Jason X (2001)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

James Isaac

Writers (WGA):

Victor Miller (characters)
Todd Farmer (written by)

Release Date:

26 April 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Evil Gets An Upgrade

Plot:

Jason Voorhees returns with a new look, a new machete, and his same murderous attitude as he is awakened on a spaceship in the 25th century.

Plot Keywords:

Jason Voorhees | Slasher | Machete | Crystal Lake | Cryogenics

Cast

Kane Hodder	...	Jason Voorhees / Uber-Jason
Lexa Doig	...	Rowan
Chuck Campbell	...	Tsunaron
Lisa Ryder	...	Kay-Em 14
Peter Mensah	...	Sgt. Brodski
Melyssa Ade	...	Janessa
Derwin Jordan	...	Waylander
Jonathan Potts	...	Prof. Lowe
Dov Tiefenbach	...	Azrael
David Cronenberg	...	Dr. Wimmer
Boyd Banks	...	Fat Lou
Melody Johnson	...	Kinsa
Kristi Angus	...	Adrienne
Phillip Williams	...	Crutch
Yani Gellman	...	Stoney
Robert A. Silverman	...	Dieter Perez
Barna Moricz	...	Kicker (E-X Grunt)
Dylan Bierk	...	Briggs (E-X Grunt)
Todd Farmer	...	Dallas (E-X Grunt)
Steve Lucescu	...	Condor (E-X Grunt)
Thomas Seniuk	...	Sven (E-X Grunt)
Amanda Brugel	...	Geko (E-X Grunt)
Kaye Penaflor	...	VR teen girl #1
Tania Maro	...	VR teen girl #2
Roman Podhora	...	Rescue pilot
Mika Ward	...	Campfire teen #1
David Cook	...	Campfire teen #2
Jeff Geddis	...	Pvt. Johnson (soldier #1)
Markus Parilo	...	Sgt. Marcus (as Marcus Parilo)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Isaac	...	Doctor (uncredited)

Directed by
James Isaac		(as Jim Isaac)

Writing credits (WGA)
Victor Miller		(characters)
Todd Farmer		(written by)

Produced by
Noel Cunningham	....	producer
Sean S. Cunningham	....	executive producer
Geoff Garrett	....	assistant producer
James Isaac	....	executive producer (as Jim Isaac)
Marilyn Stonehouse	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Harry Manfredini

Cinematography by
Derick V. Underschultz		(director of photography) (as Derick Underschultz)

Film Editing by
David Handman

Casting by
Robin D. Cook		(as Robin Cook)

Production Design by
John Dondertman

Art Direction by
James Oswald

Set Decoration by
Clive Thomasson

Costume Design by
Maxyne Baker

Makeup Department
Damon Bishop	....	makeup lab technician
Mark DeLuca	....	makeup lab technician
Stephan Dupuis	....	special makeup effects artist
Paul R.J. Elliot	....	hair stylist
Kyle Glencross	....	makeup lab technician
Frances James	....	makeup lab technician
Irene Kent	....	makeup artist
Allison Mondesir	....	assistant hair stylist
Christopher Pizzerelli	....	assistant makeup artist (as Chris Pizzarelli)
Mike Pyette	....	makeup fabricator
Sean Sansom	....	makeup lab technician
David Scott	....	suit technician: Uber Jason
Adrian Stansfield	....	makeup lab technician
Nancy E. Warren	....	makeup lab technician (as Nancy Warren)

Production Management
Marilyn Stonehouse	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bryn Caron	....	assistant director
Penny Charter	....	assistant director
Jennifer Cote	....	trainee assistant director (as Jennifer Côté)
Walter Gasparovic	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Greg Beale	....	assistant art director
Gordon Brown	....	head painter
William Cheng	....	set designer
Joe Curtin	....	construction coordinator
David DeMarinis	....	assistant set decorator
Jason Edward	....	textures
Nick Fischer	....	set dresser
David Hirschfield	....	set designer
Paul Jefferson	....	assistant head carpenter
Norman Kelner	....	stand-by painter (as Norm Kelner)
Denis Kirkham	....	set dresser
Marc Kuitenbrouwer	....	head carpenter
Elis Lam	....	set designer
David Lylloff	....	set dresser
Ron Mason	....	concept artist
Jeff Mawle	....	assistant property master (as Jeff 'Darth' Mawle)
Brenda McClennin	....	props buyer
Neil Morfitt	....	first assistant art director
Melissa Morgan	....	key scenic artist
Greg Pelchat	....	on-set dresser
Chris Pellegrini	....	property master
Barton Rendulic	....	illustrator
Wendy Robbins	....	third assistant art director
Mila Rolicz	....	assistant head painter
Geoffrey Smith	....	props buyer
Nicholas White	....	storyboard artist
Rob Valeriote	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Steve Baine	....	foley artist
Michael Baskerville	....	adr mixer
Michael Baskerville	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Beck	....	sound effects editor
John Bracco	....	foley recordist
Bruce Carwardine	....	production sound mixer
Ray Cook	....	optical soundtrack
Gina Gyles	....	assistant foley artist
John 'Wheels' Hurlbut	....	adr recordist (as John Hurlbut)
Jonas Kuhnemann	....	dialogue editor
Scot Marshall	....	assistant sound editor
Danielle McBride	....	adr editor
Roger Morris	....	adr mixer
Laurie Regan	....	assistant sound editor
Moshe Saadon	....	second boom operator
Dan Sexton	....	sound effects editor (as Daniel J. Sexton)
Jamie Sulek	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ben Swarbrick	....	adr recordist
Jim Thompson	....	second boom operator (as James Thompson)
Markus Wade	....	boom operator
Wally Weaver	....	sound supervisor

Special Effects by
Jason Board	....	special effects supervisor
Chris Bridges	....	key animatronic effects
Stephan Dupuis	....	makeup effects supervisor
Kelly Groh	....	special effects production assistant
Bob Hall	....	effects supervisor
David Allen Hill	....	effects technician
Harriet Isaac	....	special effects accountant
Walter Klassen	....	special effects wardrobe
Arthur Langevin	....	pyrotechnic effects
Rocco Larizza	....	effects technician
Brad Larkin	....	effects technician
Jim McGillivary	....	physical effects key
Jim Reischl	....	effects technician
Troy Rundle	....	special effects technician
Peter Sissakis	....	special effects technician
Benjamin Tucker	....	special effects office manager
Mark Wotton	....	special miniature effects
David Loveday	....	model builder (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Dennis Berardi	....	visual effects supervisor: Toybox
Kristy Blackwell	....	digital artist
Alex Boothby	....	lead compositor
Jeff Bruneel	....	visual effects editor
Jeff Campbell	....	digital effects artist: Toybox
Shawney Cohen	....	digital effects artist (as Sean Cohen)
Drake Conrad	....	digital film technician
Paul Cormack	....	digital compositor
Jon Cowley	....	digital artist
Colin Cunningham	....	lead 3D animator: Camp Crystal lake sequence, Toybox
Jason Edward	....	modeler
Paul C. George	....	3D animator: Toybox
Shane Glading	....	digital artist
Mark Goldberg	....	digital compositor
Mishka Gorodnitzky	....	visual effects designer
Adrian Graham	....	3D technical director: Toybox
Rob Gyorgy	....	supervising compositor
Scott Hamilton	....	visual effects coordinator
Michael Hatton	....	visual effects compositor: Toybox
Gudrun Heinze	....	digital compositor
Elizabeth Holmes	....	digital compositor
Tania Janthur	....	visual effects department coordinator
Marjorie Knight	....	digital compositor (as Marj Knight)
Wendy Lanning	....	visual effects project manager: Toybox
Kelly Lepkowsky	....	visual effects supervisor
Tim Lidstone	....	miniature special effects key
Zachary V. Lowe	....	computer animator
Chad Malbon	....	digital film coordinator
Ron Mason	....	visual consultant
Lon Molnar	....	3D animator: ToyBox
Eric Myles	....	digital film technician
Andy Robinson	....	digital artist: Toybox
Steve Robinson	....	visual effects editor
Troy Rundle	....	miniature effects
Michael Schwab	....	digital matte artist (as Mike Schwab)
David Singer	....	digital artist
Jason Snea	....	digital compositor
Klaus Steden	....	visual effects systems integrator: Toybox
Mark Stepanek	....	digital artist
Alexander L. Stephan	....	lead animator (as Alex Stephan)
Andy Sykes	....	visual effects producer
Mark Thomas-Stubbs	....	digital compositor: Toybox
Fiona Campbell Westgate	....	visual effects producer: open title sequence
Ron Wisman Jr.	....	visual effects editor
Emma McCleave	....	visual effects intern (uncredited)
Tony Willis	....	effects cameraman (uncredited)

Stunts
Eric Bryson	....	stunts
Chad Camilleri	....	stunts (as Chad Camileri)
Brian Jagersky	....	stunts
Steve Lucescu	....	stunt coordinator
Walter Masko	....	stunt double: Johnson
Jessica Meyer	....	stunt double: Janessa
Charlie Picerni	....	stunts
Edward A. Queffelec	....	stunt double
Robert Racki	....	stunts
Alison Reid	....	stunt double: Azrael (as Allison Reid)
Kevin Rushton	....	stunt double
Kevin Ruston	....	stunt double: Dallax
Dave Stevenson	....	stunt double: Brodski
David Stevenson	....	stunts
John Stoneham Jr.	....	stunts
Jamie Taylor	....	stunts
Bryan Thomas	....	stunts
Jennifer Vey	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Colin Akoon	....	camera trainee
Jerry Andrews	....	director of photography: effects unit
Nick Bacon	....	dolly grip
Rod Benjamin	....	key grip
Jerry Boras	....	best boy: second unit
Michael Carella	....	first assistant camera
Roy Elliston	....	key grip: second unit
David Fisher	....	gaffer
Ava Gerlitz	....	still photographer
Philip A. Giglio	....	electrician (as Philip Giglio)
Brian Gray	....	dimmer operator
Tony Guerin	....	camera operator
Mark Lewandowski	....	video assist operator
Shawn Maher	....	first assistant camera: second unit
David Owen	....	gaffer: second unit
Derek Parkes	....	grip: second unit
Craig Perrin	....	first assistant camera: effects unit
Scottie Philips	....	best boy electric
Matthew Pill	....	grip (as Mathew Pill)
Michael Purdon	....	second assistant camera
Chris Stoyan	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Paul Sweeney	....	grip
Robert Vigus	....	best boy grip
Hugh Young	....	generator operator

Animation Department
Brian Anderson	....	animator
Lon Molnar	....	animator
Jim Rutherford	....	supervising animator

Casting Department
Andrea Kool	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Vashti Arthur	....	seamstress
Maria Belperico	....	seamstress
Renée Bravener	....	costumer
Carole Costello	....	key set costumer
Angela Elter	....	chief costume cutter
Gayle Franklin	....	costume buyer
Lindsay Jacobs	....	assistant costume designer
Vera Laurence	....	costume breakdown
Janice Skinner	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Kenny Becker	....	color timer
Walt Biljan	....	final color timer (as Walter Biljan)
Nadine Dislioglu	....	post-production coordinator
Clement Lush	....	assistant colorist
Marc Pollon	....	assistant editor
Ron Wiseman Jr.	....	first assistant editor: Toronto

Music Department
Jerry Lambert	....	music mixer
Jerry Lambert	....	music recordist
Harry Manfredini	....	orchestrator
Hans Zimmer	....	musician: guitar

Transportation Department
Richard Gaal	....	driver: set decoration
Joe Hall	....	transportation captain
Jazz Helie	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Brian Barlow	....	production assistant
Otis Barlow	....	production assistant
John 'Frenchie' Berger	....	armorer
Jeff Brush	....	craft service assistant
Patti Davidson	....	stand-in
Christopher Dunn	....	assistant location manager
Kenn Elliott	....	dailies transfer
William Engel	....	medic
Marilyn Jang	....	first assistant accountant
Alex Kontsalakis	....	payroll accountant
Jessica Luk	....	dailies transfer
Vair Macphee	....	production coordinator
Rafal Mickiewicz	....	stand-in
Kimberlee Morley	....	assistant production coordinator
Melissa Murren	....	assistant: Mr. S. Cunningham
Zoe Nickerson	....	assistant: Mr. Isaac
David Pond-Smith	....	unit publicist
Shannon Ruley	....	craft service assistant
Daniela Saioni	....	script supervisor
Brian Turley	....	production accountant
Emily Wynn Turner	....	accounting assistant (as Emily Turner)
Nick Veziris	....	gun wrangler
Greg Williams	....	playback technician
Kris Wood	....	computer playback operator
Mark Haslett	....	development staff (uncredited)

Thanks
Dean Lorey	....	special thanks
Blake Washer	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Crystal Lake Entertainment
• Friday X Productions
• New Line Cinema (presents)

Distributors

• Mediafilm (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• New Line Cinema (2002) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Communications (Canada)
• Alliance Atlantis Home Video (Canada) (VHS)
• Aurum Producciones (Spain)
• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (Venezuela)
• Distribution Company (Argentina)
• GAGA
• GAGA (2002) (Japan) (all media)
• Humax Pictures
• Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
• New Line Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• New Line Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL7)

Special Effects

• Global Effects Inc.
• Toybox (digital film and visual effects)

Other Companies

• Medallion/PFA  sound re-recorded at
• Starcraft  craft services
• Varèse Sarabande  score album released by

Also Known As:

Friday the 13th Part 10 (USA) (working title)
Jason 2000 (USA) (working title)
Jason 2000: Friday the 13th Part X (USA) (working title)
Jason X: Friday the 13th Part 10 (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence, language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

93 min | Germany:85 min (TV version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18SG | Sweden:15 | USA:R (certificate #37856) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Brazil:16 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:PG (original rating) (cut) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:18A | France:-12 | Germany:18 (JK/SPIO) | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM14 | Japan:PG-12 | Mexico:C | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:R-18 | Spain:18 | UK:15 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Crystal Lake Entertainment

Trivia:

The film only suffered a couple seconds of cuts/alterations to earn an "R" rating, making it the least censored entry in the entire ‘Friday the 13th’ series.

Goofs:

Plot holes: When the film opens, Jason is bound and restrained in an empty room. After killing the six security guards and appearing in the hallway, he chases after Rowan with a machete. Where'd he get this? All the guards had guns, and the rest of the room was completely barren.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Pvt. Johnson: [to Jason] Why don't you stare at this for a while, you ugly bastard?
[he covers Jason with a rag]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Angry Video Game Nerd: Friday the 13th (#1.12)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

X Is the Loneliest Number

Jason Goes Cheese

In the tenth Friday the 13th franchise film, all bets are off: Any remaining fright factor left in the series is eschewed in favor of outright horror camp, and anyone expecting otherwise will be almost completely disappointed. The days of Jason's formulaic killing sprees on Camp Crystal Lake are long over, replaced instead with a "Jason Goes To Space" gimmick that cries out with pure cheese.

But, if you're willing to accept this fact, and are properly prepared to take a dive into the "So bad it's good" movie genre, you may actually like what you get.

Regardless of the fan-base's opinion, the writing team of Victor Miller and Todd Farmer seem to have sensed the fact that Jason's schtick was getting old, especially with the two less than stellar films that came before it in the series, "Jason Takes New York" and "Jason Goes To Hell," both of which suffered from the fact that bargain-basement production value had finally begun to work against the series. In response, they have Jason take his third field trip, this time into outer space, as well as centuries into the future.

At face value this seems to be little more than just another desperate gimmick to keep the low-budget yet profitable series alive. But Jason X easily stakes its claim as the corniest of all the movies, and the only one able to laugh at itself, at least to any effective degree (disregarding the disastrously bad Jason Takes New York), allowing characters to utter Schwarzenegger-like one-liners for the first time in the series, while also adding in tongue-in-cheek subplots that make no pretense of being anything other than goofy. Be advised: Friday the 13th does not take itself seriously any more, though the script-writers may be the last people on earth that did to begin with.

Meanwhile, the movie continues deliver on the standard that its predecessors set--a porn movie plot with gruesome murders instead of gratuitous sex. It is, after all, the painstakingly crafted death scenes that keep audiences coming back. Jason continues to alternate between murderous acts of machine-like efficiency, intermixed with more inventive gorefests of impalement, dismemberment, and other terrible fates for the film's C-list actors. The violence remains top-notch, even if the formula has been subtly altered.