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| packmule | Aug 19 2009, 08:56 PM |
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Latest DVD watched by Packmule: Friday The 13th(2009), directed by Marcus Nispel. As remakes of classic slasher horror films go I'd rate this one better than average but perhaps a shade less than "good". The makeup effects and special effects regarding Jason Voorhee's kills are predictably excellent. The acting is, well, predictably average to stale but given this genre of film I don't think anyone in their right mind would expect any Oscars to be awarded to this movie. As before Jason Voorhees, a hulking, grubby looking and disfigured fellow, goes on a murderous rampage at Camp Crystal Lake. Several sullen locals warn the group of young people, which includes the requisite young and buxom females and beer swilling, marijuana smoking male counterparts, to stay away from the lake and surrounding areas. The group doesn't and quickly become, along with two locals, lambs to the slaughter for Mr. Voorhees who, after a few kills, replaces the burlap bag on his head with a hockey mask. The victims are systemically hacked, impaled or outright butchered by Voorhees. The kills in this update of the 1980 classic are similar to the original film: impalings, a screwdriver through the neck, an arrow through the skull and other gruesome butchery involving a pick axe and machete, all of which turn the camp into little more than a human stock yard of corpses. Slasher horror film fans will no doubt like this film but after watching this remake I'm still much more entertained by the original and its two follow ups. The trailer for Friday The 13th(2009): http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3531670297/ |
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