Friday The 13th Deluxe Edition Four Pack

When I was a little kid, a trailer for "Friday the 13th: Part 2" came on television as I lay there playing with some toy soldiers. It was broad daylight, a summer's day, and my older brother and friends were in the backyard. Alone in the house, I froze with terror as I saw brief, stuttering images of teenagers being stalked and killed by an unseen murderer, and heard the shrilling, shrieking soundtrack which accompanies this 30-second burst of mayhem. I ran down the stairs, out the front door, through the back gate and into the backyard, a process that probably took five or six seconds at the speed I was sprinting. But I vividly remember being certain, absolutely certain, that Jason Voorhees would be faster. He'd get me. Burst out of a closet or jump out of a tree or just be standing there, mouth-breathing through his burlap mask, when I rounded a corner.If this doesn't sound like the beginning of a love letter to good ole Jason, it isn't -- exactly. The fact is I've always had a love-hate relationship with Crystal Lake's least popular citizen -- emphasis on the hate. During my tweenage years he deprived me of a lot of sleep, and until my early-mid-30s he routinely showed up in my dreams, dripping, rotted and scabrous; obviously dead, yet still brimming with homicidal determination and armed with something sharp. Perhaps this isn't strange. No less a horror personage than Robert Englund explained Jason-phobia as, "Quite simply the fear of Death itself, coming for your ***." That's about the size of it, right down to the skull-like hockey mask. And yet, damn it, I can't stop watching these movies. Especially the first four -- the "real" Friday films, which tell the story of the antihero's beginning, middle and (supposedly) final stop at the campgrounds. Hence my five-star review of this wonderful, inexpensive, extras-laden quadrilogy. It not only gives you maximum bang for your buck, it does it at a discount.For our purposes we can consider this collection to be not four separate films but four episodes of one gigantic horror movie, so that's the way I'm going to approach it here."Part One" begins at Camp Crystal Lake in the mid-late 1950s. Two frisky counselors slip off to experience carnal bliss in a barn, and instead are hacked to bits by an unseen attacker. Cut to the same location in 1980. A rather obsessive fellow named Steve Christie is determined to reopen "Camp Blood" despite persistent rumors that the place is cursed. Steve probably should have listened to the rumors, because no sooner do his employees begin to show up than they also fall prey to a cunning, patient murderer who knows the camp as well as they do, and seems to have very strong motivation indeed for making sure it never opens. This movie, which features both a young Kevin Bacon and a terrifying Betsy Palmer as Pamela Voorhees, is considered one of the very first slashers, and will feel formulaic to modern audiences, but still retains its brutal, unrelenting edge: the last 20 minutes set the standard for the series' exploitation of jump scares, fear of the woods, shrieking, nerve-shredding music, and "horror in safe places.""Part Two" starts with an almost unbearably effective stalking sequence which ties up a "loose end" left over from the first film (that's all I can say without spoiling). Cut to five years after the events of the first film. A new gang of counselors has descended on Crystal Lake to revive the camp, and a new killer is waiting to meet them in a cabin of his own. "Two" ups the ante on the first film in almost every way, featuring both a larger number of murders and more brutal violence, culminating in a grisly game of cat-and-mouse between the supposedly dead Jason Voorhees and his would-be final victims.Quickening the pace of the mayhem still further, "Part Three" begins on the very same night as "Part Two" -- just a few hours after Jason ironically lost a fight with a machete. Undaunted, he pays an unwanted visit to some local merchants before taking refuge in a barn. When morning arrives a fresh gang of horny teens shows up at the rental farmhouse next door, looking to smoke weed, drink beer, engage in premarital sex and generally commit every horror-movie foul in the book. For which they are penalized. Horribly. "Part Three" is, for my money, the best movie not only of this collection but of the entire F13 series, mingling terror and violence with humor and surprisingly good acting; and not only bestows Jason with his trademark hockey mask (Thanks, Shelly!) but adds a 3D-angle to maximize the carnage."Part Four" was known as "The Final Chapter" when it was released in 1984. Paramount Studios had grown embarrassed by the franchise and decided -- pun intended -- to kill it and bury it following one last orgy of senseless violence (a decision that lasted about as long as it took to total up the box office receipts and greenlight "Part Five"). To that end: a few hours after the end of the previous film, Jason wakes up in the Crystal Lake morgue with an axe-induced headache and an even greater determination to exterminate every human being in his path. His path of murderous destruction leads him to a pair of lakeside homes: one occupied by the usual crowd of hapless, horny teens on summer vacation, the other by the Jarvis family. In an added twist, there is nearby camping a lone young man nursing a homicidal vendetta of his own -- against Jason himself. The Angry Goalie shows no favoritism but tries to exterminate them all, leading to frenzy of the most brutal killing yet, and an ending which is relentless as it is decisive and -- in terms of Jason's ultimate nemesis -- unexpected. This movie features a young Crispin Glover (in a terrific performance) and an even younger Corey Feldman.Now, it doesn't take a great brain to see that these movies were intended as mindless popcorn entertainment and, perhaps unintentionally, hit some kind of collective nerve and entered into cinematic legend...which in no way implies they aren't mindless popcorn entertainment at heart. There is not much in the way of plot, nothing that could properly be described as character development and an ever-increasing use of brutal violence to distract the audience from the fact that the this is the same story told, with some variation, four times in a row. Some of the murders are extremely vicious and sadistic -- a guy in a wheelchair gets a meat cleaver through the head, a pregnant woman is run through with a red-hot poker, a man is run through the groin with a spear gun and lifted high in the air, a couple gets impaled with a spear while having sex, and so on -- and the entire series is a frank appeal to the need to both vicariously release fear and satisfy blood thirst. Yet I would argue that these first four F13 movies rise above their own ambitions and, certainly, above all the "zombie Jason" sequels and reboots that followed, and blunder somehow into the plane of art. Not only did they deliver us an iconic horror-movie bad guy -- maybe THE horror-movie bad-guy of all time -- and set the stage for endless imitators, they also weave together to tell a single grisly tale about revenge gone mad that still makes some of us extremely hesitant to go into the woods. Or a barn. Or a cabin. Or camping. Or leave the house after dark. Because you never know.Jason might be waiting.

Friday the 13th, like Halloween, Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and A Nightmare On Elm Street, is a shining example of the horror genre. Released in 1980, this splatter flick helped to usher in the modern horror films of the late 1970's and 1980s. At the time of its release, it was both revered and feared for its realistic portrayal of murder. It was one of the first films in the history of movies to feature such graphic and gory violence. It also gave birth to Jason Voorhees, though the killer in this first installment is his mother, Pamela. Often imitated, the original Friday the 13th popularized a number of themes and techniques in the genre: the increasingly gory murders, the remote forest location, the anonymous and nubile cast, the murderer as cult hero, and, of course, the moral that if you have sex, you will die. This film is now extra special as it includes a few minutes of additional footage. The passage of time has turned this film and the franchise it spawned into a genre classic. Essential if you are a horror fan of horror!The sequel, PART 2, is in my opinion an even better film. It builds on the first and introduces Jason as the killer. This one is actually my favorite in the series. It is a little faster and just a tad more suspenseful.The 3rd in the series, PART 3, is in 3D which is fun. It introduces the long running staple of Jason's hockey mask and increases the creativity in the murders. Another good entry!The 4th in the series, PART 4: The Final Chapter, is the supposed death of Jason at the hands of Tommy Jarvis (played masterfully by Corey Feldman), though he always seems to come back in the following sequels. The last fun entry in the series.In my opinion there is no reason to explore this wonderful horror franchise past the first four films because, even though the story continues, there is really nothing important to further the story after PART 4. The first film sets up the story, the second introduces Jason. The 3rd introduces Jason as a mainstay in the horror genre and the fourth film kills the beast. After PART 4, the films begin to get stale. PART 5 doesn't even feature Jason, but a copycat killer. PART 6 takes away the credibility by reviving Jason and turning him into a zombie-like monster. PART 7 is forgettable and PART 8 takes Jason out of the camp setting that he works best in.

Arrived in time and we'll wrapped, everything great with Amazon. Nice edition, the 3rd movie has also the 3D version and comes 2 pairs of glasses.

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This collection is extremely entertaining and I think the first 4 films in this franchise can be considered classics. The movies come on 4 single sided discs. The third film, Friday The 13th: Part 3 - 3D, is presented in both 2D & 3D versions and the case includes 2 pairs of 3D glasses (the paper kind with the red & green plastic lenses).Disc 1 - Friday The 13th (Uncut) - 1980, 98 mins, widescreen, languages: English 5.1 Surround, English, French & Spanish mono, subtitles: English, French & Spanish, close captioned, extras: commentary track, featurettes - Fresh Cuts: New Tales From Friday The 13th (14:08), The Man Behind The Legacy: Sean S. Cunningham (8:59), Friday The 13th Reunion (16:34), Lost Tales From Camp Blood - Part 1 (7:32), theatrical trailerDisc 2 - Friday The 13th: Part 2 - 1981, 86 mins, widescreen, languages: English 5.1 Surround, English, French & Spanish mono, subtitles: English, French, Spanish & Portuguese, close captioned, extras: featurettes - Inside "Crystal Lake Memories" (11:16), Friday's Legacy: Horror Conventions (6:50), Lost Tales From Camp Blood - Part 2 (8:55), Jason Forever (29:26), theatrical trailerDisc 3 - Friday The 13th: Part 3 - 3D - 1982, 95 mins, widescreen, languages: English 5.1 Surround, English, French & Spanish mono, subtitles: English, French, Spanish & Portuguese, close captioned, extra: theatrical trailerDisc 4 - Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter - 1984, 91 mins, widescreen, languages: English 5.1 Surround, English, French & Spanish mono, subtitles: English, French, Spanish & Portuguese, close captioned, 2 commentary tracks, featurettes - Lost Tales From Camp Blood - Part 4 (6:21), Jason's Unlucky Day: 25 Years After Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter (11:02), The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited Part 1 (18:06), Jimmy's Dead Dance Moves (2:07), slashed scenes (15:19), the lost ending (3:20), theatrical trailer & a trailer for The Uninvited

the deluxe versions are much better than the uk DVDs but you have to have a multi regional DVD player! if you live in the u.k!. the 4 flims together will save you some money plus friday 13th uncut is hard to find new in a single version, the deluxe versions have plenty of extras but here was my problem BEWARE part 3 has no extras in this box set! for some stupid reason parts 1 2 and 4 do but NOT part 3 so if like me you wanted to watch the extra called tales from camp blood part 1 on the first film and part 2 on the second film PART 3 IS MISSING it goes straight to part 4 on the forth film! so if I want part 3 of tales from camp blood i will need to buy Friday 13th part 3 again in a single disc version to get these extras! sadly this stupidity spoiled an otherwise excellent boxset I sill give it 5 stars these movies are classics a little bit old now but still more entertaining than some new stuff you see today,part 3 can be watched in the old style 3D or 2D but a pretty grainy picture for both 1 2 & 4 have a good picture I quite like 3 aswel because you get to see jason in his hockey mask for the first time. in case your wandering what's uncut in the first film it's when Kevin bacon dies in this version he gets stabbed through the throat then does the footloose dance straight out of the window.

Me llegó antes de la fecha compromiso, el producto de segunda mano, condición en la que estuve de acuerdo por el precio y el producto en general está como nuevo, detallazo el de incluir un par de lentes 3D para la respectiva versión que se incluye aqui, lo unico que no me gustó, pero que no es responsabilidad del vendedor sino del fabricante es que todos los DVD's vienen empalmados uno sobre otro y eso si podria afectar en los DVD y podrian sufrir tallones si no se tiene el cuidado en su manejo, se los dejo a consideración si están por comprarlo.En general vale muchisimo la pena, estoy satisfecho con mi compra y con la atención