I have been waiting patiently for the guys at Pit of Horror and the organisers of the Texas Fearfest conventions to announce their big Halloween update. And now you will not be disappointed as the one and only Steve Miner will be in attendance!! He has never before appeared at a con or graced any of the DVD releases. Now, he will be at the reunion to answer all of the fans questions. HUGE, and I mean HUGE guest for all fans of the franchise.

Other directors announced are John Carl Buechler and Tom McLoughlin which are some of the coolest guys around and great to talk to about movies. Other highlights include the entire schedule of Friday films being shown, including Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3-D!! Check out the entire update from the the official website, http://www.fridaythe30th.com/

Steve Miner (F13th 2 & 3) *first con* *FRIDAY & SATURDAY ONLY*
Tom McLoughlin (Jason Lives) *first con*
John Carl Buechler (New Blood)

We are sure you will agree that this alone is great for the show, however, it doesn’t stop there! Also appearing:

Robbi Morgan (F13th 1980)
Harry Crosby (F13th 1980) *first con*
Tiffany Helm (F13th 5) *first con*
Nancy McLoughlin (Jason Lives) *First con*
Derek Mears (Jason Voorhees – F13th remake and F13th part 2)
Chris Carnel (Stunt coordinator F13th remake, also the miner in My Bloody Valentine remake)
Arlen Escarpeta (F13th remake)
America Olivo (F13th remake)

Not only amazing guest additions, but also screening information as follows!!!

Friday Night Frights presents “The Paramount era on the big screen” (dusk to 2am on the pavilion, right outside of the convention center)

Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th part 2
Friday the 13th 3-D
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Saturday Evening – (prior to Fear Jam)

Friday the 13th 6: Jason Lives
Friday the 13th 7: The New Blood
Friday the 13th 8: Jason Takes Manhattan

All screenings will have a short intro by the director and or cast members, but no Q & A sessions will take place due to time constraints. We will literally have to screen each film, back to back.

Jason Goes to Hell, Jason X, Freddy vs Jason, and the Friday the 13th remake will all be screened (with celebrity appearances) at various points throughout the weekend in screening room A & B.

This is already the ultimate Friday the 13th event… and we have so much more to organise! if you are a fan, you need to attend!”

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.

Yes, we’re a FRIDAY THE 13TH site, but HIS NAME WAS JASON was all kinds of rock, so now that the same creative team are back to conquer Freddy-land, I felt I had to chime in with a show of support. Besides, you just know it’ll be touching on FREDDY VS JASON, though it’ll be from the rarer vantage point of Jason guesting in a NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST instead of the oft-discussed other way around. Read on!

Members of the creative team behind His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th have joined forces once again to bring horror fans the ultimate tribute to yet another landmark slasher series, A Nightmare on Elm Street.

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy officially began lensing on August 22, 2009, in and around Los Angeles. Starring and narrated by Heather Langenkamp, star of the 1984 classic A Nightmare on Elm Street and two of its sequels (1986’s Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and 1994’s Wes Craven’s New Nightmare), this thrilling 90-minute retrospective promises to be the definitive look at the making of the iconic horror series and the enduring legacy of its wise-cracking, razor-gloved villain: the indefatigable “bastard son of a hundred maniacs” known as Freddy Krueger.

For a quarter century Freddy has slashed his way through the nightmares of two generations of movie-goers in one of the most artful, spectacular, and terrifying film franchises in motion picture history. To characterize the Nightmare on Elm Street series as a modern cultural phenomenon would be a gross understatement. To date, the eight (soon to be nine) Elm Street films have scared up well over half a billion dollars in box office receipts in the U.S. alone, launching the careers of such Hollywood luminaries as Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption), Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2), Patricia Arquette (”Medium”), Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential), and even Johnny Depp.

Little did Freddy’s “father“, veteran writer/director Wes Craven, know that his terrifying, child-killing creation would go on to become a cult hero and spawn his very own cottage industry. Today Freddy is practically a household name, with his burned visage, trademark fedora, and red and green sweater appearing on everything from T-shirts to video games to action figures to comic books (Freddy was even the star of his own weekly television series!). It’s safe to say that Freddy Krueger may never rest in peace – nor should he – since his fans keep clamoring for more. Even Newsweek called him “The most popular cinematic maniac since Darth Vader.”

“Freddy is like the ‘unholy spirit’ in the trinity of modern monsters alongside Jason from Friday the 13th and Michael Myers from Halloween,” says co-director and producer Daniel Farrands, who previously helmed the documentary His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th and produced the 2009 Deluxe Editions of the Friday the 13th films for Paramount Home Entertainment. A veteran of the horror genre, Farrands most recently served as a producer of the hit supernatural thriller The Haunting in Connecticut, which has grossed nearly $80 million worldwide. “Freddy and the Nightmare films are icons of our generation, and our documentary will revisit the franchise in an exciting new way that will be respectful to the fans and to the films themselves,” assures Farrands.

Co-director and editor Andrew Kasch (Thirsty) concurs, “The Nightmare series has long been regarded as the most high-brow and creative of the mega horror franchises, so our goal is to make a film that reflects those qualities. While His Name Was Jason was campy and off-the-wall, this documentary will offer a serious chronological account of the creative process – the hardships and triumphs behind one of Hollywood’s most iconic characters. Above all else, this is not a fluff or promotional piece for the upcoming remake but rather will focus on the original series of films that began with Wes Craven’s 1984 classic.”

“The Nightmare franchise has had such a huge impact on the genre and its fans and is truly an important piece of horror history,” adds producer/co-writer Thommy Hutson (His Name Was Jason, Prank). “These films proved that horror could be both terrifying and dramatic, thrilling and groundbreaking. And that’s why we’re so thrilled to bring fans an extensive behind-the-scenes look into Freddy Krueger’s hallucinogenic world like never before. It’s a way of paying tribute to Wes Craven’s original vision which has inspired so many of us … and given us a few really good nightmares, too.”

In addition to the exhaustive feature-length documentary, the two-disc DVD release of Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy will feature over four hours of nightmare-inducing extras, including the original documentary I Am Nancy, written, produced and directed by star Heather Langenkamp, which looks back at the last 25 years since her debut as heroine Nancy Thompson and examines the impact of the Elm Street films on young people’s lives.

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy will be released in the spring of 2010.

Update – Trailer Added!

Source: Dread Central

I was recently interviewed by UK’s SciFiNow Magazine for #32, now on sale. In it I flash my Jason geek badge, heap praise on the people that have made this site what is is throughout past and present, and generally try not to sound like too much of a jackass. Of particular interest to readers of this joint was an announcement I made about launching a Friday The 13th Message Board.

Stay tuned…

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We first told you about FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE STORM back in Feb, now watch it right here!

Jason Voorhees rampages through a family’s home during a powerful thunder storm in this Friday the 13th tribute film shot in HD.

For mature audiences only; features extreme violence, nudity and language.

Approx. runtime: 14 mins.