Kevin BaconFriday the 13th [4K UHD]

Not much to say. Looks great on 4k. Most don't look that much better than bluray, but this one does. Worth buying.

Love it. This is great for any fan of the movie. It has both the theatrical and uncut versions and lots of extras.

Though following in the footsteps of 1978's Halloween, Friday the 13th is every bit as important to the history of the sub genre of horror known as the slasher genre (even if neither were the first of it's kind). Halloween was of course a smash hit with both audiences and critics, but it was Friday the 13th that solidified the popularity of the genre, and from the moment Friday the 13th was released the genre couldn't be stopped. There's nothing like a good 80's slasher.Steve Christy and 7 counselors are in the process of re opening Camp Crystal Lake (which people in town have nicknamed Camp Blood) despite the camp's bad history (which include a drowning of a young boy and the unsolved murder of two teen counselors). Soon enough a mysterious killer shows up and slowly stalks the counselors one by one. Who is the killer? And will anybody survive the long night at camp blood?Friday the 13th is the first film in one of the longest enduring and greatest horror series of all time . It may come off a bit like a prequel to audiences today, but this is where it all began, and all is the better for it. From it's fantastic camp setting (which jumps from quiet and peaceful during the day, to eerie and ominous at night) to the film's top notch and gruesome gore effects done by effects legend Tom Savini, it's easy to see why Friday the 13th has help up all these years later, why it's gotten all the sequels it deserves, and why the fanbase for the series continues to grow today. Everything just clicks from day 1.The acting here is overall pretty good! Kevin Bacon makes his film debut in a supporting role playing one of the more horny counselors, and his death scene has been a showstopper ever since the movies debut in 1980. Another interesting cast member here is Harry Crosby who's actually one of the sons of the one and only Bing Crosby. He plays Bill, who's one of the more likable counselors in the film. Though despite having a future A lister, and a pop culture icon's offspring, the film really belongs to our two leading ladies Betsy Palmer and Adrienne King. King plays the first of one of the many final girl's the series has had, and she's right up there with the very best. She's strong willed and vunerable all in one, and carries the film very well. Betsy Palmer plays the legendary Pamela Voorhees. And even if she may only have about 20 minutes of screentime, she has a profound effect on the series, and is one of the genre's most memorable characters. Palmer plays her role perfectly, and leaves quite the lasting impression.Overall Friday the 13th is a suspenseful and gory slasher classic.An absolute must for genre fans.

This is one of the first "gory" slasher flicks to come into play! I will give credit to "Twitch of the Death Nerve (A.K.A. Bay of Blood)" for being on of the very, very first movies to have as much bloody gore that it did and although this film is a great cult classic and is the film that starts off my favorite slasher franchise it still is filled to the top with pointless scenes that only Tom Savini's effects, Betsy Palmer's performance, and the genuine atmosphere this film alone gives off can save!Plot: Camp Crystal Lake 1958, two necking teenagers were brutally killed, 1962, the camp was to be re-opened but the water was bad, now it is the present day (and when I mean present I mean the year this was filmed) and the camp is being opened yet again by a man with vision, Steve Christy who is played by Peter Brouwer.... Now all of the sudden the 7 camp councilors (and yes I included Annie) are being slaughtered one by one and none of them know about the murders until there is only one person left... Alice and the killer shall come into play but if you've seen this movie before you would know that *MAJOR SPOILER ALERET *Mrs. Voorhees* is killing to avenge her son *Jason Voorhees'* death! *END SPOILER*Review: This is the horror flick that every other slasher film wanted to be! The special effects (which were superbly done by Tom Savini) were gruesomely blood-filled and creatively fun even if the sound effects didn't quite match the impact of the infamous axe kill and when the decapitation came into play it was poorly done but looked great even if it was more of a head-knocked-off then a head-cut-off! The acting was, well.... let's just leave it to Alice's reaction from finding the axe in the bed. "What is going on?" that cracks me up every time no matter how suspenseful the film is becoming. This reviewer however was massively pleased by the fact that this film was a huge box office success making a little over $39 million out of its $550,000 budget! This film has a great woodsy atmosphere to it as well.... the whole camp in the woods in the summer during the day was creepy enough but when night time came into play it was dark, grim and wet (A.K.A. a lot of so-called rain when really it was most likely just a guy spraying water into the air from behind the camera)! The whole film... it just worked and it has a great vibe that will always stick in the viewer's memory!Acting: The acting was decent in some parts but I felt the actors could've done more. Kevin Bacon's lines such as "That lightening will tear down the sky like a son of a gun" were cheesy and forgettable... hell; I don't even remember what that line truly was.... I am just going off memory!Gore: Aw yeah... here we go! We get an axe to the face, an arrow through the neck, a few slit throats, a hunting knife to the stomach, that infamous decapitation and some more! It went all out with the blood and it created atmosphere as well which in my opinion is extremely difficult to do, combining gore and atmosphere is like trying to create a vintage horror movie in this day and age.... it is incredibly hard!Bottom Line: Cheesy, Gory, Terrifying, and A Helluva Ride! The beginning makes you think... aw it wont be to gory and then as it starts to kick in, even though it is cheesy, it graphically sets up death scenes and vividly creates an environment that is peaceful and friendly until around the twenty minute mark!Suggested MPPA: Rated R for strong bloody violence, terror, sexuality, and some languageBody Count 9Is it worth the Buy on a scale of 1-10 (9 for the Uncut Version, 6 for the 1999 edition)For the Movie itself on a scale of 1-5: 4

What a difference to see this classic in UHD 4K Quality video. On the big screen TV, almost as good as in the Theater.

Friday the 13th 4k looks absolutely amazing! If only Paramount would come out with better special features with these discs. Hopefully they will start to release the rest of the series in 4k.