Movies

‘Friday the 13th’ Remake Gets Awesome Retro-Style VHS Trailer

Published

7 years ago

November 30, 2016

If Jason doesn’t kill you, the tracking problems will.

As we continue waiting for the next installment in the Friday the 13th franchise – which is allegedly headed our way in October 2017… allegedly – now is kind of the perfect time to revisit the 2009 remake of the original classic. We’re all hungry for Jason Voorhees to slash up the big screen once more, but the truth is, we already got a pretty awesome reboot seven years ago.

Directed by Marcus Nispel, the 2009 Friday the 13th was essentially a remake of the first three films in the original franchise, and though it certainly could’ve benefited from some more memorable kills, it was nothing if not a welcome return to form for the series. After Jason went to Manhattan, Hell, and then outer space, the franchise had become something of a joke, and with the 2009 remake, a whole lot of course-correction was done. Simply put, it FELT like a true, old-school Friday the 13th flick, and that’s just about all you can really ask for.

Speaking of old-school, one fan of the Friday the 13th remake over on YouTube just edited together his own trailer for the film that re-imagines it as an original franchise sequel from the ’80s, and not surprisingly, it feels right at home in the VHS era. The Friday the 13th “VHS Trailer” is in glorious standard definition, and it’s a fun homage to the 1980 film’s original trailer.

Enjoy!

John Squires

Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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Movies

‘MaXXXine’ – Mia Goth Takes Hollywood in New Image from Ti West’s Sequel

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9 hours ago

April 30, 2024

John Squires

One of this summer’s most hotly anticipated new movies is A24 and Ti West’s MaXXXine, a follow-up to X and Pearl that brings Mia Goth’s title character into the 1980s.

With her past catching up to her, Maxine attempts to make it big as a superstar in Hollywood, 1985. While you wait, check out a new image below courtesy of USA Today this week.

Releasing in theaters on July 5, 2024, MaXXXine is rated “R” for…

“Strong violence, gore, sexual content, graphic nudity, language and drug use.”

If you missed the official trailer, you can watch it right here.

Mia Goth stars alongside Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Lily Collins, Giancarlo Esposito and Kevin Bacon in MaXXXine.

Here’s the official plot synopsis from A24 this week: “In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.”

Last we saw Maxine in Ti West’s X (2022), she was the sole survivor of a massacre carried out by elderly couple Howard and Pearl in the Summer of ’79. Goth of course pulled double duty as the villain Pearl in that movie, who got her own origin story in Pearl (2022). Pearl and Maxine are different characters, but they share the common goal of wanting to be stars.

Will Maxine finally make it in Hollywood? Or will the demons of her past become her ultimate downfall? With the Night Stalker roaming free, we expect MaXXXine to get wild this summer.