Fellini’s FRIDAY THE 13TH? The Oscar-Winning Jason Flick That Never Happened
Mike Sprague
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Do you think it’s possible that a Friday the 13th flick could ever win an Oscar? Yeah, me either. But it looks like that was the original plan for Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood.
You know, before it became Jason vs Carrie.
Screenwriter Daryl Hane says producer Barbara Sachs wanted the seventh entry to be unlike any other Friday the 13th movie – and she wanted it to win an Academy Award. They were even pursuing legendary 8 1/2 and La Dolce Vita director Federico Fellini to helm the movie.
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True story. Heaven help us.
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood was eventually helmed by Troll, Cellar Dweller, and Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College director John Carl Buechler and began years after the strange drowning death of her father, Tina Shepard (Lar Park Lincoln) returns to the site of his demise, Crystal Lake. Her developing psychic powers were responsible for ending his life, leaving Tina riddled with guilt as an adult. While deceitful Dr. Crews (Terry Kiser) tries to manipulate her abilities for his own ends, both physician and patient are in for a shock when Tina’s powers unwittingly free camper-killer Jason Voorhees from his watery slumber.
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The sequel sports a 32% approval rating over on Rotten Tomatoes with a Critics Consensus that reads: As lumbering and bereft of conscious thought as its unstoppable star, Friday the 13th Part VII – The New Blood finds the franchise in desperate need of the title ingredient.
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