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Design a Kill in ‘Friday the 13th: The Game’
We’ve entered the final stretch. The fate of Friday the 13th: The Game will be decided in the coming week. About $55k stands between us and a murder-starved Jason Voorhees, and I think I’ve seen enough bank heist movies by now to know that’s not enough paper to keep him from ventilating our abdomens with a machete.
In an effort to motivate us to donate any dollars we might have lingering in our wallets, purses and/or mattresses, Gun Media has introduced a new reward tier that will give backers the opportunity to free their inner psychopaths in a way that doesn’t cause harm to others.
For a cool $5,000, the brand counselor-spanking new Design-a-Kill tier gives wealthy backers the chance to “Become a part of horror history! Collaborate with the Dev team and Tom Savini to refine your Kill idea to make it a reality,” so long as your idea fits within the context of the game.
There’s no mention of what happens when a backer comes up with a dumb idea, but I like to imagine a lone tear sliding down Tom Savini’s face followed by a light beating from Kane Hodder. Oh, and here’s the rest of what’s included:
Work with the Dev Team and Tom to design your kill within the context of the game
Be immortalized again in the in-game Camp Crystal Lake Counselor Database
SIGNED Physical game with Kickstarter Exclusive cover art on either PC, Xbox One, or PS4 (Signed by Sean Cunningham, Tom Savini, Kane Hodder, Harry Mandefrini, Gun Media & Illfonic)
Physical Soundtrack CD
Physical Hardcover Art Book
Kickstarter Exclusive in-game playable Jason character designed by Tom Savini, with unique weapon
Kickstarter Exclusive in-game Counselor Clothing Packs
Digital Art Book featuring concept art from the game’s creators
Digital Soundtrack (Composed by Harry Manfredini)
Exclusive Beta Access on PC
In-Game credit under “Kill Designers”
Digital Wallpaper Pack 1 & 2
Our eternal gratitude & a heartfelt “Thank You…”
Like everyone who’s dared to fornicate in a Friday the 13th film, there’s no saving those stretch goals. That’s disappointing. I was looking forward to roasting me a sleeping bag s’more over a crackling campfire, but I’ll get over it. What I won’t get over, is if Jason’s return is delayed because of we didn’t back him hard enough. If you want to, you can back him real good on Kickstarter.
Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor best known for his role in 1993’s Jurassic Park, has passed away this week at 78 years old. In a statement shared on Neill’s Instagram page this morning, the actor’s family said that his passing was “sudden and unexpected.”
Neill had been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer in 2022, but stated the following year that he was in remission. The family notes that he “remained cancer free” at the time of his passing.
The family statement reads, “It is with immense sadness that the whānau of Sam Neill share the news of his passing on Monday 13th July, in Sydney Australia. Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterised his whole life. The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free.
“They would like to express their deepest gratitude to the staff at St Vincent’s Private Hospital for their incredible care. More details will be shared later, but for now, on behalf of the family, we ask that you respect their privacy as they navigate this immeasurable loss.”
In addition to his iconic role as Dr. Alan Grant in the original Jurassic Park and the sequels Jurassic Park III and Jurassic World: Dominion, Sam Neill left an indelible mark on the horror genre with memorable roles in Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession, The Omen: The Final Conflict, John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness, and sci-fi horror favorite Event Horizon.
Sam Neill’s vast resume in film and television began in the early 1970s and also includes the films Sleeping Dogs, Enigma, The Good Wife, A Cry in the Dark, Dead Calm, The Hunt for Red October, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Hostage, The Jungle Book, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, The Horse Whisperer, Bicentennial Man, Daybreakers, Escape Plan, and Thor: Ragnarok.
Sam Neill is survived by his four children and eight grandchildren.
Steven Spielberg said in a statement to Variety, “I owe a debt of gratitude to Roger Donaldson, Gilliam Armstrong, Graham Baker and Phillip Noyce for casting Sam Neill in the roles in which he was so brilliant that brought him to my attention and led to his playing Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park. Sam was exceptionally collaborative. It was a stretch for him to play a character who acted as though children were messy and smelly because this was the opposite of the loving father he was to his children. I adored making all the Jurassic movies with him.”
Spielberg adds, “Along with Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, we will always have our Jurassic family and Sam will never be forgotten by us or his many millions of fans around the world.”
Sam Neill in ‘Event Horizon’
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