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A24 retooling Friday the 13th prequel series Crystal Lake

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There’s nothing more challenging in pop culture than being a Friday The 13th fan. It’s been 15 years since Jason Voorhees slashed on our screens, and it seemed like the dark days were behind us. While there’s a long-standing legal battle that’s kept horror fans from seeing a new round of the iconic slasher franchise, […]

Jason Blum wants to produce the long-awaited thirteenth Friday the 13th

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As Jason Voorhees superfans will know, it’s been over a decade since we’ve seen a new Friday the 13th. While a cult classic video game and some fan films have kept things afloat, legal battles have kept us from getting the anticipated thirteenth entry. With A24 developing a prequel, another production company wants in on […]

Blumhouse eager to resurrect Jason Voorhees and the Friday the 13th franchise

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Having worked their dark magic on the $500 million grossing Halloween series, and the forthcoming The Exorcist: Believer, Blumhouse Productions are turning their attention towards another dormant horror franchise in Friday the 13th.  While doing the rounds for this weekend’s Exorcist sequel, Blumhouse Producer Ryan Turek was asked by Inverse whether there were any other […]

Adrienne King teases return to Crystal Lake ahead of Friday the 13th prequel series

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Development is well underway on the Friday the 13th prequel series, Crystal Lake. The new series from Bryan Fuller, Peacock, and A24 will bring audiences back to the killer-filled campgrounds of Crystal Lake, and a familiar face is returning. Adrienne King, who played the final girl Alice in 1980’s Friday the 13th, will return as […]

Peacock orders Friday the 13th prequel series Crystal Lake from Bryan Fuller and A24

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With the long-running legal saga over the rights to the original Friday the 13th now seemingly behind us following last year’s court ruling, Peacock has announced that it has given a straight-to-series order to Crystal Lake, a prequel to the 1980 slasher classic from A24 and showrunner Bryan Fuller (Hannibal). “I discovered Friday the 13th […]

Whatever Happened To The Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash Movie?!

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EJ Moreno on why we never got a Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash movie… For decades, fans were teased with the possibility of seeing the worlds of Friday The 13th, Evil Dead, and A Nightmare on Elm Street collide. Though it would pan out in a comic book, the world sadly never got to see […]

The Top 13 Kills from the Friday the 13th Franchise

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We look at the best kills from the classic slasher series Friday the 13th… In 1980, Sean S. Cunningham released a low budget slasher movie that would become one of the cornerstones of the slasher sub genre. What stared out life as a script which one its actresses called “a piece of sh*t”, became a […]

Captivating Origin Stories of Iconic Horror Villains

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Marvelous Videos delves into the captivating origin stories of iconic horror  villains… It’s one thing to create a unique antagonist in a horror film- so many have been brought to the big screen that the sheer creativity is astounding! However, it’s another to give them a proper motivation for doing what they are doing. Often […]

The Most Powerful Horror Villains Of All Time

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Marvelous Videos on the most powerful horror villains… When your genre is predicated on terrorizing your protagonist, it inherently means giving your antagonist an extra oomph. They need some kind of power or ability that allows them to easily scare a group of humans without succumbing to some mishap like a bullet or fall. Horror […]