Friday the 13th: The Storm

Friday the 13th: The Storm opens with a shot of two girls kissing. It goes downhill from there. Oh sure, it quickly goes on to check off the nudity box as well (an important component of Friday the 13th films not often found in the fan films), and so praises are due to the lead actress for taking a risk and baring it all, but a flash of bust and backside cannot redeem this film. And sure, there is some beautiful HD imagery, but it’s hard to put a finer point on pointlessness. Jason’s motivation is unclear, as there is no discussion of why he has come out to southern California to continue his killing spree. The dialogue is stilted and the characters are introduced haphazardly. To the credit of the filmmakers, the kill scenes look as if they were painstakingly choreographed, though the murders mostly seem to have been inspired from the canonical franchise entries and don't make any innovations upon those. All told, The Storm in many ways gets at the bare essence of fan filmmaking—that is, simply making a film for the sake of making a film. It adds nothing to the Friday the 13th mythology or its fandom save for a lesbian kiss.

Watch it here.