His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th (2009) (TV)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Daniel Farrands

Writers:

Thommy Hutson (written by)
Anthony Masi (written by)

Release Date:

13 February 2009 (USA)

Tagline:

12 films. 3 decades. Bad luck was never so bloody.

Plot Keywords:

Time For Title | Lifting Person In Air | Character Name In Title | Number In Title

Cast

Diane Almeida	...	Herself
Erich Anderson	...	Himself
Judie Aronson	...	Herself
Diana Barrows	...	Herself
Steven Barton	...	Himself
Rachel Belofsky	...	Herself
Peter Bracke	...	Himself
Richard Brooker	...	Himself
John Carl Buechler	...	Himself
Chuck Campbell	...	Himself
Gloria Charles	...	Herself
Stuart Charno	...	Himself
Barney Cohen	...	Himself
Mike Cucinotta	...	Himself
Sean S. Cunningham	...	Himself
Douglas Curtis	...	Himself
Jensen Daggett	...	Herself
Steve Dash	...	Himself (as Steve Daskawisz)
Darcy DeMoss	...	Herself
Bob DeSimone	...	Himself
Elissa Dowling	...	Scream Queen
Todd Farmer	...	Himself
Bradley Fuller	...	Himself
John Furey	...	Himself
Robert V. Galluzzo	...	Himself
Warrington Gillette	...	Himself
C.J. Graham	...	Himself
Seth Grahame-Smith	...	Himself
Adam Green	...	Himself
Seth Green	...	Himself
Vincent Guastaferro	...	Himself
Bonnie Hellman	...	Herself
Tiffany Helm	...	Violet (archive footage)
Kane Hodder	...	Himself
Barbara Howard	...	Sara (archive footage)
James Isaac	...	Himself
Renée Jones	...	Sissy Baker (archive footage)
David Kagen	...	Himself
Elizabeth Kaitan	...	Herself
Cynthia Kania	...	Herself
Andrew Kasch	...	Himself
Jeff Katz	...	Himself
Adrienne King	...	Herself
Melanie Kinnaman	...	Pam (archive footage)
Ken Kirzinger	...	Himself
Paul Kratka	...	Himself
Ari Lehman	...	Himself
Joe Lynch	...	Himself
Al Magliochetti	...	Himself
Harry Manfredini	...	Himself
Adam Marcus	...	Himself
Sharlene Martin	...	Tamara Mason (archive footage)
Nancy McLoughlin	...	Herself
Tom McLoughlin	...	Himself
Derek Mears	...	Himself
Nick Mennell	...	Himself
Victor Miller	...	Himself
Lawrence Monoson	...	Himself
Camilla More	...	Herself
Carey More	...	Herself
Tom Morga	...	Himself
John Murdy	...	Himself
Gregory Nicotero	...	Himself
Marcus Nispel	...	Himself
Kerry Noonan	...	Paula (archive footage)
Betsy Palmer	...	Herself
Lar Park-Lincoln	...	Herself
Catherine Parks	...	Herself
Alecia Patterson	...	Raven
Marilyn Poucher	...	Herself
Bill Randolph	...	Himself
Jeffrey Reddick	...	Himself
Peter Mark Richman	...	Himself
Amanda Righetti	...	Herself
Jared Rivet	...	Himself
James Roday	...	Himself
James D. Rolfe	...	Himself
Felissa Rose	...	Herself
Shavar Ross	...	Himself
Lisa Ryder	...	Herself
Martin Jay Sadoff	...	Himself
Tom Savini	...	Himself - Host
John Shepherd	...	Himself
Kevin Spirtas	...	Himself
Amy Steel	...	Herself
Danny Steinmann	...	Himself
Susan Jennifer Sullivan	...	Melissa (archive footage)
Mark Swift	...	Himself
Lauren-Marie Taylor	...	Herself
Anthony Timpone	...	Himself
Russell Todd	...	Himself
Ryan Turek	...	Himself
Travis Van Winkle	...	Himself
Debi Sue Voorhees	...	Herself
Ted White	...	Himself
Dick Wieand	...	Himself
Staci Layne Wilson	...	Herself
Larry Zerner	...	Himself
Joseph Zito	...	Himself

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Certification:

Australia:R (2009)

Company:

Masimedia

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Peter Brooker mentions a hockey team called "The Detroit Islanders". Was he thinking of Detroit Redwings or New York Islanders?

Quotes:

Richard Brooker: I believe it was Peter Schindler and Marty Becker were Detroit Islander Hockey fans. And it was their idea to come up with the hockey mask to cover the face up.

Movie Connections:

Features "The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror IX (#10.4)" (1998)

Nice Doc

His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th (2009)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

Entertaining documentary covering the nearly thirty-years that Jason has been stalking movie goers and cutting up film critics along the way. Fans will certainly see this as a dream come true considering the large number of people they've gathered from all the movies. The only noticeable people missing are Steve Miner and Corey Feldman. I'm really not sure why Feldman wasn't involved since he was interviewed on the Paramount disc from the box set but a few of the interviewees take a couple pot shots at him. It's also worth noting that there's really not too much discussion dedicated to parts four and five but then again I'm sure fans could take 90-minute documentaries on each film and not just the entire series. On the whole this is a fun documentary as we get to hear from countless victims, fans, producers, directors and so on. Tom Savini hosts the doc and does a good job, although they could have left out all the newly filmed horror sequences, which usually just features cheap death scenes and women screaming. Some of the best moments deal with the surviving women trying to give their ideas on all all-star revival of them going after Jason. If you're a fan of the series then I'm sure you've already heard or read these stories countless times but it's nice to have all of them together.