whip Ginny real good, or Ginny could use her Jedi mind tricks on Mrs. Voorhees. Can a child psychology major really get into a saddened mother’s head? That’s for you the [...]