“Jason X” goes to space and sucks on so many levels

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“Jason X” goes to space and sucks on so many levels

New Line sends Jason to the final frontier, and sends all the thinly-drawn characters and low-budget kills of the franchise with him.

Filmmaker of the Month

“Jason Goes to Hell” reinvents the Friday the 13th franchise, and not for the better

Jason Voorhees tears his way over to New Line Cinema, who promptly cranks out an entry that warps his mythos for the worse.

Filmmaker of the Month

In “Friday the 13th: Jason Takes Manhattan”, Jason (sort of) takes a bloody bite of the Big Apple

Paramount tried to jazz up the Friday the 13th franchise by plopping Jason in the City That Never Sleeps, but the results nearly killed the series.

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Filmmaker of the Month

How “Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood” made a monster mash

Jason Voorhees came back with more teen drama and an even gorier look.

Features

May’s Filmmaker of the Month: The Friday the 13th Series

For the first film's 40th anniversary, we hack and slash our way through the long, bloody saga of Jason Voorhees and his journeys from hell to Manhattan to space.

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