JASON KILLS!: ADJUST YOUR SLASHING
After marveling at the meta-horror slasher craze birthed by his pal Wes Craven’s Scream (as well as New Nightmare) and catching Hideo Nakata’s striking film Ringu at a festival screening, producer Sean S. Cunningham is struck with inspiration. He quickly hires a writer to create a mash-up meta-sequel where a horror fan discovers an unreleased, supposedly-cursed Friday the 13th film from 1980s. The idea was to have it in theaters for Friday, August 13th, 1999. New Line, unfortunately, did not go for it, opting instead for a competing science fiction-tinged script…Jason X. So what did Sean’s bright “original” idea entail…
The powers that be have lied! Rummaging through a yard sale at the creepy house down the street on Friday the 13th, young Victor “Vic” Savini discovered a VHS workprint for an unreleased Friday the 13th film from 1987. His neighbor, a failed actor who appeared in the film, refuses to discuss its creation and disappears shortly after bequeathing it to him. Vic isn’t too phased, however. He has a new unseen Jason movie! After he and a group of friends party and watch the film later that night, something strange happens. One by one, his friends are being brutally murdered as Jason himself comes out of their television sets and into their homes. Can Vic and his remaining friends use their knowledge of the franchise to save themselves or will they all fall prey to the rules of the slasher as Jason wields his machete without mercy!
Best Scene:
Jason rises out of a body of water on the screen, crawls out of the TV, and kills Vic’s best friend as he’s watching a mock version of “Dawson’s Creek“. An absolute rip-off of Ringu, but it could have been a memorable one.
