Friday the 13th: The Franchise

Our "Top" lists series continues today as we have decided to put together our Top 3 Best death scenes in Friday The 13th Part 7: The New Blood! This was a hard list to work out as there are a number of memorable and outrageous death scenes in this film. Although the majority of the death scenes were edited heavily by the MPAA, The New Blood still boasts some of the best kills in the franchise. Our readers may or may not agree with our rankings, but the seventh film in the franchise contains a number of classic death scenes that could be ranked higher than what we have listed below.

Today we look at the 1987 calendar created to promote the video release of Jason Lives: Friday The 13th Part 6. The cloth calendar measures 11.5 inches by 20 inches and showcases the three Friday The 13th dates for the year. One of the fun additions to the calendar are the Paramount film titles placed on certain dates that are relevant to that film. It's a nice little touch and a nice bit of trivia.

Studio 605 is preparing to lens their 3 part fan film series based on Friday The 13th this coming March, titled Friday The 13th: The Curse Of Jason, with plans to release the series starting in Summer 2014 and running through to the Fall. There is no word on what the series will be about at this time, but we know Jason will be in it and people will die.

During the NFL Superbowl this past Sunday, RadioShack began their image rebranding campaign by telling the consumers they no longer are the electronics store of the past and are moving into the current digital age. To do so, the company ran a series of commercials featuring a wide range of 1980's iconic figures and Jason Voorhees was a big part of them.  Read More

The Prophet of Doom, The Prankster and The Virgin Heroine are all prototypical characters that are on display in Friday the 13th. The secluded setting of the film and the eerie instrumental score all lent to the creepy and tense moments in the film. Along with these elements, Friday the 13th also included some much needed moments of humor and sincere interaction.... Read More

Every film has scenes that are removed or edited down for either censorship reasons or to reduce runtime of a the feature. Some of the scenes that are removed might have added something more to the film that would have either had plot points....

One Jason Voorhees actor is highly sought after for appearances and that is the non-credited Jason from Friday The 13th Part 2, Steve Dash. The story is well known by now, but for those who do not know, Steve was not credited as Jason in Part 2, but merely as a stunt double for Warrington Gillette, who was given credit for the role of the maniacal killer. It was later learned in the early to mid 2000's that Steve Dash portrayed --> Read More

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