Has it really been almost 10 years already?!
It’s no secret that many horror fans just won’t ever accept remakes, but if you’re asking me, Marcus Nispel did a damn fine job with the two that he made. Nispel directed the excellent Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake in 2003, and he returned to the horror remake world with Friday the 13th in 2009.
I’ve talked about the Friday the 13th remake a handful of times here on Bloody Disgusting, but in summation: I dig it a whole lot. More of a remake of the first several films in the franchise than the original classic, the Damian Shannon and Mark Swift-penned reboot FELT like an old school Friday movie, which is just about all one could ask for from it.
With a more badass version of Jason than ever before (h/t Derek Mears) and a 20-minute pre-credits sequence that is an awesome Friday the 13th film in its own right, the 2009 remake delivered the goods, packed with gruesome kills that showed an even nastier side of the masked maniac. Standout highlights include a sleeping bag kill that’s even meaner than the one featured in The New Blood, along with a clever dock kill that’s as wonderfully gratuitous as these movies get.
Speaking of which, our friend James A. Janisse finally rounds out his weekly Friday the 13th “Kill Count” series with a play-by-play look at the 2009 remake!