Friday the 13th

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Allio

Depending on your perspective of freddey vs Jason vs ash, which was a great sequel and answered one of the biggest questions

Eh, I don't really consider that... anything.

[Allio]

Well, you're fun

[Jephael]

Originally Posted by Allio

Whelp, it's cancelled

Guess it spent a little too much time in Developmental Hell.

[Andrew NDB]

I'd be surprised if we didn't get a new F13 movie in a year or two. The "reboot" movie actually was the highest grossing of any of the standalone F13 movies, with a higher opening weekend than even FVJ. It's weird they didn't press on when there was still legitimate momentum.

And no, we don't need a Jason Voorhees "origin" movie. What we need to know about his youth we've seen time and time again in many, many flashbacks in many, many F13 movies, including the very last one. They just need to make a new Jason movie with a unique angle (the found footage movie didn't sound too terrible to me) and some witty writing, ala Cabin in the Woods or such.

[neatoman]

I just watched the original, is there any logical reason for why Mrs. Voorhees proper introduction and the revelation of the Jason backstory don't happen until the movie is almost over?

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by neatoman

I just watched the original, is there any logical reason for why Mrs. Voorhees proper introduction and the revelation of the Jason backstory don't happen until the movie is almost over?

Because a series was never intended, Mrs. Voorhees was to be the big bad villain reveal and Jason was only an afterthought.

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I'd be surprised if we didn't get a new F13 movie in a year or two.

Jesus, and now it's been 7 years since I made that post and still no sign of a new F13 movie.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Because a series was never intended, Mrs. Voorhees was to be the big bad villain reveal and Jason was only an afterthought.

But even for a standalone movie it makes no sense. My primary concern here is not about the series as a whole, just that it doesn't make sense internally.

Let's compare this to A Nightmare on Elm Street as an example, while there is some mystery of who this dream ghost really is, the movie is largely dedicated to investigating this mystery and hints are dropped throughout. Another comparison we could make is Halloween, where it is established who Michael is from the start. In my experience, most horror movies at least try to give us an initial set-up and/or a second act trying to solve the mystery.

In the first Friday the 13th, Mrs. Voorhees' face is never shown until the movie is almost over, until that point she was just some unknown killer. While it is mentioned that there were killings in the past, Jason drowning being the start of it, was never mentioned. The movie would have been much stronger if Mrs. Voorhees showed up in the diner scene earlier or some other point in the first act and/or the stuff about Jason drowning was given some hints. As is, the movie is just kind of weirdly structured by cramming this stuff in right at the end.