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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9780792198888
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0792198883
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 05, 2004
Running Time: 734 minutes
Sales Rank: 3915
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: April 13, 1984
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Description:
DISC 1: FRIDAY THE 13th - The film takes place years after a young boy named Jason drowns in a lake while attending Camp Crystal Lake and shortly thereafter, the camp closes. Flash forward to the present, where the owner decides to re-open the camp and one by one, the counselors have mysteriously been murdered by an unseen person. PART 2 - The second installment picks up with Jason Voorhees, presumed dead from drowning years ago, exacting revenge on the innocent campers at 'Camp Blood.' Living as a hermit in the woods all these years, Jason witnesses the graphic murder of his mother and decides to wreak havoc on everyone at the camp - killing each camp counselor one by one. DISC 2: PART 3 - Vacationing teenagers take off for a weekend of relaxation at Camp Crystal Lake. Planning a few days of sex, drugs and rock-and-roll, they are in for a series of frightening surprises when a local motorcycle gang follows the teenagers back to their campsite, only to find a persistent Jason with an agenda of his own. Adorned with his trademark hockey mask for the first time in the series, Jason delivers non-stop chills and thrills as everyone on the lake must fight for their lives. Part III includes cast commentary by author Peter Bracke and actors Larry Zerner, Paul Kratka, Dana Kimmell and Richard Brooker. PART IV: THE FINAL CHAPTER - Jason resurfaces from a seemingly deadly massacre and returns to Camp Crystal Lake to a new set of prey. Starring a young Corey Feldman as Tommy Jarvis, it seems Jason has finally met his match in the 12-year old horror movie maven. Enlisting the help of a local hunter, Tommy and his sister must rely on one another to help defeat Jason, while also trying to avoid their own demise. DISC 3: PART V: A NEW BEGINNING - With Jason dead, someone new has begun a killing spree of their own, using Jason's M.O. and preying on inhabitants of a sanctuary. PART VI: JASON LIVES - Tommy returns to the grave to ensure that Jason is indeed dead. Instead of remaining dead, Jason is accidentally brought back to life by Tommy and now Tommy must stop all the mindless killing and make sure Jason dies for good this time. Part VI features commentary by director Tom McLoughlin. DISC 4: PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD - The film centers on Tina Shepard, a young girl with telekinetic powers who believes she drowned her father in Crystal Lake. Returning to the site as a method of supposedly helping her cope with her grief, Tina accidentally frees Jason from his watery grave, only to lead to more killing sprees by the man in the infamous hockey mask. Part VII features commentary by Kane Hodder and director John Carl Buechler and Part VIII features commentary by director Tom McLoughlin. PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN - A graduating class of a local high school vacation on a cruise ship and unbeknownst to them, Jason is a stowaway on the same ship. Slowly killing students one at a time, Jason eventually sinks the boat, stranding the few lone survivors in Manhattan. Among those survivors, is Rennie, who believes Jason attempted to drown her as a child. Fighting for her their lives, Rennie and the other survivors must make sure Jason dies once and for all. A featurette 'Tales From the Cutting Room,' in which exclusive deleted scenes and footage is revealed for the first time. An 8-part featurette 'The Friday The 13th Chronicles,' which looks at the legacy of the films throughout their history, featuring cast and crew commenting on each film and why they appeal to audiences. Includes Adrienne King, Amy Steel, Corey Feldman, Kane Hodder, Lar Park Lincoln, Betsy Palmer, Tom Savini and directors Sean Cunningham, Tom McLoughlin, Rob Heddon, Joseph Zito and John Carl Buechler. A 3-part featurette 'Secrets Galore Behind The Gore,' which looks at the work of master make-up effects designer Tom Savini in Part 1 and Part IV and John Carl Buechler in Part VII. Includes rare and never-before-seen footage, drawings and stills illustrating the make-up techniques used to create Jason and achieve elaborate death scenes. A featurette 'Crystal Lake Victims Tell All!' in which cast and crew from various films share amusing anecdotes. Includes Corey Feldman, Larry Zerner, Adrienne King, Amy Steel, Lar Park Lincoln and directors. A featurette 'Friday Artifacts and Collectibles,' which looks at props and collectables from the films. The theatrical trailers from all 8 movies except Part VI, which is represented by the teaser trailer.
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Five discs gather the first eight movies in the Friday the 13th series, plus a batch of behind-the-scenes featurettes. You can track the rise, fall, and endless resurrections of Jason Voorhees, from the original 1980 film to Jason's self-kidding trip to the Big Apple. Horror fans eat up packages such as this, but there's something odd about the deluxe treatment for a series that spotlighted atrocious acting, pitiful production values, and inane storytelling.
You'll spot a few future 'name' actors in various installments: Kevin Bacon is morbidly dispatched in the first one. But in general, the dominant focus is how to kill horny teenagers, most of whom have gathered at Camp Crystal Lake in the misguided belief that the curse of the impossible-to-kill Jason has worn off. The first movie has a certain raw, crummy ability to shock, Part 2 is a dismal retread, and Part 3 actually features interesting use of 3-D, which doesn't translate to its flat DVD version. The fourth is boldly subtitled The Final Chapter, and we all know where that went, but it does have Crispin Glover doing a funky dance. A New Beginning and Jason Lives continue Jason's bad mood, maybe because the hockey mask doesn't fit right. The seventh chapter, The New Blood, stakes Jason against a worthy opponent (Crystal Lake's answer to telekinetic Carrie), but the result is the same. Part 8's subtitle, Jason Takes Manhattan, is wittier than the movie itself, as Jason menaces an unlucky cruise ship of high-schoolers bound for New York--where Mr. J fits right in.
Some of the films come with commentaries from directors or cast members, including heralded Jason performer Kane Hodder. Brief documentaries (ranging from five to 15 minutes) cover separate installments with amusing anecdotes, including interviews with Sean S. Cunningham, Tom Savini, and various actors. In another doc, actors speak of the fraternity of young actors who've been slaughtered by Jason over the years. A deleted-scenes section is skimpy and not very interesting, while the tricks of special-effects gore merit a film to themselves. It's a customer-savvy DVD box, even if the effect of watching a bunch of this stuff together is a little dispiriting. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Not sure what others are watching
I grew up watching Friday the 13th mainly on network tv usually on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon a local station would have scary movies on and Friday the 13th was one of them. Not sure what others are talking about the whole nc-17 rating. This was one of the first times I've seen nudity in a friday the 13th movie mainly because I caught them on tv. And the scenes are just as gory as I remember them. I guess I don't have the benefit of seeing these flicks uncut. I'm not going to let the high expectations of a few ruin my love of the friday the 13th series. Besides where can you get the first 8 movies all on dvd other than this set? no complaints here.
Rating: - this was SO worth it!
You cant buy all of the movies individually for a better price! These movies(along with the Nightmare on Elm Street and Halloween ones)are among the classic horror movies that I adore! These movies are spooky and leave a tune tingling in your dreams. I hope anyone would give this collection a shot! It rocks!
Rating: - Great set for Friday fans!
Featuring interviews with actors Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer, Amy Steele, Lar Park Lincoln and Corey Feldman. No interview with Dana Kimmell from Part 3, but she does do a commentary believe it or not! Also has interviews and commentaries with some of the directors. Some fans may not be completely happy because there is still no uncut footage. I am not a huge gore fan so that doesn't bother me. My favorites like many other fans are the first four films. Parts VI Jason Lives and VII The New Blood are good follow-ups, but Jason is less man-like and more zombie this time around. I would say Part V (A New Beginning) which featured a Jason imposter and Part VIII Jason Takes Manhatten are the weakest in the set. Still, it's a nice treat for any true fan!
Rating: - Jason in a Box.
The Friday the 13th series is recognized as one of the most notorious of the 80's slasher flick genre. What we have here is a box set containing all 8 of the original films( excluding Jason goes to Hell, the awful unnecessary Jason X, and the upsetting letdown that was 'Freddy vs Jason').
The box set is done well, the picture and sound quality is great throughout. Any set backs? Unfortunately...yes. My biggest gripe is the special features DVD, and not really worth mentioning, but the graphic design of the box and dvd covers. I wasn't really digging the new 'Friday the 13th' font and the design of the individual covers; they opted not to go with the original poster art,but rather with an updated, 'Sci-Fi channel worthy' version.The bonus dvd is about 2 hours long;The filmmakers and special effects gurus offered an ensightful,but rather boring as hell commentary on each of the films; a last-minute add 'original versus final cut' deleted scene reel; a 'secrets behind the gore' exclusive on some of the flicks, amongst a few others. Only a few out of the 8 have Director's commentary with the feature.
If you're a fan of the series, by all means, buy it, my only point is that the series deserved a better treatment in it's dvd-era 're-birth'.
Rating: - From Crystal Lake to Manhattan
This was a really crappy box set. All movies and a lackluster bonus dvd is all we get. I do like the slim cases and putting two movies onto one disc, but I would've liked the see unrated versions of the films-if they even exist. The one worth while feature is the deleted scenes from Friday the 13th VII-The New Blood. Alot of fans want the uncut version of the film and this is probably as far as we'll ever see is the deleted scenes from that movie. It has Jason's best kills and are the best thing about the set that makes it worth owning. Overall, its a good set with the bonus disc of deleted kills from Part 7 making it a keeper.
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