Friday the 13th: Vengeance is a 2019 fan film based on the Friday the 13th series. Decades have passed since Tommy Jarvis last slew Jason Voorhees, and now he's a divorced father of two daughters. One day, he goes missing, leaving a note for his oldest, Angelica, that Jason is back, and now it's up to her and a group of friends whose families have been touched by Jason to find her father as the undead madman goes on yet another murderous rampage. Unmarked spoilers for the franchise ahead.
In 2022, a sequel was released called Friday the 13th: Vengeance 2: Bloodlines.
Tropes featured in this work:
- Ambiguously Human: Elias Voorhees is stabbed by Jason, but then his body disappears. At the end, he's shown to have numerous death certificates, and is still very much alive. No real reason is given why, but it's suggested that he might have used the Necronomicon to this end.
- Asshole Victim: Wouldn't be Friday the 13th movie without any. Specifically, Sheriff Jason Realotti and Abigail Jarvis, who were both supposed to be on duty when Jason drowned. It helps that neither of them are all that repentant for it. Then there's the drunk who'd been sexually harassing and groping women and steals Jeff's jeep, and finally, Elias, who is implied to be much meaner than his widow, but he survives.
- Ax-Crazy: Jason, of course. And perhaps more than ever, given his body count of 37. As well as his father, Elias, who is out killing everyone in his path in search of his son.
- Big Bad: Jason’s father, Elias Voorhees, is the other killer terrorizing Crystal Lake, having killed as far back as the 1950s. He was also the one who resurrected Jason as a child, making him directly and indirectly responsible for the murders Jason committed. In the present, Elias is seeking revenge against those responsible for Jason’s original death, especially the Jarvis family.
- Bury Your Gays: Two of the girls from this film are revealed to be gay just a minute or so before Jason kills them.
- The Cameo: Tom McLoughlin, the writer of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, makes an appearance as the gravedigger that Elias bribes to keep silent about Jason's missing body. Also C.J. Graham, who played Jason himself in Jason Lives plays Elias in this.
- Canon Welding: Dean can be faintly heard talking about a tour in Springwood, and talking about Freddy Krueger. Also, Elias is shown to have used the Necronomicon to have resurrected Jason after his drowning.
- Dark Is Evil: Elias is always dressed in a black trench coat and his face is often partially shaded. In his introductory scene, it's dark and gloomy outside.
- Dirty Cop: Sheriff Jason Realotti covers up Jason's crimes, intimidates reporters, and is the lifeguard who was supposed to be on duty when Jason drowned.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Zigzagged regarding Elias Voorhees. On one hand he was devastated when he heard Jason drowned as a child and even brought him back through the power of the Necromonicon. In the present day, Elias is seeking revenge on those he holds responsible for Jason’s death, especially the Jarvis family. However, it would seem his desire for revenge outweighed what love Elias had for Jason, as he denounces Jason as his son for refusing to kill the Jarvis sisters and stabbing him instead.
- Even Evil Has Standards: As soon as Elias barks at Jason to kill Angelica and her preteen sister Ashley, he hesitates, and then impales the old man before walking away.
- Fanservice: What would you expect from a Friday the 13th film? It's especially notable in that this is a fan movie, and there's considerably more t&a than one would expect.
- The Ghost: Tommy is never shown, but he's still alive, given his call to Angelica.
- Gory Discretion Shot: The prisoner massacre as well as a number of other killings are offscreen, although the bodies are shown.
- I Have No Son!: Elias' "dying" words as Jason drives his blade into him?Elias: You're not my son.
- It's Personal: Given that the Jarvis family was responsible for Jason's death more than once, Elias is now driven to wipe out their whole bloodline.
- Knight Templar Parent: Elias is a rather dark version of this, even more so than Pamela. He's angry about Jason's death and goes around killing people who weren't even involved in his drowning, and is further revealed to be the one responsible for the murder of the two camp counselors in the opening of the original movie. But he's also shown to be rather verbally abusive towards his son, denying him as such for refusing to kill the two Jarvis girls.
- Machete Mayhem: Another given.
- Necromancer: It would appear Elias Voorhees is one, having kept the Neceromonicon on his person for decades. He used to resurrect his deceased son when Jason originally drowned and appears to use it to cheat death at every turn.
- No-Sell: Jason, as usual, shows no reaction to being hit with a weapon. One guy just smacks him with a bat and it breaks, and he slices off the top of his head.
- Not Quite Dead: Rob is shown to have survived in the post-credits scene, sans an eye.
- One-Steve Limit: Averted and lampshaded by Sheriff Jason Realotti.Sheriff Realotti:Now you listen to me, you little fuck. I'm the real Jason. I'm the real Jason you gotta worry about in this town, and you just crossed the fuckin' line.
- Pet the Dog: Realotti may be a jerkass and a Dirty Cop, but he sends out a deputy to help Ashley and Donna get back home.
- Retcon: In the first movie, it's all but stated that it was Pamela Voorhees who killed the two counselors at the beginning, as well as the other numerous reasons behind the camp's "death curse". It turns out here that it was Elias that killed them.
- Sex Signals Death: As per tradition, Jason kills Justin and Courtney by slamming their tent against a hard object after they'd banged. Then there's the double impalement of the lesbian couple while they're making out topless.
- Stylistic Suck: Being based on a popular 80s slasher movie franchise, this is a given. The acting is amateur quality, the lines are clunky and awkward, and tons of people irrelevant to the plot get murdered just to add to the film's death toll, but it's all part of the charm. There's also an In-Universe example, with the Maniac Mile crew being egregiously boring to the point where the tourists end up roasting their guide and it ends up coming off as a relief to them when the real Jason shows up ... at least until he kills them all.
- That Came Out Wrong: When Frank asks David to help demonstrate how to pitch a tent, he uses it as an excuse for Vulgar Humor. He gets stopped mid-lecture, and Frank plays this trope perfectly straight, unwittingly making his instructions sound — if anything — even more sexual.
- Too Dumb to Live: Justified, given the source material, and because most of the victims Tempting Fate by breaking slasher movie rules are unaware that Jason is actually real. You'd at least think that someone like Jeff, who knows that Jason might be out there, wouldn't be stupid enough to go off into the woods alone, armed or not.
- Wouldn't Hurt a Child: Jason refuses to kill the Jarvis girls at his father's demand. Violently.
