DVD Review : Friday The 13TH

"Friday the 13TH". What can I say? It's a classic still today. And this is the ultimate collectors edition. Now is it scary to a modern audience? Well the problem is that I don't count. I'm a horror freak. To me it's something you watch with awe, the dawn of an epic movie series. This thing spawned eleven sequals. Most of them crap. But not this one. It's a classic.

If you have been living under a rock at crystal lake the story goes like this. A new owner and several young counselors gather to reopen camp crystal lake, where a young boy drowned and several vicious murders occured years earlier. They ignore the locals warnings that the place has a death curse..and one by one they find out unlucky the Friday 13th can be as they are stalked by a violent killer.

 

Now when you watch this put on your rose colored glasses and imagine it's 1980 and you are in the theatre watching this. You would be scared out of your mind.

The lighting, the story, randy teenagers, the twist in the plot + the suprise ending. All this was new and scary at the time. And it's still a good story today. And this it he ultimate DVD of this by Paramount. This includes Commentary by Sean S. Cunningham, The Friday the 13th Reunion, Fresh Cuts: New Tales from the Set, Lost Tales from Camp Blood, and the man behind the Legacy: Sean S. Cunningham. These are great, well produced and a lot of fun. It's great to hear the actors stories from Savini shooting arrows, to how they cloned Halloween, to why they chose the make-up for Jason.

All in all this is a classic for any collection. And enjoy the special 3D cover. Rent it or buy it today. I give it A.