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DVD Friday the 13th - From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (8 Movies)
Five discs gather the first eight movies in the Friday the 13th series, plus a batch of behind-the-scenes featurettes. You can track the rise, fall, and endless resurrections of Jason Voorhees, from the original 1980 film to Jason's self-kidding trip to the Big Apple. Horror fans eat up packages such as this, but there's something odd about the deluxe treatment for a series that spotlighted atrocious acting, pitiful production values, and inane storytelling.
You'll spot a few future "name" actors in various installments: Kevin Bacon is morbidly dispatched in the first one. But in general, the dominant focus is how to kill horny teenagers, most of whom have gathered at Camp Crystal Lake in the misguided belief that the curse of the impossible-to-kill Jason has worn off. The first movie has a certain raw, crummy ability to shock, Part 2 is a dismal retread, and Part 3 actually features interesting use of 3-D, which doesn't translate to its flat DVD version. The fourth is boldly subtitled The Final Chapter, and we all know where that went, but it does have Crispin Glover doing a funky dance. A New Beginning and Jason Lives continue Jason's bad mood, maybe because the hockey mask doesn't fit right. The seventh chapter, The New Blood, stakes Jason against a worthy opponent (Crystal Lake's answer to telekinetic Carrie), but the result is the same. Part 8's subtitle, Jason Takes Manhattan, is wittier than the movie itself, as Jason menaces an unlucky cruise ship of high-schoolers bound for New York--where Mr. J fits right in.
Some of the films come with commentaries from directors or cast members, including heralded Jason performer Kane Hodder. Brief documentaries (ranging from five to 15 minutes) cover separate installments with amusing anecdotes, including interviews with Sean S. Cunningham, Tom Savini, and various actors. In another doc, actors speak of the fraternity of young actors who've been slaughtered by Jason over the years. A deleted-scenes section is skimpy and not very interesting, while the tricks of special-effects gore merit a film to themselves. It's a customer-savvy DVD box, even if the effect of watching a bunch of this stuff together is a little dispiriting. --Robert Horton
Review(s): DVD Friday the 13th - From Crystal Lake to Manhattan (8 Movies)
Jason Gets Jipped
I enjoyed growing up and watching scary movies like any other kid. I was too young to ever see the Friday movies when they came to the local movie houses, so I had to have my aunt and uncle rent them for me. I remember the fond memories just like they were yesterday and having the fear of Jason in me. Now I am grown in my mid-20s and all I can say about this DVD set of remastered Fridays is... at least I can finally hear Harold take a crap in surround sound! THANK GOD!
This set is absurd, there are hardly any, I MEAN ANY good, worth while extras on here. I had more enjoyment watching AMC's DVD on TV presentation of the original Friday than I did watching the interviews they have on this DVD set. Second where is the bonus footage? I am sure (and I am not the biggest Friday fan) that there is good existing footage they could have put for each movie when they created the DVD files on each disc. And third, the package in it's whole sucks. I am a graphic artist and I just wonder who designed this... the package is lame and not very interesting. And they could have stuck in with the set a series of 4x5 cards that have the original posters or even alternate posters on them with fun facts of each movie on their backs (kind of like the Kubrick VHS set).
Now on to the movies themselves... well you know the jist of them. The only good ones to watch really even growing up were the first (of course), the second, and the fourth... you could throw the third in there but with the exception of the ending is the start for part 4 you really don't need it for a series/continue arch. I say skip the remaining ones, but if you need a laugh then watch them cause you quickly see the absurd nature that the Friday movies have become known for within those remaining. For even further laughs watch the 9th and 10th installments, which I don't understand why Paramount and New Line just didn't put their monies together and just release them all at once, at least New Line might have lobbied (is that spelled right?) for more extras for the fans.
just one problem
I've been a Friday the 13th fan since i was a kid. I've seen all these movies at least a dozen times a piece if not more (ok so i've seen the orignial one probably upwards of 20 times). So you can imagine the excitment i had when this came out. this box set has all 8 paramount movies on 4 discs plus a 5th disc with bonus material. lots of interviews with a few of the cast and crew members and fans. But i have one small complaint. Parts, 3,7, and 8(probably the worst of all jason movies...well, except jason x). are the only films to feature commentary. Am i the only one that would love to whatch the rest of the series with commentary?
awesome collection
Great collection of the best and original series. There's a reason why Jason Goes to Hell and Jason X aren't included, those two movies belong in Comedy.
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