News
‘Jason Goes to Hell’ Retrospective Documentary Will Dig Up the Dirt
An exclusive announcement from the folks over at Dread Central has shared the news of an upcoming feature-length retrospective documentary all about Jason Goes to Hell.
The Dark Heart of Jason Voorhees: The Making of the Final Friday will be directed by Nick Hunt (Safe Place). The documentary comes from producers Johnny Macabre (Don’t F*ck in the Woods, Crepitus), Joe Quintanilla (producer of Friday the 13th Part 3: The Memoriam Documentary), and Jason Goes to Hell director Adam Marcus.
Marcus shared his enthusiasm in a statement:
“I am thrilled to have been approached by Nick Hunt and Black Heart Productions to tell the story of the making of Jason Goes to Hell. I’m looking forward to getting the chance to illustrate the journey of my first film and to hopefully set the record straight on all the controversies surrounding the movie. I can say for myself and my Skeleton Crew partners, Debra Sullivan and Bryan Sexton that we are ‘happier than a little girl in a pink dress pushing a hot dog through a donut’ to be collaborating with Nick and Black Heart to bring this documentary to life.”
The documentary will offer a thorough and never-before-seen look at Jason Goes to Hell, sharing commentary from “genre greats, both who were in the film and not”. Audiences will learn the juicy details of the behind-the-scenes secrets, pressures, and challenges that the film faced.
Director Nick Hunt is absolutely ready to take this on. He comments:
“Jason Goes to Hell to me has always been the most highly debated upon, the most unique and the most ballsy of any of the other Friday the 13th films to come to fruition. I always felt it was misunderstood and that people didn’t know the entire story behind it; the people that put their blood, sweat, and tears into it. And now it’s coming up on its 25th Anniversary and I want to show it the love it deserves, the fans the appreciation they deserve and hopefully make something unique and special for all the franchise fans.”
Adam Marcus and Jason Goes to Hell made news earlier this month with his somewhat controversial take on Jason’s mythology. He stated that Voorhees was born from the Necronomicon, making the machete-wielding legend a bonafide deadite.
Eat your heart out, Ash.
Horror documentaries are always fantastically fascinating, so we’ll keep you posted with more details as they’re available. In the meantime, let us know what you think!
Featured image via Daily Grindhouse
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Editorial
Alleged Former Haunted Museum Staff Member Tattles on Zak Bagans
Zak Bagans has been getting a bum rap lately thanks to some of his former Ghost Adventures teammates. But he’s also getting roasted by one of his alleged former Haunted Museum employees in Las Vegas.
The apparent team member took to Reddit in an AMA (Ask Me Anything), inviting subscribers to ask them about their job including juicy details regarding their famous boss. It resulted in a windfall of queries that came with some surprising answers.
Bagans was one of the first to take his ghost hunting prowess to television creating a successful reality show that featured some of the world’s most haunted places. Coupled with his good looks, reactive histrionics and penchant for building tension Ghost Adventures became a pop culture phenomenon.
Throughout his travels, Bagans began to collect cursed items enough to fill a vintage house in Nevada which he eventually repurposed and named The Haunted Museum. Guests are able to visit his collection for a fee and are directed through its many rooms by a tour guide.
The YouTube channel TheSneezingMonkey featured the AMA Reddit thread on his channel with an update to follow.
Since the ex-employee cannot, or won’t, be verified, suffice it to say that nothing revealed in the lengthy discussion should be taken as fact. This could be a disgruntled ex-employee with nothing better to do than talk smack about the television icon who has managed to keep his show on the air for 16 years. Or, some of it could be true.
But that is for you to decide.
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Movies
Stephen King’s ‘The Monkey’ Sells to Neon, James Wan Co-Producing
Pretty much any piece of writing from Stephen King is ripe for a movie adaptation. The next one is a 1980 short story that appeared in his 1985 anthology Skeleton Crew, specifically The Monkey. The news broke by Deadline says Neon won the bidding war and the film will release in 2025.
Distributors went gaga trying to secure the rights with Neon the victor reportedly paying seven figures for the horror movie.
According to Deadline: “In The Monkey, when twin brothers Hal and Bill discover their father’s old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths starts occurring all around them. The brothers decide to throw the monkey away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years. But when the mysterious deaths begin again, the brothers must reunite to find a way to destroy the monkey for good before it takes the lives of everyone close to them. Theo James plays the twins in later years. [Christian] Convery plays the younger twins.”
The film is directed by Osgood (Oz) Perkins whose buzz-drunk current project, Longlegs is releasing on July 12.
The film also stars, Tatiana Maslany (She–Hulk: Attorney at Law), Elijah Wood (The Lord Of The Rings), Colin O’Brien (Wonka), Rohan Campbell (The Hardy Boys) and Sarah Levy (Schitt’s Creek).
James Wan and Michael Clear’s banner Atomic Robot have a production credit.
In 2023 a short film directed by Spencer Sherry was adapted from the King story. That film is currently touring the film festival market but you can watch the trailer below.
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Yay or Nay: What’s Good and Bad in Horror This Week: 5/13 to 5/17
Yay
Fall is getting not one but two sequels. It’s great news because now we know bad CGI can be consciously ignored when everything else is so great.
Yay
A man is labeled a time traveler after allegedly entering a garden shed in his 30s and exiting the next day in his 60s. If the magic is true we can finally go back and talk to Jason Blum right after Paranormal Activity and make him promise to never to touch an Exorcist movie.
Nay
The Coffee Table. This may be the first time we have suggested spoiling a film before actually seeing it. Wait. Maybe we spoiled Old by suggesting you don’t go see it.
Nay
Prolific B moviemaker Roger Corman passes away at 98. He gave many actors and directors a chance in Hollywood, some would go on to win major awards. His films were outrageous, often gratuitous but always filled with heart.
Yay
Clown Motel becomes a trilogy. Cheap Indy horror filmmakers aren’t micromanaged by rich and powerful studio execs so they can have fun with their material, and what better place to exercise that freedom than at a creepy desert motel in Nevada lorded over by hundreds of clowns.
Nay
A Jason Universe is announced which promises many lateral “activations” in the Friday the 13th universe. Although the definition of said “activations” is never fully explained it leads us to believe it was a typo for “transactions” so Fortnite players scan by a Jason skin wearing a non-IP regulation hockey mask.
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