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'Friday the 13th'
September 30, 2021
'Friday the 13th' screenwriter Victor Miller has won his battle with Sean Cunningham over domestic authorship rights to the original…
May 9, 2021
The original FRIDAY THE 13TH was released on this day in 1980--and horror has never been the same!
February 1, 2021
Sean Cunningham's FRIDAY THE 13TH Lawsuit Update/Clarification
January 29, 2021
Regular readers of Dread Central know that the Friday the 13th franchise has been embroiled in lawsuits for years. Original…
October 26, 2020
Bonjour, mes petits crétins! This may come as a surprise to some of you, in the 7+ years we’ve been…
August 14, 2019
“At first, I didn’t think it spread far.” In October of 2017, Christal VanEtten, along with her friends Luis and…
June 2, 2019
Tommy Jarvis couldn’t kill him; Freddy Krueger couldn’t kill him; even the legions of Hell couldn’t keep Jason contained. The…
April 17, 2019
When we last updated you all on the status of the long-running (and highly contentious) lawsuit raging between original Friday…
March 25, 2019
When last we updated you all on the status of the Friday the 13th lawsuit between original scribe Victor Miller…
February 26, 2019
For a great, condensed overview of the current legal quagmire surrounding the Friday the 13th franchise, check out yesterday’s article…
February 25, 2019
When original Friday the 13th scribe Victor Miller won back the rights to the characters he created after a prolonged…
November 7, 2018
We recently shared the news that Victor Miller had won his lawsuit seeking to regain control of the rights to…