Friday the 13th gets a steelbook release for its 40th anniversary

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

While producer/director Sean S. Cunningham and screenwriter Victor Miller continue to battle each other in court over the U.S. copyright to the original FRIDAY THE 13TH, distributor Paramount Pictures is going ahead and celebrating the film's 40th anniversary with a new steelbook Blu-ray + Digital release.

FRIDAY THE 13TH first reached theatres on May 9, 1980. May 5, 2020 is the release date for the steelbook pictured below. 

RIP into the chilling UNCUT EDITION of Friday the 13th.

With the addition of unrated footage, and insightful special features, plunge deeper into the film that spawned eleven sequels and the genre’s unstoppable bad guy, Jason Voorhees. 

A new owner and several young counselors gather to reopen Camp Crystal Lake, where a young boy drowned and several vicious murders occurred years earlier. They’ve ignored locals’ warnings that the place has a death curse… and one by one they find out how unlucky Friday the 13th can be as they are stalked by a violent killer.

Copies of the steelbook can be pre-ordered for $14.99 at THIS LINK.

I already have multiple copies of FRIDAY THE 13TH, so I probably won't be picking this up, but I do think it looks very cool. It's also to be celebrated any time Paramount uses the original poster art for one of their F13 releases instead of the monstrosities they've had created for the films in recent years.