Saints be praised! Finally one of the absolute most sought after genre shows of days gone by is getting a long overdue DVD release!
Eagle-eyed reader Pennywise found a link on Amazon.com that may have answered many a prayer! Friday the 13th: The Series: Season One is now officially available for pre-order by clicking here!
The sad news? There's no official ship date as of yet, but hey, this is at the very least a step in the right direction!
Keep it here for more on this release as we get it!
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Submitted by Uncle Creepy on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 3:27am.
Unfortunately when a show like this debuts on DVD and there is no street date, it is usually the case of an Online Retailer just listing the product.
Kinda like advertising it without the commitment.
Submitted by thedudeabides on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 4:26pm.
I loved this show when I was a kid. I would stay up every Friday night until midnight just to see that beauty with the Dokken hair. Micki is still pretty hot, but that 80's hair is a riot now. My favorite episodes were the ones about the cradle from the Titanic, the wheelchair and The Long Road Home, where Micki and Johnny used a cursed object to escape the creepy taxidermist brothers. The episode about the faith healer that was directed by David Cronenberg was also pretty damn good. Supernatural essentially remade the Scarecrow episode for their first season, didn't they?
The bootleg version I bought is terrible so I will gladly pick these up.
Submitted by David on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 12:24pm.
My wife and I got a bootleg with all the F13:TS episodes on it because I gave her the hard sell on watching it. I watched it religiously as a kid along with Freddy's Nightmares, Monsters, etc. I remember the "Mesmers Bauble" episode forever etching itself into my brain because of the sequence where the guy and Vanity melt into each other (and then melting apart at the end). The boot we got is pretty good quality overall - it even occasionally has some commercials from the late 80's/early 90's which is interesting.
Anyway, yeah, suffice to say I'm stoked for this. F13:TS was actually pretty ballsy for it's time - it was pretty dark, gory, and violent as TV shows go. Turning Ryan into a kid was pretty weak as I love his character, but the episodes with his replacement Johnny (i.e. "someone that can try and bang Micki and not have it be Deliverance creepy") aren't bad.
And I actually liked Werewolf a lot, even though like Butane said, it pretty much became "The Incredible Hulk" with hair.
- Mel
Submitted by upstartfilm on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 11:49am.
Yeah, Werewolf had a good pilot, but that was about it. Then the show turned into Eric going from town to town, meeting people being oppressed by someone, turning into a werewolf and scaring the oppressors, or killing them if they were really bad, and moving on.
The Rick Baker-designed wolf was pretty badass, despite the fact that it couldn't close it's mouth...
Man, my wife is going to freak when she hears about F13; she was another devotee, big time.
Submitted by Johnny Butane on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 11:07am.
Werewolf stank. Chuck Conners was pretty mean, but it never got over the made for TV feel, at least for me. I do belive that was his last roll before passing on, if so, kind of a bum note to leave on :(
Anyway, I'll be buying the F13, loved that show.
Submitted by frank_dracman on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 10:50am.
Oh yeah, my response was to Pennywise.
Submitted by Terminal on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 8:30am.
NOW you're on the trolly.
Submitted by Terminal on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 8:30am.
Was/is 'Werewolf: the Series' any good? haha
Submitted by Hunter1006 on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 5:51am.
The Freddy series was on and off with it's connection to Freddy. Some episodes would feature him as the villain, others would pass him over completely where he'd only host the episode's intro and outro.
I remember watching the F13 series every friday night. Never missed an episode until they changed the one cousin into a kid. Lost it there. However, there are a number of really creepy episodes. The very first one for example, and the one about the child-stealing/soul devouring child's playhouse was also eerie.
Submitted by Kryten Syxx on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 5:26am.
Wow that has absolutely no connection to the film series! Is the 'Freddy's Nightmares' series irrelevant to the film franchise as well?
Submitted by Hunter1006 on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 5:04am.
You are correct Hunter, the name was basically used as a cash-in by Paramount to lure fans in for the new series, much like was done with Poltergeist: The Legacy. The series is about two cousins who go around collecting objects that had an OMG! DEATH CURSE put on them by Ray Wise... er, Satan.
You wouldn't even buy it on the cheap, Terminal? Not even during a Deep Discount holiday sale?
Submitted by Pennywise on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 4:15am.
Good series, but not good enough to buy.
Submitted by Terminal on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 4:05am.
Now I don't know much about this series, but from what I understand, it has no real direct connection to the Friday the 13th films, does it (i.e. Jason and camp counselors).
Submitted by Hunter1006 on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 3:54am.
Damn Creepy, way to be quick and on the ball with posting that. Glad to see I'm not the only one that's super psyched about this dvd being released. Woo-hoo! I got my fake name in a DC news story. And a star was born.
Or not.
Submitted by Pennywise on Sat, 05/24/2008 - 3:45am.