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We've seen it all before.
You really have to screw it up to dishonor the memory of a movie as s****y as the original Friday the 13th. Heads should roll.
This film is so last-century.
The series reboot is much the same, but it's easily the most effective -- and scary -- entrant in the franchise.
It's business as usual at Camp Crystal Lake, with very little in the way of fresh jolts or an innovative visual style that would have really revitalized the hokey franchise.
The theatrical cut was effective enough, but you'll get those extra bloody seconds in this extended (although still R-rated) version of the film for home viewing purposes.
Horror remake isn't for anyone, let alone teens.
Friday the 13th isn't great cinema by any means, and you probably know better than I whether you'll enjoy the movie.
Unfortunately, no matter how clever-clever the all-new screenplay might (occasionally) be at acknowledging the faults of the original, this does not make them magically go away.
It's a case of 'he's behind you!' repeated ad nauseum, where sudden bursts of sound stand in for real scares.
The first Friday the 13th is not a masterwork by any stretch of the imagination, but it has one crucial thing the 2009 edition lacks completely: the element of surprise.
[Blu-Ray DVD Review] Friday the 13th 2009 is at its heart a mediocre slasher film that just happens to have Jason in it.
A boring retread that downgrades one of our great masked men to being a hillbilly with mommy issues and no sense for decorating. And if I wanted that, I'd rent Nell.
...this 2009 remake looks slick and well produced. Too bad it has nothing fresh to add to the franchise. (Blu-ray Edition)
Be assured that the acting is passable, the effects are impressively convincing, and the suspense is real. It's not a great film, but it is a frightening one, and what more do you need to know?
Friday the 13th Part 12 will not sell at the box office, so they toss the word 'remake' out there to dupe its audience into another installment of this crappy horror flick.
An old lady's dog produces the biggest scare in the film.
Noisy neighbor revenge, a robotic kill-for-mom masked maniac chopaholic wielding sharp implements, and horny cookie cutter party animal bare breasted babes and boozers, who frolic through these ho hum sex 'n slaughter pathological proceedings.
... Made with more care and keeps a much firmer grip on reality than most of the sequels churned out throughout the '80s.
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