Ever wonder why Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th films can keep coming back from the dead to kill teenagers in the woods? Well, according to Jason Goes to Hell director Adam Marcus, that's because Jason is a deadite from the franchise, The Evil Dead. No joke! He's 100% convinced of this.
You may or may not remember that in Jason Goes to Hell there's a character that comes across a large ornate knife and a very familiar looking book. Fans of Evil Dead will recognize that that book is the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis and the dagger is the Kandarian Dagger. I thought it was just a cool tribute, but it's so much more than that.
According to Marcus, he wanted to “create a mythology for Jason in this movie, because it had driven me nuts as a viewer.” So, he just decided to give him an Evil Dead mythology, because that's what fans do.
You may or may not remember that in Jason Goes to Hell there's a character that comes across a large ornate knife and a very familiar looking book. Fans of Evil Dead will recognize that that book is the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis and the dagger is the Kandarian Dagger. I thought it was just a cool tribute, but it's so much more than that.
According to Marcus, he wanted to “create a mythology for Jason in this movie, because it had driven me nuts as a viewer.” So, he just decided to give him an Evil Dead mythology, because that's what fans do.
- 11/6/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Long before any sort of justice had ever dawned, Freddy vs. Jason debuted in cinemas to what may be remembered as the first notable crossover between two major film franchises. Since then, we’ve received a couple Alien vs. Predator movies, the second of which performed so poorly that Fox split them back into their own separate entities, and to a much, much lesser extent, Lake Placid vs. Anaconda.
And although the first seeds had been planted for an Elm Street crossover in the closing moments of 1993’s Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, director Adam Marcus was cross-pollinating with a much different horror franchise right under our noses.
To help set the stage, let’s look at an excerpt from a recent discussion he had with Horror Geek Life in which Marcus elaborated on his need to make sense of Friday the 13th‘s continuity:
“I was populating [Jason Goes to Hell] with Easter eggs,...
And although the first seeds had been planted for an Elm Street crossover in the closing moments of 1993’s Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, director Adam Marcus was cross-pollinating with a much different horror franchise right under our noses.
To help set the stage, let’s look at an excerpt from a recent discussion he had with Horror Geek Life in which Marcus elaborated on his need to make sense of Friday the 13th‘s continuity:
“I was populating [Jason Goes to Hell] with Easter eggs,...
- 11/2/2017
- by Eric Joseph
- We Got This Covered
By Jason Lees, MoreHorror.com
Some movies are timeless, some are ageless. Casablanca and Gone With The Wind. Citizen Kane. The Godfather Part II.
Film has the ability to transport an audience to any place in history or any world in the heavens. Film is a medium that can take you back to a simpler time in your life. Your childhood is only a DVD away. Film, at its finest, is magic.
And some, well, they’re pretty much critic proof.
For every critic who (over)analyzes Apocolypse Now, there are a dozen who tear apart Friday The 13th and its sequels. Guess what, Mr. Ebert, it doesn’t matter. For every art house release junkie that slobbers over the next Swedish import, there are a dozen stone cold Jason fans who will defend their favorite F13 flick to the death. (Not their death, mind you, but someone’s death.
Some movies are timeless, some are ageless. Casablanca and Gone With The Wind. Citizen Kane. The Godfather Part II.
Film has the ability to transport an audience to any place in history or any world in the heavens. Film is a medium that can take you back to a simpler time in your life. Your childhood is only a DVD away. Film, at its finest, is magic.
And some, well, they’re pretty much critic proof.
For every critic who (over)analyzes Apocolypse Now, there are a dozen who tear apart Friday The 13th and its sequels. Guess what, Mr. Ebert, it doesn’t matter. For every art house release junkie that slobbers over the next Swedish import, there are a dozen stone cold Jason fans who will defend their favorite F13 flick to the death. (Not their death, mind you, but someone’s death.
- 7/13/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Obama talks tough, but the U.S. remains a haven for the ill-gotten gains of bloodthirsty despots. In this week's Newsweek, Philip Shenon looks at the uncomfortable, often overlooked fact that the U.S. remains as much a haven for the loot of bloodthirsty foreign despots as Switzerland, Dubai, the Cayman Islands, and the other international banking centers that usually take blame for stashing autocrats' dirty money.
He is the West African equivalent of one of Muammar Gaddafi's wayward, Lamborghini-loving sons.
Related story on The Daily Beast: America's Islamist Allies in Libya
Teodoro Obiang is a government minister in the tiny oil-rich African nation of Equatorial Guinea and son of the country's brutal dictator. The 41-year-old Teodoro has made the U.S. a second home, often jetting in on his $36 million U.S.-bought Gulfstream V, spending quality time at his $35 million oceanfront mansion in Malibu. He recently commissioned designs...
He is the West African equivalent of one of Muammar Gaddafi's wayward, Lamborghini-loving sons.
Related story on The Daily Beast: America's Islamist Allies in Libya
Teodoro Obiang is a government minister in the tiny oil-rich African nation of Equatorial Guinea and son of the country's brutal dictator. The 41-year-old Teodoro has made the U.S. a second home, often jetting in on his $36 million U.S.-bought Gulfstream V, spending quality time at his $35 million oceanfront mansion in Malibu. He recently commissioned designs...
- 3/14/2011
- by Philip Shenon
- The Daily Beast
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