Friday the thirteenth‘s newest entry quietly has the proper set-up for a brand new Jason Vorhees sequel, 16 years after the final one hit theaters. Regardless of being one of the iconic horror film villains of all time, Jason Vorhees has truly been absent from the large display screen for over a decade.
Whereas the character lives on different media like video video games and an upcoming TV present, Jason hasn’t had a real sequel in a while. That is partly what makes Candy Revenge such an enchanting improvement for the franchise.
A stand-alone quick movie that successfully serves as a Friday the thirteenth film in 1 / 4 of the common run-time, Candy Revenge is a enjoyable throwback to an earlier technology of slasher films. Nevertheless, the quick takes a stunning flip within the second half, twisting the traditional “Remaining Woman” into one thing fully totally different.
It is a intelligent concept that would construct up the lore of Friday the thirteenth in some intelligent methods, even laying the groundwork for a potential legacy sequel targeted for the collection.
Candy Revenge Teases The True Energy Of Crystal Lake
Candy Revenge units up an attention-grabbing addition to the lore of Friday the thirteenth, with the destiny of the quick movie’s “ultimate woman” doubtlessly setting her up as an inheritor to Jason Vorhees. “Candy Revenge” is an prolonged commercial for Offended Orchard, the onerous cider model, that infuses a few of their merchandise and imagery right into a shortened Jason story.
The quick performs with most of the conventions of Friday the thirteenth, together with a gaggle of younger adults venturing to Crystal Lake and discovering themselves on the receiving finish of Jason’s gory wraith. Nevertheless, the quick’s central character Eve finally ends up being an intriguing subversion of the Remaining Woman archetype when she turns into a killer like Jason.
After being dragged into Crystal Lake and left for useless, Eve resurfaces and struggles to seek out her buddies. She’s mortally injured by Jason, however unfazed by her wounds. She turns into silent and grim, particularly after discovering her finest buddy and fiancée kissing. When she and her finest buddy escape, Eve kills her after which walks off any accidents associated to a automobile crash.
The implication is that Eve has been remodeled by Crystal Lake in an analogous method to Jason. The quick even ends with Eve staring down Jason, each of them greedy bladed weapons and shifting with a relaxed, chilly edge. It is an intriguing idea, because it means that no matter supernatural factor revived Jason into his present type might do it once more to another person.
Friday The thirteenth’s Spin-Off Units Up A New Jason
By giving Eve the Jason remedy, Candy Revenge introduces a novel high quality to Crystal Lake with out overexplaining it. By having Eve seemingly come again after being drowned within the lake, Candy Revenge means that there may be an inherent energy to the lake that may remodel somebody right into a remorseless and unfeeling killer.
Candy Revenge could possibly be used as a springboard for brand spanking new tales, specializing in Eve as she follows her personal path to change into a killer like Jason. It might pair her up with Jason, have her strike out on her personal, and even change into a goal of Jason Vorhees if he does not need to share no matter supernatural pressure had made him unstoppable.
Eve might even be killed off after her off-screen confrontation with Jason. Nevertheless, the concept Crystal Lake is straight related to no matter made Jason unstoppable and is the supply of that energy instantly raises questions on how different individuals like Jason could possibly be remodeled into an analogous state.
Candy Revenge Proves How Friday The thirteenth May Do A Legacy Sequel
Friday the thirteenth has toyed with the idea of turning Jason right into a legacy position up to now. Tommy Jarvis was arrange in Friday the thirteenth Half V to change into a brand new serial killer in his stead, just for Jason to return to his lead position within the franchise. The collection has by no means efficiently nailed that transition, nevertheless.
Nevertheless, Candy Revenge has a fairly intelligent concept for the best way to create a successor to Jason, all with out truly eliminating Jason. Having Crystal Lake be the supply of no matter factor is able to turning individuals into revenant killers like Jason or Eve might make it a uniquely haunted or cursed setting, giving different characters motive to go to the lake to try to replicate that energy.
Introducing somebody like Eve, who was by chance caught up in Jason’s rampage and seemingly remodeled by the expertise, might simply arrange a brand new killer to hold the franchise ahead in instructions that Jason may not be as accustomed to. It might simply generate spin-offs with new characters and tones.
A legacy sequel to Friday the thirteenth that took cues from Candy Revenge might even lean into the thought of Jason discovering a brand new rival — or buddy — who can take simply as a lot punishment as him. It might make for a compelling problem for the masked immortal killer, giving him somebody Jason merely cannot chop down.
Candy Revenge has a enjoyable growth of the Friday the thirteenth lore baked into its premise, reworking from a love letter to the franchise right into a doubtlessly thrilling new path for the collection. Even when the subsequent Friday the thirteenth movie or growth does not proceed Candy Revenge‘s story, it could possibly be a fantastic breeding floor for brand spanking new instructions to take the collection.
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Friday the thirteenth (1980), Friday the thirteenth Half 2 (1981), Friday the thirteenth Half 3 (1982), Friday the thirteenth: The Remaining Chapter (1984), Friday the thirteenth: A New Starting (1985), Friday the thirteenth Half 6: Jason Lives, Friday the thirteenth Half 7: The New Blood, Friday the thirteenth Half 8: Jason Takes Manhattan, Jason Goes to Hell: The Remaining Friday (1993), Jason X (2001), Freddy vs. Jason (2003), Friday the thirteenth
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Friday the thirteenth (1980)
- First TV Present
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Friday the thirteenth: The Collection (1987)
