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DVD Reviews: ‘Friday The 13th’ 1-3 Deluxe Editions
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Friday The 13th
Friday the 13th Uncut
Friday the 13th Part 2
Friday the 13th Part 3 3-D
Directors: Sean S. Cunningham, Steve Miner
Starring Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Kevin Bacon, Amy Steel, John Furey, Dana Kimmell, Richard Brooker
Paramount Home Entertainment
Released Date: February 3, 2009

Right in time for the release of the brand new Friday the 13th, I was given the great honor of reviewing the movies that set this unstoppable ball of masked murdering mayhem in motion: Friday the 13th Parts 1, 2, and 3.

It’s been nearly three decades since Jason Voorhees was born, so there’s little I can say about the movies that people aren’t well-aware of already. The most impressive thing is that even after three decades, the man won’t stop and he doesn’t want to slow down. Personally, I see absolutely no reason for him to.

We live in a time where movies get sequels and remakes without a second thought, which is really a bad thing. Almost to an epidemic to a degree. But certain genres don’t need to worry about that, because they’re built to be done numerous times, and one of these genres is the slasher horror. Movies like Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm St., and Halloween will not be changing much from movie-to-movie, but they don’t have to because we watch them and love them for their scares and to see all the stupid kids get hacked up in creative ways we would all easily avoid in those situations… naturally.

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