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My Special Boy (2022)

A Friday Fan Film, For Friday Fans

Friday the 13th has had many, many, many, many fan films over the years and to be honest, I was starting to feel burnt out on the oversaturation of Friday fan films.

So what makes My Special Boy stand out amongst the pack? James Grim and Braden Timmons have put such a breath fresh air back into this property. Its classic Friday the 13th combined with modern brutality of the 2009 version, while still being able to stand on it's own.

I really loved that this wasn't Ghost Jason, Zombie Jason, etc. Not that there is anything wrong with that. But for me personally, so many of these fan films pick up at random points in the timeline and makes things even more complicated than they need to be and it was really refreshing to go back to the roots again and start fresh with it and essentially being a brand new Part 2. Because when I think of what the Friday the 13th franchise is, I MAINLY think of the original four films. And this movie brought me right back into that era again.

It felt very much like a modern day version of the original films at Camp Crystal Lake. It felt like a Friday the 13th movie. A lot of these Friday fan films don't really feel like a Friday the 13th film in terms of atmosphere like that. Those are fine for what they are. But in a Friday fan film, I want it to actually feel as much as possible as a Friday the 13th movie. So well done on that!

I really loved what we got with this movie and I think anybody who is a fan of particularly the original four films will enjoy this as well! I just also seen some potential in areas that didn't quite reach the full potential it could have been. At the end of the day, I really think this is my personal favorite Friday the 13th fan film!