Sunday, December 1, 2024

I Finally Bought 'Crystal Lake Memories':


I finally bought two documentaries I have been dying to own especially 'Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History Of Friday the 13th'. It's not something I can really afford right now but it was less than $20 bucks. The documentary is nearly 7 hrs long (6h 40m) to be a exact so why not get it right?

Plus the guess what's included with the documentary? Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy wooohooo lol. I'm not going to lie I've never been a massive fan of A Nightmare On Elm Street films.

Don't get me wrong I loved the heck out of the first film. To me the movie was actually scary I also enjoyed Nightmare 2 but after those first two films Freddy Krueger started to behave more like a cartoon character and less like a scary killer. The films and stories kept getting sillier and sillier.

From Nightmare 3 and beyond the stories seem to be geared more towards children than horror fans. Wes Craven tried to make Freddy scary again with A New Nightmare but no most fans seem to reject that movie. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Hollywood did try to bring Freddy back with an ill fated remake.

To be honest I thought Jackie Earle Haley tried his best with the character but when you have absolutely nothing to work with your chances of success is less than zero 🤦🏻‍♂️ anyways

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy has a runtime of 4 hours so I'm definitely looking forward to checking it out.

But needless to say the whole reason I purchased these two documentaries is because I'm a massive Friday The 13th fan. I have been since I watched the first movie when I was 8 years old.

Seen the second film in theaters when I was 10 years old. I've seen every Friday movie in theaters since part 2 and watched everyone of them on HBO, VHS, DVD and of course streaming hundreds of times over the years. These films never get old too me. Well I must admit I'm no fan of the remake and only seen it a hard full of times.

Interviews with from Cast, Crew, Directors, Writers, Special Effects Artist..

*Written and Directed by Daniel Farrands*

*Narrated by Tommy Jarvis himself Corey Feldman*

*Runtime: 6hr - 40min*

*Budget: N/A*

*Film Gross: $617,239*

__Just To Name A Few__:

*Actor 'Corey Feldman' Self/Narrator: Tommy Jarvis - Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter, Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning (as young Tommy in dream sequence)

*Actor 'Lawrence Monoson' Self - Ted: Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter

#Write/Director and co-creator of the franchise 'Sean S. Cunningham' Self - Friday The 13th
"Nearly killed the franchise with some of his bonehead decisions lol"

#Write and co-creator of the franchise 'Victor Miller' Self - Friday The 13th

#Producer 'Frank Mancuso Jr' Self: Friday The 13th Part 2,
Friday The 13th Part III 3-D, Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter, Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning, Friday the 13th: The New Blood

*Actress 'Betsy Palmer' Self: Pamela Voorhees: Friday The 13th

*Actor 'Ron Millkie' Self - Officer Dorf: Friday The 13th

*Actor 'Thom Mathews' Self - Tommy Jarvis Friday The 13th Part VI Jason Lives:
My favorite Tommy Jarvis

*Actor 'John Shepherd' Self - Tommy Jarvis: Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning

*Actress 'Amy Steel' Self - Ginny Field: Friday The 13th Part 2

*Actor 'John Furey' Self - Paul Holt: Friday The 13th Part 2

*Actress 'Bonnie Hellman' Self - 'Hitchhiker' Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter

*Actress 'Adrienne King' Self - Alice Hardy - Friday The 13th, Friday The 13th Part 2

*Actress 'Robbi Morgan' Self - Annie: Friday The 13th

*Actress 'Kimberly Beck' Self - 'Trish Jarvis - Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter

Actor 'Kevin Spirtas' Self - Nick - Friday The 13th Part III 3-D

*Actor 'Larry Zerner' Self - Shelly: Friday The 13th Part III 3-D
One of the most annoying characters to ever appear on screen. But loveable lol

*Actor 'David Kagen' Self - Sheriff Garris: Friday The 13th Part VI Jason Lives
Sorry the Sheriff was a total dick 🖕🏻

*Actress 'Jennifer Cooke' Self - Megan Garris: Friday The 13th Part VI Jason Lives
Just a sweet fun loving girl ❤️ In split of her prick of a Sheriff father

*Actor 'Vincent Guastaferro'
Self - Deputy Rick Cologne: Friday The 13th Part VI Jason Lives
The Barney Fife of Camp Crystal Lake

*Actor 'Stuart Charno' Self - 'Ted' Friday The 13th Part 2

*Actor 'Ari Lehman' Self - Kid Jason Voorhees - Friday The 13th

*Actor 'Steve Dash' Self - Masked Jason Voorhees - Friday The 13th Part 2

*Actor 'Warrington Gillette' Self - Unmasked Jason Voorhees: Friday The 13th Part 2

*Actor 'Richard Brooker' Self - Jason Voorhees: Friday The 13th Part III 3-D

*Actor 'Ted White' Self: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter: My second favorite Jason 

*Actor 'C.J. Graham' Self - Jason Voorhees: Friday The 13th Part VI Jason Lives

Probably my third favorite Jason.

*Actor 'Kane Hodder' Self - Jason Voorhees: Clearly the best Jason

®Friday The 13th Part VII The New Blood

®Friday the 13th Part VIII Jason Takes Manhattan

®Jason Goes To Hell Jason The Final Friday

®Jason X
Kane Hodder my favorite Jason Voorhees

*Actor 'Ken Kirzinger' Self - Jason Voorhees - Freddy vs. Jason

*Actor 'Derek Mears' Self - Jason Voorhees: Friday The 13th Remake
My least favorite movie in the franchise

*Actress 'Lar Park-Lincoln' Self - Tina Shepard - Friday The 13th Part VII The New Blood

*Actress 'Jennifer Banko' Self: Young Tina Shepard - Friday The 13th Part VII The New Blood

#Director 'Tom Morga' Self - 'Roy Stunt Double' / 'Fake Jason Voorhees: Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning

*Actor 'Johnny Hock 'Self - Roy Stunt Double' / 'Fake Jason Voorhees: Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning

#Director 'Tom McLoughlin' - Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Definitely my top 3 best in the franchise

*Actress 'Julie Michaels' Self - Agent Elizabeth Marcus: Jason Goes To Hell

#Writer and Director 'Rob Hedden' - Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
One of my least favorites in the franchise. Sorry guys 😟

#Director 'James Isaac' Self - JASON X
Sorry guys I liked it 😀

#Director 'Ronny Yu' Self - Freddy vs Jason
One of the worst directing choices ever made lol.

#Director 'Joseph Zito' Self: Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter
One of the best directing choices ever made 👍🏻

#Director 'John Carl Buechler' Self - Friday The 13th Part VII The New Blood

#Director/Writer 'Danny Steinmann' Self: Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning
I'm sorry I know it's kinda of slizzy in a soft porn kind of a way. But I enjoyed the hell out of the film.

#Director 'Adam Marcus' Self: Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday
"Adam Marcus can we get Jason out of that damn hockey mask 🙄 awful choice to direct a Friday The 13th movie."

*Actor 'Shavar Ross' Self - Reggie the Reckless: Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning
Fun character

*Actress 'Deborah Voorhees' Self - Tina: Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning
Sexy Character 😇

*Actor 'Dick Wieand' Self - Roy Burns: Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning
Horrible father

*Actor 'Ronn Carroll' Self - 'Sergeant Tierney: Friday The 13th

#Special Effects Master 'Tom Savini' Self - Special Make-Up Effects: Friday The 13th, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

And so much more...


Inspired by the critically-acclaimed book, 'CRYSTAL LAKE MEMORIES: THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF FRIDAY THE 13TH' takes viewers behind the mask on an epic journey into the making of the landmark horror franchise-from its humble beginnings in 1980 at a New Jersey summer camp to the blockbuster release of its 2009 "reboot"..