Fan film review: The Return Of Jason

Part 2 of the film
I'd like to first start out by pointing out the freaking awesome camera work in this fan film. That's the one thing that really sticks out and sets this fan film apart from most. Team that up with the really well done special effects and gore and you'd think we'd have a really solid and memorable fan film, and in a way we do... but... then comes Jason. Jason in this film looks like a cross between Michael Myers and fuck, I don't know Skeletor?

Friday The 13th IV, V & VI Special Editions coming soon.

The inseparable team of Adam Green (Hatchet) and Joe Lynch (Wrong Turn 2) paired up to chat about The Final Chapter. On A New Beginning expect to hear Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton, of DreadCentral.com, and horror journalist Staci Layne Wilson muster up some love for the Jason-less sequel. And yours truly joined Barton to bestow our appreciation for Jason Lives (my favorite of the series).

So far we have been told that there will be fan commentaries on these discs. Am I the only one who doesn't give a fuck about that? I talk to fans every fucking day in forums, and there are thousands of pages of people's opinions- very uninteresting to me. What I want is solid cast and crew commentaries. There was a recent Friday The 13th V reunion at Fear Fest- an awesome time to have recorded a cast and crew commentary for that.

I'm sorry, I don't give a damn what Adam Green or Joe Lynch has to say about Friday The 13th seeing their films (Hatchet & Wrong Turn 2 respectively) were absolutely shitty. These people have become celebrities- our answer to fucking David Cronenberg for new millennium horror and it's fucking ridiculous, I think they are no more talented than Eli Roth.

If these discs only have fan commentaries, I will definitely skip them. Paramount, PLEASE put something else worthwhile on these DVDs!

The history of the Part 3 & 4 shirt.

This was a pretty neat forum topic by a fella on the Fright Stuff forums. This is a short excerpt of it, but you can go ahead and read it all right here. I love really geeky trivia like this, so I felt like I would share.

Alright, I have decided to clear the air here about the actual brand of shirts used for Pt.3 and Part 4 respectively. Below is my views/opinions on the subject which I believe are 100% correct. Feel free to debate if you wish but I'll go ahead and let the pictures do the talking and help try to prove my claims. Just for record Dickies brand work shirt was not the brand used in filming.

Part 3 Shirt:
Actual On-Screen Part 3 shirt. This is a 6 button Big Mac brand "Penn Prest" (Means no ironing, ever.) Also with Soil Release which means most stains disappear. Shirt is Olive Drab color. I have several Vintage Dickies brand work shirts from around the 80's era - although pretty similar in appearance the Dickies work shirts lack the correct construction design. I've found to many flaws in the design of vintage/present Dickies work shirts to be consistent with the shirts that are seen in the film. Dickies work shirt myth, BUSTED.

The screen used shirt above has sorta of a blue hue to it. Rest assure though that this isn't the correct color, perhaps the lighting had something to do with this. The correct color of the Pt.3 shirt is Olive Drab as can be seen below in the photos.



My Big Mac Penn Prest Pt.3 work shirt that I just recently purchased. I'm very lucky to own this and was thrilled when it arrived. I've owned many nice work shirts over the years, including Dickies but nothing can compare to the ACTUAL brand used.




Read the rest of this very interesting post.

Fan made Part II trailer.

Courtesy of FromTheMorgue.com, this has to be his best of the modernized trailers that he has done. If only Paramount would have made trailers like this for the DVD re-releases- I think that these appeal more to today's younger viewers.

Fan film review: Friday The 13th: Again!

Well, there's not a lot to this fan film at all but it was a fun watch. It was done a while back, one of the first that I saw online during the fan film craze of the late 90's early 2000's. The acting is pretty good, the actors are funny and well rehearsed. The story, well it's typical with a great comic aspect to it. It's done by Braxton Films, so the quality is there regardless if it's not up to par with other Braxton films.

The official mask for Rob Zombie's H2

From HorrorBid.com

It's the sculpture of the mask for Rob Zombie's upcoming Halloween 2. I like it, however we will see once it's put to latex and pulled from the mold and haired. Continuity wise it's pretty dead-on. I'm not saying that I am looking forward to this movie, but so far it's looking proper.

I guess I can say the mask can look worse- Halloween 5 and 6 anyone? Still, this movie may suck but will never come close to being the pieces of shit that Halloween 5-8 were.

How Jason Really Got His Mask

A lot of fans of the Friday The 13th franchise want to know where the idea of the mask came from. So, according to the special effects guy in charge Douglas J White it's quite simple. The mask was supposed to be a generic clear mask that Shelly wore in the beginning of Friday The 13th Part III to scare Andy, however after the director wanted Jason to have a mask with more personality they searched for a better one. As all fans know Jason did not have a mask in Part I (he was in it) and wore a sack over his head in Part II and never got his infamous hockey mask until 2/3 into Part III. So, in Douglas J White's own words here's how it came to be. This is from Crash Army.com

Jedidiah

I'm a huge fan of fan films (fan made "franchise" movies) and this one, well it's probably the best I have ever seen next to "Legends". It's called Jedidah and it's a Texas Chainsaw Massacre fan film, done very well.




Jedidiah: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre FULL 40 MINUTE FILM from MMFX STUDIOS on Vimeo.

Friday The 13th remake soapbox.

I really fucking hate the fact that people have associated Jason with a machete as his signature weapon. Not only is a machete whimpy, weak and notoriously dull, but the only way to make a machete intimidating is to make it look all silly- like a Katana. Most of the publicity photos of the remake has Jason with a machete which sort of frustrates me. Until late (as in Freddy vs Jason) Jason never used a machete much at all, and basically only used one because it was handy. I know I am over analyzing this, but is sort of bothers me that people fele the need to associate Jason with a signature weapon... Grrr

His Name Was Jason...

For all of the fan boys like me, here you go. It's what seems to be the official cover art and the official trailer for the DVD. So, when you are buying the new 1-3 SE's, pick this up as well! It seems like it will have some awesome BTS footage, thines we have never see from these (Paramount) movies.