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‘Friday the 13th’ Remake Gets Awesome Retro-Style VHS Trailer
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!
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Christopher Landon to Helm Feature Adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s ‘The Final Girl Support Group’
A new feature adaptation of author Grady Hendrix‘s slasher book The Final Girl Support Group is now on the way from Paramount Pictures, and Deadline reports that it’s found its director in Christopher Landon (Drop, Happy Death Day).
The two previously collaborated on My Best Friend’s Exorcism.
In The Final Girl Support Group, “Lynette is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre. For more than a decade, she’s been meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable, working to put their lives back together. Then one woman misses a meeting, and their worst fears are realized—someone knows about the group and is determined to rip their lives apart again, piece by piece.”
“But the thing about final girls is that no matter how bad the odds, how dark the night, how sharp the knife, they will never, ever give up.”
I wrote in my novel review for BD, “Hendrix puts his characters through the absolute wringer. It’s a bloody, vicious voyage for the flawed heroine, both physically and emotionally. In terms of action and horror, Support Group delivers breakneck pacing and thrills.”
Five years ago, Andy Muschietti & Barbara Muschietti (Mama, It, It Chapter Two) were attached to produce a planned series adaptation for HBO Max alongside Charlize Theron. While Theron is no longer producing, the Muschiettis remain on board under their Double Dream label.
Paramount Pictures is also developing Hendrix’s sci-fi novella, BadAsstronauts.
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