Friday the 3th – Slashing Kids Up Once Again
Friday the 13th is a 2009 American horror film directed by Marcus Nispel, and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. It is a reboot of the Friday the 13th film series, which began in 1980 and whose last film was the 2003 crossover film Freddy vs. Jason. Nispel also helmed the 2003 remake of Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, while Shannon and Swift wrote the screenplay for Freddy vs. Jason. It stars Derek Mears as Jason Voorhees, with Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti and Danielle Panabaker portraying the male and female leads. The film follows Clay Miller as he searches for his missing sister, Whitney, who was taken by Jason while she was camping in the woods at Crystal Lake.
Originally starting out as an origin story, the film ultimately became a re-imagining of the first four Friday the 13th films. Along with bringing the film back to its roots, Jason was designed as a leaner and faster killer, with a back-story that could provide a little sympathy for the character but not enough that he would lose his menace. Although this film reboots the continuity, Jason’s iconic hockey mask, which was not introduced until the third film in the series, is acquired through the progression of the film. In keeping with the tone of the film, Jason’s mask was also brought back to its roots, created from a mold of the original mask from Part III, though subtle changes were made to keep unique to the new film. Friday the 13th also incorporated some of Harry Manfredini’s music score from the original Friday the 13th film series, as the producers recognized the iconic status it held.
It has recently been released on DVD and Blu-Ray Disc making it one of the bigger upcoming horror movies to be released, as well as one of the top grossing movies in the “Friday” series.
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