Is This Really A Good Idea?

Wow. I totally missed this, but I guess they are doing a 're-boot' of 'Friday the 13th' for release in 2009. I like the use of 're-boot' over 're-make', similar to Marcus Nispel's 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' in 2003 and Rob Zombie's 'Halloween' from last year.

I really had a lot of fun w/ Zombie's 'Halloween', but Nispel's 'Chainsaw' was just okay...slick looking, but not really that much of a step up from the original. Nispel is doing this '13th' re-boot as well, so i'm not sure what to expect. Plus, it's being written by the guys who did the overly goofy ' Freddy vs. Jason' flick back in 2003...IMO, further reason for skepticism.

It seems that unlike the recent 'Halloween', this 'Friday the 13th' would not be an actual origin story, but we will get a sense of the history as the film progresses. For example, we'll see Jason transition from wearing a bag over his head (ala 'Friday the 13th Part II') - to finding and actually placing the hockey mask over his face, unlike in 'Friday the 13th Part III' where he obtains the mask off-screen and comes out of the barn already wearing it.

Really, I don't take major issue w/ these re-interpretations of these major horror franchises. All of them ended up so diluted after the second or third sequel, they were neither scary or even fun/funny. In fact, 'Friday the 13th' probably suffered from that the worst...the first 2-3 were great and I even have a soft spot for the couple that followed those...but Jason's visits to Manhattan, Hell and (eventually) THE FUTURE were painful to watch.

Hmmmm. Maybe it deserves a chance to polish itself up. Watch the presentation of the teaser trailer from SPIKE TV's Scream Awards and see what you think...