Entertaining reboot to a classic and legendary series.
Friday the 13th. What a title. As we all know, Friday the 13th is the unlucky day, the one where you shouldn't go out, yet still do. But in 1980, a little super-low budget slasher film came out, quickly followed by it's sequels. To date, and including both this, and Freddy Vs. Jason, there are 12 Friday the 13th films, most of which are just profit, but this was the first new one in a while.
The series went dead in 1989 with part 8, and the three following films didn't do much for it. So, with no actual Friday the 13th movie after the '89 sequel, for 20 years we were Jason-less. Finally, with explosion master Michael Bay, the series gets a decent movie. With a record opening weekend box office tally, and featuring the (regular) cast of unkown 20-somethings playing 17 and 18-year olds doing drugs and having sex, this film is classic Friday the 13th.
Part 4, the Final Chapter, was the last one of the series to use the traditional style and setting. This film reveals that the style can still work. Above average acting, sudden jumps and scares, featuring all the cliches of the slasher film, graphic sex and murder scenes, this is old style done today correctly.
While being "technically" a remake, it isn't direct. It's a new movie that uses previous things from other films of it's series which makes everyone classify it as a remake. This film is not a remake, it's a reboot. The film is, however, just as entertaining as many of the classic horror movies. It pays tribute to all the Friday's, and is still original. The gore effects were good, but sometimes were CGI, which is the wrong way to do gore. It doesn't put down the film though.
It's exactly what you would expect, horror, scares, blood, naked people, and everything that comes with the horror package. The film is able to take all these things that have been seen a million times before and still be a good and entertaining film. Watch it if you like anything slasher.Read full review
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