Voorhees Night of the Beast

My favorite thing about fan films is they are made by folks who care about paying homage to the original movie series and tell a story firmly planted at a specific part of the timeline. This one is great! It's a fresh idea that is a lot of fun. Easter eggs are plentiful if you're a true horror nerd. Well worth a watch or five.

Voorhees: Night of the Beast has what would be on of the wildest stories in fan film history. However, the wild and absurd storyline couldn't really save this one from the horrible dialogue, chaotic story telling, and horrible fight scene. I wanted to love it but I just couldn't.

The acting in this one is very inconsistent. Some of the cast has a lot of experience and handles themselves very well on camera while others struggled to keep their performance grounded. Their emotions were not genuine and some of the scenes did suffer because of it. The awkward dialogue makes it even more worse when you put it all together.

Great movie. Awesome effects. Great monsters. Acting was awesome, especially Will Reed, Alivia Disney, and Xavier Jones. To the person complaining about Jason's size Jason was only tall when Ken Kirzinger played him. Otherwise he was always normal size. The actor in the hockey mask(James stokes) and in the Bigfoot costume(Madman Fulton) deserve the utmost credit for the job they did. Writer/director Jason Pitts did an amazing job seamlessly blending in Bigfoot into Jason's world. Regardless of what the one negative reviewer said the characters were well fleshed out and the acting was top notch. And here's something that you don't hear often: A Friday the 13th movie WITH A STORY! Wow. Give an hour of your time and find this on YouTube. We'll worth your time.

The concept for this is actually quite good, but the dialogue is poorly written, and the acting is bad. It's a shame that someone with decent writing skills and an eye for recognizing talent didn't have a heart to heart with the writer/director and helped to do some script polishing and to find better actors. With obvious access to talented technical staff and crew, it's a shame the writing and acting quality couldn't match the technical aspects. Ironically, the one good actress is the one in the friend group with the least dialogue or screen time. The final battle resembles something more out of a Benny Hill sketch rather than a slasher movie, and Crystal Lake has magically moved from New Jersey to Kentucky, y'all!

Since the official franchise is stuck in legal purgatory, it is awesome to witness true fans saving the day with Friday the 13th fan films such as this.

Voorhees Night of the Beast is the crème of the crop when it comes to the latest batch of Friday fan films. You can tell everyone involved with the production was truly passionate about the project. Every ounce of the micro-budget was used to make this a truly fun experience to watch as a Friday the 13th fan.

The quality of the production looks better than most of the straight to DVD or VOD movies I have watched lately. The outdoor sequences including the final confrontation between the two main attractions looks amazing.

Writer/director Jason Pitts went out of his way to create a film which pays full respect to the legendary horror franchise. The script is full of callbacks to multiple films in the franchise and brings back several characters which really gave this an official Friday the 13th feel.

There are two standout performances in this film. The actor playing Jason Vorhees takes a lot of cues from Kane Hodder in his portrayal of the Crystal Lake legend and he really gets physical in the role. Alivea Disney shines as one of the main protagonists. She steals the spotlight in all of her scenes. This actress is ready for prime time. I hope to see her in more films very soon.

If you want to have fun again with a Friday the 13th film, you can't go wrong with Voorhees Night of the Beast. Please support these idependent horror films any way you can. Let's Go.

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