The 13th Friday

Was not entirely excited by the idea of the story (though with the right execution it may have worked in a moderate guilty pleasure way), with it being nothing new and with the fear nothing new would be brought to it. Coming across 'The 13th Friday' by chance and having an appreciation for horror, despite not expecting an awful lot the decision was made to view it with an open and fair mind.

'The 13th Friday' turned out to be one of those films that didn't really excite on paper but seen also as part of a low-budget horror quest on top of having appreciation for the genre, and didn't fare much better, in fact it fared even worse, in how it was executed. Do not take any pleasure criticising the film, but it didn't work for me at all in almost every aspect.

Some lighting was not bad and had some atmosphere, but that is for me the only praise that can be given. Especially when it was very difficult to appreciate, let alone enjoy, it properly when the editing especially was so confused and jumpy. Can definitely see the failed student film project comparison.

Audio is obvious and intrusive and although 'The 13th Friday' is not the director's first film it honestly feels like a woefully inexperienced under-budgeted directing effort.

One of the worst aspects was the acting, which is unspeakably dreadful all round. Especially from the lead actress, giving perhaps one of the worst performances ever. The script is horrendously stilted and the characters are not interesting or rootable at all.

Furthermore, there is no tension or suspense whatsoever. The film is far too dully paced and uneventful to be thrilling and is just too silly, jumpy and predictable to evoke any sense of terror. Some of it is not very easy to follow either.

In summary, no thrills or terror to be found with this Friday. 1/10 Bethany Cox

Lol this is absolute garbage. They have literally just tried to hop on the band wagon for "13th friday". There is no effort in the title or in the movie. The acting is garbage. The story like is something from the 90s in the worst kind of way. And the director must have been high on cocaine at the time.

After the first 30 minutes of this movie I couldn't take anymore. Bad acting,bad directing..it jumps from scene to scene as if the movie is being rushed and we the audience are suppose to fill in the blanks because of the director's laziness to do so. How these sorta movies make it to production I will never know. Movies like this Give me even more reason to believe Hollywood and any of it's affiliates are drying up and running on empty with remakes.

Bad acting, poor sound design, and weak writing. It seemed like the writer couldn't decide between two or three different things they wanted to do, and just mushed them together into one script, which wasn't even strong enough to carry off one of them. It made the story (what there was of it) often difficult to follow, and the whole mess came across very flat. Visually it was okay, and there was a surprising amount of women and non-white actors, at least.

The lighting and sound were fantastic, especially for an Indy film. The story had glimmers of something interesting, but it just plodded along from one event to the next as if they were following a storyboard and not a screenplay. The beginning and trailer were great, but then it seemed like a while different film by a whole different director/production crew.

It might have managed to rise above this if the lead actress wasn't so terrible. I spent most of my time wondering how she got chosen, especially with how many choices they obviously had, any of the other women on screen would have been better. I don't think I have ever seen a film where I was actually angry the lead took the role when she had no idea what she was doing. I'm usually very patient with low budget horror flicks, and forgiving, but this is such a waste. So many other films wish they had the talented crew and at least enough budget to make something great, but these guys seemed oblivious to that fact. A minor personal peeve of mine is in movies that are obviously done in English to reach the broadest audience, but yet are obviously foreign, and I wonder if something got lost in translation? Maybe this would have been excellent if done in the native tongue of the actors, writers, and location? I rarely write reviews, but this one irritated me to the point I had to lodge my complaint,, somewhere!