Friday The 13th Blog

Cathryn looked over some of your comments from Part 2 of our report last week and was nice enough to email me answers to some of those comments as well as offer a few more tidbits about the production that she recalled since her and I spoke a couple weeks back. She also offered some [...]

Last week, our Part 1 report on the “A New Beginning” shooting location revealed a bit of the history of the Ranch. We talked about some of the famous shoots on location, how the Ranch was chosen for filming the fifth film in the Friday the 13th franchise and the three stages the filming location [...]

When Friday the 13th: A New Beginning was released in 1985, there was a lot of interest and also much speculation to what the movie would be about as Jason was effectively killed in the previous movie, The Final Chapter. After its release, fans criticized the movie for the missing component that had resided in [...]

I would first like to start off saying that this is not the ”A New Beginning” report I teased last week. That will be coming soon! Today we have an exclusive interview with Bob Desimone from that very same movie. I must point out that Christian Sellers interviewed Bob for this website a few years ago, but [...]

It is well known that Alice Cooper contributed numerous songs to Jason Lives which helped make that movie one of the most memorable in the franchise. Another great contribution he made to horror was his role in Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare in 1991. In that movie he played an abusive guardian that evenually pushes Freddy [...]

Since Larry is in the entertainment law business, he was interviewed by the Legal tabloid website, Above The Law, about the legal ramifications of the Conan O’Brien and Jay Leno fallout. I think the topic is interesting and also am happy to see Larry recognized as someone with real input into such a hot button [...]

Comedian Doug Benson invited Larry to be part of his I Love Movies Podcast this past week. Larry and the other guests had a fun time discussing movies, among other things. Check out the podcast at iTunes.

I missed this one back in the middle of December, but John sat down with the producers of the Never Sleep Again doco to talk about his involvement in the special effects for A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. This is a another interview I am excited to hear as it is [...]

Some fans may not be aware but Tom actually was a part of the Freddy universe at one point in the 80’s.  After he directed Jason Lives in 1986, he went on to direct TV and other movies. In 1988, he was enlisted to direct the Freddy’s Nightmares  episode, It’s a Miserable Life.
In that episode [...]

Hey everyone, if you know Deadpit.com and their online radio show then you should check out their review of their special Friday the 13th shows. They have great interviews with various actors from the movies in the series and are very informative.
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