Friday the 13th Remake

[J. Tithonus Pednaud]

Wow. That was bad. Not the good kind of bad either. I'm a Friday the 13th fan, I get that the series is a mess chronologically and that the series is a joke unto itself. I'm fine with that and, frankly, the fact that the movies are bad and cheesy is truly a big part of the fun.

But this relaunch was just bad on every level. They tried too hard. If it had embraced its camp origins, without trying as hard as they did (HEY LOOK OVER HERE! ITS A REFERENCE TO PART III! GET IT?!?!) I would have given it a pass. But the fact that they tried to make a 'serious' horror movie made all the bad acting, plot holes and horrible script additions all the more apparent.

FAIL!