Friday the 13th 2009

Friday the 13th is a 2009 American slasher film serving as a reboot and the twelfth installment overall in the Friday the 13th franchise. It was directed by Marcus Nispel from a screenplay by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, the film stars Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Aaron Yoo, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle, and Derek Mears. The story follows Clay Miller (Padalecki) as he searches for his missing sister, Whitney (Righetti), who is captured by Jason Voorhees (Mears) while camping in woodland at Crystal Lake. The film was originally conceived as an origin story, but the project evolved into a reboot of the franchise where elements of the first four Friday the 13th films were used as inspiration for the story and characters. Voorhees was redesigned as a lean, quick killer with a backstory that allows the viewer to feel sympathy for him but not enough that he would lose his menace. In keeping with the tone of the film, Jason's mask was recreated from a mold of the original mask used for Friday the 13th Part III (1982) with minor changes.