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Documentary that'll satisfy Friday the 13th fans
While the boxset that was released containing the first eight Friday the 13th movies had some worthy bonus stuff on that disc, but with this documentary takes what was on that disc and takes it a step further. Pretty much all you may ever wanted to know about the whole franchise is right here in this 2 disc set with a feature documentary about the movies that you may have wanted to know about. Not only that you'll see how this franchise changed the way that some of us look at the entire horror genre. Whoever thought that a guy in a hockey mask would have such a impact on people across the world and never would've thought all this would go as far as video game, lunch boxes, to action figures to even a part of Universal Studios. If you think that the documentary that is all in here, there's a lot of stuff that is here that will keep you busy for at least a good 4+ hours looking at everything that has come about since the beginning of the original movie. I give this documentary and everything in it a 4.5 stars out of 5.Great Friday the 13th Documentary!
This is the semi-definitive documentary on the Friday the 13th series of horror films. It goes chronologically through the various films, giving insights into the films, actors, direction, special effects, etc.
Truly, the 2-disc release of the documentary + extra features is the one to get.
If you like this DVD, you'll probably also like the other similar documentaries: Halloween: 25 Years of Terror and Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, both of which come highly recommended to horror aficionados. Or yo might also like the retrospective book: Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday The 13th.His Name Was Jason:30 years of Friday the 13th
His Name Was Jason:30 years of Friday the 13th.
Great documentary on Jason,cast,players throughout the years. A look back at all the sequels,the directors,jason's,stories."Great Friday Set!"
I've always liked the "Friday the 13th" films and so glad
to have this great set that has everything you want to
know about the franchise including many interviews and
more. Definitely add this to your horror collection.FRIDAY THE 13TH, Halleujah!
This documentary is one of my favorites next to MONSTER SQUAD: FOREVER, THRILL ME! MAKING NIGHT OF THE CREEPS, BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE and HALLOWEEN: 25 YEARS OF TERROR. This documentary has a fine share of cast members from the franchise, some of the writers, some of the directors and some hardcore fans. The list includes:
Betsy Palmer
Tom Savini
Victor Miller
James D. Rolfe (a.k.a. Angry Video Game Nerd from YouTube and [...])
Mark Swift & Damien Shannon
Joe Zito
Kane Hodder
C.J. Graham
Warrington Gillette
Adam Marcus
and most of the cast and filmmakers of the movies
Worth viewing if you love these films. 5 out of 5 star rating!
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Jason Voorhees has carved his place into American pop culture and is one of the most recognizable cinematic killer in horror history. Now nearly, 30 years later, see how it all happened! With over 100 interviews with cast and crew, behind the scenes footage and dozen of film clips spanning the entire Friday the 13th series leading up to the 2/13/09 remake, there is no better way to get up close and personal with one of the most feared icons of our generation. Shut off the lights, lock up the cabin and get ready to learn all about a boy... His Name Was Jason.
HIS NAME WAS JASON: 30 YEARS OF FRIDAY THE 13TH is a two disc set loaded with over 4 hours of bonus material. This film is a behind the scenes look at the franchise that broke horror box office records and made Jason a pop culture icon. With over 80 interviews from the cast and crew of the Friday the 13th film franchise, including the new Friday the 13th film, these firsthand accounts of never-before-told stories and rare behind the scenes photographs offer the ultimate look at the history of FRIDAY THE 13TH!Amazon.com
"Jason has no expiration date," as someone observes in the exhaustive His Name was Jason, a touch-all-the-bases approach to chronicling horror's blankest killer. Yep, it's all too true. Timed to mark the 30th anniversary of the Friday the 13th franchise, but probably more to serve as publicity for the 2009 remake, His Name was Jason is a two-disc set containing the 90-minute title doc plus a bevy of shorter, themed extras. Jason gives a quick run-through of all the Friday the 13th installments, filled out with detailed analysis of Jason as a cultural phenomenon and copious memories from the various casts and crew. (The better-known actors who have passed through the series--namely Kevin Bacon, Corey Feldman, and Crispin Glover--aren't around for interviews.) Special-effects gore maestro Tom Savini's wry delivery guides us through the story, with a few newly-staged murders along the way. Extensive clips are used to illustrate the grisly single-mindedness of Jason's killing, and various directors, including franchise guru Sean S. Cunningham, weigh in on the heaviness of guiding the various episodes. It all seems surreally weird, in the light of the movies' general lousiness and the trashy elevation of the empty-vessel killer to icon status. The 90-minute documentary is just the beginning, it turns out: fans can delve deep into the nuances of life (and death) at Crystal Lake. A 45-minute featurette on the actors who played Jason fills out disc one, and a plethora of other shorts (most of them culled from the same interview sessions, this time without the supporting clips) crowd disc two. There's another hour and 20 minutes of stories from directors, and 30 minutes of screenwriter anecdotes. "Dragged from the Lake" gives light to some amusing discrepancies in the series, as well as detailing actress Adrienne King's horrifying experience with a stalker. Fourteen minutes of fan films give parodistic views of the Jason experience, and "Friday the 13th in 4 minutes" gives a tongue-in-cheek shorthand account of the entire saga. Director Joseph Zito and actor Erich Anderson re-visit the set of The Final Chapter, and actress Gloria Charles takes a tour of the deadly barn from Part 3. Shorter extras include a 5-minute Crystal Lake survival guide (i.e., interviewees reciting the worst mistakes you can make while in proximity to Jason), a quick trip to a Comic-Con, and a tour of Universal Studio's Friday the 13th horror house. Things round off with a funny bogus ad for the law offices of a character from Part 3, Shelly Finkelstein, the kid that introduced the hockey mask into the series. It's a lot of effort for a low point in horror history. --Robert Horton
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