It is being widely reported across the internet now that after a couple places talked to Brad Fuller the producer of the Platinum Dunes Friday the 13th reboot that there will in fact be a sequel. This time possibly putting Jason Voorhees in the snow. Which would be an extremely interesting environment. Read the snippet below:
"If we're going to do another Friday the 13th we want to present something audiences haven't seen before and one of the things they haven't seen before is Jason in the snow. We just want to bring things they haven't seen before," although that does not mean, "the [entire] movie will not be set in the snow."
Also the possibility of the movie being based in the 3d has been discussed however, it is not probable due to time constraints. It would take considerably longer to produce the 3d feature which would be tough to reach a August 13th 2010 release date.
Credit: Shocktillyoudrop.com
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Friday the 13th in the Snow? And Release Date for Part 2
Monday, June 15, 2009
Don't Forget
The New Friday the 13th reboot's dvd drops on June 16th. It will be available on a extended cut and on blu ray!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Friday the 13th 2009 Killer Cut! Specs and Date!
Friday the 13th 2009 Killer Cut! Specs and Date!
Here is the dvd release date for the Platinum Dunes' Friday the 13th reboot! Its hits June 16th! Thats in the US. And here's the art!
Derek Mears and Jason up for MTV Movie Awards
Upon glancing down the MTV Movie Award nominations I saw two things that stood out. Oh jesus, Twilight was terrible and it got nominated like 7 freaking times. Jesus. People surely thought more of movies than that. Right? And the next was Friday the 13th and more accurately Derek Mears getting a Best Villain nomination for his version of Jason Voorhees. I have said from the first trailer through seeing the film that Derek was a hockey mask wearing shark with a machete in the new Friday reboot and its good seeing him get some love. Way to do Derek.You Can Vote Here!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Friday the 13th Part 4 thru 6 at the Big Screen!
The New Beverly Cinema (7165 W. Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles) is celebrating 3 of the legendary Friday the 13th movies parts 4-6 involving the great Tommy Jarvis.
Beginning Friday, June 5th at 7:30pm, the Bev will host Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter, Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning and Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (aka, the "Tommy Jarvis" trilogy)! Admission is $10.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
All Time Friday the 13th Box Office Grosses (The Film Series)
Rank Title (click to view) Studio Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date
1 Freddy Vs. Jason NL $82,622,655 3,014 $36,428,066 3,014 8/15/03
2 Friday the 13th (2009) WB (NL) $56,581,637 3,105 $40,570,365 3,105 2/13/09
3 Friday the 13th (1980) Par. $39,754,601 - $5,816,321 1,100 5/9/80
4 Friday the 13th Part III Par. $34,581,519 1,079 $9,406,522 1,079 8/13/82
5 Friday the 13th: Final Chapter Par. $32,980,880 1,600 $11,183,148 1,594 4/13/84
6 Friday the 13th - Part V Par. $21,930,418 1,759 $8,032,883 1,759 3/22/85
7 Friday the 13th Part 2 Par. $21,722,776 - $6,429,784 1,350 4/30/81
8 Friday the 13th Part VI Par. $19,472,057 1,610 $6,750,837 1,610 8/1/86
9 Friday the 13th Part VII Par. $19,170,001 1,796 $8,245,038 1,796 5/13/88
10 Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday NL $15,935,068 1,355 $7,552,190 1,355 8/13/93
11 Friday the 13th Part VIII Par. $14,343,976 1,683 $6,251,310 1,683 7/28/89
12 Jason X NL $13,121,555 1,879 $6,649,006 1,878 4/26/02
Lifetime Gross Total (12): $372,217,143
Average: $31,018,095
Opening Gross Average (12): $12,776,289 (Wide Releases Only)
Friday the 13th Part VII The New Blood Plot and Poster
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood is the seventh installment in the original Friday the 13th series. It also marked the first appearance of Kane Hodder in the role of Jason Voorhees.
Plot
Seven year old Tina Shepard heard her alcoholic father physically abusing her mother. The emotional trauma unlocks Tina's previously latent telekinetic powers, which result in her father's death at the bottom of Crystal Lake.
About nine years later, Tina is still struggling with the guilt surrounding the death of her father. Tina's mother, Amanda Shepard (Susan Blu), takes her to the same lakeside residence so that her powers can be studied (and unknowingly exploited) by her psychiatrist, Dr. Crews (Terry Kiser). Dr. Crews begins a series of experiments (verbal assaults) designed to agitate Tina's mental state, forcing her powers to become more pronounced.
After a particularly upsetting session with Dr. Crews, Tina runs from the cabin and runs to the dock thinking about her father's death. While thinking about him, she accidentally breaks the chain around the neck of Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder), the undead Crystal Lake serial killer. Tina's torment from her powers is increased as Jason's reign of terror descends on the area once again. Mrs. Shepard, Dr. Crews, and a group of youths vacationing in a nearby cabin are all killed violently by Jason.
Tina is left with no choice but to utilize her telekinesis in an effort to stop him. She unleashes her powers in various ways such as forcing Jason's mask to tighten until it breaks in two, revealing his decaying and deformed face. As the battle rages on the Shepard lakeside cabin is destroyed by an explosive fire. Although she is unable to kill Jason, she unknowingly resurrects her father, who emerges from the lake and drags Jason back down into the depths with him, leaving his fate ambiguous.
Cast
Kane Hodder as Jason Voorhees
Lar Park-Lincoln as Tina Shepard
Susan Jennifer Sullivan as Melissa
Kevin Spirtas as Nick
Terry Kiser as Dr. Crews
Susan Blu as Mrs. Amanda Shepard
Heidi Kozak as Sandra
William Butler as Michael
Staci Greason as Jane
Larry Cox as Russell
Jeff Bennett as Eddie
Diana Barrows as Maddy
Elizabeth Kaitan as Robin
Jon Renfield as David
Michael Schroeder as Dan
Debora Kessler as Judy
Diane Almeida as Kate
Craig Thomas as Ben
Credit: Wikipedia.Org
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Amy Steel - Ginny - Friday the 13th Character - Actor - Spotlight
Amy Steel aka Ginny - Friday the 13th Part 2
She is perhaps best known for her role as Ginny Field in the 1981 horror film Friday the 13th Part 2. She was offered the chance to reprise the role for the third film in the long-running series, but was forced to turn it down by her agent at the time. Steel also starred in the 1986 horror film April Fool's Day.
She is a massive fan favorite among Friday the 13th fans and considered widely as the strong female opponent of Jason Voorhees.
Her numerous television roles include a stint on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light as Trudy Wilson from 1980-1981, and as Peggy Warner on All My Children in 1980. Steel also starred in the short-lived television series The Powers of Matthew Star alongside Peter Barton, who went on to appear in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. Steel has made guest appearances on various TV series, including Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Family Ties, CHiPs, The A-Team, Chicago Hope, Quantum Leap, Millennium and JAG.
Filmography
A Time to Remember (2003) (TV)
Tycus (2000) (V)
Valerie Flake (1999)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo (1992) (TV)
Walk Like a Man (1987)
April Fool's Day (1986)
First Steps (1985)
Exposed (1983)
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Fat Angels (1980)
Credit: Wikipedia.Org as one source for this article.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Friday the 13th (1980) - The Movie - Story - Plot
Friday the 13th (1980) - The Movie - Poster
Friday the 13th is an American horror franchise that consists of twelve slasher films, a television show, novels, comic books, video games and merchandise. The franchise mainly focuses on the fictional character of Jason Voorhees, who drowned at Camp Crystal Lake as a boy due to the negligence of the teenage counselors. Decades later, the lake is rumored to be "cursed" and is the setting for a series of mass murders. Jason is featured in all of the films, either as the killer or as the motivation for the killings. The original film was written by Victor Miller, and was produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham; later films brought in others for these positions.
In the original Friday the 13th (1980), Mrs. Voorhees (Betsy Palmer) stalks and murders a group of camp counselors. She is determined to make sure Camp Crystal Lake does not reopen, after her son Jason (Ari Lehman) drowned in the lake while two counselors, who were supposed to be watching him, were off having sex and not paying attention. The last girl, Alice (Adrienne King), fends off Mrs. Voorhees long enough to grab a machete to decapitate her.
Credit: Wikipedia.Org
Derek Mears Bio - Jason Voorhees
Derek Mears
Born Derek Micheal Mears
May 16, 1972 (1972-05-16) (age 36)
Bakersfield, California, U.S.
2004 The Shield Special Guest TV series (one episode)
E.R. Special Guest TV series (one episode)
2005 Cursed Werewolf Minor Role
Zathura Lead Zorgon Minor Role
2006 The Hills Have Eyes Stuntman
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Stuntman
2007 Blades of Glory Stuntman
The Hills Have Eyes 2 Chameleon Minor Role
2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Stuntman
2009 Friday the 13th Jason Voorhees Lead
Other name(s) Jason Voorhees
Occupation Actor/Stuntman
Years active 1995 – present
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Friday the 13th (2009) Review
Ok, I just got back from the theater and the Friday the 13th relaunch. And I must say. For all the slasher movies. Everywhere. Platinum Dunes hit gold. Twice. Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th. Now, I never thought I could say I would ever enjoy a Friday more than Jason Lives or The Final Chapter. But, I believe its happened. The holy grail of Friday the 13th movies have arrived. I've read some negative reviews across horror land. And I guess they watched a different movie. I grew up a fan of this film series. And part of me wanted to hate this going in. How can you remake, reboot, relaunch Friday the 13th? Well, Marcus Nispel, and Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form. Writers Damian Shannon, Mark Swift. You did it. I will start by saying this Crystal Lake I guess isn't in NJ. Because being from Texas there is no mistaking South Texas and the textures and the woods. Ever. Its dry. Harsh. Raw. Much like this take on Friday the 13th. I will be honest. I'm not a Platinum Dunes basher. I think they've made damn good remakes and horror movies. Cept, maybe the Unborn which kinda dragged when I watched it the other day. I even dug the Hitcher. Which most people consider trash but, Sean Bean made up for that. *********SPOILERS*********
Now, this movie begins with showing us Pamela Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake. The girl slicing her head off. And its starts in 1980 when they made the first Friday. Not 1957. Anyway, Jason was watching this from the woods. He witnesses the whole beheading and game on. We start with a first batch of teens out looking for the holy grail of weed. And well, two of them find it. Course, they find our old beloved sack wearing friend. In all of his new found glory. Now, I will tell you. I never in life thought anybody would replace Kane Hodder or CJ Graham. They gave us a terminator Jason we will never forget and greatly enjoyed. However, Derek Mears is the human version of HELL with a machete. He is a swole, fast movie fucking Jaws. But, this Jason may be a little slow. But, he is not the non thinker we were always used to. He is pretty smart. Sets traps. And people saying there are not any creative kills. There are a couple of damn good ones. Now, none of the backbreaker's or sleeping bag slams that rank as most people's favorites of all time. But, we get a ode to the sleeping bag in a new way. And there is some good gore in this movie. And I'm looking forward the uncut dvd version. Its going to be great. Somebody said it was a couple cuts away from a PG 13 horror movie. Really?? Couple might be more like 7 or 8 kills to bring a PG 13 and you have to take a bunch of tits out of it. So the premise is the same. Dope and Sex equal death. But, for this Jason he's getting revenge for moms but, it also seems to be a trespassing issue. You get the sense that cops, and Crystal Lake regulars know not to even go out that way. And everybody stays happy. Jared Padalecki is very good as our lead dude for the first time since John D. LeMay. And frankly, our best guy since one Tom Jarvis. He gives Jason a fight as he's no small fry. And of course, this is human Jason remember. Zombie Jason would've made him a snack. I do agree with one thing. I kinda liked the original group of teens better than the second group. However, Jared makes up for that with a strong lead performance. So the ending. Hmmmm. I won't give it a way. But, there's a couple spots where it will wink at the original 1st 4 Fridays. Anyway, I give it 5 out of 5 axes. If you don't see this opening weekend then by all means make it to the theater soon. This is not for dvd the first time. And needs to be witnessed on a big screen. Don't be scared away from this because of people who just want to hate these reimaging movies because they think its "cool". This is a bad ass flick.
Friday the 13th 2009 has a monster 3 day box office
Well, guys the totals are rolling in. Friday the 13th remake (reboot, relaunch, sequel) grabbed a huge $42 million dollars. And considering this is a 4 day weekend with Presidents day most people are believing it will end around $50-$55 million. A monster take. And the largest opening ever for a horror movie. EVER. Also a thriller Taken with Liam Neesom is continuing to hold tight at a huge $19.3 million take and raised its status to $77.9 million. The Uninvited hit $4.7 million raising its total to $24.1 millon. Underworld Rise of the Lycans was 14th with $2.3 million for a total take of $43.4 million. And in the magic number category My Bloody Valentine 3D took $1.8 million and hit that $50 million dollar mark. All these figures are in US.
Film, breathing new life into the classic franchise, is on its way to posting the best four-day holiday gross ever for a R-rated pic. Studios will report four-day numbers for President’s Day weekend on Monday.
Paramount is a partner on “Friday,” which was produced by Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes. Production budget was $19 million, meaning the film recouped those costs in its first day in release (Friday’s gross was $19.4 million.
Full Story from Variety.Com
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Ted White's Bio - Friday the 13th Part 4 Jason Voorhees
Ted White's Bio Friday the 13th Part 4 Jason Voorhees
Ted White is an American stunt man/actor who doubled for John Wayne, Fess Parker, Clark Gable, Lee Marvin and Richard Boone, among others. He has also acted in several movie westerns and in such TV series as "Hunter", "Magnum, P.I." and "The Rockford Files," usually in tough-guy roles such as police officers or hired thugs. The hulking (6'4") White also played football for the University of Oklahoma.
In 1984 he was selected to play hockey masked killer Jason Voorhees for Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, simply because the director needed a large man for the part, which White reluctantly accepted only because he needed the money. Uneasy about playing one of the most infamous murderers in screen history, White asked not to be credited on screen for his part (he would later be credited for the archive footage of him as Jason that was used in the seventh Friday film). To a certain degree he got into the spirit of things by keeping his distance from the actors playing his victims, as he didn't want them to get too friendly with him since that might have hurt their performances.
On the other hand, he became infuriated with director Joseph Zito for being insensitive to the pain actress Judie Aronson was experiencing when she was out on the raft filming her nude death scene, where she developed hypothermia and actually started crying from the pain brought onto her by the cold. White became so mad that he threatened to quit if they didn't let her out of the lake, and Zito complied since he didn't have the time or resources to find another stuntman White's size. Despite his distaste for the role, he is considered by many fans to have been one of the best Jasons.
Video Courtesy of Deadpit.Com
Monday, February 9, 2009
Possible Future Sequel Dates for Friday the 13th
I was bumping along the net and found this log of Friday the 13th's coming up in the years. So I figured I'd post them.
Year Months Dominical
Letter
2009 February, March, November D
2010 August C
2011 May B
2012 January, April, July AG
2013 September, December F
2014 June E
2015 February, March, November D
2016 May CB
2017 January, October A
2018 April, July G
2019 September, December F
2020 March, November ED
2021 August C
2022 May B
2023 January, October A
2024 September, December GF
2025 June E
2026 February, March, November D
2027 August C
2028 October BA
The New Friday the 13th relaunch comes this Friday February 13th
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
CJ Graham Bio
CJ played Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th Part VI Jason Lives - Below is his Bio from Wikipedia
A 6'3" former night club owner, he was spotted as a potential Jason Voorhees for the Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives when he was playing Jason in a night club act, impressing the casting people who were in search of a new Jason since the original stunt man being used was not coming across with the necessary power or presence. Although not credited, Graham even performed all of the character's stunts. He reprised this role in the video for Alice Cooper's video for "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)", which was written for and featured in the film.
As of 2005, Graham has only played one other role – he appeared in the horror film Highway to Hell as the main antagonist, a heavily made-up, silent monster called the Hell Cop. He is known to have returned to his former career, but has been known to speak highly of his time as Jason, even claiming that he would reprise the role in another film if asked.
Official CJ Graham WebSite
Friday the 13th Part VI Jason Lives Trailer
Friday the 13th Part VI Jason Lives Trailer- My definite favorite of the series. Tremendous kills, Tommy Jarvis returning and having a great opening resurrection scene with Jason and a awesome finale. Alice Cooper sang on the soundtrack including the He's Back The Man Behind the Mask Video. This was the first Friday the 13th movie I saw and I was 10 years old. At my uncle's house on Xmas Eve of all days. And it made me a horror fan for life. I felt this rush of energy when Jason slipped that hockey mask on. Not to mention the James Bond title shot of Jason slashing the screen. Thom Mathews gave a performance i felt was even stronger than Corey Feldman's in Part IV.
Friday the 13th part V New Beginning Trailer
Friday the 13th part V New Beginning Trailer - what can we say about this movie. The only good thing about this was Tommy Jarvis having yet more involvement in the series. But, the fact that it was not Jason Voorhees that did the killing but, an ambulance driver made me want to vomit. Anyway, its still better than most horror movies.
Friday the 13th Part IV Movie Trailer - Final Chapter
Friday the 13th Part IV Movie Trailer - Final Chapter - Here is the Trailer for the 4th movie in the Friday the 13th Movie Series. This is also the movie that introduced us to the 2nd strongest character of the series Tommy Jarvis who was played by Corey Feldman. An extremely well played part and its important to note that even though Tommy Jarvis dug ol' Jason up in Jason Lives. Jason Voorhees was killed for good in this movie. Without that lightening bolt in Jason Lives he would still be dead.
Friday the 13th Part 3 Trailer
Friday the 13th Part 3 Trailer - This is the trailer from the 3rd movie in the Friday the 13th Movie Series. Its also the movie where Jason Voorhees puts the hockey mask on for the first time.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Jason Voorhees' Kane Hodder
The Greatness that is Kane Hodder. Actor, Stuntman, and Jason Voorhees. Kane is the only actor to play Jason Voorhees in multiple Friday the 13th movies. I for one have no issues with any of the guys thats played Jason. Think they all had some strong points. But, Kane created a very strong terminator like figure for Jason.
Complete with deep breaths, a head tilt that is unmistakable, and bull dozed teens over 4 Friday the 13th films. So Kane hats off to you for bringing us a great Jason and we as horror fans will continue to watch your movies and follow your career for years to come. Below is a list of the films Kane has been in and some stats on Kane.
Kane Warren Hodder (born April 8, 1955[1]) is an American actor and stuntman. Standing 6' 3½" ( 192 cm),[2] he is best known for his portrayal of Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th film series.
Hodder is the only actor to portray Jason more than once, in a total of four movies. He has also portrayed horror icons Leatherface in the stunts of the third Texas Chainsaw Massacre film, and Freddy Krueger when he pulls Jason's mask to hell in Jason Goes to Hell.
Although he offered to reprise his role as Jason Voorhees in the 2003 film Freddy vs. Jason, director Ronny Yu replaced Hodder with 6'5½" Canadian stunt man Ken Kirzinger. The switch created controversy amongst fans of the series and has been credited to several rumours, including Kirzinger's location in Canada, and his height compared to Robert Englund, Freddy Krueger's portrayer (although Hodder is still taller than Englund).
Hodder stars in the slasher flick Hatchet as main character Victor Crowley, a physically deformed young boy who comes back from the dead to kill the people who invade the swamp in which he lives.[3] This is similar to Jason Voorhees, who died as a young boy in a lake and came back from the dead to kill people who came to Camp Crystal Lake.
In 2008 Hodder completed filming on the BTK movie in which he plays the BTK Killer.
Hatchet 2 will begin filming shortly picking up right where Hatchet ended.
Filmography
[edit] Stunts
1980s
Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
Hardbodies (1984)
The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985)
House (1986)
Avenging Force (1986)
The Patriot (1986)
House II: The Second Story (1987)
Born To Race (1988)
Prison (1988)
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
Ghost Town (1988)
Waxwork (1988)
Time Trackers (1989)
DeepStar Six (1989)
The Horror Show (1989)
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
1990s
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
9½ Ninjas! (1991)
Out For Justice (1991)
Dangerous Women (1991)
Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go To College (1991)
The Rapture (1991)
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
House IV (1992)
Double Trouble (1992)
Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992)
Live! From Death Row (1992)
Under Siege (1992)
Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
Father Hood (1993)
Demolition Man (1993)
Younger & Younger (1993)
The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994)
A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)
Just Cause (1995)
Project: Metalbeast (1995)
Four Rooms (1995)
Se7en (1995)
Fair Game (1995)
L.A. Heat (1996)
The Big Fall (1996)
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1996)
The Fan (1996)
Marshal Law (1996)
Brittle Glory (1997)
Spawn (1997)
Fire Down Below (1997)
Team Knight Rider (1997)
Most Wanted (1997)
The Shooter (1997)
The Underground (1997)
The Shadow Men (1998)
The Protector (1998)
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998)
Black Thunder (1998)
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Hitman's Run (1999)
2000s
Robbers (2000)
Partners (2000)
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
Slackers (2002)
Monster (2003)
Daredevil (2003)
The Devil's Rejects (2005)
Fallen Angels (2006; also Associate Producer)
Hatchet (2007)
Hack! (2007)
[edit] Acting
1980s
Lone Wolf McQuade (1983; uncredited)
Hardbodies (1984)
City Limits (1985)
Avenging Force (1986)
House II: The Second Story (1987)
Trained to Kill (1988)
Prison (1988)
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
Best of the Best (1989; cameo)
1990s
Alligator II: The Mutation (1991)
9½ Ninjas! (1991; uncredited)
The Rapture (1991; uncredited)
Under Siege (1992; uncredited)
Out for Justice (1991; uncredited)
House IV (1992, uncredited)
Best of the Best 2 (1993)
No Place To Hide (1993)
Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
Father Hood (1993)
Rubdown (1993)
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993-94)
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994)
A low down dirty shame (1995; uncredited)
Project: Metalbeast (1995; as the Metalbeast)
Steel Frontier (1995)
Scanner Cop II (1995)
Fair Game (1995)
The Big Fall (1996)
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1996; uncredited)
Wishmaster (1997)
The Shooter (1997)
The Protector (1998; uncredited)
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998)
T.N.T. (1998)
Watchers Reborn (1998)
V.I.P. (1998)
Nash Bridges (TV series) (1998)
Wildly Available (1999)
L.A. Heat (1999)
2000s
Geppetto (2000)
Jason X (2001)
Daredevil (2003; uncredited)
Charmed (2003)
Dark Wolf (2003)
Grind (2003; uncredited)
Monster (2003)
Alias (2003, 2005)
The Devil's Rejects (2005; uncredited)
2001 Maniacs (2005)
Fallen Angels (2006)
Room 6 (2006)
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006; uncredited)
Hatchet (2007)
Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (2007)
Hack! (2007)
Dead Noon (2007)
B.T.K. (2008)
Black Friday (2008)
[edit] References
^ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com
^ Kane Hodder Height - Hodder's
^ SyFy Portal
^ Kane Hodder Biography (1955-)
^ Kane Hodder Biography: Hollywood Poker Celebrity Poker Player
^ Where Are They Now?: Kane Hodder
^ Untitled Document
Friday the 13th characters Tommy Jarvis
Tommy Jarvis
Tommy Jarvis is by far my favorite of all Friday the 13th characters not named Jason Voorhees. Played by 3 different actors and most notably to fan boys Corey Feldman. And to my opinion played the best by Thom Mathews. As part of making this more of a complete Friday the 13th site I want to start adding characters and tidbits about the films, comics, and series. And really, Tommy Jarvis is the only character to truely kill Jason Voorhees. If Tommy had not dug up Jason in Friday the 13th Part VI Jason Lives then our hockey masked friend would have never seen the light of day. Or more so not done in on a night in which it was coming a damn severe thunderstorm. Also, Thom Mathews performance as Tommy leads me to believe that he was Jason's best opposition. Anyway, below is a rundown of all that is Tommy Jarvis from Wikipedia.
Tommy Jarvis is notable for being one of the series' few recurring characters, and for being a significant rival to Jason Voorhees. He was portrayed as a child by Corey Feldman in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter and Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, and as an adult by John Shepherd in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning and Thom Mathews in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives. It has been rumored that Tommy will apper in the new remake (2009), but it seems unlikely.
In 1984, Tommy made his first appearance in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter as a young boy with an affinity for making his own masks and make-up effects. When Jason Voorhees brings his blood bath to the Jarvis cabin, Tommy is forced to fight for his life along with his sister Trish. In an attempt to trick Jason, who is attacking Trish, Tommy shaves his head to make himself appear as Jason was when he himself was young. Distracted by Tommy's appearance, Jason is attacked by him with a machete and knocked to the floor, apparently dead. While embracing Trish, Tommy notices Jason beginning to stir and proceeds to go into a maniacal state, brutally attacking Jason with his machete while screaming "Die! Die! Die!", ignoring Trish's desperate protests for him to stop. The film ends with Tommy visiting Trish at a hospital an unspecified time after killing Jason and being hugged by her, while starring emotionlessly and blank-faced at the camera. [79]
Tommy returns in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning as a 15-year old, now living in a halfway house, having spent the last three years in a mental institution. When Roy Burns begins committing murders in the style of Jason Voorhees, Tommy's sanity begins to slip away again and he starts suffering hallucinations and nightmares of Jason. Tommy is later forced to kill Burns in self-defense, and this seems to push him over the edge; the final scene of the film has a hockey-masked Tommy preparing to stab the halfway houses assistant director, Pam. [69]
In Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, a more stable Tommy decides to confront his demons and, along with a friend, goes to Jason's grave, planning to dig it up and destroy Jason's body by cremating it. Tommy's memories of Jason still linger heavily though and, at the sight of Jason's corpse, flies into a rage and attacks it with a metal fence pole. This pole, which Tommy leaves imbedded in Jason's chest when he returns to his senses, winds up attracting lightning which, upon hitting the pole, resurrects Jason as an undead and unkillable being. As Jason kills his friend by ripping his heart out, Tommy flees the cemetery in his truck. Trying to make amends for his mistake, Tommy warns the sheriff who, being familiar with Tommy, locks him up and later runs him out of town, thinking he's had another psychotic break. The pile of bodies Jason racks up only convinces the sheriff that the killer is Tommy (despite the fact that his own daughter can vouch for Tommy being somewhere else at the time of two of the murders).
Time is running short as Jason makes his way to the renamed campgrounds. With a plan in mind, and aided by the sheriff's daughter Megan (a counselor at the newly-reopened Camp "Forest Green") who releases him from her father's holding cell, Tommy lures Jason into the very same lake from which the Voorhees legend started. Although he nearly drowns in the process, Tommy succeeds in chaining Jason to the bottom of the lake. After regaining consciousness thanks to Megan swimming him ashore and performing CPR on him, Tommy grimly notes that it's finally over, and Jason is at last home. [67]
The novelization of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives reveals that what happened between Tommy and Pam at the end of Friday the 13th: A New Beginning; the book explains that Pam had managed to return Tommy to his senses and, when Tommy was put back in a mental institution, she helped him recover. [46] The novel Friday the 13th: Carnival of Maniacs references Tommy, revealing he has written at least six books about Jason and Crystal Lake, with the title of one them being mentioned as My Life of Hell: One Man's Fight Against Jason Voorhees, which is decried as a "whiny piece of garbage" by a character. [1]
It was Joseph Zito's original intention to have Tommy become the antagonist and "new Jason" in any subsequent Friday the 13th films created after the fourth. [80] The ending of Friday the 13th: A New Beginning leads up to this, although due to the negative reaction to that film, the idea was dropped. [81]
Mezco Toyz has released a statuette of both Tommy and Jason, depicting the scene of the two grappling with each other underwater from Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives.
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Behind the Scenes of Friday the 13th Remake
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