Friday the 13th Details

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[Highly rated reviewer]

On par with the best of the F13 series

From the director of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Remake (and with a very similar look and style to that film), the Friday the 13th remake is a good horror movie and as good as the best of the other 10 films in the F13 series (which for me was the 1980 original), but not really as good as it could have been and I maybe hoped it would be. It has the required blood, violence and fun death-scenes, as well as the usual nudity and as always the sex-starved teenagers, Derek Mears makes for a very good Jason (even if Jason is not used enough in my opinion, only popping up here and there once every so often in the most obvious of ways) and the film condenses the first film into the time it takes to show the opening credits (i.e. Jason’s mother killing counselors off and getting her comeuppance). But it is quite uneventful and a little uninteresting during the time between the 13 kills, the characters (as usual) are underdeveloped, it is very predictable (you can easily guess most of the characters who will die and when they will die) and the ending will likely cause a collective groan from the audience. So in the end it delivers nothing new for either fans of the F13 series or horror fans in general, but it is an entertaining enough 90-minutes viewing and I for one would love to see a sequel in the future (but probably using new writers).

[Highly rated reviewer]

Good Slasher Flick with old fashioned values

This film is not a remake but set after the original Friday the 13th, so us die hard fans can not compare it with the original.

As Friday the 13th was the first film ever to make me have sleepless nights I was intrigued to see this 'version'.

I wasnt dissapointed, it has all the correct ellements that a slasher flick should have and even at the ripe old age of 35 it still made me jump and scream in the right places. It also had enough humour and cliches to put a smile on my face.

All in all good effort.