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By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 19 Sep 2012

Nispel is no Rob Zombie - who achieved something akin to brilliance with his 2007 Halloween remake…

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By Mark Olsen (451) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 09 Aug 2012

Not fun, louder than it is scary, not even all that gory, this new Friday the 13th has Jason, all right, but otherwise it's missing nearly…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 21 Jul 2012

While it's billed as a re-imagining of the horror franchise, this Friday is more like a rehash, delivering just what you expect and nothing more…

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By Michael Rechtshaffen (1,086) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 08 May 2012

It's business as usual at Camp Crystal Lake, with very little in the way of fresh jolts or an innovative visual style that would have really…

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By Marc Savlov (2,019) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 28 Oct 2011

But bad, this film's so bad! To flub the fans' most beloved butcher boy…

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By M. E. Russell (386) for Portland Oregonian (2,019) on 18 Mar 2011

What damage could Michael Bay inflict on Jason Voorhees that earlier producers hadn't already inflicted on everyone's favorite hockey-masked…

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By Christopher Borrelli (29) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 11 Mar 2011

This new Friday the 13th, unquestionably savvier and snappier than the original Friday the 13th, though just as useless, is a needed return…

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By Cammila Albertson (28) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 06 Mar 2011

It's not an openly meta take on the genre like Scream, but it's a slasher movie for people who love slasher movies, and if your heart will…

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By Rob Nelson (320) for Variety (12,700) on 05 Jan 2011

As in his Chainsaw remake, Nispel's scare tactics amount to little more than carefully timed cattle-prod shocks, aided by high-volume speaker…

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By Travis Nichols (26) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 31 Dec 2010

The new new new Jason Vorhees, played by Derek Mears in this Michael Bay-produced homage/update of the '80s slasher franchise, is a bit of a fox…

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By Clark Collis (94) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 26 Dec 2010

However, this film is (be)head and shoulders above the recently reanimated likes of Prom Night and My Bloody Valentine…

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By Sonny Bunch (405) for Washington Times (392) on 29 Aug 2009

Friday the 13th isn't great cinema by any means, and you probably know better than I whether you'll enjoy the movie…

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By Mark Pfeiffer (406) for Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema (402) on 01 Jul 2009

The first Friday the 13th is not a masterwork by any stretch of the imagination, but it has one crucial thing the 2009 edition lacks completely…

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By Brian Juergens (209) for CampBlood.org (64) on 18 Jun 2009

A boring retread that downgrades one of our great masked men to being a hillbilly with mommy issues and no sense for decorating…

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By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 12 Jun 2009

Be assured that the acting is passable, the effects are impressively convincing, and the suspense is real…

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By Clay Cane (203) for BET.com (238) on 09 Jun 2009

Friday the 13th Part 12 will not sell at the box office, so they toss the word 'remake' out there to dupe its audience into another installment…

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By John J. Puccio (1,217) for Movie Metropolis (1,779) on 09 Jun 2009

An old lady's dog produces the biggest scare in the film…

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By Greg Maki (546) for Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (546) on 14 May 2009

Made with more care and keeps a much firmer grip on reality than most of the sequels churned out throughout the '80s…

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By Joseph Proimakis (212) for Movies for the Masses (212) on 13 May 2009

Me aksiozileyti matia kai tehniki artiotita, mia splateria poy den trabaei tis tromompoynies tis ki ehei ton Jason tis na deihnei ap' to dekalepto…

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By Jeffrey Bloomer (47) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 06 Apr 2009

A key revelation halfway through the movie lumps Jason into a long, tired tradition of deformed backwoods boys whose motivations weather down…

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