Friday the 13th (2009)

The following is a long-form review that I originally wrote in 2009. Friday the 13th, originally released in 1980 began one of the most successful film franchises of all time. Now, 31 years later, the newest incarnation of Friday the 13th has just been released on Special Edition DVD. It seems unlikely that the director of the first film Sean S. Cunningham (who is also the producer of the 2009 version) could ever have seen just where the monster he had helped to create would go. So now, with the series being given one of those oh-so-popular of late…

This isn't bad, as far as a remake of a classic goes, but given the absolute wealth of tropes they could have pulled from, given the immense history of Jason and his franchise, this is pretty lackluster. It is technically proficient, and looks very good, but the characters are bland, the direction a bit flat at times, and Jason, well, he does what he is supposed to do, but not a lot more. This could have been better, if it actually HAD to be, at all.