It’s Friday the 13th! In honor of the theatrical reboot, I’ve remastered my Jason Voorhees fan film for widescreen. It’s never looked so good!
Jason: The Rebirth from Mike Boas on Vimeo.
Every once in a while, I check out what Ari Lehman is up to. He’s been an advocate of my Friday the 13th short film (see past stories on this blog). Ari is a musician whose band, First Jason, has been playing to horror convention crowds — they know him as the 12 year old Jason Voorhees from the first Friday the 13th.
Over at Ari’s website, there’s a transcript of a panel discussion from Comic-Con in 2004. Someone had the crazy (genius?) idea of bringing together all the Jason actors to discuss the F13 movies and promote the DVD box set. In any case, I hadn’t seen this article until now, and it turns out Lehman managed to slide in a plug for Jason: The Rebirth.
Q: Do you think you will ever be able to go back and straighten out the inconsistencies in Jason’s origins?
(snip)
Ari Lehman: Interestingly enough, there was an animation created with that timeline gap. It is called Jason: The Rebirth. It won an award, as a matter of fact. It kind of answers that question. But, why is Jason so enduring? I want to speak to that before we end this…It is because of you, the fans. The fans bring Jason back to life by attending the movie. Every time you come and support the movie, that is what brings Jason back to life. It’s the fans that make it happen in the first place.
After a bit of googling, I found the original article posted at movieweb.com
One good plug deserves another — if you want to check out Ari’s horror movie band, visit firstjason.com or myspace.com/firstjason
Sometime in the last few weeks, Jason: The Rebirth passed 10,000 hits on YouTube. Who knew so many horror fans would happen across the video?
Hey, it’s not a runaway viral phenomenon, but it feels good anyway.
Check it out and leave me a comment if you so desire!
I was quite pleased to open my email this morning and find a message from Sergio Gaviño, who writes for Spain’s CineFantastico.com. He informed me that Jason: The Rebirth was ranked number three in their article on the 12 Best Fan Films online.
It’s rewarding to even be considered for such a list, which contains such notable fanfilms as Troops, Grayson, Batman: Dead End, and World’s Finest.
Here’s their fanfilm rundown:
12) TROOPS
Kevin Rubio, 1997
11) CATWOMAN: COPYCAT
Collin Blakeston, 2006
10) FIGHT OF THE UNIVERSE
AMDS Films, 2006
9) FAST TIMES AT HERO HIGH
Kyle Peck, 2003
8 ) BATMAN LEGENDS
Aaron Schoenke, 2006
7) STAR WARS: REVELATIONS
Shane Felux, 2005
6) LOBO PARAMILITARY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Scott Leberecht, 2002
5) WATCHMEN: PAGE 5
Bryant Hodson, 2005
4) BATMAN: DEAD END
Sandy Collora, 2003
3) JASON: THE REBIRTH
Mike Boas, 2003
2) GRAYSON
John Fiorella, 2004
1) WORLD’S FINEST
Sandy Collora, 2004
If you want links to each film, or you read Spanish and want to see what they’ve got to say, visit CineFantastico.com
“Jason: The Rebirth” now has a listing at Fanfilms.net. It’s a great directory of fanfilms, with links to filmmakers’ websites and online content.
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