ANTBond007
11-15-2000, 10:46 PM
*******SPOILER WARNING*******
I recently found a copy of the screenplay for Jason X, the tenth film in the popular Friday the 13th film series.
This review based on an early draft dated May 24, 1999. Jason X was written by Todd Farmer, and the film will be produced by Sean S. Cunningham and directed by Jim Isaac.
The screenplay opens on "Old Earth" in the year 2455. Earth is devoid of any true life. As part of their senior project, a group of high schoolers from "Earth II" come to Old Earth to collect samples. They are led by Professor Yllo, who really should've watched Aliens once or twice.
Two kids, Adrienne and Stoney, sneak away from the group and make out in an abandoned van. The van collapses, and the two are trapped under ground. A search by Yllo finds the two, but it also locates the "Crystal Lake Research Facility." Inside, they find a horde of dead bodies, and two forms frozen in ice. The female, Rizzo, is believed to be alive, while the project's droid, sexy-and-disfunctional Kay-Em 14, reports that the other form, Jason Voorhees, of course, is very much dead.
After a quick battle with mechanical spiders, the classroom leaves Old Earth and makes its way to the "Grendel," a research ship. The two figures are immediately thawed. Jason awakens to slaughter to kids immediately, while Rizzo awakens in shock.
It turns out that circa-2100, Jason had whiped out about a hundred military types. She got the masked madman to chase her down a long corridor, and to get himself trapped in a room full of ice. Rizzo starts a freezing process, but Jason captures her with one thrust of the machete.
As you can guess, Jason slaughters a bunch of people, and in a very Alien Resurrection like plot, the students must escape the Grendel.
The problem with the script is the fact that Todd Farmer is having too much fun. This screenplay is much more a comedy than a horror movie. This is fine-and-dandy for the first forty pages, but after long, such things as Kay-Em 14's antics get annoying.
Jason chases the schoolers, kills a lot, and then it's up to a showdown over "Earth II" that will decide the fate of the survivors. Oh yeah, did you know Earth II camp kids are just as annoying as Old Earth's ones? I see a Jason XI in the near future....
Anyway, the script is good, not great. Far better than Friday the 13th, Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan and Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, though not as good as Friday the 13th, Part 2 and Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter.
Overall Grade: B-
[This message has been edited by ANTBond007 (edited 11-15-2000).]
I recently found a copy of the screenplay for Jason X, the tenth film in the popular Friday the 13th film series.
This review based on an early draft dated May 24, 1999. Jason X was written by Todd Farmer, and the film will be produced by Sean S. Cunningham and directed by Jim Isaac.
The screenplay opens on "Old Earth" in the year 2455. Earth is devoid of any true life. As part of their senior project, a group of high schoolers from "Earth II" come to Old Earth to collect samples. They are led by Professor Yllo, who really should've watched Aliens once or twice.
Two kids, Adrienne and Stoney, sneak away from the group and make out in an abandoned van. The van collapses, and the two are trapped under ground. A search by Yllo finds the two, but it also locates the "Crystal Lake Research Facility." Inside, they find a horde of dead bodies, and two forms frozen in ice. The female, Rizzo, is believed to be alive, while the project's droid, sexy-and-disfunctional Kay-Em 14, reports that the other form, Jason Voorhees, of course, is very much dead.
After a quick battle with mechanical spiders, the classroom leaves Old Earth and makes its way to the "Grendel," a research ship. The two figures are immediately thawed. Jason awakens to slaughter to kids immediately, while Rizzo awakens in shock.
It turns out that circa-2100, Jason had whiped out about a hundred military types. She got the masked madman to chase her down a long corridor, and to get himself trapped in a room full of ice. Rizzo starts a freezing process, but Jason captures her with one thrust of the machete.
As you can guess, Jason slaughters a bunch of people, and in a very Alien Resurrection like plot, the students must escape the Grendel.
The problem with the script is the fact that Todd Farmer is having too much fun. This screenplay is much more a comedy than a horror movie. This is fine-and-dandy for the first forty pages, but after long, such things as Kay-Em 14's antics get annoying.
Jason chases the schoolers, kills a lot, and then it's up to a showdown over "Earth II" that will decide the fate of the survivors. Oh yeah, did you know Earth II camp kids are just as annoying as Old Earth's ones? I see a Jason XI in the near future....
Anyway, the script is good, not great. Far better than Friday the 13th, Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan and Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, though not as good as Friday the 13th, Part 2 and Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter.
Overall Grade: B-
[This message has been edited by ANTBond007 (edited 11-15-2000).]