This fan film is nicely shot, decently acted by most and edited together well. There's just a couple of things that I felt held it back from being great.
Firstly the characters. Its a rather odd bunch of people who are all friends but just don't seem like they would be friends in the 1980s. My first impression was that it was going to poke fun at F13th films various types of characters throughout the franchise, and do a interaction amongst the different groups of kids in each fulms of thr series, but it didn't. It seemed more like a bunch of characters purposely meant to be different from each other but it doesn't feel right, like it was completely forced. There's the jock, the stoner, the goth, the geek, the rocker, the girl who thinks, the girl who doesn't etc.. But if this was an attempt to make it feel 80s, then it's not hitting the mark at all. It seems too unbalanced.
The next thing was Jason. The balance of his strength isn't portrayed well and his motions and mannerisms are off... I'd be willing to forgive all that had the costume not looked so clean. Like many fan films, all the focus gets put on making the mask and they don't bother with the rest of the look. It was too clean.
Then there's the very ending. Seemed very rushed, anti climatic. Sure, it's a short film under a half hour, but come on, that ending could have been done better.
Firstly the characters. Its a rather odd bunch of people who are all friends but just don't seem like they would be friends in the 1980s. My first impression was that it was going to poke fun at F13th films various types of characters throughout the franchise, and do a interaction amongst the different groups of kids in each fulms of thr series, but it didn't. It seemed more like a bunch of characters purposely meant to be different from each other but it doesn't feel right, like it was completely forced. There's the jock, the stoner, the goth, the geek, the rocker, the girl who thinks, the girl who doesn't etc.. But if this was an attempt to make it feel 80s, then it's not hitting the mark at all. It seems too unbalanced.
The next thing was Jason. The balance of his strength isn't portrayed well and his motions and mannerisms are off... I'd be willing to forgive all that had the costume not looked so clean. Like many fan films, all the focus gets put on making the mask and they don't bother with the rest of the look. It was too clean.
Then there's the very ending. Seemed very rushed, anti climatic. Sure, it's a short film under a half hour, but come on, that ending could have been done better.
