Everyone knows you can't kill a legend...
Billy Boone loves to party and puts together a camping trip for himself and some of his closest friends on Mother's Day weekend. Even though things have been quiet for while, the death curse on Crystal Lake still scares most people away, but not Billy and his friends. To them this is the perfect place to party.
After a local hunter stumbles across Jason's mask the curse is reborn and that's bad news for anyone at Crystal Lake.
Soon their weekend getaway turns into a bloodbath and the fight for survival begins. Will anyone still be alive come Mother's Day?
Based on the book "Mother's Day" by Eric Morse, this film carries on in the tradition of the Friday the 13th films telling the story of how you can't kill a legend... but a legend can kill you!
After a local hunter stumbles across Jason's mask the curse is reborn and that's bad news for anyone at Crystal Lake.
Soon their weekend getaway turns into a bloodbath and the fight for survival begins. Will anyone still be alive come Mother's Day?
Based on the book "Mother's Day" by Eric Morse, this film carries on in the tradition of the Friday the 13th films telling the story of how you can't kill a legend... but a legend can kill you!
Mother's Day is the first of four Camp Crystal Lake novels by Eric Morse (William Pattison.) After a local hunter 'Joe' (Derek Jimenez), finds a mysterious box buried by a tree. What is inside that box leads him to the mask left behind from when Jason was pulled down to hell. He becomes consumed by the curse as the spirit of Jason leads him on a path of death.
Meanwhile, 'Boone' (Benjamin M. Santos), has planned a weekend at Crystal Lake for a party. He has his closest friends set to go. After pulling some strings, Boone is able to get his friend 'Carly' (Mali Macconnel), away from her over protective Mom on Mother's Day weekend. Even after being warned about the curse on their way to the camp, by a local store owner, they continue on their way.
Soon the curse becomes all too real as one by one they meet their fate. I feel this is one of the better fan made films out there. The feel of the story is close to that of 'Jason Goes To Hell'.
The spirit of Jason is held within the mask and whoever puts it on becomes possessed. In this case it is a hunter so instead of the classic machette, he uses a rifle and a hunting knife.
The characters are well written and the camera angles are excellent. The Director of Photography Matthew Lundberg, really did a fine job. I understand that this film was color corrected for TV/DVD so the night shots may look too dark on your computer.
The soundtrack will make any F13 fan feel right at home. A very clever mix of the classic Manfredini scores along with some other familiar songs from past Friday's. Even some extra tunes like 'Cemetary Gates' by Pantera fits perfectly as they enter the Camp and 'Mother' by Danzig was a great choice to finish off the film.
The acting is rough in some spots with some of the dialog sounding a bit amateur. Also I do not care for the 'Jason X' style mask they used, but in the end this is a very well made fan film. I would like to see the rest of the Eric Morse collection adapted to film.
I would recommend this to fans of 'Jason Goes To Hell' or 'Jason X'. To anyone who may not be too familiar with original F13's you will have a mystery on your hands as you try to figure out what is in that cardboard box. This film may not please all the hungry Jason fans out there, but it sure does have a little something for everyone!
Reviewed by count6string
7-6-07 'Friday the 13th : Mother's Day' Release Date And Film Information
With a rain storm that flooded out the location during the primary shooting and unseaonable snowy weather that delayed the reshoot for three months, it seemed like production on the adaptation of Eric Morse's Friday the 13th novel, Mother's Day, would never get done. But Crystal Lake fans can now cheer because Cory Stevens, William Pattison(aka Eric Morse), and the rag tag cast and crew of this ambitious project have put the film in the can and will have the film ready for it's new internet premiere date of July 13th 2007.
This fan made film takes place after the events in the film JASON GOES TO HELL. Jason Voorhees has been sent to hell. A hunter digs up Jason's hockey mask and becomes possessed by the evil of Jason. He then terrorizes a group of campers who have decided to camp at the site where Camp Crystal Lake once existed.
For Director/Producer Cory Stevens this has been a three and a half year journey to translate Morse's young adult novel onto the big screen. But it has been a labor of love for this young film student, who has financed this film out of his own pocket.
The production got an added boost when the author, William Pattison (who wrote the novel under his pen name Eric Morse), gave Stevens and the production his support. Pattison has joined the production as Executive Consultant and will be lending the production his voice talent in an important voiceover role.
The production also features a cast of talented young actors. They include Mali MacConnell, Benjamin M. Santos, Corey A. Lucas, Dave Conte, Nicole Lillie, Stephen LoVerme, Allyson Smith. It also includes Paul Bradicich as old man Varner, and Derek Jimenez as the murderous the hunter, Joe Travers.
Currently, there are four trailers available on the internet. Also the filmmaker has released four sneek preview scenes from film and a behind the scenes clip on the internet. These trailers, scenes, clips, as well as the script, stills, and cast and crew interviews can be seen at the Official movie page at:
www.fd13mothersday.com
The film will be available as a free download, as well as streaming on You Tube.