‘Friday the 13th: Jason Lives’ Actor Whitney Rydbeck Has Passed Away

We’ve learned the sad news this week that actor Whitney Rydbeck, who played a brief but memorable role in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, has passed away at the age of 79. Jason Lives director Tom McLoughlin said in a statement to Bloody Disgusting, “I’m heartbroken to share this past Monday night we […]

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Arrow Video Bringing ‘Friday the 13th’ Remake to 4K Ultra HD with New Bonus Features!

Can you believe it’s now been FIFTEEN YEARS since Jason Voorhees last appeared on the big screen? Arrow Video is celebrating that sad anniversary with some great news, bringing the 2009 remake of horror classic Friday the 13th to 4K Ultra HD this September! The release is scheduled for September 17, 2024, and it’s up […]

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Here’s the Latest Update on A24’s “Crystal Lake”; Charlize Theron as Pamela Voorhees?!

A24 and Peacock’s planned Friday the 13th television series “Crystal Lake” went up in smoke earlier this year, with showrunner Bryan Fuller (“Hannibal”) being fired from the project and leaving the fate of the small screen project unclear. So what really happened? The Wrap just dropped one hell of an exclusive report untangling the behind […]

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‘MultiVersus’ – Jason Voorhees Reveal Trailer Shows Off ‘Jason X’ Costume!

It was announced this week that Jason Voorhees will return to the world of video games in WB Games’ MultiVersus, which unites pop culture icons from the Warner Bros. brand. WB Games and Player First Games will release MultiVersus on May 28, and a brand new reveal trailer this morning fully shows off what Jason is capable of […]

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Not Quite ‘Friday the 13th’: Six Jason Voorhees Knock-Offs in Gaming

The final stage of a great idea has to be when it becomes so ingrained in popular culture that it then belongs to everyone. For example, hardcore horror fans might be aware that the original Frankenstein’s Monster wasn’t green and didn’t have metal bolts sticking out of his neck, but the average person will always […]

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‘Jason Universe’ – Horror Inc. Begins a New Era of the ‘Friday the 13th’ Franchise; Here’s the Plan

While we wait to see what happens with A24 and Peacock’s planned Friday the 13th TV series “Crystal Lake,” currently undergoing a showrunner change, Horror Inc. has announced Jason Universe via an exclusive report from IGN this afternoon, which is said to be the dawning of a “new era from the original owners of the […]

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“Crystal Lake”: Kevin Williamson and Bryan Fuller Planned an “Hour Long Chase Episode”

We learned earlier this week that “Hannibal” creator Bryan Fuller is no longer the showrunner of A24 and Peacock’s Friday the 13th TV series “Crystal Lake,” with A24 choosing to “go a different way with the material.” What does that mean? It means A24 is still planning on bringing a Friday the 13th series to […]

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“Crystal Lake” Update: A24 Going a “Different Way” with the ‘Friday the 13th’ TV Series

This week has brought a lot of confusion about “Crystal Lake,” A24, Peacock and Bryan Fuller’s (“Hannibal”) television series expansion of the Friday the 13th franchise. While reports and rumors spread about A24 pulling the plug on the series, we told you on Monday that that’s not exactly the case. Rather, the project is being retooled behind the […]

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“Crystal Lake” – A24 Has NOT Pulled the Plug on Their ‘Friday the 13th’ TV Series [Exclusive]

Can you believe it’s now been 15 YEARS since we last saw Jason Voorhees on the screen? In the wake of several years’ worth of legal troubles, the Voorhees family was finally set to return in a new Friday the 13th television series from A24, Peacock and Bryan Fuller (“Hannibal”) titled “Crystal Lake,” but a report this week has […]

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When Jason Voorhees and Arsenio Hall Delivered the Best Horror Movie Marketing of All Time [TV Terrors]

For this month’s installment of “TV Terrors” we revisit one of the most iconic bits of horror movie marketing of all time: when Jason Voorhees took “The Arsenio Hall Show“! The first time I ever saw the teaser for Jason Takes Manhattan was on the weekend of July 5, 1989. My dad had taken my little […]

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“Friday the 13th: The Series” Didn’t Need Jason Voorhees to Be an Entertaining Horror Show [TV Terrors]

For this month’s installment of “TV Terrors” we revisit “Friday the 13th: The Series,” which aired from 1987 to 1990 – and did not feature Jason Voorhees in a single episode. One of the best memories of my childhood involves five year old me, my four year old brother and my mom hunkering down in front […]

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Jason Blum Is Still Trying to Will a Blumhouse ‘Friday the 13th’ Movie into Existence

What’s going on with the Friday the 13th franchise? The saga has been on hold for several years now due to a messy legal issue, but Jason Voorhees is finally set to return in a brand new series from Bryan Fuller, A24 and Peacock titled “Crystal Lake.” It’s coming soon, possibly even later this year, […]

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Revisiting the ‘Friday the 13th’ Remake On Its 15th Anniversary [Horror Queers Podcast]

Stupendous Tits After dipping into the world of H.P. Lovecraft in Re-Animator (listen) and checking out an early adaptation of The Portrait of Dorian Gray (listen), somehow we’re already on our third episode of February. And while the holiday doesn’t line up, we couldn’t pass up a chance to revisit Friday the 13th (2009) for […]

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Hot Takes on Horror Franchises and Theme Parks [Halloweenies Podcast]

With Tricks and Treats, the Halloweenies answer your questions. In this installment — their first in nearly a year, mind you — co-hosts Michael Roffman, “Wolfman Mac” Gerber, and Rachel Reeves shares their favorite Xenomorph designs, sidecasts they’d want to record, hot takes on past franchises we’ve covered, and much much more. To kick it […]

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Check Out These Four Fan-Made Slasher Franchise Video Games in the Retro NES Style [Trailer]

With no recent news on that rumoured new Friday The 13th game, what are fans to do? Well, if you’re like indie developer Steve McCall, you make your own. Not only that, but you take your existing game, along with other slasher games that you’ve made, and you demake it into the style of an […]

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