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Close! Michael will actually kill her via an overconsumption of cocaine and bear claws.
I only saw bit of the Rob Zobie films, and didn't feel the want to see them completely.
I am hoping her character is named Jamie Lloyd because why not screw with the franchise even more
Though it isn't quite as bad as the Texas Chainsaw Massacre films, which have around 6 timelines (including this years Leatherface).
I don't really mind it. Probably makes it easier for them to tackle, lest they create confusion by doing a sequel that isn't a sequel to Zombie's work but, say, Halloween: Resurrection.
It's the same thing with the Alien franchise now, which is becoming more and more muddled with each new release. They could continue down the path (which I don't even think they know what their end game is anymore), or they could've gone with Blomkamp's idea and just work off of the first two films and nothing more; they opted for the former, and audiences are still confused.
Will be interesting to see how general audiences handle the new Terminator that'll also ignore everything past the first two movies.
That's not too much of a loss. The only good thing past T2 was Salvation, IMO. Which I thought was the best direction for the franchise. The whole time traveling thing is going to get old.
Apparently that's all they've chosen to reveal, in hopes that the sequel could somehow see the light of day in the future.
http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3463889/writers-finally-reveal-title-unmade-friday-13th-remakes-sequel/
Can't say I'm ever excited for these Friday films (they are all basically the same if they're set on a camp), but a movie depicted in winter with Jason facing the elements to kill the campers is interesting and a new place for the series.
We don't see enough snow in horror films, but I think the elements and dangers of nature are what make films like The Thing so powerful and atmospheric. If that film was set in the summer, it just wouldn't carry the same impact. Much like why horror films work best in the dark, for obvious reasons. Though some brave auteur filmmaker should make a daylight set horror film to shake things up. Part of what makes Halloween so interesting is that Carpenter does spend a lot of time setting up the story as the day goes on, with Michael out and about and not hidden by shadow. Because we see him clearly, it's all the more unsettling, like when Laurie looks out her window and sees him there in plain view.
As for F13, a lot of us die-hards are in agreement about craving a winter setting, mainly for the fact that it really would spice up so much - the kill varieties, the entire look and feel of the film, even the situations the victims get themselves in (I can see someone running from Jason, realizing that he's leaving a perfect set of tracks for him to follow, and he has to try and one-up him).
There's such a barren, hopeless feel when we get horror mixing with a wintery setting. Hell, even the recent Wind River, which was merely a thriller with no horror elements, had that same feel of lost hopelessness and dread, as they find themselves surrounded by endless snowstorms and no outside assistance.
Yeah, snow makes any film carry a sense of dread. One of my favorite recent films was The Grey, which was all about facing the elements.
For what its worth, this coming Friday is when the 2017 film should have been released, had it survived to the filming stage.
So they were planning ahead with a sequel? God dammit, they had an idea in place for the next film... that just makes it worse. But I am determined to cling to the hope that when New Line get the rights back in 2018, they will waste no time in getting a film underway.
A wintery setting is high on my wishlist for a future Friday film.
@MajorDSmythe, just to think we could be discussing our plans to see a new F13 right now, drooling over a trailer for it. What a shame. I think if those involved have been wanting a snowy setting as bad as the fans, then it will likely happen in the future (if F13 progress can pick up yet again). One can hope.
I'm sure with the reboot reaching a 10 year age by 2019, the best the sequel script would get is a re-crafting into an original story. Though I'd appreciate the hell out of it if they did just go with a sequel, especially if it was their intention of following a brand new cast and not bringing up the survivors of the reboot.
In the place of the old guard being staled out, we're seeing some interesting new horror films come out that are their own, individual and unique thing, so is it better this way? Originality in modern horror came around the time that the old "icons" died out, interestingly enough.
I think they can keep a series like F13 a success by simply working off the tried-and-tested formula, only with a twist. Like we said, just get a bunch of gorgeous campers together, throw in some alcohol, weed, and sex, all on top of a violently angry Jason...but with a twist like setting it in the winter, or take us back to the 80's (no cellphones/overly modern technology for the victims to utilize), or what have you.
I think horror films can follow some trends too much, however, and go in a direction that hurts them by trying to be different. We're now in a filmmaking climate where it's very popular to peel back the layers behind characters and we've seen recent horror films trying to do that with the "villains" of their stories, where their evil is explained or given some meaning or purpose, but I don't really like that.
Carpenter said it best when he made it known he didn't like how later writers explained Michael's origins, because he always imagined him as the personification of evil that simply was evil without any rhyme or reason. Michael is scarier when we know he's just like that and always will be, just as Loomis must come face to face with the idea that he can't change the unchangeable. That helpless feeling adds so much, as does our ignorance of evil.
I hope that horror films back away from showing us or telling us everything about the "monsters," and simply let them be who they are, mysteriously doing what they do. You can't reveal everything about them or give them such a massive origin such that there isn't that feeling of mystery and curiosity left. Michael is scary because we don't know what drives him, and we share Loomis' dread because we realize that there is no reaching him, even if we knew what was wrong.
As you said, they're monsters, and nothing more is needed. They're the embodiment of evil.
I think one of the more recent F13 scripts that floated about before crashing and burning even went that same route, attempting to bring back both Pamela Voorhees and Jason's father in some crazy origin explanation twist, which would've been a horrible idea.
I will just come out and say it, I think had the 2017 began filming, I think they would have dropped the bombshell that Kane Hodder would be putting on the hockey mask once more. Back in January, he mentioned a big surprise that he couldn't say anything about. he has since not made a mention of anything further. He still states that playing Jason was a dream come true, it was not his choice to leave the role, and would still be Jason today. And even a brief look at the mo-cap session for the game show that Kane can still play Jason, even at the age of 62.
A F13 film without the camp as we know it, has been done before, twice actually. By the events of Jason Goes To Hell (released in 1993, but taking place around 1996), the camp site has been torn down, and by the events of Jason X (released 2001 but the film opens in 2008), the site of the camp now houses the Crystal Lake Reserach Centre.
That is a valid, but sad, point you've brought up @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7. In the 1980's, those films ruled the horror genre. 8 Friday The 13th films, 4 Halloween films and 5 A Nightmare On Elm Street films.
Ouch. Yes, that's exactly the kind of thing I mean. It isn't enough for Jason to be motivated to avenge his mother and to get back at those who ignored him, some daddy drama must be tossed in for good measure that weights it down further.
It'd be like an Elm Street film spending an hour of its runtime showing Freddy's early life and how his dad sexually abused him, leading him to act out with kids as an adult. Why?!
Kane's involvement in the game had been known since 2016. Here's a clip posted on the Gun Media youtube account from February of last year:
It is possible that I might be barking up the wrong tree, but... I don't know, I just have this strong feeling that Kane was going to play Jason in the new film.
http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3464328/strangers-prey-night-gets-early-2018-date/
Terrible subtitle, but I'm looking forward to it. Hoping it's as creepy as the first.
@Creasy47, I don't remember that film all that well, but I was genuinely creeped out when I saw it which is hard for films of this genre to do. The more chilling moment, and one I still remember clearly, is when the husband or wife looks at the "Strangers" and says, "Why are you doing this?" (or something to that effect) and one of them replies, "Because you were home."
Goosebumps...
That's what I love about it: the simplicity and realism in the set-up. Something twisted and creepy like that can happen to anyone.
A real haunting moment for me is when Liv Tyler's character is home alone. Pours herself a cup of water and stands quietly in the living room, as one of the killers slowly creeps into frame in the background behind her; he waits in silence before disappearing yet again.
Yeah, the camerawork is really clever and creates that dread early on. I bring this up a lot, but that's what makes horror films like Halloween so memorable, where you can blink and miss shots of Michael shifting from one shadow to another.
http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3464447/corey-feldman-lays-idea-return-friday-13th-franchise/
Also, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are releasing a cover of the Halloween theme song tomorrow!
http://bloody-disgusting.com/music/3464419/trent-reznor-releasing-cover-john-carpenters-halloween-friday-13th/
The thing to note is that it isn't necessarily a remake of the miniseries, as it is its own take on the novel. There's a lot in this new one that the miniseries didn't tackle (such as Neibolt Street), and I'd say some bits in the miniseries that were better than the 2017 take (I actually prefer the rock battle in the quarry of the miniseries). I'm happy to have found it incredibly scary and well done - it relied on jumpscares, but thankfully a couple of them managed to work for me.
The miniseries feels a bit dated if you return to it these days - terrified me as a kid, but it's a bit lighthearted and "funny" in sections now that once scared me. However, Skarsgard's take on Pennywise in this was very haunting and chilling. I'm a bit upset they relied on CGI for him as often as they did (particularly in the shape shifting and the appearance of his massive fangs) because he was selling the scares so well on his own without having to incorporate computer manipulation.
EDIT: Funko is releasing a Pennywise/Georgie toy set:
http://bloody-disgusting.com/toys/3464824/funkos-pennywise-georgie-vynl-set-will-soon-float-collection/
John Carpenter reveals he has made a deal to officially score Halloween next year:
http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3464800/john-carpenter-reveals-hes-made-deal-score-next-years-halloween/
Also, the writers of the canned sequel to the Friday the 13th reboot unveil a few pages from the script, including a kill we've never seen in the series before: