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		List Price: $16.99		Label: Paramount Salesrank: 13948 Released: February 3, 2009
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		MPAA Rating: Unrated Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 02/03/2009 Run time: 95 minutes Rating: Ur

Friday the 13th Uncut (Deluxe Edition) Reviews:
So, Is This Deluxe Version Worth Buying??
2009-10-21 - The general consensus seems to be that it's a swindle and that Paramount is once again screwing the fans over. I guess I half agree with that. Some of the later films in the series have gotten decent treatments, and some are just outright hosejobs.
As far as this "uncut" first film goes, I'd say it depends. If you have the first pressing that came out years ago, you might be interested in the bonus features depending on how hardcore you are about the series. If you own the box set, I'd say not to bother.
First off, I don't really think it's totally uncut. "Uncut" in this case is a few extra seconds tacked onto Kevin Bacon's death. Not all that worth it if you ask me. I know I've seen some cut scenes that showed a bit more of the gore effects, but I believe that was a European version of the film. So no, I don't believe this film is truly uncut.
The bonus features-A short retrospective "Making Of" segment, which is interesting enough. There's a n interview with Sean Cunningham, but he doesn't really say anything fans haven't heard before in other documentaries. Then there's the Lost Tales From Camp Blood Part 1, which is a short segment of a fan made film that tries to mimic the style of the films. Thankfully it's short coz it's not terribly good. Then we have the commentary, and this is what pretty much sold me on this disc. Unfortunately, it wasn't very good at all. It's one of those commentaries where everyone recorded their parts separately, so there is no interaction. Some folks might not mind this, but these kinds of commentaries really bug me. Plus it seems as though none of the commentators are even watching the movie coz nobody ever comments on what is happening onscreen. I would have liked to have heard more about particular scenes. It's weird to think I watched an hour and thirty five minute commentary and really learned nothing at all. In fact I hardly remember any of it. The commentary is hosted by the dude who wrote Crystal Lake Memories, and he has a bad habit of continuously introducing the commentators before they speak. You get really sick of hearing: "Adrienne King-who played Alice" before Adrienne King starts speaking. A big letdown.
So, yes, I do believe that fans got the green weenie on this one. It's really only necessary to purchase this if you don't already own it.

A Great Start!!
2009-09-26 - Camp Crystal Lake has had its share of history. In 1957, a young boy drowned due to lack of supervision. In 1958, two counselors were mysteriously slain. After all this, the camp finally closed down for good. Or so some thought."The real draw is makeup F/X man Tom Savini, the Michelangelo of mayhem."

The Friday The 13th that started it all
2009-09-16 - Paramounts FRIDAY THE 13TH is an awesome horror flick by producer/director(Sean S. Cunningham)who does an awesome job with this movie with catchy creepy music scoring done by Harry Manfredini who also did the music scoring for all the other FRIDAY THE 13TH sequels, except for Part 8.

In addition to what makes the original FRIDAY THE 13TH so special is it tells us how all the string of mass murders in Camp Crystal Lake got started and what got the relentless Jason Voorhees started in FRIDAY THE 13TH: PART 2, since it was Jason's vengeful mother Pamela Voorhees(Betsy Palmer)doing the string of killings in this movie, not Jason since Pamela was convinced that all the camp counselors were responsible for the drowning death of her son(Jason)who ends up emerging from the lake at the end of this movie indicating that he was avenging the death of his malicious mother after she was decapitated by surviving heroine(Adrienne King)who just happens to be Jason's very first slaughtered victim as we were shown at the beginning in FRIDAY THE 13TH: PART II after showing scenes from Part 1.

This movie takes me all the way back to memory lane to the Summer of 1980 when I was 7 years old living in the Imperial Valley in my hometown(El Centro, CA) along with the fact that this terror flicks theatrical release was on Friday June 13th, 1980.

This flick also gave FRIDAY THE 13TH a bad name and a belief that Friday the 13th of any month was superstitious kind of like John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN did in the Fall of 1978, MY BLOODY VALENTINE did in the Spring of 1981, SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT did in the Fall of 1985, and APRIL FOOLS DAY did in the Spring of 1986, etc.

FRIDAY THE 13TH also shows us what a typical terror film used to be like back then too such as immature teenagers wanting to get away someplace beautiful and peaceful to relax, party, get away from home, having premarital sex before they die, even if it's at an unsafe place, which reminds me that something I've noticed about all horror flicks is that all the people who get laid in these kind of movies always seem to die off, unlike the ones who end up surviving in these movies like Alice(Adrienne King)did in this installment of FRIDAY THE 13TH and like Ginny(Amy Steele)did in FRIDAY THE 13TH: PART II did.

The Gold Standard
2009-07-30 - I've already recorded my thoughts on the original Friday the 13th. I think it's among the top two or three greatest slasher films ever made. It has a kind of 'Blair Witch Project' feel about it, as you never see who or what you are dealing with until very close to the end. This creates an aura of dread, as well as a nearly tangible feeling that these characters are pretty much doomed.

I don't waste too much time mincing words about such matters-to me, this is a great movie. Not just a great slasher film, but a great film, by ANY standards. And it continues to grow on me. By now, I've seen it around 100 times, but I continue to like it better over time.

One word of caution, though. They refer to it as 'uncut',as if this is a big deal. I expected there to be major differences, such as reinserted deleted scenes or something of that nature. There isn't. So don't expect to get anything radically different than what you've had in the past. In fact, the major difference-the death scene of Kevin Bacon-looked better BEFORE. Some things get cut for a reason.

But the picture and sound quality are outstanding. The other special features are okay. But if you are satisfied with the version you have at present, there is no overwhelming reason to replace your old dvd with this one.

A lot has been said about this being a graphically violent film. That may be the case, up to a point. But I believe that it's often what you DON'T see that most powerfully affects your imagination. And that's where this movie really sets itself apart. The killer is hardly ever shown, up until the final twenty minutes,but their presense hovers ominously and continually over the entire movie.

For example, you could consider the scene where the girl is brushing her teeth at the sink. Off to her far left, we see a shower curtain shift a couple of inches. We, as the audience, realize the implications: if she goes back there, she will be killed. She,of course, is oblivious to the danger. The killer is back there, silently waiting. The movement of the shower curtain is so subtle, so understated.........yet you know full well what it means.

Most of the horror movies I have sat through, even taken in their entirety, simply do not compare with that brief, seemingly trivial scene. Mystery, dread, suspense,horror, tension-all found, in abundance, in a scene that only lasts a minute or two.

I regard this as a masterpiece.

old movie
2009-07-07 - i didnt check this was old movie lol
i bought it fast fast... then i shocked
bad movie