Upcoming Friday The 13th Blu-Rays, DVDs & Boxset From Paramount

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So we know a bastard cropped reissue of the reboot is coming from New Line’s home division but over in Paramount land plans are afoot to drop a stack of Friday the 13th releases onto the market on October 4. Now obviously you know that Paramount will almost always disappoint you, so no never-on-blu-ray releases. Let’s take a look at what they are pooping out, then.
Friday the 13th DVD Collection
Amazon have no information on this – but DVD Empire have more, including a fair price of $37. The proper name is Friday The 13th: 2011 DVD Collection – Limited Edition Gift Set and the product item page gives a description. Neither site list a number of discs, presently.

Return to Crystal Lake like never before with Friday the 13th Kill. . .Kill. . . Kill. . . Collection Limited Edition DVD box set. They’re all here: from the first Friday the 13th: Uncut to Friday the 13th: Jason Takes Manhattan. Re-experience the terror and the gore from the exhaulted executioner who never dies in this definitive collection of all 8 of the Friday the 13th films.

Okay, that’s not too shabby. The From Crystal Lake To Manhattan boxset from 2004 is out of print so this would collect the Deluxe Editions into one set. And that will be handy for those that don’t have ‘em, especially considering some of the later entries are now scarce themselves.

Friday the 13th Blu-ray & Friday the 13th DVD
The 1980 original will be back on the market in what is presumably a reissue. Can we get some better cover art then the Deluxe Edition, Paramount? Although it looked certifiably badass, the killer on the cover looked like they were wearing black leather. And I don’t know about you but the thought of Mrs Voorhees all leathered up makes me throw up in my mouth a little. Oh okay, and a little turned on.

Friday the 13th Part 3 Blu-ray & Friday the 13th Part 3 DVD
Hopefully it’s just Amazon’s lazy, inaccurate placeholder details but they are listing the ratio for these as 1.85:1 when the previous releases were 2.35:1 which was what the film was shot in. If it carries through with a cropped 1.85:1 ratio, I don’t have to tell you why that’s a bad thing for purists. In an ideal world Paramount would use these re-releases to offer up a better 3D print. The existing one was lambasted.

Friday the 13th Deluxe Edition Four-Pack
Coming earlier than the others on September 20, this will contain the first four Deluxe Edition DVDs. It’s a simple enough dumping of old stock. Of minor note, DVD Empire already stock a blu-ray version of that upcoming set, called Friday the 13th: 4 Movie Collection. It’s part of a Paramount Blu-ray sale and is listed as having only 1 Disc. While I would love to report that Paramount just discreetly dropped Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter onto the Blu-ray format, there’s evidence on that page to suggest it is a glitch on DVD Empire’s part and the release is actually just the first film with an incorrect product title.

When will Paramount learn? Maybe after they’re done whoring Star Trek, their “respectable” genre franchise. Anyhow, someone must have fucked up by letting some of those Deluxe Editions turn out so good! Think we’ll get parts 4-8 on Blu-ray before there’s another format jump? Let us pray.

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The original Friday the 13th boxset was so disappointing to me when announced. Especially after the amazing Elm Street box set was released. But once I got it in my hands I came and started farting. No, but seriously, I worked at a small video store in Philly and we ordered it for their cost, and then when I heard what it was I didn't want it and planned to send it back. But when it arrived I couldn't give it up.

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The collector in me wants this, but I know better than to waste my money. However, if you missed the first set you may want to check this out!

Includes all 8-films in 16×9-enhanced widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtracks. A Jason replica mask, booklet and 2-pair of 3D glasses.


FRIDAY THE 13TH-Uncut:

· Audio commentary by director Sean S. Cunningham with cast and crew
· “Fresh Cuts: New Tales from FRIDAY THE 13TH”
· “The Man Behind the Legacy: Sean S. Cunningham”
· “FRIDAY THE 13TH Reunion”
· “Lost Tales from Camp Blood—Part 1”
· Theatrical trailer
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FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2:

· Inside “Crystal Lake Memories”
· “FRIDAY’s Legacy: Horror Conventions”
· “Lost Tales from Camp Blood—Part 2”
· “Jason Forever”
· Theatrical trailer
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FRIDAY THE 13TH PART III:

· 3D version of the film (with glasses)
· Theatrical trailer
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FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER:

· Audio commentary by director Joseph Zito, screenwriter Barney Cohen and editor Joel Goodman
· Fan commentary by Adam Green and Joe Lynch
· “Lost Tales from Camp Blood—Part 4”
· Slashed scenes
· “Jason’s Unlucky Day: 25 Years After FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER”
· “The Lost Ending”
· “The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited Part I”
· “Jimmy’s Dead Dance Moves”
· Theatrical trailer
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FRIDAY THE 13TH PART V: A NEW BEGINNING:

· Audio commentary by director/co-screenwriter Danny Steinmann with cast and crew
· “Lost Tales from Camp Blood—Part 5”
· “The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited Part II”
· “New Beginnings: The Making of FRIDAY THE 13th PART V: A NEW BEGINNING”
· Theatrical trailer
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FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VI: JASON LIVES:

· Audio commentary by director Tom McLoughlin with cast and crew
· “Lost Tales from Camp Blood—Part 6”
· “The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited Part III”
· “Jason Lives: The Making of FRIDAY THE 13th PART VI: JASON LIVES”
· “Meeting Mr. Voorhees”
· Slashed scenes
· Theatrical trailer
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FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD:

· Audio commentary by director John Carl Buechler and actors Lar Park Lincoln and Kane Hodder
· “Jason’s Destroyer: The Making of FRIDAY THE 13th PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD”
· “Mind Over Matter: The Truth About Telekinesis”
· “Makeover by Maddy: Need a Little Touch-Up Work, My Ass”
· Slashed scenes intro
· Slashed scenes
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FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN:

· Audio commentary by actors Scott Reeves, Jensen Daggett and Kane Hodder
· “New York Has a New Problem: The Making of FRIDAY THE 13th PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN”
· Gag reel
· Slashed scenes

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Damn I'm really tempted to get that

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It's this photo right here that makes it SO goddamn tempting, even though I have only seen, and am ONLY a fan of, 1 and 6 and JASON GOES TO HELL and FREDDY VS. JASON. Would like to see 2 and JASON TAKES MANHATTAN. Saw NEW BLOOD in a theater and it ain't bad. Jesus, if I could somehow get 40 extra dollars, I MIGHT buy this fucker. But that won't happen.

I added it to my blog because of that photo and that photo alone.

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How much is this gonna be anyway?

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DVD Pacific has it for $35 bucks. It's on ALERT ME status on Amazon. DVD Empire has it for $37, roughly.

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That's not so bad i guess, but the blu ray is probably a little more

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There is NO blu-ray version of this Limited Edition Gift Set. Well, you CAN get the first 4 films in a blu-ray set, but the others in the series have yet to make it to blu.

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Lame. I already have all these on DVD,  wanted to upgrade 

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That's not so bad i guess, but the blu ray is probably a little more

Yeah, it's the same shit with a shitty plastic hockey mask.

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Ever since I posted this on my blog, it's been getting quite a few hits.