Sunday, February 8, 2009

Review #130: His Name Was Jason: 30 Yrs of Friday the 13th (2009)



Cast/Notable Credits:
Daniel Farrands (Director)

Tom Savini (Host)

His Name Was Jason (HNWJ) is a documentary about the Friday the 13th films. It’s pretty much the missing bonus materials that weren’t offered in the deluxe box set. HNWJ includes a two hour documentary presentation about the whole franchise. It’s about damn time someone put the effort into doing something with this franchise.

After all the bickering over the “rights” between Paramount and New Line Studios, we finally get a special feature worth a sh*t.

Since it is a documentary about something I dearly love, I’m only going to tell the skinny about the documentary. It’s a two disc set and each disc includes:

Disc 1:

Feature Presentation Documentary
-Recap of all the films
-Origin and theories on Jason
-The Friday Formula
-Where’s Crystal Lake?
-Interviews with over 80 + actors/actresses/directors/fans & more! (Where's Corey Feldman & Crespin Glover?)

Behind the Mask
-Short interviews with all the men who have played Jason

Disc. 2:

Final Cuts
-Interviews with 8 directors from the films (Where's Steve Miner?!)

Script to Screen
-Interviews with 5 writers

Dragged from the Lake
-Short stories from the series/behind the scenes

Closing the Book on the Final Chapter
-A revisit to the film’s location and house in part 4

Fox Comes Home
-Fox (actress) returns to the film’s location in Part 3

Friday in 4 Minutes
-A quick series recap in 4 minutes

Camp Crystal Lake Survival Guide
-Quick tips for surviving a trip to Camp Blood

Shelley Lives
-Shelly’s commercial (Strong-arm accident lawyer)

Fan Films

Jason Takes Comic Con
-San Diego Comic Con 2008 with cast members for the remake movie

Tour at Universal Studio’s Halloween Nights
-A tour of the Friday the 13th exhibit at Universal Studios

Misc. Movie Trivia:
-Film opened on February 3, 2009 & went straight to DVD

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