3.5/4  Jason's Mother
Excellent horror film with an excellent twist. A masterpeice for the horror genre. It is sad that the remake was so crappy and that Pltnum Dunes didn't have enough respect to film it correctly. Kevin Bacon got his big break in this film! T... (read full)

3/4  Slash
This movie was a masterpiece of horror, and even has inspired a crappy sequel 19 years later. Yes, the sequels were awful, but this movie deserves a spot on every horror movie fan's shelf, as well as in our hearts. This was not the origi... (read full)

4/4  Masterpiece for Horror Fans
This was not the first Friday the 13th movie i saw. I saw the second one first. Why? I heard Jason wasn't in this one. So I avoided it. Recently, me and some friends were looking for a good movie and decided to rent this. First Thing: The ... (read full)

3/4  Friday the 13th Quick Review
It may not be the original slasher film, but it certainly made it popular (for better or worse). Out of the big three (Nightmare, Halloween and this) it's the runt of the litter, but it still manages to be tense, creepy and enjoyable.

4/4  Friday the 13th Quick Review
Very, Very Scary. This one scared me just as bad as Nightmare and Halloween. In fact, these are the 3 scariest movies I've ever seen and I have seen plenty. There is so much to love about this one. Please, watch it for me.

5/5 Friday the 13 (2009)... Mother did it need to be so high?
  by Julian Kennedy (St Pete Florida)
Friday the 13 (2009): 8 out of 10: Jason is a bit off in this one. He moves to fast, he kidnaps people like he watched Rest Stop one too many times and he seems to lack a certain hulking presence of the original. Outside of the main character however, this is a pretty good Friday the 13th film.

Friday the 13th is billed as a relaunch (remake reboot ect) and as such it seems to confuse. It contains plot elements of the first four films (Mrs. Voorhees decapitation takes place in flashback) and Jason rightfully starts with his original sack and finds his hockey mask (as he did in part 3). In addition, while I am critical of Jason having his own lair I am reminded he had one in Part 2 (Where he kept his mothers severed head lovingly surrounded by candles). The main plot of a man trying to find his missing sister is straight from part 4.
Where the film succeeds is canon fodder and nudity. There are plenty of both and most of it is of high quality. The kills range from mundane (of these there are plenty) surprisingly intense (A burning sleeping bag may cause nightmares and the topless wakeboarding will cause nothing but smiles.) The sheer number and variety of kills however is quite impressive.

Camp Crystal Lake has apparently turned into a breast implant recovery retreat. While there is only one camp counselor to be found (in grainy flashback no less) there are plenty of woman with breast implants and an aversion to wearing shirts. Julianna Guill (who in fairness may be au-natural) in particular gets points for simply being one of the most attractive women I have seen on-screen in many a movie. (Willa Ford of the topless wakeboarding scene is not half bad either.)

Considering the number of times the Friday the 13th films have gone of the rails in the past, one should not raise the bar all that high. In addition, while I am an unabashed fanboy of the series, I do recognize it does have serious limitations. (What we now refer to as its charms.) This is a flashier, more competently lensed Friday the 13th, and all in all is that such a bad thing?

There are plenty of bad jokes, drugs, nudity and violence. If that is not what you were looking for you may want to check the title screen again. As Friday the 13th movies go this is one of the best.

3/5 Guilty pleasure alert
  by One-Line Film Reviews (Easton, MD)
The Bottom Line:

This remake/reboot of Friday the 13th isn't very good at all but I've seen every Friday film and if I can safely report that not one of them (except maybe the original IF I'm in a good mood) is legitimately praise-worthy film so that's hardly the issue--the only thing worth reporting is that this Friday delivers the gratuitous nudity (topless water skiing?) inventive deaths, and one-note characters central to the franchise about as well as could possibly be done with a (mostly) straight face.

2/4

3/5 Whatever.....
  by Kody (New York,NY)
I bought this movie because I never got to see it in the theaters. Good thing I only spent $6.00 on it because I would've never spent more on it. Its kind of boring mixed with a little scariness. I was disappointed but I think the original movies are better. I hope the next time the have better scenes. And I doubt back at Crystal Lake people were there camping for marijuana and worrying about selling it. That's a big part that was a big turn off. What, so some of America are junkies but the rest have to enjoy a movie about teens that are, then later get killed? No, I think not.

2/5 Really Let Me Down
  by IronCore
Nothing new. Nothing innovative. Nothing memorable. Nothing even gory. Some people claim certain things to be new but it's not true; it's simply a collections of scenes and stories from previous sequels all thrown together in this 'new' movie. Here's 4 of the biggest points made by others followed by my response:

1. This movie is a prequel. -NO, it tells nothing of how Jason died or survived or how he became the being that he is now.

2. It's a remake of part one. -NO, part one takes place at Camp Crystal Lake, this one take place at some kind of luxury lakeside home.

3. Jason is smarter and more cunning. -NO, he has always been intelligent with impeccable hand-eye coordination as can be seen in all his movies.

4. Jason is now more down to earth and more 'real' and more human; he is a survivalist who can run now and doesn't just pop out of nowhere. -WRONG, see part two and three of the sequels. You'll see the same basic Jason.

What we need is a sequel that will explain the origins of Jason and his mother and neatly tie together all the sequels and odd conflicting stories we have seen (like part 9; what the hell was that about?). Please, no more refilming of parts we have already seen. Oh, and get some REAL looking teens who look like real people up in the woods... and real boobs this time.

4/5 A Great edition to the series
  by creature king (Dark jungles were creatures roam)
I was very pleased with this movie im gonna tell you the pros and cons

Pros
1.Jasons new look and persona,he is at least 6'6 and looks like a body builder,and his new clothing is good but not important,and the way he finds the hockey mask is cool.And the way he is a experinced outdoors man.
2.All of the actors are amazing in this movie
3.Bow and Arrow kill was awsome
4.More action

Cons
1.To much sex,i dont mind sex but it gets annoying after the fifityith time
2.The cliche ending,even though a sequal is coming out and there trying to take the endings of the 1st 3 movies,they could of at least of had Jason left for dead
3.Not a good shot of Jasons face,the scenes when they show Jasons face are short and not very good.

I did not put Jasons mother not in it much being a con because i prefer Jason as the killer.

As you can probably tell Horror movies arent intended on being serious,they are just for fun,so i say on a saturday night kick back and relax and enjoy the movie