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Iconic Franchise Actor Returns in Must-Watch, 50-Minute ‘Friday’ Fan Film ‘Never Hike Alone’
Hungry for a new Friday the 13th film? We think you’re gonna love this one.
In celebration of Friday the 13th yesterday, Womp Stomp Films and director Vincente DiSanti released the nearly feature length Never Hike Alone, a fan-funded fan film that we told you about earlier this year. We’ve been looking forward to this one for several months now, and we’re happy to report that it damn sure does not disappoint.
Suspenseful, scary and incredibly well made, Never Hike Alone is bar none one of the best fan films we’ve ever seen. It’s also the best thing to happen to Friday fans since Friday the 13th: The Game, effectively scratching the itch we’ve been feeling from Paramount’s 8-year inability to get another official movie off the ground.
The short follows Kyle McLeod (Andrew Leighty), an avid backcountry hiker who, while on a solo backpacking trip, discovers the long lost remains of, you guessed it, Camp Crystal Lake. Ignoring the campfire ghost stories from his childhood, Kyle’s curious nature draws him in to see what is left of the camp since it was closed after the infamous Friday the 13th murders that took place in 1980.
Of course, there’s someone else out there in the woods…
“Stranded alone in the middle of the wilderness, with a legendary mass murderer on his heels, Kyle’s survival skills will be put to the test like never before. Will he make it out of the woods alive or become another victim of the cursed camp?”
Check out Never Hike Alone, which has a final act that’ll make you smile wide!
It’s now been five years since the release of sequel Happy Death Day 2U, Christopher Landon’s sequel to the Groundhog Day-style slasher movie from 2017. Both films star Jessica Rothe as final girl Tree Gelbman, and director Christopher Landon had been planning on bringing the character – and the actor – back for a third installment. So… where is it?!
We’ve been talking about a potential Happy Death Day 3 for several years now, with the ball in producer Jason Blum’s court. Happy Death Day 2U scared up $64 million at the worldwide box office, a far cry from the first film’s $125 million. But with a reported production budget of just $9 million, that first sequel was profitable for Blumhouse. So again… where is it?!
Chatting with Screen Geek this week while promoting her new action-thriller Boy Kills World, franchise star Jessica Rothe provided a hopeful update on Happy Death Day 3.
“Well, I can say Chris Landon has the whole thing figured out,” Rothe explains. “We just need to wait for Blumhouse and Universal to get their ducks in a row.
Rothe continues in her comments to Screen Geek, “But my fingers are so crossed. I think Tree [Gelbman] deserves her third and final chapter to bring that incredible character and franchise to a close or a new beginning.”
Back in 2020, Christopher Landon had revealed that the working title for the third installment was Happy Death Day to Us, said to be “different than the other two films.”
In the meantime, Christopher Landon is directing a mysterious thriller titled Drop for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes, along with a werewolf movie titled Big Bad for Lionsgate.
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