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Friday the 13th gets a killer 40th anniversary steelbook release

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Paramount Home Entertainment has announced the release of a limited edition 40th anniversary steelbook Blu-ray for the classic 1980 slasher horror Friday the 13th which hits shelves on May 5th; check out the cover artwork and special feature details below… Originally released on May 9, 1980, FRIDAY THE 13TH captured audiences’ imaginations and permeated our […]

Cinema of 1980: Blockbusters Take Over

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at 1980, a key turning point in cinema… After a decade that began with an overwhelming air of pessimist cinema, the end of the 70’s would mark the beginnings of a significant turn around in box office tastes. By 1980 Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were household names. Star Wars, Jaws […]

Gretel & Hansel director would love to make a new Friday the 13th film, but is aware of the current legal issues

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Osgood Perkins, director of the upcoming horror film Gretel and Hansel, has stated if he was given the opportunity he would be “thrilled” to make a Friday the 13th film. However, the director is aware of the current legal issues affecting the beloved horror franchise. “There was a time when I was kind of… I made the rounds… […]

Friday The 13th: The Game Ultimate Slasher Edition coming to Nintendo Switch in August

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The unstoppable killer Jason Voorhees is coming to Nintendo Switch this August with the release of Friday The 13th: The Game Ultimate Slasher Edition, which is packed with single and multiplayer content for the third person survival horror game, including: All DLC and Retail Exclusive Content* – In addition to all previously released DLC – including […]

Exclusive Interview – Kane Hodder on Shed of the Dead, Jason Voorhees, Victor Crowley and more

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Ahead of its world premiere at Sci-Fi London, Flickering Myth’s Tom Beasley got the opportunity to chat to genre legend Kane Hodder about his newest film, the zombie comedy horror Shed of the Dead – and naturally, the topic of conversation also turned to some of Kane’s iconic horror roles, such as Friday the 13th’s […]

The Exorcist with horror icon Kane Hodder – The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #35

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On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, prolific horror actor and stuntman Kane Hodder discusses demonic classic The Exorcist… On the latest episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, horror icon Kane Hodder pops by to discuss his roles […]

Friday the 13th’s Jason Voorhees gets a deluxe collectible statue from Iron Studios

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Sideshow has unveiled a batch of promotional images for Iron Studios’ 1:10 art scale deluxe statue for Friday the 13th’s iconic masked killer Jason Voorhees. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $155.00 and is expected to ship between October and December 2019; check it out here… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Sideshow Collectibles Sideshow and […]

Friday the 13th rights become very murky as screenwriter wins legal battle with producer

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For the past year, Friday the 13th writer Victor Miller has been embroiled in a legal battle with producer Sean Cunningham over the rights to the slasher series, and now a court has ruled in his favour, leaving the future of the franchise and its iconic killer Jason looking very murky indeed. Miller filed suit […]

Brad Fuller explains why Paramount shut down last year’s Friday the 13th

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After several years stuck in development hell, Paramount Pictures and Platinum Dunes came close to finally getting another chapter of the Friday the 13th saga into production early in 2017, only for the studio to pull the plug on the project a couple of months before filming. During an interview with Syfy Wire, Brad Fuller […]