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There’s a Petition to Get ‘Jason Goes to Hell’ the Director’s Cut it Deserves

Published

7 years ago

March 2, 2017

Let’s help unearth all that lost footage, shall we?

As hardcore fans of the Friday the 13th franchise know, the original cut of director Adam Marcus’ Jason Goes to Hell was quite a bit longer than the one we’ve seen. The film was trimmed from over 2-hours down to 90-minutes back in 1993, and to this day, most of the missing footage has still never been seen; some of the footage can be found on YouTube, in very low quality.

Now, nearly 25 years after the film’s release, a fan by the name of Jared Johnson has taken it upon himself to petition Warner Bros. to release the full director’s cut of Jason Goes to Hell, in high-definition. At the time of writing this post, the just-launched petition already has well over 400 signatures from other fans, and he says the director is on board to make it happen.

Writes the ambitious fan:

Jared Johnson and Brandon Scott Murphree are asking for everyone’s help, to bring attention to having Jason Goes To Hell made in a true “Director’s Cut”. Adam Marcus, director and co-writer of Jason Goes To Hell, has expressed interest in this being made. Many scenes were cut and unused during filming, including key special fx scenes showcasing the incredible work of KNB FX. Sadly, they never made the final cut. These scenes are strong contributions to this film and, best of all, they were shot. The footage exists, in fact many scenes were edited properly..nearly fully finished before being cut; and now we hope to have them cut back in to a definitive Jason Goes To Hell Uncut Director’s Cut the way Adam Marcus originally intended. We ask you to sign this petition in hopes we can pick up a company to work out this project and bring it to light! Please sign and help us get the attention that Jason Goes To Hell deserves!

So what’s different about the extended version? There’s more carnage, a longer jungle gym fight between Jason and Steve, and even a totally different demon in the Voorhees basement!

Head over to the Friday the 13th: The Franchise website for complete details on the extended “workprint” and if you’d like to sign the petition, you’ll find it on Change.org.

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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

Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’ Is Now Available to Watch at Home!

Published

10 hours ago

April 23, 2024

John Squires

After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.

You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!

Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.

Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”

“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.

She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”

Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.

Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.