Reelz Channel has posted an interview with the producers of 'Friday The 13th'. The original horror film was made in 1980 and is now in the process of being rejuvenated for contemporary audiences. The producers admit that they wanted to maintain the original setting of Camp Crystal Lake but insisted they made efforts to avoid Jason being sympathetic.
"...We were always adamant that we wanted to make a movie where Jason Voorhees is a brutal killer. Where he runs and it's real and it's really horrifying. We went through three incarnations of writers before we got what we wanted. Once the tone of the movie was right we went all systems go. What we wanted to do was take it back to what the original movies that took place at a camp. There is a guy who is a terrifying ruthless killer and not a joke and not doing stupid things. We want it to be real and horrifying..."
Read the full interview here.
