Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Paul Magne Haakonsen Being a huge fan of the "Friday the 13th" franchise and finding Jason Voorhees to be the ultimate of all slashers, then of course I would eventually find my way around to sitting down to watch "His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th". Oddly enough it wasn't before now in 2017 that I actually got around to doing it."His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th" offers an extensive insight into the franchise through numerous interviews with directors, actors and actresses who performed in the movies (either as victims or as Jason himself), producers, and other such people whom has been tied in with the franchise in one way or another.This documentary didn't really reveal much of anything new that I wasn't already familiar with to the franchise. Although it did offer some nice enough experiences from cast and crew working on the "Friday the 13th" movies. And it was fun enough to hear about their experiences, but it hardly gives you anything new to bring to the movies when you watch them.Whether or not if you have seen "His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th" or not, then it doesn't really change the way you perceive the franchise, nor does it give you much of any kind of enlightenment of issues and questions that you might have for the this long-running franchise.Sure, this was entertaining enough for what it was, however this is a niche documentary, that caters only for fans of the "Friday the 13th" franchise. If you are not a fan of this franchise, then there is very little of any worth or interest for you to have by sitting down to watching it.Having seen it now, I doubt that I will return to watch it a second time. I could have wanted for a more in depth look at the production of the movies as well, with focus on the special effects. Sure, it was there, but not just as elaborate as I would have liked.This 2009 documentary hosted by Tom Savini scores a 6 out of 10 stars from me.

KroneofThorns In a Starz Documentary titled "Going to Pieces : The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film" (Great doc by the way for fans by fans) the girl who played Angela in "Sleepaway Camp" refers to Italian gaillo cinema as first coming up with a lot of original deaths aka, spear through two lovers backs. Then the documentary shows us that "Friday the 13th" actually stole that bit from I believe an Argento picture but then in this documentary she claims it to be ORIGINAL Wow just wow!!! I mean that's beyond changing your mind. It's on the same exact shot!!! Oh my take on this documentary it's totally unstructured 100% unstructured. It doesn't build a story or to a climax or even start at 1 and go to the end it's all over the damn place. I like it but it's not really a true documentary. There is almost no craft too it, but I still enjoy watching it. I'm a fan so it's really like watching one of those well edited but semi cheesy holiday vacation videos of a truly great vacation. This film makes me nostalgic for good slasher movies and despite desperate editing. (And I understand that) it is a truly enjoyable picture as a fan of Jason. Despite being a documentary where most of the stories I've already heard before it still managed to feel fresh which is one step better than "American Nightmare" which is a very stale documentary.

Michael_Elliott His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th (2009) *** 1/2 (out of 4) Entertaining documentary covering the nearly thirty-years that Jason has been stalking movie goers and cutting up film critics along the way. Fans will certainly see this as a dream come true considering the large number of people they've gathered from all the movies. The only noticeable people missing are Steve Miner and Corey Feldman. I'm really not sure why Feldman wasn't involved since he was interviewed on the Paramount disc from the box set but a few of the interviewees take a couple pot shots at him. It's also worth noting that there's really not too much discussion dedicated to parts four and five but then again I'm sure fans could take 90-minute documentaries on each film and not just the entire series. On the whole this is a fun documentary as we get to hear from countless victims, fans, producers, directors and so on. Tom Savini hosts the doc and does a good job, although they could have left out all the newly filmed horror sequences, which usually just features cheap death scenes and women screaming. Some of the best moments deal with the surviving women trying to give their ideas on all all-star revival of them going after Jason. If you're a fan of the series then I'm sure you've already heard or read these stories countless times but it's nice to have all of them together.

thesar-2 In preparation of the newest (of, say 50) reboot(s), 'Friday the 13th' in 2009, I re-watched all 11 original movies (including 'Freddy Vs. Jason.') Upon hearing of this documentary, 'His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th,' I was stoked as I am a huge fan of the Jason mythology. And this doc didn't let me down. If anything, it just wet my appetite for the upcoming re-imagining and made me (possibly) rethink some of my harsh thoughts of a few of the chapters, namely 'Manhattan,' 'Final Chapter' and 'X.' It was wonderful to see a majority of the original cast(s) come back to speak of their experiences and turn the whole legend of Jason into, well, basically, a 'Trekkie' following. (I had no idea there were conventions out there devoted to 'Friday the 13th.')I loved the point blank description of their making of's and even the inconsistency of the series (i.e. some of the series landed on Saturday the 14th, Sunday the 15th and so on.) I loved the interviews with my favorite Jason: Kane Hodder, Sean Cunningham, the original survivor Adrienne "Alice" King and Betsy "Mother Voorhees" Palmer. I realize it was also made to promote the '09 film. Thankfully, they didn't spend too much time on the reboot, even bypassing segments as this was meant as a "history" of the fable, not the "future." Definitely needs to be noted: this is strictly for fans of the series, of those who didn't take the series too seriously (and yes, I am aware my own reviews showed frustration in some of the series, but in my defense, it was the directors/writers that just seemed lazy at times) and for those who have seen all the 'Friday the 13th" series. For, it is one major spoiler after another.