Diane Almeida, Erich Anderson, Judie Aronson
The FRIDAY THE 13TH films cut a gore-laden swathe through the 1980s and '90s, making it one of the most successful horror franchises. This documentary revisits the hockey-mask-clad phenomenon of Jason...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 3, 2009
Stats: 128 reviews
A sickly, self congratulatory blowjob of a "documentary". This is just an hour and a half of publicity for the recent remake. As such it's people continuously saying how good the films are. It takes about 20 minutes for everybody to just sum up the plot of every film. Then we hea...( read more)
His Name Was Jason is a look back at the biggest horror franchise in film history Friday the 13th. Extensive interviews with cast, crew, and fans travel down the many roads of Camp Crystal Lake. The host is FX god Tom Savini.
I don't know if the documentary itself is worthy of f...( read more)
Well made, fact and trivia filled documentary on Jason and his legacy hosted by FX master Tom Savini. It was also nice to see how alot of the actors have aged--some of them quite well: Judie (part 4) Aronson in particular.
The second disc featuring alot of unused interviews and ...( read more)
This was an interesting documentary. It's strictly for either horror fans and/or Friday the 13th fans. Nice seeing Tom Savini hosting, but most of his jokes were rather lame and the short scenes in between involving a girl running throughout the place discovering bodies was just ...( read more)
i adore the friday 13th movies and so this was a fun look back at all the movies that had been made up to recently with the new remake.
Outstanding documentary on the entire thirty year Friday the 13th Jason franchise featuring celebrity interviews with former Jasons, campers, and other horror stars the films influenced. The film is hosted by makeup effects master and actor Tom Savini and features clips up the yi...( read more)
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