Friday the 13th 2009

Friday the 13th is a 2009 American horror film directed by Marcus Nispel, and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. It is a reboot of the Friday the 13th film series, whose last film was the 2003 crossover film Freddy vs. Jason.

Nispel also helmed the 2003 remake of Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, while Shannon and Swift wrote the screenplay for Freddy vs. Jason.

The film stars Derek Mears as Jason Voorhees, with Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti, and Danielle Panabaker portraying the male and female leads. It was released on Friday, February 13, 2009.

This film begins on Friday, June 13, 1980, just at the moment where Pamela Voorhees (Nana Visitor) is beheaded in front of her young son Jason (Caleb Guss) and then jumping ahead thirty years.



A group of vacationing friends—Wade (Jonathan Sadowski), Richie (Ben Feldman), Mike (Nick Mennell), Whitney (Amanda Righetti), and Amanda (America Olivo)—arrive at Crystal Lake on a camping trip, and to find some weed that was planted in the woods. As Mike and Whitney explore the abandoned Crystal Lake camp, Jason (Derek Mears) begins to kill the rest of the group one-by-one.

Six weeks later, Trent (Travis Van Winkle), along with his girlfriend Jenna (Danielle Panabaker), and their friends Chewie (Aaron Yoo), Chelsea (Willa Ford), Nolan (Ryan Hansen), Bree (Julianna Guill), and Lawrence (Arlen Escarpeta) arrive at Trent's summer cabin, which sits on Crystal Lake, unaware of the events that occurred a few weeks prior.

Also in town is Clay (Jared Padalecki), who has come to Crystal Lake searching for his sister Whitney. Clay eventually makes his way to Trent's cabin, where Jenna agrees to help him look for his sister on the other side of the lake. As Clay and Jenna search for clues to Whitney's disappearance, Jason arrives and begins killing everyone .... ...Want to know more? then watch the movie.

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Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars

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Originally starting out as an origin story, the film ultimately became a re-imagining of the first four Friday the 13th films. Along with bringing the film back to its roots, Jason was designed as a leaner and faster killer, with a backstory that could provide a little sympathy for the character but not enough that he would lose his menace.

When released the film was met with primarily negative reviews, but earned approximately $19 million opening night making it the largest opening day for the film series. It currently sits as the second highest grossing film in the Friday the 13th franchise, in unadjusted dollars.

Below is a list the other Jason films and theater release dates.
More information on the other Friday the 13th movies.

Sequels:	Release Date:
1. Friday the 13th (1980)	May 9 1980
2. Friday the 13th Part 2	April 30 1981
3. Friday the 13th Part III	August 13 1982
4. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter	April 13 1984
5. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning	March 22 1985
6. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives	August 1 1986
7. Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood	May 13 1988
8. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan	July 28 1989
9. Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday	August 13 1993
10. Jason X	April 26 2002
11. Freddy vs. Jason	August 15 2003
12. Friday the 13th (2009)	February 13 2009