STACK #190 Aug 2020

FEATURE FILM

FRIDAY THE 13TH PART V: A NEW BEGINNING 1985

FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VI: JASON LIVES 1986 “He’s back, the man behind the mask,” croons Alice Cooper on the soundtrack. Alice and Jason make a perfect match, and there’s also a liberal streak of black humour running through this chapter, which is appropriate – when a franchise reaches

More mean-spirited than its predecessors, the fifth Friday revived the franchise and added a whodunit element – is Jason really back from

FRIDAY THE 13TH • Audio Commentary by

Director Sean S. Cunningham with Cast and Crew • Return to Crystal Lake: The Making of Friday the 13th

• A Friday the 13th Reunion • Fresh Cuts: New Tales from Friday the 13th • The Man Behind the Legacy: Sean S. Cunningham • The Friday the 13th Chronicles – Vintage featurettes • Secrets Galore Behind the Gore • Lost Tales from Camp Blood – Part 1 FRIDAY THE 13TH: PART 2 • Inside “Crystal Lake Memories” • Friday ’s Legacy: Horror Conventions • Jason Forever • Lost Tales from Camp Blood – Part 2 • Jason Forever FRIDAY THE 13TH: PART III • Fresh Cuts: 3D Terror • Legacy of the Mask • Slasher Films: Going for the Jugular • Lost Tales from Camp Blood – Part 3 FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER •Audio Commentary by Director Joe Zito, Screenwriter Barney Cohen and Editor Joel Goodman • Audio Commentary by Fans Adam Green and Joe Lynch • The Friday the 13th Chronicles – Part 4 • Secrets Galore Behind the Gore – Tom Savini on Part IV • Lost Tales from Camp Blood – Part 4 • Slashed Scenes with Commentary by Director Joseph Zito • Jason’s Unlucky Day: 25 Years After Friday the 13th The Final Chapter • The Lost Ending • The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited – Part I • Jimmy’s Dead Dance Moves FRIDAY THE 13TH PART V: A NEW BEGINNING • Audio Commentary by Director/Co-Screenwriter Danny Steinmann with Cast and Crew • The Friday the 13th Chronicles – Part 5 • The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited – Part II • The Making of Friday the 13th Part V • Lost Tales from Camp Blood – Part 5 FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VI: JASON LIVES • Commentary by Writer/Director Tom McLoughlin • Commentary by Writer/Director Tom McLoughlin with Cast and Crew • The Friday the 13th Chronicles – Part VI • The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited – Part III • Jason Lives: The Making of Friday the 13th Part VI • Meeting Mr. Voorhees • Lost Tales from Camp Blood – Part 6 • Slashed Scenes FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD • Commentary by Director John Carl Buechler and Actors Lar Park Lincoln and Kane Hodder • The Friday the 13th Chronicles – Part VII • Secrets Galore Behind the Gore – John Carl Beuchler on Part VII • Jason’s Destroyer: The Making of Friday the 13th Part VII • Mind Over Matter: The Truth About Telekinesis • Makeover by Maddy: Need A Little Touch-Up Work, My Ass • Slashed Scenes FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN • Commentary by director Rob Hedden • Commentary by actors Scott Reeves, Jensen Daggett and Kane Hodder • The Friday the 13th Chronicles – Part VIII • New York Has A New Problem – The Making of Friday the 13th Part VIII • Gag Reel FRIDAY THE 13TH (2009) • The Rebirth of Jason Voorhees • Hacking Back, Slashing Forward • Alternate Scenes

Part 6, it gets harder to take things seriously. As a gravedigger pertinently

observes, “Why’d they have to dig up Jason? Some folks have a

strange idea of entertainment.”

the dead, or could it be the traumatised Tommy Jarvis behind the mask? It also shifts the slaughter from a summer camp to a halfway house for troubled teens, and includes Oz popsters Pseudo Echo on the soundtrack.

FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD 1988

This one adds a Carrie -like twist, investing the heroine with telekinetic powers that make her more than a match for old Jason, who is now looking a bit like the Toxic Avenger under that mask. Butchered by the US ratings board on initial release, you can find some of the ‘slashed scenes’ in the bonus features!

• Friday the 13th: 9-Movie Collection is out on August 12

FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN 1989 Jason on the rampage in

Note: The Friday the 13th: 9-Movie

NewYork City is a tantalising prospect, although he does take his sweet time getting there! Most of the

Collection compiles all eight films originally released by Paramount Pictures, along with the 2009 reboot.The remaining sequels from New Line Cinema – Jason Goes to Hell:The Final Friday , Jason X and Freddy

vs. Jason – are not included in this set.

carnage is confined to a NewYork-bound cruise ship, where big J has stowed away, before a Manhattan-set final act that takes a big slice out of the Big Apple. FRIDAY THE 13TH 2009 This slick and surprisingly satisfying reboot also works as a belated sequel by sticking to established formula and F13 lore. It also stars Supernatural ’s Jared Padalecki as the hero, and look out for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ’s Nana Visitor in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-her cameo as Mrs. Voorhees.

Friday the 13th (2009)

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