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SDCC ’08: ‘Friday the 13th’ Panel Interviews, Photos!
More Friday the 13th goods from this weekend’s San Diego Comic Con that’s (finally) coming to an end. Inside you’ll find the full panel tightened into one sweet news post, along with loads of photos! Read on for word from the cast and crew (Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti, and your new Jason, Derek Mears). FRIDAY THE 13TH hits theaters February 13, 2009. Click here for all Comic Con coverage.
TRILOGY plans: “When we went into making this movie, there was no concept of making the one that comes after it. The ending to me feels very finite, if audience loves film well rack our brains and see how to bring him back. As it stands this is the only movie.” producer Brad Full explains. “Wed love to go back to Crystal Lake and make another one of these.”
JASONS CHILDHOOD: “We do explore it in the film, briefly. It’s not an origin movie,” explains producer Andrew Form.
WHY NO PAMELA VOORHEES STORY: Brad Fuller explains, “How we were going to take care of that -and with today’s audience – it would be difficult for today’s audience that Jason’s mother was killing Jared [Padalecki]… it wasn’t believable. People love Jason Voorhees and want to see [him].” Adnrew Form adds, “But you do see Pamela in the movie.”
ON MAKING THE FILM: “It’s a title we’ve all really wanted to work with. [We] figured out how to get rights settled and went off and made it,” Form Explains. “As producers we try and make the best film possible… we try to inject what we think the audience wants to see.”
WE WILL SEE HOW JASON GETS HIS MASK: “It is absolutely true, and I think we came up with something interesting,” says Fuller.
BASED IN REALITY: Fuller tells the audience, “Something we tried to do was keep it rooted in reality, it would be scarier for this particular film and the story within this film. We tried to go away from Supernatural thing…”
ON FREDDY AND JASON REUNITING: “We would love to work with Wes Craven, we love making horror movies… if they wanted (another FREDDY VS JASON) we’d love to do it.”
CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE: “Camp Crystal Lake is the biggest thing from the first one,” Form adds, “that was the most important thing was to bring back Camp Crystal Lake from the first one.”
A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF SCARE: “There’s a whole new level of scare instead of `Hey I’m big and have a weapon’, now you feel like oh my god this guys the real deal,” says star Jared Padalecki. “It’s a raw scare…. ”
PHYSICALLY DEMANDING: Amanda Righetti tells the audience, “[It was] physically and emotionally demanding. It was an endurance game, what was asked of us as actors. I enjoyed it for the challenges that really set for all of us. I don’t think you realize how much your body can take. When you’re in it you don’t feel it and then when you wake up…”
Padalecki chimes in, “It was a stretch and for me, it was absolutely psychically demanding. There were times I woke up and was like `who kicked my ass’?”
JASON VOORHEES SPEAKS TO FANS: “What I’m really excited about is that the script is smart. It’s not your regular slasher film.” Derek Mears exclaims. “It takes the best parts of [FRIDAY THE 13TH 2-4] and puts them all together. It puts the series back to reality and we understand the psychosis of why Jason’s doing what he’s doing.”
He continues, “I’m bringing] a lot of pain… the passion and intensity. The writers made him smart, instead of chasing people around; he [Jason] sets people up. He’s a smart character and you have sympathy for him….”
SEQUEL? “If everyone digs it Id love to come back. I grew up and loved the character. Its an absolute treat getting to play him – a dream come true,” says Mears.
It was almost one year ago that Warner Bros. brought the entire original A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise to 4K in one massive 7-movie collection, with the limited edition SteelBook version of the set quickly selling out and becoming highly sought after. But we’re happy to report tonight that the SteelBook set is currently back in stock over on Amazon!
While supplies last, grab the Elm Street SteelBook collection for $154.99 right now!!
Orders placed for this re-release are scheduled to begin shipping out September 15, 2026.
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From New Line Cinema, the collection includes the original seven films – A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985), A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988), A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989), Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991), and Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994) – along with the uncut versions of A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Dream Child.
Two BRAND NEW SPECIAL FEATURES for this set include:
- Boiler Room Confessional: The king of slashers, Robert Englund, takes us on a journey through the dream world, sharing what inspired Freddy Krueger, his rise as a cultural icon, and the legacy of A Nightmare on Elm Street, plus his favorite kills, scenes, and more.
- Freddy’s Footnotes: Robert Englund and original A Nightmare on Elm Street filmmakers revisit iconic scenes, revealing the movie magic and chaos behind our favorite nightmares. Pull back the curtain and relive epic moments through the eyes of those who made them.
Here’s the full breakdown of included Special Features for each movie…
A Nightmare on Elm Street
· Ready Freddy Focus Points
· Commentary with Wes Craven, Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Ronee Blakley, Robert Shaye, and Sara Risher
· Commentary with Wes Craven, Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, and Jacques Haitkin
· Alternate Endings – Scary Ending, Happy Ending, Freddy Ending
· The House that Freddy Built: The Legacy of New Line Horror
· Never Sleep Again: The Making of A Nightmare on Elm Street
· Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven’s Nightmares
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
· Freddy on 8th Street
· Heroes and Villains
· The Male Witch
· Psychosexual Circus
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
· Behind the Story: Burnout
· Behind the Story: Fan Mail
· Behind the Story: The House that Freddy Built
· Behind the Story: Onward Christian Soldiers
· Behind the Story: Snakes and Ladders
· Behind the Story: That’s Showbiz
· Behind the Story: Trading 8’s
· Dokken Dream Warriors Music Video
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
· The Finnish Line
· Krueger, Freddy Krueger
· Hopeless Chest
· Let’s Makeup
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
· Behind the Story: Womb Raiders
· Behind the Story: The Sticky Floor
· Behind the Story: Take the Stairs
· Behind the Story: Hopkins Directs
· Behind the Story: A Slight Miscalculation
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
· 86’D
· Hellraiser
· Rachel’s Dream
· 3D Demise
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
· Commentary with Wes Craven
· NEW – Boiler Room Confessional
· NEW – Freddy’s Footnotes
· Becoming a Filmmaker
· Filmmaker
· An Insane Troupe
· The Problem with Sequels
· Two Worlds
· Welcome to Prime Time: It Really Happened
· Welcome to Prime Time: A Childhood Memory
· Welcome to Prime Time: Sometime in the Early 80s
· Welcome to Prime Time: So It Began
· Welcome to Prime Time: Beauty and the Beast
· Welcome to Prime Time: Making the Glove
· Welcome to Prime Time: Shapeshifter
· Welcome to Prime Time: The Shoot
· Welcome to Prime Time: The Revolving Room
· Welcome to Prime Time: All’s Well that Ends Well
· Welcome to Prime Time: Talalay’s Tally
· Welcome to Prime Time: It Couldn’t Have Happened
· Welcome to Prime Time: Alternate Ending Version
· Conclusion: Where Gothic Plots Come From
· Conclusion: Why We Like Gothic
· Conclusion: Sadomasochism
· Conclusion: Freddy vs. Pinhead
· Conclusion: Freddy’s Manic Energy
· Conclusion: Creating Lasting Characters in Horror
· Conclusion: No More Magic Tricks
· Conclusion: Monster with Personality
· Conclusion: Freddy as Sex Machine
· Conclusion: Campfire Stories
The Elm Street collection is available in this collectible SteelBook packaging (exclusive to Amazon) and as a standard 4K collection that’s also available now over on Amazon.
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