June 13: Junesploitation’s topic of the day — as suggested by F This Movie— is Friday the 13th! 

We’re decades away from the last official Friday the 13th movie, and we’ll see numerous Michael Myers reimaginings before we ever get back to Crystal Lake. Thank all the fan movies that are working to fill this space, especially good ones like this.

Until Horror Inc. and Victor Miller settle the lawsuit—or whatever has kept Jason dead for 16 years—we can thank director and writer Peter Anthony for this movie.

A direct sequel to Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, this finds Tina Shepherd (Lar Park-Lincoln, reprising the role, at some points in the story; Jessica Hottman is the younger version) kept as a prisoner in the Crystal Lake Research Facility, being studied by General Brackbower (Anthony) and his team of scientists, which includes The Duke (Jequient Broaden), who is obviously Creighton Duke. There’s also a team of mercenaries — FAAST (Forward Assault Anomaly Strike Team) — on hand to guard new prisoner Rose (Sanae Loutsis), who is even more powerful than Tina.

The goal of the military is to use Rose’s power to bring back Jason Voorhees and make him a soldier for the U.S. Army. That takes the first hour of the movie, so if you’re not patient, you may dislike this. If you’re a fan of the series, you’ll love it, as it’s filled with moments from 7, 8, 9 and Jason X.

At the close, there’s a fan service moment that you’re either going to love or hate. I loved the whatever can happen will happen notion of all this, as well as the inventive kills that transform the movie from psychic girl movie back to a Jason movie. It’s well done, and this was worlds better than I had ever imagined it could be. It doesn’t look like a fan film. Instead, it looks better than most microbudget horror movies that I watch.

You can watch this on YouTube. You can also buy it here.