Feb 26 2009
HIS NAME WAS JASON: 30 YEARS OF FRIDAY THE 13TH
Hosted by Tom Savini, this documentary looks into the phenomenon of Friday the 13th and the serial slasher character Jason Vorhees. They bring in actors from the entire series (all the way up to Freddy Vs. Jason), directors, screenwriters and producers, plus actors and writers that are just fans of the series. They discuss in depth the idea of Jason and how the Friday the 13th series came about and changed over the years.
I have to admit that I got a little excited when I saw Kevin Spiritas turn up, talking about part 7. This guy has been in several horror movies over the years (though not always under the same name) and he just gets better looking, the older he gets. I had a crush on him back in college when he was on “Days of Our Lives” and I really like him. In all the special features/docs on the series, he never turns up, but here he was in this one. Plus they bring in the guy from “Psych” to talk about who he rooted for in Freddy Vs. Jason. Does it make sense? No. Was in interesting? Of course! I also got a little too excited to see Seth Green, which says a lot about me.
They do spend a segment of the movie discussing the psychology behind Jason and why he killed, which they claimed the audience needed to know and wanted to know. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t care about that stuff. I like my serial killers like I like my men, evil for no good reason. You don’t need to know everything and there doesn’t have to be some deep, hidden, secret reason. For me that’s where Halloween went down hill, when they tried to do the whole hidden reason.
The other downside is that Tom Savini is in here way too much, patting himself on the back. I get it dude, but it’s time to move on. He must have been a producer or something on this because they bring him up too much. Worth it though because this was pretty interesting.
