A review of just the film, this version of Friday the 13th was released in 2009 and the region 2 DVD is due to be released on August 10th. In 1980, a group of teenaged youth counsellors is brutally slaughtered by an unknown assailant. The sole surviving counsellor is confronted at the side of Camp Crystal Lake and in one final desperate bid to escape she beheads the killer with an enormous machete. But as she hysterically runs off into the woods, she is unaware that the entire incident has been witnessed. Many years later, a group of teenaged friends travels to the same area for a camping trip but an unknown assailant silently stalks the trees calmly waiting ...  Read the complete review

Friday the 13th (remake) Film Only Review: Plot: Deformed child, Jason Vorhees, who has been presumed drowned, watches in seclusion as his mother's murderous rampage at Camp Crystal Lake is brought to an end when the last surviving counsellor fights back and decapitates the killer. 30 years later and a group vacationing friends are slaughtered around their camp fire at Camp Crystal Lake. One girl, who reminds Jason of his mother, is spared and held hostage. Six weeks later and the girl's brother visits Crystal Lake on a mission to find his sister. Meanwhile another group of friends also decide to vacation at Crystal Lake, where one of ...  Read the complete review

Friday the 13th was released in 2009 and stars Derek Mears, Amanda Righetti, Jared Padalecki and Danielle Panabaker. A brief description of the plot is as follows... A group of teenagers decide to go camping and find themselves right next to Camp Crystal Lake, but then Jason arrives and they are soon running for their lives. The film then cuts to 6 weeks later and we meet Clay (Jared Padalecki) who is looking for his sister who is missing. He shows the poster in a local store, she was one of the girls from the beginning of the film her name is Whitney (Amanda Righetti). Another group of teenagers are heading up to the lake and are also ...  Read the complete review

Friday The 13th is a 2009 American horror film, based on the original Friday The 13th series. The film is not simply a re-make of the original Friday the 13th, but can be described as a "re imagining' of the first four. I purchased this film not because I am a fan of the original Friday 13th film series (I've seen the first one a while ago), but because I enjoy watching horror films. PLOT The story is based around a crazy man called Jason, who basically kills anyone who enters his surroundings, Camp Crystal lake. The reason behind the killing, is due to the fact that he witnessed his mother being beheaded, by a young woman trying to ...  Read the complete review

The newest Jason flick comes quick and fast with layers of gore and screams, and its an altogether better beast than its predecessors. Not least because of steady pacing, a good looking cast, and polished direction. A knowing, yet traditional, script doesn't do it any harm either. Hyped, or maligned rather, as a re-imagining, this is really just a remake of the better ideas in films 1, 2 and 3 from the old batch. Opening at Crystal Lake in 1980, we get a glimpse of Jason's mother avenging his drowning. It is a quick prologue that fills us in on the events of the original film, leading to the unfortunate beheading of Mrs Vorhees. We fast-track to ...  Read the complete review