His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th (2009) (TV)

Director:

Daniel Farrands

Writers:

Thommy Hutson (written by)
Anthony Masi (written by)

Release Date:

13 February 2009 (USA)

Tagline:

12 films. 3 decades. Bad luck was never so bloody.

Plot Keywords:

Time For Title | Lifting Person In Air | Character Name In Title | Number In Title

Cast

Diane Almeida	...	Herself
Erich Anderson	...	Himself
Judie Aronson	...	Herself
Diana Barrows	...	Herself
Steven Barton	...	Himself
Rachel Belofsky	...	Herself
Peter Bracke	...	Himself
Richard Brooker	...	Himself
John Carl Buechler	...	Himself
Chuck Campbell	...	Himself
Gloria Charles	...	Herself
Stuart Charno	...	Himself
Barney Cohen	...	Himself
Mike Cucinotta	...	Himself
Sean S. Cunningham	...	Himself
Douglas Curtis	...	Himself
Jensen Daggett	...	Herself
Steve Dash	...	Himself (as Steve Daskawisz)
Darcy DeMoss	...	Herself
Bob DeSimone	...	Himself
Elissa Dowling	...	Scream Queen
Todd Farmer	...	Himself
Bradley Fuller	...	Himself
John Furey	...	Himself
Robert V. Galluzzo	...	Himself
Warrington Gillette	...	Himself
C.J. Graham	...	Himself
Seth Grahame-Smith	...	Himself
Adam Green	...	Himself
Seth Green	...	Himself
Vincent Guastaferro	...	Himself
Bonnie Hellman	...	Herself
Tiffany Helm	...	Violet (archive footage)
Kane Hodder	...	Himself
Barbara Howard	...	Sara (archive footage)
James Isaac	...	Himself
Renée Jones	...	Sissy Baker (archive footage)
David Kagen	...	Himself
Elizabeth Kaitan	...	Herself
Cynthia Kania	...	Herself
Andrew Kasch	...	Himself
Jeff Katz	...	Himself
Adrienne King	...	Herself
Melanie Kinnaman	...	Pam (archive footage)
Ken Kirzinger	...	Himself
Paul Kratka	...	Himself
Ari Lehman	...	Himself
Joe Lynch	...	Himself
Al Magliochetti	...	Himself
Harry Manfredini	...	Himself
Adam Marcus	...	Himself
Sharlene Martin	...	Tamara Mason (archive footage)
Nancy McLoughlin	...	Herself
Tom McLoughlin	...	Himself
Derek Mears	...	Himself
Nick Mennell	...	Himself
Victor Miller	...	Himself
Lawrence Monoson	...	Himself
Camilla More	...	Herself
Carey More	...	Herself
Tom Morga	...	Himself
John Murdy	...	Himself
Gregory Nicotero	...	Himself
Marcus Nispel	...	Himself
Kerry Noonan	...	Paula (archive footage)
Betsy Palmer	...	Herself
Lar Park-Lincoln	...	Herself
Catherine Parks	...	Herself
Alecia Patterson	...	Raven
Marilyn Poucher	...	Herself
Bill Randolph	...	Himself
Jeffrey Reddick	...	Himself
Peter Mark Richman	...	Himself
Amanda Righetti	...	Herself
Jared Rivet	...	Himself
James Roday	...	Himself
James D. Rolfe	...	Himself
Felissa Rose	...	Herself
Shavar Ross	...	Himself
Lisa Ryder	...	Herself
Martin Jay Sadoff	...	Himself
Tom Savini	...	Himself - Host
John Shepherd	...	Himself
Kevin Spirtas	...	Himself
Amy Steel	...	Herself
Danny Steinmann	...	Himself
Susan Jennifer Sullivan	...	Melissa (archive footage)
Mark Swift	...	Himself
Lauren-Marie Taylor	...	Herself
Anthony Timpone	...	Himself
Russell Todd	...	Himself
Ryan Turek	...	Himself
Travis Van Winkle	...	Himself
Debi Sue Voorhees	...	Herself
Ted White	...	Himself
Dick Wieand	...	Himself
Staci Layne Wilson	...	Herself
Larry Zerner	...	Himself
Joseph Zito	...	Himself

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Certification:

Australia:R (2009)

Company:

Masimedia

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Peter Brooker mentions a hockey team called "The Detroit Islanders". Was he thinking of Detroit Redwings or New York Islanders?

Quotes:

Tom Savini: So here we are. It's 3 decades later, and "Friday the 13th" lives on. And it's because of you that Jason Voorhees keeps coming back to terrify audiences. So let me return the favor. I'll give you some advice. If somebody invites you to Camp Crystal Lake, just don't go.
[an axe is thrown into his chest]
Tom Savini: You see what I mean?

Movie Connections:

Features Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

Die Hard fans of the "Friday the 13th" series will have a blast with this one.

In this exciting documentary for the true fans of the series. Which it has honest interviews with the cast & crew from each film including fans & journalists. Hosted by Tom Savini, who worked in the original "Friday the 13th" and "Friday the 13th:The Final Chapter". He takes you inside into the entertaining horror series. Which the cast and crew tells you how much fun they had making these movies including hard work, difficulty on the set and the motion picture association of America (MPAA). Which the rating board wanted the studio Paramount or New Line Cinema to trimmed down some of the memorable death sequences.

Directed by Daniel Farrands (Screenwriter of "Halloween 6:The Curse of Michael Myers) made an amusing documentary for the ultimate fans of the series. This is a much bigger improvement comparing to the "Friday the 13th" box set from 2004. Which the bonus disc from that edition was certainly lacking in bonus features. This new documentary interviews most of the memorable characters of the series, including each actor/stunt man who played Jason as well.

The two-disc set from Anchor Bay. Disc one has an decent anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1) transfer and an good Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD extra on the first disc are the extended interviews on the actors/stunt man who played Jason. Disc two includes "Final Cuts" interviews with the directors of each film (expect Steve Miner, who directed "Friday the 13th part 2 & 3 and Ronny Yu, who directed "Freddy Vs. Jason"), "From Script to Screen" interviews some of the screenwriters of the series, fan films, two hidden features and much more. "His Name Was Jason:30 Years of Friday the 13th" is a much better documentary than you expect to be. You could tell the filmmakers behind this... including the actors, fans and journalist had so much fun doing this. It was certainly an labor of love for Sean S. Cunningham, who directed the original "Friday the 13th". Non fans of the series will find some of the interview segments intriguing and hilarious. Don't miss this one. (****/*****).