Review of Friday the 13th (2009) by Izaak M — 12 Sep 2013

Terror is born anew in this frightening re-visioning of Friday the 13th. After a group of campers go missing at Crystal Lake the brother of one of the missing starts canvassing the area, where he meets a group of horny college students who are on vacation; but little do they know that they are trespassing on the grounds of Jason Voorhees, a psychotic killer.

The film's pretty much a composite of the first four Friday the 13ths, and it stays fairly true to the series formula. But while Jared Padalecki and Danielle Panabaker give strong performances, the majority of the cast is weak.

However, this could be a result of bad writing, as most of the characters are uninteresting and the dialog is poor. Still, the violence is quite intense and horrific. Getting back to the suspenseful horror roots of the series, Friday the 13th is a solid remake.