September 16, 2015, 8:55 am
The new documentary
Smoke And Mirrors: The Story Of Tom Savini has been in development since 2011 and debuted a horror festival a few years ago. It is still looking for a wide release and to help further the cause, a brand new second trailer has been released showing off the history of one of the most influential make-up effect artists in the history of film.
Watch the trailer below and look for a release of this highly anticipated film in the near future.
About The DocumentaryThe first ever feature length documentary about the life and career of famed special makeup artist Tom Savini. Know as the “King of Splatter”, Tom’s work revolutionized an industry with such movies as FRIDAY the 13TH, CREEPSHOW, and DAWN OF THE DEAD. But these facts are misdirection, as the film delves into Tom’s personal triumphs and failings, revealing the man behind the mask.
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September 17, 2015, 8:54 am
Nitehawk Cinema is New York's original sit down theater screening eatery. As such, it contains a lot of cinema history and caters to those cinephiles that enjoy a night out enjoying film without the interruption of loud teens and other distractions. Well, coming this Halloween season, Nitehawk will be premiering their October Film Feast while showing the original franchise starter
Friday The 13th 1980!
Catering the feast is Meat Hook and they are offering a fun Friday The 13th themed menu for all to enjoy. Make your way out to this special event on Tuesday October 13th, 2015 and for more information, please visit
www.nitehawkcinema.com.
From Nitehawk CinemaFor our October Film Feast, Nitehawk is teaming up with some folks with blood on their hands, the butchers at The Meat Hook, for a five course meal that’s been stabbed, sliced, and seared like a misbehaving camp counselor.
MENU
“Frank’s Delicatessen Pork Roll Sandwich”
blood pork roll sandwich
Drink pairing: Milk and Honey On The Other Side – milk washed rye whiskey and fresh lemon, orange blossom honey syrup
“Snake Three Ways”
Meat Hook’s The Cougar, Long Dong Bud, and Lamb Gyro sausages
Drink pairing: Snake Bite and Black – Köstritzer Black Lager, dry English cider, Creme de Mure
“Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”
bacon wrapped Thai shrimp, Devils on horseback, bacon rillette on crostini, Meat Hook lamb bacon, tomato & bacon lettuce wrap, bacon jam on brioche
Drink pairing: Bloody Bacon – bacon infused Absolut Vodka, smoked house bloody mary mix
“Blackout”
butcher’s cut, roasted mushrooms, potato puree
Drink pairing: Blackout Punch – Bulldog Gin, basil and plum shrub, oleo saccharum, soda water
“Crystal Lake Granita”
coconut water and lime granita
Drink pairing: Water of Death – Death’s Door Gin, Eau de Vie Poire Williams, Lemon Juice, Champagne
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September 17, 2015, 11:32 am
The Friday The 13th Bracket Challenge puts the iconic characters of the franchise against one another in a elimination contest where fans vote on who wins and who loses.....their limbs. There will be two match-ups added to the website each week and fans can decide on who they would like to see advance to the next round by adding your vote in our Comments section below. Voting ends every Saturday with results posted every Sunday.
Results of the game can be tracked at our
Bracket Challenge Page at any time.
CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE REGIONROUND 2
Crazy Ralph is the town drunk and Prophet of Doom who warns visitors to Crystal Lake to stay away from the camp and surrounding area in
Friday The 13th 1980 and
Friday The 13th Part 2. He peddles around on his bicycle taking long recreational rides to the secluded camps for healthy living and conversation. Ralph also runs into Jason Voorhees and ultimately meets his own death while not heeding his own warnings.
As a child, Tommy Jarvis did something few before him accomplished, he killed Jason Voorhees. Now Tommy looks to end the killer's legacy for good in
Jason Lives: Friday The 13th Part 6. After suffering numerous psychotic breaks, our hero decides to dig up Jason's corpse from his grave to cremate him. Tommy wanted to stop his hallucinations, but created a whole new nightmare for Crystal Lake. He ultimately helps stop Jason once again, but at a steep price for the local residents.
Which one will win this knock down drag out fight? Make sure to vote in the Comments Section below!
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September 17, 2015, 2:14 pm
We had heard rumblings back in 2012 that Universal Studios' ultra popular Halloween Horror Nights attraction was seriously considering creating a
Freddy vs Jason themed maze. Unfortunately, the horror duo never made to seasonal event. Although I thought the California theme park would get the horror team-up, we all know now that the Florida destination will be bringing us the fight of the century!
Halloween Horror Nights 25 at the Universal Resort in Orlando, Florida begins September 18th and Freddy and Jason will force you to face your fears. Over at
Bloody Disgusting, they gave a short review of all of the haunted houses at the special event and broke down the
Freddy vs Jason house along with providing an image from the attraction (pictured above).
From Bloody DisgustingThe house begins with a trip through Camp Crystal Lake. Off the bat I was anxious because typically the first room in a house is small. But the Crystal Lake section starts off in a BIG room where Jason has a lot of places to pop out of. After walking through cabins, being egged on by Mrs. Voorhees, and being terrorized by a whole lotta Jasons, you enter Elm St.
From what they told us, this is the first time they’ve had a to-scale façade in the middle of a maze. Straight up, you walk up to 1428 Elm St. Two little girls playing jump rope deliver the first creep out in Freddy’s world. Then once you walk through the red door, all bets are off. You’re in Freddy’s nightmare. And yes, I scared the hell out of myself in the boiler room section. They had mirrors everywhere, man. I was so keyed up I looked in one, saw myself, and jumped. It happens!
The last third of the Freddy vs. Jason house is the actual rumble itself. Utilizing live actors and video, the house puts you in the ring with the two icons. Who wins? I won’t reveal that but it may not be the same ending for everyone. HHN is crafty like that.For more information about the attraction, check out the
Halloween Horror Nights website and watch the announcement video for Freddy vs Jason below.
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September 18, 2015, 6:38 am
Welcome to the
Return To Camp Blood Podcast! In the latest episode from our contributor Podcast series, hosts Chris Saunders, Eric Walford, Emory Maultsby and Jeremy Osborne discuss the possible relationship between Roy Burns and Tommy Jarvis in
Friday The 13th: A New Beginning. The crew introduces the notion of Roy and Tommy being partners and their thirst for killing!
After listening to this episode, make sure to visit the
Return To Camp Blood Podcast site to find out more about the show, and if you want to listen to even more Friday The 13th discussions, visit our
Podcast page where you can find other shows to feed your hunger for the franchise.
If you have any questions about this episode, please email the show at feedback@campbloodpodcast.com. For inquires about all Podcasts on this website, please email us at
podcasts@fridaythe13thfranchise.com.
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September 18, 2015, 7:45 am
As our readers and all Friday The 13th fans anxiously await the new film to be released in 2016, the one component of the pre-production that has me most excited for the new adventure of Jason Voorhees is director David Bruckner. I loved the film
The Signal (a film that Bruckner co-wrote and co-directed) and his segment of the anthology film
V/H/S titled "
Amateur Night" is by far my favorite part of that project. Now comes a review of a new anthology film titled
Southbound for which David directed a segment called "
Accident".
Collider is at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) and caught a screening of
Southbound for which the site is heaping tons of praise towards Bruckner's segment as the runaway hit of the film. The mention of how David builds tension before unleashing a gory and shocking ending has me completely sold on him to steer the ship of the Friday The 13th franchise.
From Colliderby Perri Nemiroff
AccidentThen, in the most seamless transition of the entire movie, we roll right into David Bruckner’s “Accident.” When Lucas (Mather Zickel) accidentally hits a woman with his car on a desolate highway, there’s no one who can help him. He’s got to save her himself.
This is the problem with anthology films. They need to work as a whole but there’s always a risk that one segment will be far superior to the others and in Southbound’s case, that segment is “Accident.” Not only does Bruckner’s mini-narrative get a good deal of momentum due to the way it connects to “Siren,” but it’s also a genius idea period. Thanks to a superb performance from Zickel, Bruckner builds an insane amount of tension through a mere phone call before launching into the more gruesome material which is undoubtedly one of the most wonderfully shocking sequences I’ve seen the entire festival.I thought it was important to mention David's latest accomplishment and show that the guy can deliver tense and shocking cinema. The only thing left to see is if he can translate that talent into a full feature length film, something his filmography has shown he has not tackled to this point.
Have you seen David's other work before? What did you think of his prior films and what do you expect him to bring to Friday The 13th?
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September 20, 2015, 5:34 pm
Many fans were disappointed that franchise composer Harry Manfredini did not return to the new Friday the 13th movie that was released in 2009. It is anyone's guess why he was not asked, but Platinum Dunes tends to go to Steve Jablonsky for all of their films. Harry has expressed many times his willingness to come back to the film franchise if he was asked.
In an interview conducted by Mark Morton in a few years back at
www.examiner.com, Harry discussed his evolution of composing going from the original
Friday The 13th to
Swamp Thing to
Deep Star Six to
Jason X and then to more recent movies like
The Mangled.
Read below to see what Harry had to say about rejoining the franchise and for the full article click on the website link above.
“Were you even approached to be involved with the remake?I think a lot of fans were asking for me, and I definitely would have done it if someone had asked me. But I think that the powers-that-be felt that it was going to be a whole new Jason. They didn’t even use Kane [Hodder] or the guy from Freddy vs. Jason [Ken Kirzinger]. They used somebody else completely, and they also went with a different composer [Brian Tyler].
Now, I haven’t seen the movie, nor do I know what the music sounds like. I was getting phone calls like crazy when it came out from people saying, “this is all screwed up,” “this doesn’t make any sense,” “Jason doesn’t run,” and whatever else bothered them. And they didn’t seem to like the music at all – at least the hardcore fans. I know there is a big push from a lot of fans to have me back for the new one next year. Like I said, I’d be more than happy to do it. I would have also been happy to do that last one, too! But those are things that are not in my control.”
Would you like to see Harry return to score the next Friday The 13th film? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
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September 21, 2015, 6:49 am
The Friday The 13th Bracket Challenge puts the iconic characters of the franchise against one another in a elimination contest where fans vote on who wins and who loses.....their limbs. There will be two match-ups added to the website each week and fans can decide on who they would like to see advance to the next round by adding your vote in our Comments section below. Voting ends every Saturday with results posted every Sunday.
Results of the game can be tracked at our
Bracket Challenge Page at any time.
CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE REGIONROUND 2
Megan Garris is the daughter of the Sheriff of Forest Green, formerly Crystal Lake, in
Jason Lives: Friday The 13th Part 6. She is smitten with Tommy Jarvis and goes out of her way to help him stop Jason Voorhees. Megan almost becomes a victim herself, but she takes matters into her own hands and puts a motor blade to Jason's face.
Axel Burns works at the Wessex County morgue and receives Jason Voorhees' presumed corpse in
Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter. His necrophilia was smothered only by his attempts to hook up with Nurse Morgan. Unfortunately, Jason Voorhees not only ruined his chance at Nurse Morgan, but he makes Axel pay for trying to get it on with Jason laying right next to him.
Which one will win this knock down drag out fight? Make sure to vote in the Comments Section below!
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September 21, 2015, 9:13 am
The window crash scene that happened late in
Friday the 13th Part 2 was a terrifying moment in horror cinema and Jason Voorhees' hideous face was shown for the first time in the history of the Friday movie franchise.
However, as a result of a retcon in the early part of
Friday the 13th Part 3, the window crash since has since been declared a nightmare scene and ultimately made Jason's face reveal unofficial.
In the view of
Watchmojo, Jason's face reveal in
Friday the 13th Part 3 is official and you can see how it fared in their chart of Top 10 Face Reveal Scenes in Movies in the video below.
About Friday The 13th Part 3From the people who brought you "Friday the 13th, Parts 1 and 2" comes the most hair-raising yet -- PART 3.
An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of naive counselors. Ignoring Camp Crystal Lake's bloody legacy, one by one they fall victim to the maniacal Jason who stalks them at every turn...
"Friday the 13th, Part 3" will have you frozen with fear, as Jason finds his way into your living room!
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September 22, 2015, 6:17 am
We had heard rumblings back in 2012 that Universal Studios' ultra popular Halloween Horror Nights attraction was seriously considering creating a
Freddy vs Jason themed maze. Unfortunately, the horror duo never made to seasonal event. Although I thought the California theme park would get the horror team-up, we all know now that the Florida destination will be bringing us the fight of the century!
Halloween Horror Nights 25 at the Universal Resort in Orlando, Florida began on September 18th and Freddy and Jason will force you to face your fears! The website
hhncrypt.com has gone through the new
Freddy vs Jason house and posted a great video of their excursion.
Watch the video below to get an idea of what you would be in for if you visit the attraction!
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September 22, 2015, 9:37 am
Well, it has been a few months since we have featured any new props or items on the website and we were just notified of something very cool that has surfaced.
Jason Lives: Friday The 13th Part VI is a big fan favorite within the franchise and we try to bring cool items to the fans when we are aware of them, so today we have the head cowl and hockey mask worn in the film!
The items seen in the images below belong to collector and fan Paul Wintner and he posted about them in the
Movie Props Facebook Group. Paul got these amazing items from Chris Swift who was a special effects artist on the film. The Jason Voorhees head cowl was screen matched to being used in the paintball scene in the film. The hockey mask is also matched to that scene as well as a bunch of other scenes in Jason Lives.
These items are amazing and would look great in any fan's collection. What do you think of the head cowl and hockey mask and what would you spend to have these?
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September 23, 2015, 6:08 am
The movie business can be very tricky with regard to reception from moviegoers and critics. A winning streak of hit movies can be halted by a single error in the form of a critical and/or commercial flop which could lead filmmakers to make hard adjustments or even end the film franchise.
Remember when
Superman III and IV ruined the Christopher Reeve-led Superman film franchise? How about
X-Men: The Last Stand ending up as the most brainless movie of its franchise at the time of its release? How about the terrible end of the
The Matrix film franchise?
In this countdown of
Watchmojo's Top 10 Films That Derailed The Franchise, the Friday the 13th film franchise unsurprisingly made the list. But to find out which Friday film qualified in the chart or how it fared with the others, watch this video now.
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September 24, 2015, 6:38 am
The Friday The 13th Bracket Challenge puts the iconic characters of the franchise against one another in a elimination contest where fans vote on who wins and who loses.....their limbs. There will be two match-ups added to the website each week and fans can decide on who they would like to see advance to the next round by adding your vote in our Comments section below. Voting ends every Saturday with results posted every Sunday.
Results of the game can be tracked at our
Bracket Challenge Page at any time.
CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE REGIONROUND 2
Samantha Lane is a carefree teenager who rents a vacation house next to the Jarvis house with her friends in
Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter. Her boyfriend Paul thinks she's great in bed, so that's where she keeps him. Only problem is an evil twin steals her man away during a party and that's all it takes for Jason to get her separated from the group, naked in a raft.
Vickie is part of the counselor training program at Crystal Lake in
Friday The 13th Part 2. She takes a liking to fellow trainee Mark, who happens to be in a wheel chair, and remarks that she only wants his fingers. Vickie wanted more than that, but her good will is completely overlooked by Jason via butcher knife attack.
Who do you think will win this match-up? Let us know by voting in the Comments section below!
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September 24, 2015, 12:49 pm
There is a lot of excitement among our readers to own
NECA's latest Jason Voorhees figure, especially since it not only is representative of the film
Jason Lives: Friday The 13th Part VI, but it has been give the "Ultimate" treatment. Now NECA has released the final box design imagery for fans to take in. Check out the box below.
The new Jason Voorhees figure was originally slated for a late October release, but
NECA's website is now saying the figure will be available in late December. What do you think of the box design and the figure as a whole?
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About The Jason Lives Ultimate FigureTo commemorate the 30th anniversary of Friday the 13th Part 6, we present the definitive collector’s version of Jason as he appeared in the 1986 film Jason Lives!
This deluxe 7” scale action figure features a gruesome, freshly unearthed sculpt and over 25 points of articulation. It’s loaded with accessories, too: removable mask, a machete and a knife that both fit into sheaths on his belt, the fence post that reanimated him and his tombstone. Packaged in a collector-friendly Deluxe 30th Anniversary window box.
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September 25, 2015, 7:50 am
Welcome to the
Return To Camp Blood Podcast! In the latest episode from our contributor Podcast series, hosts Chris Saunders and Jeremy Osborne talk to John Evans who runs his own Podcast show titled "It's Always Friday The 13th". The crew talks to John about how he started his show and everything about the franchise.
After listening to this episode, make sure to visit the
Return To Camp Blood Podcast site to find out more about the show, and if you want to listen to even more Friday The 13th discussions, visit our
Podcast page where you can find other shows to feed your hunger for the franchise.
If you have any questions about this episode, please email the show at feedback@campbloodpodcast.com. For inquires about all Podcasts on this website, please email us at
podcasts@fridaythe13thfranchise.com.
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September 25, 2015, 12:46 pm
As portrayed by the late Betsy Palmer in the 1980 movie, Pamela Voorhees had a history at Camp Crystal Lake as a cook and she depended on the camp counselors on watching her beloved Jason. As there were no flashback scenes relating to her past work at the camp (only flashbacks of Jason in the lake shown), it's a wonder how Pamela fared as a cook.
To be clear, I never got to read the comics of
Friday the 13th: Pamela's Tale so I can only speculate what kind of lady she was before the 1957 tragedy of her son's "drowning".
I can only imagine she was a decent cook who helped Camp Crystal Lake organizers feed the kids and the camp staff. Most likely she knew how to fry eggs and bacon, boil corn, cook burgers, make barbeque, grill fresh fish from Crystal Lake and more. Of course it would be interesting to know who taught her to cook.
Can you imagine yourself being a camper or a camp counselor at Camp Crystal Lake eating food cooked by Pamela before her son's tragedy? What food request would you say to her?
Perhaps Jason's mom knew how to prepare a double patty chicken burger like this one from Burger Bus.
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September 26, 2015, 1:19 pm
We love Halloween screenings of classic horror films and of course the more Friday The 13th films we get to see on the big screen, the better. There are already of
number of Friday The 13th films announced to show in cinemas this upcoming fright season, but we were just tipped off to a true all encompassing experience that our readers may not soon forget.
Thanks to
Consequence Of Sound, we have found out that Alamo Drafthouse has teamed up with Do512 to give adults the ultimate camp experience called
Camp Halloweekend!
This Halloween, the Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow is teaming up with Do512 to throw the ultimate adult “summer” camp experience, blending classic camp games and activities with live music throughout the day, then outdoor screenings of some of the greatest summer camp and wilderness horror movies all night long, including a special screening of the original WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER featuring writer/director David Wain live in person!
Also playing will be genre favorites
Friday The 13th 1980,
Sleepaway Camp, and
Evil Dead II! For more information, please visit
www.camphalloweekend.com and become a kid again.
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September 28, 2015, 9:07 am
The Friday The 13th Bracket Challenge puts the iconic characters of the franchise against one another in a elimination contest where fans vote on who wins and who loses.....their limbs. There will be two match-ups added to the website each week and fans can decide on who they would like to see advance to the next round by adding your vote in our Comments section below. Voting ends every Saturday with results posted every Sunday.
Results of the game can be tracked at our
Bracket Challenge Page at any time.
HIGGINS HAVEN REGIONROUND 3
Rob Dier sets out to exact his own revenge on Jason Voorhees for the death of his sister Sandra in
Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter. Rob comes quite prepared with newspaper clippings of a young Jason to tell his tale along with a rifle, machete and hunting knife. It's too bad he took a machete to a gun fight as it ultimately cost him his life.
Pamela Voorhees dedicated her life to her mongoloid son Jason until he drowned at Camp Crystal Lake while the counselors weren't paying attention. In
Friday The 13th 1980, she enacts her murderous revenge by killing camp owner Steve Cristie and his counselors while sporting multiple layers of clothing that include a poncho, flannel shirt and a sweater. Pamela also speaks to her dead son Jason as well as talks as her son Jason too.
Who do you think will win this knock down drag out fight. Vote in the Comment Section below!
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September 28, 2015, 1:38 pm
Today we have another set of new additions to the
Friday The 13th Props Museum, owned by Mario Kirner, and these items are from
Freddy vs Jason. They add to the growing amount of items featured from Mario's collection and now we can get a much closer look at the screen-used hero hockey mask and undermask/cowl worn in the film!
From Mario KirnerCheck out the inside of the hockey mask. You can see where they had the bad eye at the beginning until they realized it must be on the right side.
They fixed that just during the filming process when all masks had the eye on the wrong side. Ronny says somewhere in the Crystal Lake Memories book that they flipped some of the scenes mirror reverse when they noticed that.
That trick was only possible at earlier scenes when the mask looked the same right and left. It would just not work later when the mask got the damages and you could tell it was flipped.
Also seen in the pics (below) is the hero undermask with hairs attached and a set of screen used costume.
The hockey mask has a soft neoprene added inside for wearing comfort and to make sure the actors skin can not be seen through. The mouth area has the material scratched open for breathing support.
Mask was autographed by both who wore it, Ken (Kirzinger) and Doug (Tait). The mask was auctioned off by New Line Cinema to promote the movie when it came out (in 2003).
The mask received its damages by hand and was not cast that way. The broken parts were then glued together again fixed to the neoprene to not fall off.We have posted a production sketch of what the filmmakers wanted Jason to look like below as a comparison to the screen used masks and clothing. How do these look up close? Thanks to Mario for providing these awesome pieces for the fans to enjoy!
Production Sketch from Freddy vs Jason
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September 29, 2015, 8:29 am
Three weeks ago we started a contest that gave our readers a chance to
win Tee No Evil's 'I Love Campers' t-shirt. The contest asked fans to tell us your favorite camping and/or scary adventure story in the comments of the contest article.
One winner was chosen at random and we are now ready to announce the winner!
Congratulations to community member
211of211! You are the winner of our latest contest. The winner has been contacted for their shipping information. Again, congratulations and a great big thank you to all of our readers that participated in the contest! We really enjoyed reading your interesting and scary stories.
Also, a great big thanks to
Tee No Evil for offering the shirt to provide to our readers!
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