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'Friday The 13th': Ranking The Series From Top To Bottom
13 November 2009 12:00 PM, PST
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by Kyle Anderson
Today is Friday the 13th, the unluckiest day of the year! That gives me an excuse to indulge in one of my favorite pasttimes as an amateur "Friday the 13th" historian. I can't remember when my obsession with the adventures of Jason Voorhees really began, but I do know that I've studied this series from top to bottom multiple times.
Perhaps you're new to the "Friday" game and need some guidance. The natural urge would be to start from the beginning, but that would be a mistake that would result in sadness and nausea. Since the continuity between movies doesn't matter in the slightest, it's best to take them out of order. But where to start? Glad you asked. Here are the 12 "Friday the 13th" films, ranked in order of greatness from truly excellent to whatever "Jason Goes to Hell" is. Stay lucky!
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
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The result: Freddy Krueger Vs Jason Voorhees Vs Michael Myers
3 November 2009 3:46 PM, PST
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Thanks for reading my “Vs” series of articles over the last 3-4 days. I took on Jason Vorhees, Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger and i feel slightly disturbed afer seeing so much blood, gore and murder.
After 29 films, over 43 hours of horror, over 600 gallons of blood, over 270 slaughtered people shared between three iconic horror movie icons, here is the verdict of who is the champion slasher.
Firstly all three characters have provided me with an incredibly fun experience as i have not seen all the films before and watching them in sequence has added more enjoyment and also annoyance in seeing how the characters develop, how the stories evolve and how the mythology of each character has grown.
A consistent factor of all three characters is that their stories all followed a complete nonsense storyline linking one sequel to the next that tried to add something new each time which
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Halloween Special Part 1: Jason Voorhees vs Me
31 October 2009 4:44 AM, PDT
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To bring us into Halloween I thought I would do a daring deed and take on Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger in a no holds bared face off (literally) where I have watched the entire back catalogue of their films to determine once and for all who is champion slasher
The three killers have haunted us through our childhoods with each horror legend bringing us movies which have completely terrified and equally bemused us with poor sequels and terrible plots
Beware pictures of blood, gore, slight nudity and terrible acting to follow.
I begin with Part one of the Halloween Special and start with Friday the 13th and Jason Voorhees, one of the most iconic horror villains of all time sporting the classic hockey mask and machete, Jason Voorhees has become a vastly popular member of the horror circle and would be up there with Dracula, Frankstein’s
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- Gary Phillips
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Freddy Vs Jason Vs Ash: The Nightmare Warriors – Issues #2-4 (Comic Reviews)
21 October 2009 2:23 AM, PDT
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Freddy’s at it again. There’s no surprise there as the real world doesn’t understand that he basically exists in both worlds, yet if you try to throw a punch at his face, you’re not likely going to hit him. And if you do, you might break his jaw or peel some burnt flesh off his cheek, but a minute later after unleashing a humorous quip, he’ll laugh it off and slice you for the trouble. That’s our beloved Freddy Krueger though. No matter how bad you think you are... he’s badder.
Freddy Vs Jason Vs Ash: The Nightmare Warriors – Issues #2-4
WildStorm Comics/ Dynamite Entertainment
Written by Jeff Katz and James Kuhoric | Art by Jason Craig and Cruddie Torian
Jason Voorhees is a bad boy too. There’s no argument, no debate on who gets the last Oreo cookie. He’ll cut your
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Friday The 13th Sequel Gets An Official Release Date
4 October 2009 11:10 PM, PDT
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The next movie in the Friday The 13th series has received an official release date, and yes…you’ve guessed it! It will be on Friday 13th August 2010!
The last film, released in cinemas earlier this year topped the Us box office during its first weekend with $42m (£26m) in ticket sales.
The sequel will be titled simply Friday The 13th Part 2. It’s said to be a big landmark for the franchise, because it’s actually the 13th film in the series ever to be made.
In the last movie, five teens – Wade, Ritchie, Amanda, Mike and Whitney travel to Camp Crystal Lake on the hunt for marijuana where the group is brutally murdered by Jason Voorhees. Six weeks later, Whitney’s brother Clay goes to Crystal Lake searching for his missing sister, distributing flyers with Whitney’s picture on it to the locals. Clay eventually discovers the
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Breaking News: Turns Out Jason Didn't Take Manhattan
10 September 2009 9:32 AM, PDT
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Now It Can Be Told: Today at Paramount's DVD luncheon commemorating the release of Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood and Part VII: Jason Takes Manhattan, actor Kane Hodder, who played Jason Voorhees in both films, made a surprising revelation about the trailer for Jason Takes Manhattan, a perennial favorite among fans of the series. "This is the first time I've ever said it: that's not me," he announced. "We were shooting in Vancouver, that was done on the Jersey side of Manhattan, and I don't know who it is."
Hodder was first cast in The New Blood and stayed with the series for four installments, including the two New Line iterations Jason Goes to Hell and Jason X. Hodder said that not only was he not the hockey-mask-wearing manic in question when that teaser was shot, but he didn't feel like the actual performer played the character accurately.
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Careening Towards 'The Final Destination' In Photos
28 August 2009 9:30 AM, PDT
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"The Final Destination" is out today. The title implies that this is it for the series, now four strong, though horror titles have a tendency to be misleading. "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday" and "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare" are certainly the worst offenders, but there are others. Our very own John Constantine proved today that there are still plenty of ideas left to mine for the franchise.
Here we have a pair of image galleries for your viewing enjoyment. First up is a set of film stills, in which you'll see an assortment of young, beautiful people looking scared for their lives. With good cause too. After the jump, you'll see those same beautiful people smiling radiantly on the red carpet of the "Final Destination" premiere. Click the image to check out the associated gallery.
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Woh NYC '09 Video: Kane Hodder from Friday The 13th
7 June 2009 4:20 PM, PDT
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Fans of the Friday The 13th series know Kane Hodder as the four-time Jason Voorhees from Friday The 13th Part VII: The New Blood, Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday, and Jason X.
Hodder is a Fango favorite that has appeared at many Weekend of Horrors' over the years, promoting appearances in Hatchet, 2001 Maniacs, and most recently B.T.K.
Hodder stopped by the Fangoria Entertainment booth in New York this afternoon to chat with Marla Newborn and Rebekah McKendry, and we've got the video below.
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Wrong Turn 3 preview, Trick ’R Treat star added to East Coast Fango con!
1 June 2009 8:51 AM, PDT
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Wrong Turn 3 director Declan O’Brien will be previewing his new Fox DVD splatter sequel at the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held June 5-7 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. O’Brien (pictured below with friend), the director of the Sci Fi Channel original movies Rock Monster, Monster Ark and Cyclops, will debut exclusive clips from Wrong Turn 3 (about another group of lost travelers facing off against inbred hillbilly maniacs) at the convention on Sunday.
In addition to his directing chores, O’Brien has also scripted Harpies, The Snake King and Savage Planet for Sci Fi. Stop by this site again over the next couple of days as we begin posting the full schedules (auditorium panels and film programs) for the Fango show.
In other convention news, Trick ’R Treat
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Smash Cut panel, Glass Eye Pix talent added to East Coast Fango con!
29 May 2009 12:31 PM, PDT
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A panel devoted to the Canadian slasher flick Smash Cut has been added to the lineup of the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. Representing the film will be stars David Hess and Jennilee Murray, plus director Lee Gordon Demarbre (Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter), writer Ian Driscoll and the Godfather of Gore himself, Herschell Gordon Lewis!
In Smash Cut (an ode to the films of Herschell Gordon Lewis, who has a cameo in the movie), Hess (pictured below) plays Able Whitman, a troubled filmmaker losing his mind in an extraordinary way. After accidentally killing an exotic dancer, he decides to use her body parts in his newest horror picture. But when her sister (played by porn star Sasha Grey) begins investigating, Able must
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Smash Cut panel, Glass Eye Pix talent added to East Coast Fango con!
29 May 2009 12:31 PM, PDT
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A panel devoted to the Canadian slasher flick Smash Cut has been added to the lineup of the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. Representing the film will be stars David Hess and Jennilee Murray, plus director Lee Gordon Demarbre (Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter), writer Ian Driscoll and the Godfather of Gore himself, Herschell Gordon Lewis!
In Smash Cut (an ode to the films of Herschell Gordon Lewis, who has a cameo in the movie), Hess (pictured below) plays Able Whitman, a troubled filmmaker losing his mind in an extraordinary way. After accidentally killing an exotic dancer, he decides to use her body parts in his newest horror picture. But when her sister (played by porn star Sasha Grey) begins investigating, Able must
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Pandorum’s Ben Foster & more comin’ to East Coast Fango con!
27 May 2009 7:19 AM, PDT
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30 Days Of Night actor Ben Foster (pictured below), star of the upcoming sci-fi thriller Pandorum, has joined the lineup of the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. Foster, who also won raves for his roles in 3:10 To Yuma and X-men: The Last Stand (as Angel), will be joined on Saturday by Pandorum co-star Cung Le, the three-time world champion martial artist.
In other convention news, the Offspring presentation has added castmates Holter Graham, Vic Manetti, Ahna Tessler, Leigh Shannon, Brainscan’s Amy Hargreaves and Headspace’s Pollyanna McIntosh, as well as Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer composer Ryan Shore, to its Saturday preview slot. Other exciting guests/programs set for Fango’s Big Apple blowout include:
• Guillermo del Toro: acclaimed director of Hellboy movies,
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Gwar, more Friday The 13th guests comin’ to East Coast Fango con!
22 May 2009 1:39 PM, PDT
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Monster metalheads Gwar will be invading the fast-approaching East Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, to be held June 5-7, 2009 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (11th Avenue between 34th and 39th Streets) in New York City. Bandmates Sleazy P. Martini, Slave, Jizmak Da Gusha and Oderus Urungus will be on hand all three days (at their “human skin” booth), and host a panel on Sunday in their human guises (Don Drakulich, Matt Maguire, Brad Roberts and Dave Brockie).
In another convention update, some new Friday The 13th veterans have joined the roster, namely first Jason Ari Lehman, Part 2’s Warrington Gillette and Part V: A New Beginning director Danny Steinmann, who also helmed The Unseen (under a pseudonym) and Savage Streets. Other exciting guests/programs set for Fango’s Big Apple blowout (more to come!) include:
• Guillermo del Toro: acclaimed director of Hellboy movies, Pan’S Labyrinth,
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7 Rubbish Subtitles From Let The Right One In
24 March 2009 2:31 AM, PDT
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We’re geeks for subtitles at totalfilm.com. Sometimes, film companies get them spectacularly right – watch Jason Goes To Hell with the subs on and it improves the experience ten-fold. But sometimes they go hideously wrong. Icons Of Fright have noticed that there’s a huge disparity between the quality of the Let The Right In theatrical subtitles and the Us DVD subs, sometimes to a hilarious degree. We’ve collected and explained the worst offenders. Let’s hope they get changed before the UK DVD release. Be...
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Psycho Bunny's Weekend Rewind 3/22/09
22 March 2009 5:03 PM, PDT
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Greetings Fango Fiends! It's Psycho Bunny here, setlling in for another fright-filled Sunday night in the Fangoria Dungeon. Dr. Cyclops just stopped by with a stack of DVD's to check out, so while he's getting set up I figured it was time for another installment of my weekly wrap-up. For those unfamiliar, I take the past week of blood-drenched horror goodness, break it all down by section, and give it back to you in one streamlined list. You can catch up on anything you might've missed, and fill yourself with knowledge so you're ready to start the new week fresh! Ready, Freddy?
Fangoria Entertainment Updates:
Woh Chicago: Show review from Ain't It Cool News
Hottie Tiffany Shepis doin’ La Fango con
Indies speak out on Fangoria Radio
Ain't It Cool News reviews Fango's Death Walks The Streets #1
Hisss panel at La Fango con
Updated: Fangoria on Fallon, more
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Adam Marcus Helming Rko 'I Walked With A Zombie' Remake!
16 March 2009 12:53 PM, PDT
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Several months back, we reported that Rosebud & Twisted Pictures were producing 4 new remakes of classic Rko pictures. Now, the first of the bunch has landed a director. Adam Marcus, the director of Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday will direct I Walked With A Zombie from a script he co-wrote with Debra Sullivan according to Variety. "Adam and Deborah have created a chilling screenplay that along with Adam's vision would make Lewton proud," Fickman told Variety.
The article continues, "The film focuses on a private tutor who discovers a terrifying family secret while working at the ancient estate of a New Orleans businessman. The original was a forerunner of the corps of walking corpse films that followed. Hartley called the film one of the most valuable in the Rko library. Rko's Ted Hartley will produce with Twisted's Mark Burg, Oren Koules and Carl Mazzocone. Andy Fickman, who recently pacted
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Jason Goes To Hell director tackles Zombie remake
15 March 2009 10:08 PM, PDT
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Variety reports that Adam Marcus, who helmed Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday, has been attached to the remake of I Walked With A Zombie. The 1943 Rko classic, produced by Val Lewton and directed by Jacques Tourneur, is being updated by the new Rko’s Roseblood Movie Co. and Twisted Pictures, which has produced the Saw series among others.
Marcus also scripted the new Zombie with Debra Sullivan; the story is set on a New Orleans estate where a private tutor discovers a family secret involving voodoo. Overseeing the project is busy Andy Fickman (see item here), who’s also supervising revisitations of Lewton’s The Body Snatcher, Bedlam and Five Came Back. “Adam and Deborah have created a chilling screenplay that along with Adam’s vision would make Lewton proud,” Fickman tells the trade.
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Adam Marcus To Walk With A Zombie
15 March 2009 10:00 PM, PDT
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Adam Marcus, director of the underrated, if erroneously titled, Friday The 13th sequel, Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday, is finally making a return to horror after over fifteen years away.The 40 year-old director has signed on to direct the remake of Rko’s cult classic, I Walked With A Zombie.Directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by Val Lewton in 1943, the original was a creepy, eerie affair that isn’t a typical zombie film, at least, not in the way that we understand the term now. There are no flesh-eating ghouls here – just a dark and macabre tale involving a Caribbean island, voodoo, and a patient stricken by an apparent illness which seems to involve zombie-like symptoms.The original was also only 69 minutes long, so there’s plenty of room for Marcus’ remake to expand, and hopefully, improve upon what’s gone before.Indeed, he’s already begun,
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More Details on Rko Remake 'I Walked With a Zombie'
15 March 2009 9:02 PM, PDT
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It was officially announced tonight that Rko's Roseblood Movie Co. and Twisted Pictures have set Adam Marcus to direct I Walked With A Zombie, the remake of the Val Lewton Rko 1943 classic. Marcus, who directed Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday, has written the script with Debra Sullivan, his writing partner on the Val Kilmer starrer Conspiracy. You can read a bit more about the project inside.
The film focuses on a private tutor who discovers a terrifying family secret while working at the ancient estate of a New Orleans businessman. The original was a forerunner of the corps of walking corpse films that followed. Hartley called the film one of the most valuable in the Rko library.
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Friday The 13th: Body counts, boobies and bloody good quotes
23 February 2009 7:50 AM, PST
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Well, it’s been seven years since Jason Voorhees chopped up foolish teens exclusively. Sure he shared screen time with Freddy Krueger in 2003’s crossover Freddy Vs Jason, yes he accumulated quite the body count in the film, yes it was a lot of fun, and yes the film was pretty damn successful, but diehard fans such as myself certainly missed that special “alone time” with Mr. Voorhees. Now Jason is back, solely stealing the spotlight and the lives of reckless youngins, and despite a mostly negative critical response and dismal box office staying power, he's still one massive murdering machine.
Over the last 29 years Jason has claimed more victims than even imaginable. From random teens, to strange drifters, to diner employees, Jason has eliminated just about everyone to (unluckily) grace the big screen with the masked menace. As a result of Voorhees’ obnoxious kill rate, fans have pondered the
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