4/5 his name was jason dvd review
  by Yann Pauziere
very interesting documentary for die hard fans!
Excellent item, fast packed, shiped with all others, good deal! Thank you, see you soon for more shop!

4/5 INTERESTING LOOK INTO THE FRIDAY THE 13TH SERIES!
  by ! MR. KNOW IT ALL ;-b (TRI STATE AREA)
I'm a fan of Jason even if the films his films haven't really captured the potential of this iconic fiend. This 2 discs set gives some insight why some of the films weren't as good as they should have been along with some trivia tid bits and facts. The two disc set is loaded with documentaries, short films from fans and interviews with cast members include all the actors who have played Jason Voorhees.

I enjoyed this set and for fans of the franchise this is a no brainer, but I wouldn't pay too much for it. I found this for $5.00!

4/5 An In-Depth Look at the F13 Franchise
  by C. Sawin (TX)
This is a documentary that chronicles thirty years of Friday the 13th. It has the cast, directors, writers, and journalists all talking discussing respective films they were in, helped create, or were inspired by and are sandwiched between clips of the films being discussed at the time. It gives you an idea of what it was like behind the scenes as stories are told about difficulties during a particular scene or film, how the idea for something originally came to fruition, to what they did in between takes, actors getting sick during particular scenes, etc. Spanning twelve films and three decades, this is a must own for any Friday the 13th fan.

I heard this isn't really anything new for the die hard F13 fans as it's basically a video version of Peter Bracke's Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th book. Since I hadn't read the book, this was mostly new material for me. As informative and excellent as the documentary is, the extras are what most fans have been raving about. The second disc is filled with a lot of segments they only touched on in the full-length documentary along with a lot of other goodies including interviews with writers and directors, fan films, discussions about plotholes, bad acting, etc, Joseph Zito and Eric Anderson walking you through the house they used in The Final Chapter, Friday the 13th in four minutes, a panel at Comic-Con, a survival guide to surviving Camp Blood, and more. There are several hours worth of material on the second disc and really make this an excellent addition to any fan of the franchise.

Rating - 8/10

3/5 More of a Fluff Piece Than Anything
  by Graboidz (Westminster, Maryland)
I really enjoyed "His Name Was Jason", let me state that right up front. As a child of the 80's I grew up going to the "Friday" films with my brother, and still watch the franchise on DVD regularly. With that said, I was hoping for a little more from this documentary.
The main attraction of this 2 disk set is the 90 minute documentary which brings back cast and crew of the various films to discuss each entry. Also invited along for the trip are some head-scratchingly unrelated "celebrities" like Seth Green of "Robot Chicken" and some guy from the TV show "Psych"?? Not quite sure why they would be considered an "authority" on "Friday the 13th".
Basically, Tom Savini introduces several topics while walking through a faux Crystal Lake setting, and various cast and crew members chime in with their thoughts on the various topics. (It's fun watching some of these folks take themselves and their parts in the films way too seriously!!) For the most part it's a fun little trip, and serves better as a "where are they now" sort of thing. I loved seeing Amy Steel, Betsy Palmer, Kane Hodder and other series favorites again. But to be honest, if you are looking for an in-depth, behind the scenes documentary, you won't really find it here. The film is fun, and if it were included as an extra in the upcoming release of the 2009 "Friday the 13th" DVD, it would have been perfect. But when you are paying more for a documentary on a film series than you would for a DVD entry of the series itself it seems a bit odd?
If you are a huge "Friday" fan, I recommend you at least rent "His Name was Jason", it's a fun quick look at the series. But I HIGHLY recommend Peter Bracke's "Crystal Lake Memories" hardcover book. Bracke's book goes into much greater detail on each of the films from the original through "Freddy vs. Jason", extensive interviews with cast and crew, as well as studio heads, critics and fans. Maybe if I hadn't read "Memories" first I would have been more thrilled with "His Name Was Jason", but when the series was so captivatingly captured as it was in "Crystal Lake Memories", it's tough for anything to compete.

4/5 A Must have for Friday fans
  by A. Thurston (USA)
I was totally psyched when I read that Anchor Bay had compiled a 2 disc set that covered the Friday the 13th series.And I'm a huge 80's horror fan being that I grew up in that era.And Tom Savini is one of my all time favorite special effects guru's and he was the host ! So I am glad to report that the His Name Was Jason set is well worth the time and money spent.If you are a huge mark for the series like myself it gives you some great insights into the origin of the series.Granted if you've read any of the books about the series then you know a lot of this anyhow.But you also get to hear from every films director sans two(Steve Miner and Ronnie Yu )and the series mastermind Sean Cunnigham.There's interviews with a lot of the films victims and heroines such as Adrienne King,Amy Steel and Lar Park Lincoln.Insight from other horror writers and website operators like Uncle Creepy(who's funny as hell btw) from Dread Central and interviews with all the Jason's not just Kane Hodder.What's missing besides Yu and Miner are the "name stars" like Kevin Bacon,Crispin Glover and Corey Feldman.They also push the rebooted,retooled,reimagined whatever you want to call it Friday the 13th that was just released and did surprisingly well at the box office.Being a purist that frowns upon all these pointless remakes that have littered the screen this decade I don't care to see it.But if you want to learn a lot about a much maligned series of 12 films(and rightfully so in some cases like all the New Line Cinema films) then you owe it to yourself to watch this dvd set you will not be disappointed.