Welcome to Crystal Lake
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Amanda Righetti, Travis van Winkle, Aaron Yoo, Derek Mears, Jonathan Sadowski, Julianna Guill |
| Director |
Marcus Nispel |
| Screenplay | Damian Shannon, Mark Swift, Marl Wheaton, using characters by Victor Miller |
| Music | Steve Jablonsky |
| Cinematography | Daniel Pearl |
| Editing | Ken Blackwell |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, DTS |
| Made in | 2009 |
| Produced by | Crystal Lake Entertainment, MTV Films, New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures, Platinum Dunes |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Small | Medium | Large | Scroll down for embedded trailer
| Genre | Horror |
| Language | Strong, crude, vulgar, frequent |
| Nudity | Sexual nudity, breast, partial pubic region |
| Sex | Prolonged scenes of simulated sex with suggestive sounds, intimate fondling |
| Violence | Intense psychological and physical violence: bloody, gruesome, gory horror. |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | Religious profanities, infrequent |
| Drug abuse | Reference to drug: marijuana |
| Comments | None |
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Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
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Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Atiyyah Khan | 5 |  |
| Die Burger Francois Bloemhof | 5 | |
| Cape Times Nicholas Barber | 1 | |
| iAfrica.com Rob Peters  After more than two decades of increasingly ridiculous storylines, fans of the series have something to smile about. | 10 |  |
| The Citizen Leon van Niero A damp squib and hopefully will not have nine similar, pointless, sick sequels. | 6 | |
| 24.com Ivan Sadler This is just a shameless piece of garbage trying to sell itself on the nostalgia value of a slightly above average film that spawned a ton of crappy sequels | 5 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert Friday the 13th is about the best Friday the 13th movie you could hope for. Its technical credits are excellent. It has a lot of scary and gruesome killings. Not a whole lot of acting is required. If that's what you want to find out, you can stop reading. | 10 | |
| eye Weekly Adam Nayman | 5 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs Unnecessary and offering nary anything novel, imaginative or creative to a subgenre that long ago ran its course and wore out its welcome, the only unlucky thing about Friday the 13th will be the saps who plunk down their money to see it and -- most likely -- financially encourage an equally boring and redundant sequel (yet again). | 6 | |
| Metacritic.com 29 critics | 7 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 141 critics | 8 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Though technically well-constructed, Friday the 13th is a series rehash that features little to distinguish it from its predecessors. | 5 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 10508 Netizens In no way groundbreaking, but an absolute blast and excellent revamp of Jason | 13 |  |
Average .. 33% | 7 | |