Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th (2009)

  • 25% of critics liked it
    (162 reviews)

  • 52% of users liked it
    (210,606 ratings)

A man in search of his missing sister stumbles across a deadly secret in the woods surrounding Crystal Lake as Texas Chainsaw Massacre redux duo Michael Bay and Marcus Nispel resurrect one of the silver screen's most feared slashers -- machete-wielding, hockey mask-wearing madman Jason Voorhees. The… More

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R, 1 hr. 38 min.
Directed By
Marcus Nispel
Written By
Damian Shannon, Mark Swift
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Horror
In Theaters
Feb 13, 2009 Wide
On DVD
Jun 16, 2009
Warner Bros. Pictures/New Line/Paramount

Critic Reviews

  • Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies

    I got extremely bored.

  • Ben Lyons, At the Movies

    We've seen it all before.

  • David Edelstein, New York Magazine

    You really have to screw it up to dishonor the memory of a movie as s****y as the original Friday the 13th. Heads should roll.

  • Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

    This film is so last-century.

  • Adam Graham, Detroit News

    The series reboot is much the same, but it's easily the most effective -- and scary -- entrant in the franchise.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Directors C


    It may be a heartless series rehash but to be honest it's a sophisticated one. The story is much more efficent in structure than the original film and I did jump a fair few times which is more then I can say for it's inspirational predecessor. A majority of critics only… More

  • Jason C


    This movie has been relentlessly panned since it's release. Don't get me wrong, the film should be considered, at least, a missed opportunity. Really though, in comparison to it's predecessors, it's one of the better Friday the 13th's. In fact, the first 20… More

  • Eric A


    Nothing really new here, except more blood. I was a bit let down from this reboot. It moved to fast and felt like a teen movie. I wish they would have focused more on how Jason became Jason; just like they did for Michael Myers in the Halloween reboot.

  • Lady D


    Truly one of the worst Horror remakes ever, avoid at all costs. It ticks all the boxes of a modern day slasher, without anything different to offer. Remaking a Classic 80's Horror film, I feel, just needs an uptodate makeover, instead the mask is pretty much the only thing that… More

  • Matt G


    What a crappy remake! It has basically no action. The guy barely looks like Jason! Grade: D

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