The 2009 Friday the 13th reboot isn’t he
worst thing I’ve ever seen; it isn’t great, but it doesn’t like ruin my
favorite horror franchise for me or anything. (I maintain they’re all good, or
at least watchable, up to Jason Takes Manhattan.) It sounds
like the next revisitation, however, just might accomplish that feat.
Produced by Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes, the same company
responsible for the last regeneration, according to THR, the
currently-in-the-works David Bruckner (V/H/S) directed
version will be both found footage and explain why Jason
Voorhees can’t be killed. That’s like a one-two punch to my scrotum.
The found footage thing isn’t an automatic deal breaker, as
the format can be used well, it just rarely is, and I’m not
a fan of his V/H/S segment, so I don’t hold out much hope
with Bruckner. This report does say Friday the 13th is
“expected to be” found footage, and there’s been some debate about whether or
not this is true, so we could dodge that particular bullet.
It’s the overt explanation of why the hockey-mask-wearing
slaughterer of teens can’t be killed that I have the biggest issue with. Come
on, people, we don’t always need to have every last thing spelled out for us,
do we? I finally saw It Follows last weekend, and it’s as
good as everyone says. Part of the reason why is because the leave things
ambiguous and don’t give you a detailed account of exactly why these things are
happening, making it that much scarier. When did we as moviegoers lose our
taste for mystery and uncertainty, and our ability to enjoy things that may not
be entirely explained?
The lone bright spot is that Nick Acosta
(Hannibal, Believe) is writing the
script, so maybe it won’t entirely suck. We’ll find out which way things fall
on Friday, May 13, 2016.
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