Friday the 13th Collection [Blu-ray]

The films are gorgeous looking & loaded with special features. Not flawless, but definitely the best set out there & totally worth the price.

I'll keep it short and sweet. This set comes from Shout! Factory, also known as Scream! Factory for its horror releases. What you get in this set is Friday the 13th 1-8 from Paramount Pictures, and from New Line Cinema, Jason Goes to Hell, Jason X, Freddy Vs. Jason, Friday the 13th Killer Cut (reboot/remake), and a two-disc set of special features. All in all, you'll receive 16 Blu-ray discs (1080p) in total. The first Friday will come with two discs, one for the Theatrical and one for the Unrated versions. This will also be the case for Jason goes to Hell.All 12 films will come in individual cases placed in a very sturdy beautiful carboard sleeve with very intricate artwork of Jason from all the films. In addition to the films, there will be a collectors' manual/book placed at the end of the sleeve. The poster and the lithograph that initially came with this set are not included as they were in limited quantities and sold-out back in 2020.When this set was initially released, there were some slight errors on three of the discs: Friday 3-D, Jason Goes to Hell Unrated, and Jason X. Those were replaced back then by Scream! factory through a program that doesn't exist anymore. However, my set came with an R1 (Revision 1) sticker on the bottom of the box. The three discs in question will also show R1 on their respective serial numbers on the fronts of the discs. This leads me to believe most sets sold today have already been corrected.What else? Oh yeah...Friday 3-D is really in 3-D if you have the proper equipment for that. I don't. lol I'm not gonna rate the films because this is a set that is obviously for die-hard fans and not the casual movie watcher or collector. Because of that fact, I only recommend it to die-hard fans. If you just want to own the collection without these extra features. Get the cheaper Blu-ray set for $40 minus the New Line cinema films as they are not really in the spirit of Paramount's work anyway. Better yet, just get a DVD set for like 15 bucks if you are just looking for some Halloween fun. No use overspending just to see the films.

It is so comprehensive, as far as bonus material goes! The only thing missing from this great boxed set, content-wise, is the 6-hour documentary Crystal Lake Memories, and that's only because Shout! Factory/Scream! Factory were probably not able to strike a licensing deal with it's distributor. That's a shame. But, honestly? There's so much other amazing bonus material in this set that it's really only a minor quibble on my part.Also, the first four films have gotten brand spanking new 4K restorations. And, both versions of Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday have been given new 2K restorations. Considering the ages of the films themselves, the new restorations look great! Not perfect, mind you. Again, you have to take the age of each of the films in question into consideration. But, this is probably the best they have looked since their original theatrical releases, if not better. Kudos to Shout! Factory on a job well done!It's also really nice that we get new DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 tracks on many of the films, as well as their original theatrical audio tracks, too!Please note: the blu-ray discs for Freddy vs. Jason and Friday the 13th (2009) that are included in this set are reprints of the original Warner Bros./New Line Cinema/Paramount blu-ray disc releases of the two films. While they do have new disc artwork, the actual contents of the discs have not been altered in any way, shape or form from those original releases.Last, but not least, I'd like to give a shout-out to the YouTube content creator Jeff Rauseo. His channel (formerly called Films at Home, now just Jeff Rauseo) is all about all-things blu-ray and 4K UHD blu-ray. And, Jeff puts out some great videos about physical movie collecting, and his thoughts on the state of the industry in general, as well as an occasional release disc review. If not for all of the great deals that he posts on his channel's community page, I would not have been aware of this boxed set's price drop down to just $90 here on Amazon in October of 2021. Thank you again, Jeff! You and your channel are a priceless resource to the blu-ray and 4K UHD blu-ray collecting community!