Every Slasher Trend The Friday the 13th Franchise Followed
Although the Friday the 13th franchise never hid the fact that the series was open to copying other successful slashers, the amount of genre trends that the series followed is still almost impressive. The Friday the 13th movies have never been prized by horror fans for their originality. As far back as 1980’s originalFriday the 13th, the franchise’s own creators admitted that the saga of Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake began life as a knock-off of 1978’s Halloween.
After its initial success, the Friday the 13th franchise never gave up on stealing ideas from other successful series. In some cases, like Friday the 13th’s surprisingly good 2009 reboot, this approach paid off. In others, like 2001’s misguided trip into space, Jason X saw the formula almost sink the entire Friday the 13th franchise for good.
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However, for better or worse, the Friday the 13th movies were at least consistent in the franchise’s creative copying. After the first few Friday the 13th movies established the basic setup of the series, almost every subsequent sequel took a leaf from other franchises and borrowed elements of other successful slashers in an attempt to cash in on their success. This resulted in viewers getting a whodunit-style sequel that dropped Jason entirely, a sequel that forced Jason to face off against telekineses, and even a truly misjudged space-set sequel.
As soon as the underrated Friday the 13th Part IIIprovided Jason Voorhees with a perfect template for future sequels, the franchise immediately threw out this formula in exchange for a more on-trend style. The Friday the 13th movies could have continued to send new camp counselors to Crystal
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