Michael Elliott
Senior HTF Member
It's funny how reviews are going on this one so far. Fans are split. Horror writers are loving it. Mainstream critics don't like it but most say it's better than any of the previous film. Even the "ban F13" Ebert gave it two stars.
Saying this is just like TCM isn't wrong but we could also say it's just like THE HILLS HAVE EYES and many other of the recent horror films. This fast, non-stop killing machine is what's scaring people today so I'd bet future remakes are going to take notes from the killers here. In that HIS NAME WAS JASON doc, the director of 7 called the previous Jason's nothing more than "Michael Myers-like" and that 7-10 at least featured a "real Jason". Countless post F13 slashers featured a killer like Jason or the murders were set up to look like Jason. I think this is just the name of the game when it comes to sticking to one thing and running with it.
Joe, I agree with you somewhat, although I do want a sequel and want it very soon. Jason hasn't been in the woods for quite sometime now so on that level I thought the film was rather refreshing. I personally don't count FvJ as "woods" at the end since it played very little into the actual film. We had the brief cyber thing in JASON X and it's not even Jason outside the opening sequence of JASON GOES TO HELL. Even part 8 is away from the woods so to me it was great fun seeing him back in the woods 100%.
When it comes to a sequel they could do so much with it. I hope the idea of FvJ is out of the question but I'd bet after the remake of NIGHTMARE comes we'll see another match at some point in time. They could remake parts 4-6 next and bring back Tommy's character. They'd probably go with a new actor but I personally wouldn't mind them bringing back Feldman for something. They could also try to make this next one in 3-D but since this thing beat the shit out of MBV at the box office, producer's might not want to add the extra money. They could actually send him to NYC if the budget would allow.
Back to this film, I agree the "part 1 remake" could have been handled a tad bit better. Perhaps show some of the mom's murders but the remake of 2 was great. I loved the look of his mask and I'm sure many people will be watching the film and not knowing why he has a sack on his face. I'm not sure how you felt about the "part 2" stuff here.
I also don't know if you caught it but the scene in Jason's underground chamber featured a few props from the previous series murder victims. There was a wheelchair (from part 2) that I caught as well as a murder weapon, which I believe was in part 4.
Saying this is just like TCM isn't wrong but we could also say it's just like THE HILLS HAVE EYES and many other of the recent horror films. This fast, non-stop killing machine is what's scaring people today so I'd bet future remakes are going to take notes from the killers here. In that HIS NAME WAS JASON doc, the director of 7 called the previous Jason's nothing more than "Michael Myers-like" and that 7-10 at least featured a "real Jason". Countless post F13 slashers featured a killer like Jason or the murders were set up to look like Jason. I think this is just the name of the game when it comes to sticking to one thing and running with it.
Joe, I agree with you somewhat, although I do want a sequel and want it very soon. Jason hasn't been in the woods for quite sometime now so on that level I thought the film was rather refreshing. I personally don't count FvJ as "woods" at the end since it played very little into the actual film. We had the brief cyber thing in JASON X and it's not even Jason outside the opening sequence of JASON GOES TO HELL. Even part 8 is away from the woods so to me it was great fun seeing him back in the woods 100%.
When it comes to a sequel they could do so much with it. I hope the idea of FvJ is out of the question but I'd bet after the remake of NIGHTMARE comes we'll see another match at some point in time. They could remake parts 4-6 next and bring back Tommy's character. They'd probably go with a new actor but I personally wouldn't mind them bringing back Feldman for something. They could also try to make this next one in 3-D but since this thing beat the shit out of MBV at the box office, producer's might not want to add the extra money. They could actually send him to NYC if the budget would allow.
Back to this film, I agree the "part 1 remake" could have been handled a tad bit better. Perhaps show some of the mom's murders but the remake of 2 was great. I loved the look of his mask and I'm sure many people will be watching the film and not knowing why he has a sack on his face. I'm not sure how you felt about the "part 2" stuff here.
I also don't know if you caught it but the scene in Jason's underground chamber featured a few props from the previous series murder victims. There was a wheelchair (from part 2) that I caught as well as a murder weapon, which I believe was in part 4.
