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The team behind the incredibly popular live action Never Hike Alone fan films is back with Never Hike Alone: Ghosts in the Fog, the first ever animated Friday the 13th fan film.

In the new Friday the 13th fan project from Womp Stomp Films, witness Jason Voorhees in haunting 2D animation, brought to life by Mako Animation and Armáss Productions.

Set years before Never Hike Alone, a group of hikers get lost in a mysterious fog and stumble into the cursed grounds of Camp Crystal Lake… where the Ghost of Crystal Lake awaits.

Womp Stomp Films previews the 10-minute fan film, “The film features 2D animation with 3D environments by Mako Animation, presented in black and white with bold splashes of red and yellow—stylistically inspired by Sin City.” The team also teases, “Ghosts in the Fog will feature 3 unique animated kill sequences that push the limits of gore in...

The sequel to one of the most acclaimed and respected fan films ever made, Never Hike Alone 2 was unleashed this past Friday the 13th weekend by Womp Stomp Films.

The hotly anticipated sequel essentially serves as an unofficial sequel to Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, featuring the return of Thom Mathews as franchise hero Tommy Jarvis.

Watch Never Hike Alone 2 by clicking “play” on the video below!

Set as a direct sequel to Never Hike Alone (2017) and Never Hike in the Snow (2020), Never Hike Alone 2 picks up with Crystal Lake’s haunted son, Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews), who has all but given up on his search for the long lost Jason Voorhees (Vincente Disanti).

However, when Tommy receives an emergency call to pick up injured hiker Kyle McLeod (Andrew Leighty), he will once again come face-to-face with the ghost of Crystal Lake, setting into motion a blood-soaked conclusion to their deadly rivalry.

The horror film Wes Craven's New Nightmare has been given a fan-made sequel, and it's now available to watch for free online.

Back in 1994, Wes Craven's New Nightmare was released, putting a meta-horror spin on the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Franchise star Heather Langenkamp played herself in the movie, pursued by a real-life demon that's taken the form of Freddy Krueger. Former child star Miko Hughes, also known for playing Gage in the original Pet Sematary, co-starred as Dylan Porter, Langenkamp's son. Following a successful crowdfunding campaign, Hughes returns as Dylan in Dylan's New Nightmare: A Nightmare on Elm Street Fan Film, and the movie is streaming on YouTube.

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Dylan's New Nightmare is written and directed by Cecil Laird. It is also produced by Vincente Disanti, the filmmaker who directed the popular Friday the 13th...

I have mixed feelings on fan films. I’d prefer to see indie filmmakers invest their resources in an original concept rather than someone else’s intellectual property, but I also understand the reality that content with an established fanbase guarantees more engagement. Moreover, when beloved properties like A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th become entangled in ongoing legal disputes, fan films can sate viewers’ hunger for more.

Even if a new Elm Street movie is produced with Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger, it’s highly unlikely to acknowledge the events of New Nightmare, given its blurring of the lines between fiction and reality. (Freddy vs Jason ignored it as well.) YouTuber-turned-writer/director Cecil Laird teamed with producer Vincente Disanti — the filmmaker behind the popular Friday the 13th fan film Never Hike Alone — to fill that void with Dylan’s New Nightmare: A Nightmare on Elm Street Fan Film.

One full year after the start of production, Bloody Disgusting has learned that the team over at Womp Stomp Films have completed principal photography for Never Hike Alone 2.

The team is celebrating the reaching of this milestone with the release of new images that feature an in-depth look at the hotly anticipated film, a sequel to the hit fan film from 2017.

Preview Never Hike Alone 2 below and read on for everything you need to know.

“Set as a direct sequel to Never Hike Alone (2017) and Never Hike in the Snow (2020), Never Hike Alone 2 picks up with Crystal Lake’s haunted son, Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews), who has all but given up on his search for the long lost Jason Voorhees (Vincente Disanti).

“However, when Tommy receives an emergency call to pick up injured hiker Kyle McLeod (Andrew Leighty), he will once again come face-to-face with the ghost of Crystal Lake,...

Dylan's New Nightmare director Cecil Laird reveals how he convinced Miko Hughes to return to the franchise after nearly 30 years. Hughes was a child star who began his acting career in 1989 as Gage Creed in Pet Sematary when he was only three years old. Hughes continued to get a steady flow of roles throughout the ‘90s, but he may be most well known for playing Dylan Porter in Wes Craven’s New Nightmare. The meta film, which many consider to be a precursor to Scream, sees Heather Langenkamp help her young son Dylan prevent Freddy Krueger from entering the real world. Nearly 30 years have passed since New Nightmare hit theaters, but Hughes has returned for a fan-made follow-up that takes place decades after its predecessor.

While speaking exclusively with Screen Rant at Mad Monster Party Arizona, Laird spoke on how he got Hughes, who has only had minor roles in projects since the ‘90s,...

Fan film sequel Never Hike Alone 2 is currently about halfway finished with its production, and the team is celebrating by unleashing brand new sneak peek images today.

The new images feature Friday the 13th alumni Thom Mathews as Tommy Jarvis and Vinny Guasteferro as Sheriff Rick Cologne, as well as Freddy vs Jason / Halloween Kills stuntman Douglas Tait as Deputy Ethan Bultman.

Also returning from previous Never Hike Alone installments are Vincente Disanti as “Ghost” Jason Voorhees, Andrew Leighty as Kyle Mcleod, and Anna Campbell as Dr. Diana Hill.

With Never Hike Alone 2 slated to release on Friday the 13th in October 2023, fans interested in supporting the film can still do so on the film’s official Indiegogo Crowdfunding Campaign, which recently launched a raffle to become an Executive Producer on the project and receive a rare screen used prop from the film.

Set as a direct sequel to Never Hike Alone...

Tommy Jarvis (a returning Thom Mathews) is haunted by his horrifying past in the first five minutes of the fan film sequel Never Hike Alone 2, available just in time for Friday the 13th!

The sneak peek features Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives alumni Thom Mathews returning to reprise his role as Tommy Jarvis in what is set to be his final showdown with the legendary slasher. The clip also contains an unexpected surprise that is sure to get long-time fans excited.

Watch the first five minutes of the upcoming sequel below!

With filming for Never Hike Alone 2 set to resume in Spring 2023, fans interested in supporting the film can do so on an Indiegogo Crowdfunding Campaign which will remain open throughout production in order to fund additional scenes, post production, and bonus content for the film.

Never Hike Alone 2 is slated to release on Friday the 13th in...

Fan film sequel Never Hike Alone 2 was successfully funded through Indiegogo earlier this year, and this week the team at Womp Stomp Films is bringing us our very first look!

Vincente Disanti is back to direct Never Hike Alone 2, the sequel to one of the most successful and celebrated horror franchise fan films of all time, 2017’s Never Hike Alone.

On Thursday, August 18, 2022, Never Hike Alone 2 officially began production on the first of fifteen days of principal photography. Check out three first-look images below.

Set three months after 2020’s winter set prequel Never Hike in the Snow, Never Hike Alone 2 picks up with Crystal Lake’s haunted son, Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews), who has all but given up on his search for the long lost Jason Voorhees (Vincente Disanti).

However, when Tommy receives an emergency call to pick up injured hiker Kyle McLeod (Andrew Leighty), he will once again come...

One of the horror movies I’m most looking forward to for the remainder of 2021 is 13 Fanboy, co-written and directed by Deborah Voorhees, one of the stars of my beloved Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning. The film, about an obsessed Friday the 13th fan who takes his love of the series too far, now has a trailer. Check it out!

"An obsessed fan stalks his favorite actors from the Friday the 13th films and beyond. As a child, Kelsie Voorhees witnesses the murder of her grandmother, Friday the 13th actress Deborah Voorhees, at the hands of a crazed fanboy. As an adult, she discovers her grandmother isn’t the only victim and the killer is still out there searching for his favorite Friday the 13th cast members and iconic scream queens to slaughter, mirroring his idol Jason Voorhees, as he still can't seem to separate the...

Friday the 13th remains in legal limbo as the appeals process rumbles on with no apparent end in sight. The years-long battle between Victor Miller and Sean Cunningham means it’s now over a decade since we saw a new movie in the iconic horror franchise, but fortunately, some extremely talented fans have stepped up to the plate to deliver a series of incredible movies that bring Jason Voorhees back to life.

At the front of the pack is Womp Stomp Films, who released the impressive Never Hike Alone in 2017, a cool-as-hell 54-minute fan effort that saw series star Thom Matthews return to the role of Tommy Jarvis. Now, the sequel to it has just landed in the form of Never Hike in the Snow. It’s available for free, is 30 minutes long and well worth checking out.

Once again, Womp Stomp Films have elevated what a fan-made production can be,...

Friday the 13th fans have been dying to see Jason slash his way through the snow for many years, and the team behind fan film Never Hike Alone has finally made that a reality. Womp Stomp Films and director Vincente Disanti are back with Never Hike in the Snow tonight, a brand new Friday fan film that’s set 3 months prior to […]...

As the Friday the 13th legal saga shows no signs of concluding, fans could be forgiven for losing hope. In September 2018, a judge ruled that the rights to the original film’s screenplay and all concepts within it belong to Victor Miller. Sean Cunningham and Horror Inc. appealed, arguing that the court’s ruling would not just negatively impact them, but could potentially have extremely damaging ramifications for the entire industry. Right now, the case appears to be in purgatory as the Covid-19 pandemic seems to have delayed the judge’s verdict, and so we wait.

This is very annoying for gorehounds who simply want to see Jason Voorhees slicing and dicing his way through a load of young actors in sadistic and creative ways. Fortunately, though, fans have stepped in to fill the gap, most impressively in 2017 when Womp Stomp Films released Never Hike Alone, a cool-as-hell 54-minute fan...

A trailer has been released by Womp Stomp Films for this fall's Never Hike in the Snow, the prequel to the popular Friday the 13th fan film Never Hike Alone. Originally released in 2017, Never Hike Alone was written and directed by filmmaker Vincente Disanti. It starred Andrew Leighty as a lone hiker who winds up coming face to face with Jason Voorhees while exploring the abandoned campgrounds of Crystal Lake. It has since gotten over 1.6 million views since first going online, and follow-up projects had also been announced by Disanti.

Now, we have a look at the first trailer for Never Hike in the Snow, which is set three months before the events of Never Hike Alone. This time, the story will follow the strange disappearance of Crystal Lake resident Mark Hill (Courtlan Gordon), who "went for a hike in the dead of winter and never came home." The local law,...

The Loomis family isn't through with Michael Myers just yet, as Dr. Loomis' grandson looks to finish what his grandfather started in an all-new 60-minute Halloween fan film. Called Halloween Night, the movie comes to us after a successful crowdfunding campaign to raise its budget. Zach Salazar wrote the screenplay, and in addition to directing the movie, Jp DeStefano also stars as John Loomis, the grandson of Donald Pleasence's Sam Loomis from the first six Halloween movies. Ainura DeStefano also stars as Samantha Loomis with John Schilling under the mask as Michael Myers.

Like the theatrical Halloween movie series, Halloween Night takes place on, well, Halloween night in the town of Haddonfield, Illinois. According to the synopsis, the "infamous Halloween Night of 1978 is all but a memory for the people of Haddonfield as the new generation of townspeople look to put the town's marred legacy behind them." And, also...

Never Hike in the Snow: A Friday the 13th Fan Film, the winter-set follow-up to the popular Friday the 13th fan film Never Hike Alone, has wrapped principal photography. Post production for the new fan film is now under way, and an official release date is expected to be announced soon by the production company Womp Stomp Films. Because no "official" Friday the 13th movie will be hitting theaters anytime soon with the rights still tied up in a legal battle, these kinds of fan films are helping to fill the void in the meantime and have proven to be very popular with Jason Voorhees fans.

Big Friday the 13th fans can also expect to see some familiar faces in Never Hike in the Snow. Those who've seen Never Hike Alone will know franchise star Thom Mathews reprised his Jason Lives role as Tommy Jarvis in the first fan film,...

As all of us Friday the 13th and Jason Voorhees fans are all too aware of at this point in time, there is an agonizing, seemingly endless Friday the 13th legal battle going on behind the scenes of the series between original Friday the 13th director Sean S. Cunningham and original Friday the 13th screenwriter Victor Miller over just who owns the rights to not only the franchise, but the character of Jason.

Today we're hearing from actor turned entertainment copyright lawyer Larry Zerner, who played chubby little Shelly, aka the kid that provides Jason Voorhees with his hockey mask in director Steve Miner's Friday the 13: Part 3-D, that there will probably and finally be a decision made in the long-running case by June 2020. Specifically, Lerner tweets out some hope.

Update in Horror, Inc. v. Miller (#Fridaythe13th case). The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has proposed oral...

Wes Craven's New Nightmare is getting a fan film sequel, and horror star Miko Hughes will reprise the role of Dylan Porter. In 1994, Wes Craven released the cult classic horror movie, which is considered by many fans to be the best follow-up to A Nightmare on Elm Street. To commemorate the movie's 25th anniversary, a group of filmmakers have announced the fan film follow-up, which will bring back Hughes in the same role.

Called Dylan's New Nightmare, the project is now currently in the crowdfunding stage with the official Indiegogo campaign now live. A teaser trailer with Hughes has also been released for the movie, and you can take a look at it below.

Dylan's New Nightmare is a not-for-profit fan film sequel, meaning it is not officially affiliated with New Line Cinema or the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Set 25 years after the events of the original movie,...

Director Deborah Voorhees and the cast and crew of 13 Fanboy have been busy filming the upcoming meta-slasher movie, and the first teaser for the crowdfunded flick is now online. Inspired by creepy phone calls Voorhees had received from an anonymous fan, the movie follows a masked murderer obsessed with the Friday the 13th series. When the unknown killer starts butchering various stars from the movies, those left alive must attempt to use their experience dealing with Jason Voorhees to survive the fanboy's wrath. As a passion project from Friday the 13th stars for Friday the 13th fans, this movie helps to fill the void left from the legal battle over the rights to the series keeping another sequel from getting produced.

The new teaser released gives us our first look at many of the leading Friday the 13th cast members in action. In the clip, we get to see a...

The popular Friday the 13th fan film Never Hike Alone is becoming a web series, and the crowdfunding campaign for the next installment is now live. To celebrate Friday the 13th, the team behind Never Hike Alone has announced their plans to continue the series with a prequel and three sequels. In a campaign video for the next installment Never Hike in the Snow, writer and director Vincente Disanti explains Womp Stomp Films' next steps for the series, describing each of the upcoming installments as short films lasting 20-30 minutes long. You can take a look at the video below.

Never Hike in the Snow is described as a prequel to Never Hike Alone, taking place three months before the events of the fan film. As the title suggests, it's set during the winter time, finally bringing Jason Voorhees into the snow. It follows the strange disappearance of Crystal Lake resident Mark Hill,...

Friday the 13th franchise star Kane Hodder hasn't played Jason Voorhees on the big screen since 2002's Jason X, but the legendary horror star says he's ready to play the character once again if he gets the opportunity. Additionally, Hodder also has some ideas for the next Friday the 13th movie, which would see many other fan favorite stars returning to the series as well.

The thinking behind this is that longtime fans of the series have watched each of the installments so many times over the past couple decades, and it would be fun as a viewer to see many faces they recognize in the next movie. Kane Hodder says this.

"I just think that when they do do a 13th one, it certainly couldn't hurt to bring me back as Jason, unless it's in 20 years, maybe. But it certainly couldn't hurt the success of the movie, I don't think,...

The Friday the 13th cast reunion movie 13 Fanboy has finalized its cast of special guest stars, as Lar Park Lincoln has joined the movie as the last horror hire. Lincoln spoke about the news herself in a Q&a video posted on her fan page on Facebook. Aside from her memorable role in the classic horror movie House II: The Second Story, Lincoln is best known to horror fans for playing the lead role of Tina Shepard in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood. Because of the character's Carrie-like abilities, Tina manages to defeat Jason Voorhees in the end of the movie, making Lincoln the seventh "final girl" of the Friday the 13th series.

13 Fanboy is bringing in a wide variety of various Friday the 13th movie stars, and this will also serve as a bit of a reunion for Friday The 13th Part VII: The New Blood.

The creators of the Friday the 13th fan film Never Hike Alone are teasing new sequels with Thom Mathews as Tommy Jarvis. Mathews famously portrayed the character in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, which is considered to be one of the best installments of the series. He reprised the role in Never Hike Alone when the fan film debuted on YouTube in 2017, meeting his old nemesis Jason Voorhees once again. The ending left room for a sequel, leading to fans hoping for an official follow-up movie to continue the story. On Monday, the Womp Stomp Films Twitter account tweeted that they are going to bring back Mathews for more fan films, with more news on the next installment to come in a few months.

"To hell with the lawsuit, who's ready for the Friday the 13th show down of the century? Ghost Jason vs Tommy Jarvis will happen...

The Friday the 13th reunion slasher movie 13 Fanboy has added yet another fan favorite to the cast, as actress Adrienne King has been confirmed for a cameo. Directed and co-written by Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning star Deborah Voorhees, 13 Fanboy is a passion project made specifically for Jason fans. With a very meta story, the movie will be about a homicidal psychopath murdering legends from the horror genre, mostly from the Friday the 13th series. A bulk of the cast will all be playing themselves, and there will even be multiple Jason actors in the movie who just wind up as victims this time.

Fans of the franchise remember King fondly as the very first final girl of the series. As camp counselor Alice Hardy, King's character managed to survive the first Friday the 13th killing spree. Of course, the killer in the original movie wasn't Jason,...

If you want to own the popular Friday the 13th fan film Never Hike Alone on Blu-ray and missed your opportunity before, a second Indiegogo campaign is giving you another chance. The studio behind the movie, Womp Stomp Films, has launched a Second Edition Never Hike Alone Blu-ray campaign which is now live. This will not be a DVD combo pack, only including a Blu-ray disc and digital rewards. Bonus features on the Blu-ray will include theatrical 5.1 surround sound, behind the scenes documentary, audio commentary, subtitles, trailers, and an exclusive case with new artwork. Aiming for a $13,000 goal, funding raised from the campaign will go directly towards printing the physical media, along with packaging and shipping costs. Leftover funds will then be used to produce the filmmakers' next project, Pathosis, and if the campaign reaches $30,000, an additional "Secret Project" will also be developed.

Womp Stomp Films is launching this second...

"13: Fanboy" is quite a feat in horror, directed by Deborah Voorhees ("Friday the 13th: A New Beginning") while written by Joel Paul Reisig and Deborah Vorhees, boasts quite a few famous horror names among the cast: Corey Feldman, Kane Hodder, Judie Aronson, Thom Mathews, C.J. Graham, Jennifer Banko, Tracie Savage, Timothy Skyler Dunigan, Vincente Disanti, Ron Sloan, Drew Leighty, Hayley Greenbauer, Donald Schell, Rachael Christenson and Brad M. Robinson - and maybe you! Yes, maybe you too can get involved? How you ask, well, let's leave it to the producers to explain: We have now gone Indemand so people who couldn't contribute during the initial run can now help support the upcoming production of the film by securing some exclusive perks only available in...

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Certainly, it goes without saying that the upcoming horror movie 13 Fanboy will be a must-see movie for horror fans. It seems to be the closest we'll get to seeing another Friday the 13th movie in the near future, considering the never-ending legal battle over the franchise rights. To help fill the void, one of the stars of Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning, Deborah Voorhees, is writing and directing a new slasher movie which features tons of fan favorite stars from the series.

Each new casting announcement has only made the movie more exciting, and that continues now that Voorhees has officially announced genre superstar Dee Wallace for a lead role.

Just last week, Corey Feldman was also confirmed to be joining the movie's cast. Unlike most of the other talent involved, however, Feldman will be playing an original character rather than appearing as himself. As a child actor,...

With the rights to the Friday the 13th franchise still being fought over in court, there's no telling when to expect to see Jason Voorhees on the big screen again. To satisfy fans, one of the franchise's most memorable stars is making her own slasher movie, with most of its cast consisting of various stars from the Friday the 13th movies. Known for her role in A New Beginning, scream queen Deborah Voorhees is writing and directing 13 Fanboy, and has already put together a solid cast. The newest addition to the cast could be the most exciting one yet, as Voorhees has recently announced in her official Facebook group she's cast Corey Feldman for a role in the movie.

Corey Feldman has appeared in many different movies in his career, stemming from his start as a child star. One of his earliest roles was of Jason's biggest nemesis Tommy Jarvis,...

Given her last name, you could say Deborah Voorhees was destined to have a career in horror movies. She became a favorite for fans of the genre beginning with her appearance in Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning back in 1985, which featured a scene of her character being stabbed through both eyes with a pair of garden shears. In recent years, Voorhees has been working on her own independent films under her Voorhees Films banner, and her next project will have fans of the franchise excited. Called 13 Fanboy, the indie flick will tell the story of an obsessed fan stalking the stars of the Friday the 13th movie series, killing them in similar ways their characters were murdered by Jason Voorhees (and Roy Burns) on screen.

Written and directed by Friday the 13th: A New Beginning star Debi Sue Voorhees, this film will have no official connection whatsoever...

Back in September, the first wave of programming for the Telluride Horror Show was revealed, including a 30th anniversary screening of Killer Klowns from Outer Space, and if you're still wondering whether or not to purchase tickets and point your car hood in the direction of the Rocky Mountains later this month, the festival's second wave of films should help persuade you, as screenings of Heretiks, Terrified, The Boat, Tigers Are Not Afraid, and many more movies have been announced:

Press Release: Telluride, Co - October 3, 2018: The second wave of films has been announced for Telluride Horror Show 2018.

Second wave highlights include Tigers Are Not Afraid, Terrified, and The Boat, as well as the short film Mad God (Part 3) from legendary filmmaker and visual effects producer Phil Tippett.

Creepy Campfire Tales, the Ice Scream Social and Annual Pig Roast are among events making their return to this year's festival.

"Never Hike Alone" is a Friday the 13th fan film. Directed and written by Vincente Disanti, the film is about an hour long. It shows an adventure Blogger, discovering Camp Crystal Lake. He will wish he had not, by the end of the film. Because, an iconic horror character makes his presence known. The film is a good one and should be seen by horror film fans. As well, the film centrally stars Drew Leighty as the Blogger. The director, Disanti, plays a familiar killer. The entire film can be found below. The film has just been released. On Friday the 13th of this month, the film debuted on Youtube and Vimeo. It was developed as a tribute to the first film, from 1980. Spawning several sequels, the original film has left a mark in the horror film landscape, that will never be forgotten. This film expands the original film's universe,...

Following their exciting first wave of announcements, the Telluride Horror Show has revealed its second slate of films, and they are definitely a worthy follow-up to the first wave, with the anticipated titles including Mickey Keating's Psychopaths, Tyler MacIntyre's Tragedy Girls, and many more:

Press Release: The highly anticipated second wave of films and guests, as well as special events and schedule, has been announced for the 2017 Telluride Horror Show, which will kick off on Friday the 13th of October and run through October 15th in picturesque Telluride, Colorado.

The second wave includes the World Premieres of Derelicts and Never Hike Alone (a fan tribute to Friday The 13th), as well as the U.S. Premiere of Borley Rectory and Colorado Premieres of Tragedy Girls, Desolation, Cold Hell, and Psychopaths. Fourteen additional short films have been included.

More guests have been confirmed, including directors Greg McLean (Jungle), Patrick Brice...