Friday, the 13th (2009)
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A man searches for his missing sister at a remote lake, only to find himself hunted by a legendary killer.
The story
After his sister Whitney is captured by the menacing Jason Voorhees while camping at Crystal Lake, Clay Miller ventures into the woods to find her. Despite warnings from local authorities, Clay teams up with a friend, Jenna, to search the area. As they navigate the treacherous grounds, they are stalked by a killer who has claimed the territory as his own. The search leads them into a tense confrontation where they must survive the night and uncover the truth behind the legend of the lake.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In 1980, Jason Voorhees' mother is killed at Camp Crystal Lake. Twenty-eight years later, a group of friends is attacked by Jason while searching for marijuana. One girl, Whitney, is captured. Her brother, Clay, arrives at the lake to find her, accompanied by his friend Jenna. While searching the grounds, they witness Jason's violence and eventually find Whitney trapped in an underground lair. They manage to free her and escape, but during the escape, Jenna is killed. In a final confrontation in a barn, Whitney pretends to be Jason's mother to distract him, allowing them to subdue him. They discard his body in the lake, but Jason reappears one last time, killing Whitney.
- First release year
- 2009
- Runtime (minutes)
- 97
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Marcus Nispel
- Writers
- Damian Shannon · screenplay; Mark Swift · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Jared Padalecki · Clay Miller; Danielle Panabaker · Jenna; Aaron Yoo · Chewie; Amanda Righetti · Whitney; Travis Van Winkle · none; Derek Mears · Jason Voorhees
- Genres
- slasher; horror
- Themes
- survival; revenge
- Tone and mood
- gritty; menacing
- Premise and plot tags
- slasher; reboot; survival horror
- Source material / true-story basis
- Friday the 13th franchise
- Franchise connections
- Friday the 13th
- Reception
- The film received negative reviews but was a commercial success, becoming the second-highest-grossing film in the franchise.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 34 · scale: 100 · review count: 29
- Awards and nominations
- Teen Choice Award · winning films · win
- Production trivia
- The film's mask was recreated from a mold of the original mask used in Part III.; The production was not a period piece and was set in the 2000s.
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