June 15, 2008
The best view of the "Friday the 13th" remake set yet was posted by MTVNews.com on Friday.
As writer Tera Heater reported:
The excitement of my first breath of stiflingly humid Texas air sent tingles up my spine. Or maybe it was the mosquitoes and ticks gnawing on my flesh. Or perhaps it was the sight of one of my childhood heroes, Jason Voorhees, lurking through the makeshift woods with his newest victim slung over his shoulder.
An abandoned shack where the next camp full of Jason's victims will rest stood amid overgrown grass and cornfields as far as the eye could see. The cry of a goat echoed near a rusty gate behind us, as the cast and crew took their places for the next shot just past the weathered Camp Crystal Lake sign.
Jason has always been a striking man, with his scraggly patches of hair, mutilated face, tattered clothes and oversize machete, and actor Kane Hodder seems to be the most adored Jason of the 11-film franchise. However, after attending a screening of "Friday the 13th Part III" (in 3-D), I think my favorite shifted to Richard Brooker, who made a drunk and boisterous appearance at the post-screening Q&A (I wonder why they didn't hire him for more movies?). The newest Jason to slash his way through Camp Crystal Lake, Derek Mears from "The Hills Have Eyes II," has some monstrous shoes to fill.
After meeting the massive Tyler Mane on the set of Rob Zombie's "Halloween" last February, I had high expectations for Mears. Standing behind the monitors, I watched Amanda Righetti (who plays terrorized teen Whitney) reapply the duct tape over her mouth and lift her arms to allow Mears to hoist her over his right shoulder. As she hung lifeless, Mears lurched along a path that led to the abandoned shack where he stores his prey.
