History Film / FridayThe13th2009

Like many other horror franchises, ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' got [[ContinuityReboot rebooted]]. This film carries no subtitle or numerical marker as a result, but is the eleventh film in the series, twelfth if one accepts ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' as a part of the franchise.

This isn't a straight retelling of the original film; it takes place in the present, and is more of an AdaptationDistillation of elements from first four films while retaining the basic premise, that of a group of teens who've decided to spend their summer vacation at a lavish house situated near Crystal Lake. It also features a Jason Voorhees who, in keeping with the idea, is restored to a more human level, with improved intellegence and savvy; one who lays traps and stalks his victims instead of reaching for the nearest sharp object, though of course his trademark machete is ever present.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Trent, who had been acting abrasive towards Clay and even cheats on his girlfriend.]]

* BloodierAndGorier: Quite bloodier than the original film it's a remake of, owing to the MPAA being less strict on the content than it was back in the 80's.
* BloodIsSquickerInWater: Jason dumps Lawrence's body into a Hot Tub, which turns the water red with his blood.

* ClothesMakeTheLegend: Jason has got cloth wrapped around his face until he kills his first on-screen victim (after the prologue) where he picks up the iconic hockey mask and looks at himself in the mirror.

** Averted with [[spoiler: Bree and Trent.]] While having sex, Jason does indeed glare at them through the bedroom window, yet he doesn't do anything just yet. It's only after they climax that he [[spoiler: cuts the power,]] and the hunt begins...Also averted in the killer cut Whitney attempts to knock on the window but Trent and Bree are moaning too loud to hear.

* CrazySurvivalist: This Jason being mortal (maybe), and thus more firmly rooted in reality, he's been living alone out in the woods near Camp Crystal Lake for well over two decades. It shows, as he is an expert with traps, a crack shot with a bow and arrow and in general acts more like a stalking predator than the classic ImplacableMan he is in other films. [[spoiler: He has also managed to create a well-stocked underground lair with a tunnel network that runs all throughout the area.]]

* HomePornMovie: Bree lures Trent into the bedroom of the cabin they're staying at, strips both of them down, rides on top of him in a perfect cowgirl position, and video tapes him for much of their intercourse... all the way Jason begins his killing spree. At one point, Jenna (Trent's girlfriend) bangs on the door to warn them, but Trent assumes she and the others are just messing with them.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Trent pulls one on himself. [[spoiler: After running from the house and into the forest, (losing his handgun in the process) he makes it to the road and successfully flags down a passing truck. The driver signals him to get in, but Trent's caution gets the better of him. Suspicious of the (innocent) driver, Jason is able to catch up to Trent and stabs him through the chest with his Machete, before impaling him on the back of the trucks Harvester Equipment as the driver takes off scared.]]

** Bree's death (being inmpaled by a pair of antlers) is very reminiscent of ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNight''.

* TaxidermyTerror: Lawrence tries to masturbate in the living room, but finds himself too creeped out by a big stuffed deer head with glass eyes staring right at him to go through with it.

The film did well upon release, with a global box office of $65,002,019 against a $19,000,000 budget. Fans especially praised new Jason Creator/DerekMears for his more sinister take on the character. However, as of 2021, a planned sequel to this film currently sits in DevelopmentHell.

%%* CoolVsAwesome: Sam Winchester vs Jason Voorhees. Nuff said.

%%* DeathByPragmatism: Subverted with [[spoiler:Clay]].

%%* LogoJoke: The logos at the start appear bathed in blood red.

%%* PoorMansPorn: The winter catalogue for Lawrence.

* ShipTease: Between Clay and Jenna. The two of them have strong chemistry (which Bree even lampshades), and Clay is nothing but nice to Jenna, who returns the favor in kind. Every scene with them together before they encounter Jason has moments of cuteness that drip with ShipTease. Afterwards, there are plenty of moments of Clay holding onto Jenna protectively. [[spoiler: He looks devastated when Jason kills her, and his sister Whitney has to pull him away from her as she [[UncertainDoom apparently]] dies]].

Like many other horror franchises, ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' got [[ContinuityReboot rebooted]]. This film carries no subtitle or numerical marker as a result, but -- provided one accepts ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' as a part of the franchise -- this marks the twelfth film in the series.

While the film retains the same general origin as the original film, this film takes place in the 2000s and features a more intelligent Jason -- one who lays traps and stalks his victims instead of reaching for the nearest sharp object -- going up against a group of teens who've decided to spend their summer vacation at a lavish house situated near Crystal Lake.

A planned sequel to this film currently sits in DevelopmentHell.

* AdaptationDistillation: It's less a remake of any one ''Friday'' film than a combination of elements from the first four films and the series at large, including using the first film's ending as its prologue and showing Jason with both his original [[SackheadSlasher burlap sack]] and his more famous hockey mask.

* ShipTease: Between Clay and Jenna. The two of them have strong chemistry (which Bree even lampshades InUniverse), and Clay is nothing but nice to Jenna, who returns the favor in kind. Every scene with them together before they encounter Jason has moments of cuteness that drip with ShipTease. Afterwards, there are plenty of moments of Clay holding onto Jenna protectively. [[spoiler: He looks devastated when Jason kills her, and his sister Whitney has to pull him away from her as she [[UncertainDoom apparently]] dies]].

[[caption-width-right:300:You're deader than a juicy female counsellor in a room full of Jasons...]]

* AdaptationDistillation: It's less a remake of any one ''Friday'' film than a combination of elements from the first four films and the series at large, including using the first film's ending as a prologue and showing Jason with both his original [[SackheadSlasher burlap sack]] and his more famous hockey mask.

* AdaptationalWimp: PlayedWith; Jason is still just as every bit as dangerous here as in the original, but as the film specifically returns to the roots of the earlier installments of the franchise rather than the later ones, Jason never becomes a superhuman zombie. Thus, Jason is instead simply a regular human man..

* ClothesMakeTheLegend: Jason has got cloth wrapped around his face until he kills his first on screen victim (after the prologue) where he picks up the iconic hockey mask and looks at himself in the mirror.

->''Welcome to Crystal Lake.''

* AdaptationalVillainy: While not without his sympathetic motives like his classic counterpart, Jason in the reboot is comparatively more malicious than in the original films, in that he kills his victims in [[CruelAndUnusualDeath much slower and more painful ways]][[note]]such as hanging a girl trapped inside a sleeping bag over an open fire, for one[[/note]]. The original Jason, though definitely not above slow and painful deaths, generally seemed to prefer quicker methods of killing.

* AdaptationalWimp: PlayedWith; Jason is still just as every bit as dangerous here as in the original, but because he never becomes the superhuman zombie that he is in the later films, Jason is instead simply a regular human man. Also justified, considering the reboot specifically returns to the roots of the earlier installments of the franchise rather than the later ones.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Trent accuses Jenna of being sympathetic to Clay because she wants to sleep with him, [[NiceGirl even though she does genuinely just want to help him look for his sister.]] Yet as soon as Jenna goes to help Clay search, [[YourCheatingHeart Trent cheats on her with Bree.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: Trent is seen cheating on Jenna with Bree. The later is somewhat subverted as Jenna doesn't seem to care about it, or at least has no time to process it when Jason starts killing people.

* AdaptationalVillainy: While not without his sympathetic motives like his classic counterpart, Jason in the reboot is comparatively more malicious than in the original films, in that he kills his victims in [[CruelAndUnusualDeathbmuch more slower and painful ways]][[note]]such as hanging a girl trapped inside a sleeping bag over an open fire, for one[[/note]]. The original Jason, though definitely not above slow and painful deaths, generally seemed to prefer quicker methods of killing.

* AdaptationalVillainy: While not without his sympathetic motives like his classic counterpart, Jason in the reboot is comparatively more malicious than in the original films, in that he kills his victims in much more slower and painful ways.[[note]]such as hanging a girl trapped inside a sleeping bag over an open fire, for one.[[/note]] The original Jason, though definitely not above slow and painful deaths, generally seemed to prefer quicker methods of killing.
* AdaptationalWimp: PlayedWith; Jason is still just as every bit of dangerous here than in the original, but because he never becomes the superhuman zombie that he is in the later films, Jason is instead simply a regular human man. Also justified, considering the reboot specifically returns to the roots of the earlier installments of the franchise rather than the later ones.

* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:According to the final scene, Clay is the sole survivor. This ultimately renders his entire journey to find his sister and all of his friends pointless [[note]]It's a bit ambiguous if Whitney really dies, however.[[/note]]]].
* AnAxeToGrind: [[spoiler: Lawrence]] gets a double-headed one planted in his back by Jason.
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:By the end of the film, only Clay and Whitney survive and even that part is ambiguous.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Trent, who had been acting abrasive towards Clay and even cheats on his girlfriend.]]
* BearTrap: Richie gets caught in a bear trap set by Jason, [[spoiler:preventing him from saving Amanda from getting roasted to death]]. Later on Whitney uses a bear trap against Jason during the final confrontation.

%%* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Jenna, one of the most moral characters in the film, is the [[spoiler: final victim]].

%%* AnAxeToGrind: [[spoiler: Lawrence]] gets one planted in his back.
%%* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Even Jenna.]]
%%* AssholeVictim: Trent.

%%* CompressedAdaptation: Elements from the first four films are featured.

* DecoyProtagonist: The film even tosses out a Decoy Cast -- almost everyone [[spoiler:in the first group of teens shown in the film ends up killed, and the real story picks up six weeks after Jason's attack]].
%%** [[spoiler:Fake FinalGirl Jenna.]]
%%* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: The prologue.

%%* GiveMyRegardsInTheNextWorld: "Jason! Say hi to mommy - in hell!"

%%* {{Jerkass}}: '''Trent.'''
%%* KickTheSonOfABitch: '''''Trent.'''''

%%* MythologyGag: [[spoiler: Trent]] ends up being impaled on [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning harvester equipment]].

%%* NotQuiteDead: Jason in the ending, as usual.

%%* PoliceAreUseless: The only cop shows up, and gets killed under a minute flat.

%%* ProlongedPrologue: The prologue is over ''twenty minutes''.

%%* SlashedThroat: Donnie's death.

* AdaptationalVillainy: While not without his sympathetic motives like his classic counterpart, Jason in the reboot is comparatively more malicious compared to the original films, in that he kills his victims in much more slower and painful ways.[[note]]such as hanging a girl trapped inside a sleeping bag over an open fire, for one.[[/note]] The original Jason, though definitely not above slow and painful deaths, generally seemed to prefer quicker methods of killing.

* CrazySurvivalist: This Jason being mortal (maybe), and thus more firmly rooted in reality, he's been living alone out in the woods near Camp Crystal Lake for well over two decades. It shows, as he is an expert with traps, a crack shot with a bow and arrow and in general acts more like a stalking predator than the classic ImplacableMan he is in other films. [[spoiler: He has also managed to create a well-stocked underground lair with a tunnel network that runs all throughout the area.]]

%%* {{Jerkass}}: '''Trent.'''
%%* KickTheSonOfABitch: '''''Trent.'''''

* AllForNothing: According to the final scene, Clay is the sole survivor. This ultimately renders his entire journey to find his sister and all of his friends pointless [[note]]It's a bit ambiguous if Whitney really dies, however.[[/note]].

%%* TheStoner: Lawrence and Chewie.

* AnAxeToGrind: [[spoiler: Lawrence]] gets one planted in his back.
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Even Jenna.]]
* AssholeVictim: Trent.

* BroadStrokes: The events of the original film happened, but [[spoiler:Pamela Voorhees']] killing spree happened shortly after Jason's "death", rather than twenty years later.

-->'''Trent:''' Your tits are stupendous.
-->'''Bree:''' [[SarcasmMode Wow, you really know how to make a girl feel special.]]

* CoitusInterruptus: During the ProlongedPrologue, Richie and Amanda have sex inside a tent, but are interrupted when Amanda insists someone is watching them. [[spoiler: When Richie goes to investigate, Amanda is dragged from the tent and hung over the fire in her sleeping bag to roast, while Richie is helpless to save her due to being caught in a BearTrap.]]

* CompressedAdaptation: Elements from the first four films are featured.
* CoolVsAwesome: Sam Winchester vs Jason Voorhees. Nuff said.

* DeathByPragmatism: Subverted with [[spoiler:Clay]].

* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler:Fake FinalGirl Jenna.]]
** [[spoiler:The film even tosses out a Decoy Cast -- almost everyone in the first group of teens shown in the film ends up killed, and the real story picks up six weeks after Jason's attack]].
* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: The prologue.

* GiveMyRegardsInTheNextWorld: "Jason! Say hi to mommy - in hell!"

* {{Immodest Orgasm}}: Trent and Bree let the audience knows that they are [[CallingYourOrgasms ready to finish]] and then they orgasm quite loudly.
* {{Jerkass}}: '''Trent.'''
* KickTheSonOfABitch: '''''Trent.'''''

* LogoJoke: The logos at the start appear bathed in blood red.
* MythologyGag: [[spoiler: Trent]] ends up being impaled on [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning harvester equipment]].

* NotQuiteDead: Jason in the ending, as usual.

* PoliceAreUseless: The only cop shows up, and gets killed under a minute flat.
* PoorMansPorn: The winter catalogue for Lawrence.
* ProlongedPrologue: The prologue is over ''twenty minutes''.

* SlashedThroat: Donnie's death.
* TheStoner: Lawrence and Chewie.

* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler:]]. Jenna, one of the most moral characters in the film, is the [[spoiler: final]]. victim.

* {{Immodest Orgasm}}: Trent and Bree let the audience knows that they are ready to finish and then they orgasm quite loudly.

* [[spoiler: TunnelNetwork: One is under Camp Crystal Lake, acting as Jason's hideout.]]

* AdaptationalIntelligence: While Jason was by no means stupid in any of the original films, the reboot gives him a boost in intelligence by having him set traps, carefully stalking his victims, and even has searchlights set up throughout the camp.

* AllForNothing: According to the final scene, everyone except Clay dies, including (possibly) his sister Whitney, rendering the entire journey to find her and all of his friend's deaths, including Jenna's, pointless.