This Day in Horror History: Happy Birthday, Derek Mears
Mike Sprague
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On this day in horror history actor/stuntman, Derek Mears was born in Bakersfield, California.
Mears is best known for playing Jason Voorhees in director Marcus Nispel’s 2009 remake of Friday the 13th, Mears also played the titular character in DC’s short-lived series Swamp Thing.
Mears is also known for roles in such genre flicks as Cursed, The Hills Have Eyes, Pro-Life, The Hills Have Eyes 2, Resident Evil: Degeneration, Predators, The Aggression Scale, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Hatchet III, Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead, and Freaks of Nature.
And let’s not forget, on top of starring in Swamp Thing, Mears has also had roles in such classic shows such as The Shield, Sleepy Hollow, Twin Peaks, and of course Kickpuncher in Community.
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Against the advice of locals and police, Clay scours the eerie woods surrounding Crystal Lake for his missing sister. But the rotting cabins of an abandoned summer camp are not the only things he finds. Hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees lies in wait for a chance to use his razor-sharp machete on Clay and the group of college students who have come to the forest to party.
Rated R for strong bloody violence, some graphic sexual content, and drug material, it sports a 26% on Rotten Tomatoes with this Critics Consensus: Though technically well-constructed, Friday the 13th is a series rehash that features little to distinguish it from its predecessors.
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