2 Horror Classics - Friday the 13th (2009) - Extended Edition & My Bloody Valentine (2009) [DVD]

FRIDAY THE 13TH - This, the umpteenth sequel (not the remake) to the original 1980 movie, gives us a clever prologue that manages to fit an entire Jason Voorhees killing spree in a brisk and bloody 20 minutes. Jumping ahead six weeks, the film introduces a carload of clueless teens headed for a weekend at a lakeside cabin, plus a lone motorcyclist (Jared Padalecki) in search of his missing sister (Amanda Righetti). When the "lakeside" happens to refer to Crystal Lake, of course, there can be only one outcome. Cue the hockey mask, and pass the machete. Bay and director Marcus Nispel, who collaborated on the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, are surprisingly indifferent to changing up the formula this time, although there's more care taken in building up a few characters, and for once the comic relief (mostly supplied by Aaron Yoo and Arlen Escarpeta) is pretty funny. The film's Jason is quite the athletic fellow, and he's assembled an elaborate underground corpse-hiding lair in the vicinity of Crystal Lake. How he's been able to live down there for 30 years and had enough unwitting campers pass by to keep himself entertained is anybody's guess.

• Actors: Aaron Yoo, Danielle Panabaker, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle, Jared Padalecki
• Directors: Marcus Nispel
• Format: Anamorphic, PAL
• Language English
• Region: Region 2
• Number of discs: 1
• Classification: 18
• Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment 
• Run Time: 101 minutes

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My Bloody Valentine -  In the mining town of Harmony, a drilling accident is caused by the son of the owner, Tom Hanniger (Jensen Ackles). The mine collapses, burying six miners alive. The rescue team finds only Harry Warden alive, but in coma, and the other miners murdered by his pickax, and they conclude that Harry killed them to save oxygen for himself. On Valentine's Day, Harry awakes from his coma in the local hospital, and he kills twenty-two people, including a group of teenagers that are partying in the mine. Harry is killed by the deputy, but the only survivors are Tom Hanniger, his girlfriend Sarah, their friend Axel Palmer and his girlfriend Irene. Ten years later, Tom returns to Harmony after the death of his father. Tom has decided to sell the Hanniger Mine, and finds that Sarah has married Axel, who is now the local sheriff, and they have a son named Noah. On Valentine's Day, Harry Warden also returns, seeking revenge against those that had escaped his pickax in the past.

Not suitable to persons under the age of 18. Restriction 18SVLN

Starring Jensen Ackles, Jamie King, Kerr Smith, Betsy Rue