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If you are a real Friday The 13th fan or if you want to know more of one of the earlier slashers then I surely recommend this documentary. Especially disc one is extremely well done. You will have first of a one hour and a half about the whole franchise, even the remake. All you want to know you will know, secondly, all actors who played Jason are giving their view over their version.Disc two is more about entertainment. Here and there there are some interesting things to learn but there are also some stupid things on it. Luckily the items on disc 2 are all shorts. The only thing that I regret is the fact that when some actors are talking about some scene's they aren't shown, so if it's a while since you have been watching the movies you will have some questions about what they are talking about. But still, if you have the book and this DVD, I guess there's isn't more to learn.

There is a plethora of loyal Friday the 13th fans and we have all been waiting for a documentary like this. Finally we get our money's worth. The Friday the 13th box set was an incredible rip off and it was a slap in the face to those of us who have supported Jason for more than three decades. This DVD gets it right but it still suffers from Steve Miner's absence. I'm not aware of any rift he had with Sean Cunningham or Frank Mancuso, so if anyone can shed some light on this for me, it would be much appreciated.Here are some of the highlights: Make-up effects legend, Tom Savini takes us through its humble beginnings to the re-imagining that came out in February.We take a tour through the Jarvis house with director Joseph Zito and Jason hunter Erich Anderson. They take you on a shot by shot recollection of filming in the house. The house, while dated, still has a great look to it this day.We get every director, except for Steve Miner of course, giving us their thoughts on the films they directed. We even get a bit by Danny Steinman, who I heard went onto become a porn director, as he tells us his thoughts on Friday the 13th Part V, which in my opinion is one of the most underrated of the Friday's.There is also a very funny piece with Larry Zerner (Shelly from part 3) and Catherine Parks (Vera part 3). Shelly portrays a greasy lawyer who wants to represent the victims of Friday the 13th and Vera appears, still with the harpoon in her eye as she took it in the film. It is quite well done, and quite funny.There is a very good piece done by one of the guys who runs a website devoted to horror films, who goes on to say that watching horror films is good for you. And I agree with him. It didn't turn me into a raving psychopath hell bent on murdering people. This particular piece actually made me proud to be a Friday the 13th fan.The best piece though is reserved for Sean Cunningham and his seemingly never ending recollection of getting the film going and dealing with sudden fame as the series took off.If you are a Friday the 13th fan, this is a DVD for you. If you are not, why the hell are you even reading this? 8/10

Tom Savini hosts this documentary on thirty years of "Friday the 13th", complete with some cheesy segue scenes of girls getting killed by a stalking killer. Just about anyone who was anyone in the film's history (besides Crispin Glover and Corey Feldman) make appearances to talk shop.If you're a fan of "Friday the 13th" (and I am), you'll probably enjoy this documentary. It's fast-paced, covers plenty of ground, catches us up with "stars" we haven't seen in a while. If you don't know the stories behind the films, this is a great way to learn them in a fairly short time.If you're not a "Friday the 13th" fan, I'm not sure why you're watching this one. Is your boyfriend making you do it? Most of the information covered is something you won't care about unless you're familiar with the movies. Does the casual fan care what some minor character from part six thinks? I doubt it. But the more serious fans will eat it up like rice pudding.That's really all one needs to know here. After you've purchased all twelve movies in the latest special edition, this film acts as sort of a nice summary piece. They even have a feature that sums up the entire series in four minutes (sadly not so much focusing on death scenes as on Joe Lynch ranting). With two discs of special features, there's really no way you can expect more "Friday the 13th" love... if you need more, you're beyond help. Go to a convention and have Kane Hodder strangle you or Ari Lehman make a "rock" pose with you. That should do the trick.

In preparation of the newest (of, say 50) reboot(s), 'Friday the 13th' in 2009, I re-watched all 11 original movies (including 'Freddy Vs. Jason.') Upon hearing of this documentary, 'His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th,' I was stoked as I am a huge fan of the Jason mythology. And this doc didn't let me down. If anything, it just wet my appetite for the upcoming re-imagining and made me (possibly) rethink some of my harsh thoughts of a few of the chapters, namely 'Manhattan,' 'Final Chapter' and 'X.' It was wonderful to see a majority of the original cast(s) come back to speak of their experiences and turn the whole legend of Jason into, well, basically, a 'Trekkie' following. (I had no idea there were conventions out there devoted to 'Friday the 13th.')I loved the point blank description of their making of's and even the inconsistency of the series (i.e. some of the series landed on Saturday the 14th, Sunday the 15th and so on.) I loved the interviews with my favorite Jason: Kane Hodder, Sean Cunningham, the original survivor Adrienne "Alice" King and Betsy "Mother Voorhees" Palmer. I realize it was also made to promote the '09 film. Thankfully, they didn't spend too much time on the reboot, even bypassing segments as this was meant as a "history" of the fable, not the "future." Definitely needs to be noted: this is strictly for fans of the series, of those who didn't take the series too seriously (and yes, I am aware my own reviews showed frustration in some of the series, but in my defense, it was the directors/writers that just seemed lazy at times) and for those who have seen all the 'Friday the 13th" series. For, it is one major spoiler after another.