FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE CRYSTAL LAKE DIARIES
After Platinum Dunes failed to produce a sequel to their 2009 reboot, around 2012, Cunningham messed around with the idea of tapping into the found footage craze. Wanting to have another Jason romp in theaters for 2013 (for obvious reasons), he ultimately landed on the idea of partially rehashing the plot of The New Blood, with a young woman returning to the scene of a past trauma as part of her therapy. She would have been followed by her family and a film crew, who would document the trip for the pop-psych bullshit talk show that was footing the bill. The idea never made it to the scripting stage for numerous reasons, chief of all being fan complaints online that they had tired of the found footage sub-genre.
Best Scene:
While nothing was ever fully written out, Cunningham’s inspiration for it came from watching an episode of “Dr. Phil“. Sean wanted a fabricated scene for the mock TV series where their version of Dr. Phil has the lead and what’s supposed to be a stuntman dressed as Jason are both getting screamed at by Faux Dr. Phil. Unbeknownst to our leads and the crew, the real Jason is sitting on set after having killed the fake one. After Faux Dr. Phil screams at him and gets in his face, Jason impales him and splits him in two.
