Wow, that title's longer than the actual movie.
A "Fan film?" This was better made than several of the actual movies. And it was AMAZING. Great acting, wonderful surprises/throwbacks, visuals great, homage perfect and best of all: this is a sequel to my personal favorite Friday film: Part IV - Jason Lives. How cool/coincidental is that?
They put a lot into a mere 25-minute movie. No background is given; you have to be a fan, yourself, to know who Jason Voorhees is, his mother's head, how it got there, etc. But suffice to say, scary-hockey-masked maniac Jason is opposed to anyone in his woods whether there by chance or the hunt.
Only regret is that it's too short. You simply can't be a fan and not want to see an entire movie of this. Even with killer filler of a bunch of 1-dimentional young, horny adults that have nothing to do with the story.
YOU MUST SEE THIS. And I lied. Second regret: this wasn't included in the same-day released Deluxe Boxset. It would be my favorite extra.
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Final thoughts: Even though this isn't a movie, I wonder where I'd rank it in a top 13 Friday list:
1 Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
2 Friday the 13th Part III
3 Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
4 Friday the 13th Part 2
5 Friday the 13th (1980)
6 Never Hike in the Snow - A Friday the 13th Fan Film
7 Freddy vs. Jason
8 Friday the 13th (2009)
9 Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
10 Jason X
11 Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
12 Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
13 Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan