ROTTEN TOMATOES: Friday the 13th Remake Update Comments

Friday the 13th Remake Update

by Jeff Giles | September 18, 2007

Summary

Like the hockey-masked serial killer at its core, the Friday the 13th franchise refuses to die -- and the series reboot announced by Michael Bay last year continues to lumber toward audiences, Jason Voorhees style. Back to Article

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Gimy writes:
on Sep 18 2007 08:27 AM

great, more reason for Bay tards to come out in droves and whine about how bad he is. marvelous. any kind of remake NOT involving Zombie is fine by me right now. when your movie/remake sucks SO bad that i look forward to the Saw series...you're garbage. i actually liked the first Friday, but i wonder if they're going to do it from THAT storyline or just have a Hockey masked wheelin' psycho(in the later movies) do most of the killing. i just hope its closer to the Chainsaw remake than Halloween...thats all i ask

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aconline writes:
on Sep 18 2007 08:39 AM

First off, the Tomatometer is 39% because most slasher films do not sit well with critics. But the 49% from users is stil not impressing. However, it is the highest grossing movie in either franchise with over $82 million. A reboot would be nice. After he became a cyborg in the horrific Jason X, I quit caring about the series. I loved Freddy vs Jason, so I was hoping for another in that "franchise" instead of a new Jason or Freddy movie on their own.

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BrianInSD writes:
on Sep 18 2007 08:47 AM

Ironically, the original Friday the 13th was made to cash in on the success of the original Halloween and now the remake of Friday the 13th comes along to cash in on the success of the remake of Halloween.

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Prosper761 writes:
on Sep 18 2007 09:56 AM

For once, I don't mind the word "remake." It means a terrible movie has the potential to be remade as a not-so-terrible movie.

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aknddon3 writes:
on Sep 18 2007 11:13 AM

In reply to this comment (#1133175)
Terrible? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, the first one was great.

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cgcbooks writes:
on Sep 18 2007 11:43 AM

I agree with you on this one aknddon3.

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bluestar50 writes:
on Sep 18 2007 12:03 PM

I don't think that I'd mind a remake too much. The first one was campy great The rest sucked, with an exception of Friday the Firthday 3-D

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halose7en writes:
on Sep 18 2007 12:07 PM

This news is probably more terrifying than the actual movie will end up being.

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Heath H. writes:
on Sep 18 2007 12:11 PM

Recent remakes have been pretty crappy. The only good ones I've seen in the last few years are 'The Hills Have Eyes' and 'Dawn of the Dead', and even the former is debate worthy.

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BrianInSD writes:
on Sep 18 2007 12:13 PM

If they are truly remaking the original Friday the 13th, Jason shouldn't even be in it as he didn't show up until part 2. Perhaps that's where the re-imagining comes in. With any luck, the remake will feature an extended prologue that delves into Jason Voorhees's childhood and shows how he's actually a damaged product of his environment. You know, because knowing the backstory will make him SO much scarier!

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jake stephans writes:
on Sep 18 2007 01:39 PM

i hope kevin bacon is in it.

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Canuck666 writes:
on Sep 18 2007 02:00 PM

Why do they keep making sequels to crap movies? Why, God, why? Especially horror movies which are the lowest forms of film. Anybody that enjoys watching people get tortured, raped, mutilated and murdered is sick in the head. Horror movies should be illegal. Why not make more family friendly movies? Or at least sequels to good films like Transformers or Titanic.

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Solid hit writes:
on Sep 18 2007 02:05 PM

It might be worth seeing,because it probably will have alot of suspense/action!!!!!!

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cgcbooks writes:
on Sep 18 2007 02:07 PM

Why not a family friendly horror film where people over the age of 20 are tortured, raped, mutilated and murdered. Let the children and teenagers live.

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clamman27 writes:
on Sep 18 2007 02:08 PM

In reply to this comment (#1133120)
great more reasons for the ZOMBIE haters to come out in droves apparently as well...

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BrianInSD writes:
on Sep 18 2007 02:09 PM

In reply to this comment (#1133421)
A sequelt to Transformers is a given but a sequel to Titanic? Really? What would that be about, exactly?

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Canuck666 writes:
on Sep 18 2007 02:21 PM

In reply to this comment (#1133433)
You could set it in the future where a spaceship called the Titanic II heads out from Earth only to get hit by a comet/asteroid and explode. Same basic love story for the first part of the film with the action in the second half as they struggle to survive in space without a spaceship.

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Canuck666 writes:
on Sep 18 2007 02:26 PM

In reply to this comment (#1133431)
Why not a family friendly movie where NO ONE dies? Is that too much to ask of Hollywood?

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DaHypr1 writes:
on Sep 18 2007 02:27 PM

In reply to this comment (#1133433)
a sequel to titanic? are you ****ting me? if that does end up getting made it would most likely be the old lady's flashback to her first flashback of her voyage on the titanic, and then she dies...again

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Canuck666 writes:
on Sep 18 2007 02:32 PM

In reply to this comment (#1133467)
It obviously wouldn't be a sequel to the events of the first film, it would be a new story that follows the same plot.

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BrianInSD writes:
on Sep 18 2007 02:43 PM

In reply to this comment (#1133453)
They already did that on Futurama.

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Canuck666 writes:
on Sep 18 2007 02:55 PM

In reply to this comment (#1133485)
That was simply a cartoon spoof, this would be a serious look at love and loss in the 25th century.

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sickofitall writes:
on Sep 18 2007 03:16 PM

In reply to this comment (#1133310)
you suck

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sickofitall writes:
on Sep 18 2007 03:16 PM

In reply to this comment (#1133421)
you suck

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sickofitall writes:
on Sep 18 2007 03:17 PM

In reply to this comment (#1133421)
**** you commie pig

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Canuck666 writes:
on Sep 18 2007 03:21 PM

In reply to this comment (#1133512)
You are a failure not only as a poster but as a human being.

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Sputnik99 writes:
on Sep 18 2007 04:29 PM

When I read this, I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry. Granted, I really liked Freddy vs. Jason, but if this movie is made, that means EVERY horror movie ever made will start getting remade. It will eventually get to really old stuff, like Frankenstein and Creature from the Black(?) Lagoon.

Halloween was step one. If step two is made through Fiday the 13th, the stampede begins...

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RustedSoul writes:
on Sep 18 2007 05:09 PM

Actually a NEW remake of Frankenstein or Creature from the Black Lagoon wouldn't be half bad. With new technolgy today "Creature" would be kick ***. Dracula they did with Gary Oldman and it was really good. Mary Shelly's Frankenstien with DeNiro was ok, it's been a while since I've seen it. BUT "Remakes" have been around a while. THE FLY with Goldblum which was really good.

Problem is they {STUDIOS} are handing these classic horror films over to people who don't have a good script,cast,CLUE as to what they should do with the material in hand. People critized Gus Van Zant when he did PSYCHO I liked it, it was true to the original with a "little" twist here and there. DAWN of the DEAD was NOT a remake but a Re-imagining which I liked it as well but ROMERO's is untouchable. It would have been better to try and follow ROMERO's script, make it like that then it would been better as a "remake". HOUSE OF WAX was a joke cool FX though. TEXAS CHAINSAW remake was good though different NO PROBLEM there. It has got to be writer's block with some of these REMAKES. HEY HERES AN IDEA ... something original.... I have a great Idea for a horror movie that would make going to the movies what JAWS did for swimming. BUT I am not a writer. ANYway thats my rant/rave/opinion
PEACE , GOD BLESS AMERICA bring home the troops... RUSTEDSOUL

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MattBaerFTW writes:
on Sep 18 2007 05:17 PM

because people die in real life...all the time

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sickofitall writes:
on Sep 18 2007 07:28 PM

In reply to this comment (#1133515)
oh no i have been insulted by white trash booo hooo

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Ruckas356 writes:
on Sep 18 2007 07:55 PM

Great idea. i could go for a summercamp murder spree! Young Naked girls getting hacked to death by a machetti, sounds fun.

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bobtom writes:
on Sep 18 2007 08:56 PM

I'm down... since I am a fan of the friday the 13th's, and jason x is probably on my list of worst movies ever... and the remake is definitely not going to be about the mom... just an obvious fact

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Slayer Of Light writes:
on Sep 18 2007 11:03 PM

will jason be in a car chase then explode?

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Canuck666 writes:
on Sep 19 2007 12:36 AM

In reply to this comment (#1133888)
I'm not white Einstein. You fail, yet again!

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whitepony665 writes:
on Sep 21 2007 08:21 PM

This is the beginning of the end people, first Texas Chainsaw, then Black Christmas, Halloween and now Friday the 13th. I have a few questions for Bay. Are you gonna turn Friday the 13th into another Armageddon remake??? If so, you don't deserve to be called a Director. What can he add to this movie. Sean S. Cunningham already used a Mario Bavish style for the first film, then Steve Miner just stole all of Bava's ideas for his ****ty sequels. Next will be a remake of Nightmare on Elm Street.

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Heath H. writes:
on Sep 22 2007 05:08 PM

Remakes IMO: 'The Thing', the best remake ever. 'The Fly' Great, cult classic. 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' Terible, dreadful. 'TCM: The Beginning' What the fu... sucked terribly! 'The Blob' Mmmm, had its moments, but very bad none-the-less. 'The Hills Have Eyes', Actually quite fair, I enjoyed it. 'HHE 2' Worst film this year so far. 'Halloween', RZ dissapoints big time, major suckage. 'Black Christmas', one of the worst films ever? 'Dawn of the Dead', Like the first HHE- I thought it was decent, not bad, but not great either. 'Friday the 13th', destined to be doomed...

Before we know it, 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' will become a victim of the remake fever.

We may also have a horrid 'Halloween 2'...

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bigpk writes:
on Sep 23 2007 11:11 PM

In reply to this comment (#1133421)
I almost can hear the sarcasm through your typing....

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captain murphy writes:
on Nov 16 2007 12:20 AM

blah! blah! shut up about Titanic---that has to be a joke??? Right?

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kmrastegar writes:
on Dec 26 2007 06:10 PM

In reply to this comment (#1133421)
oh canuck. we get it. you dont like people dying on screen. you are a bug whiny little *****.

noone is sick in the head for seeing people getting mutilated on screen. its a movie. we as adults can distinguish between reality and fiction. and these sort of films are exciting to watch as they evoke feelings of FEAR in us because what we are seeing is HORRIBLE. its like the same reason u ride a rollercoaster. its scary.

"lets make a film where noone dies"

buddy why dont you go sit in a preschool where you seem to belong. stay in your safe little bubble and shut up. and try not to insult people you dont know by calling them sick in the head. loser.

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