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Friday 13th

Some believe that Friday the 13th is a remake of the film released in 1980 but it’s not. It is an origin story written by Damien Shannon and Mark Swift. The film is constructed in an odd way with an opening 25 minute prologue, the opening credits come up and the story begins. A group of teens are hiking through a woods looking to set up camp for the night. You become aware that they are looking for a large-growth or more obviously a marijuana plant, which they plan on selling. As they set up camp two of the group go into the tent while the others go off to do some extra searching. One of them inevitably dies and the chase is on to capture the other teens. Jason (the killer) ends up killing them all and the title Friday the 13th appears. The story then follows another group of teens in search of what happened to a member from the other group. As the group get into varies troubles from leaving the house they are staying in or ignoring the others instructions and die gory deaths it comes to a final showdown between a character looking for one of the original group and the killer Jason. The film leaves the viewer on the edge and at numerous times we think both are going to die, eventually ‘Ginny’ outwits Jason and kills him. The story then takes an unexpected twist and shows us a flashback and shows why Jason is killing people. The film is part of a series and reminds us what happens if we hadn’t seen it before. This is another unusual bit of structuring as it shows us at the end and not the beginning of the film.

The Final Destination


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Josh Thompson and Hayden Bately