Slasher flicks are always a guilty pleasure for lots of flick enthusiasts.  Right, they won’t garner censors’ numbers.  They won’t get A+ scores from the movie press.  They won’t even acquire C scores from home-grown internet pundits.  Hacker films will forever be scream-filled tales with empty scenarios.

But through the times, these slasher movies have imprinted – pardon the pun – a place of their own.

A big part of the triumph of these slasher flicks can be credited to the Friday the 13th program and its 15 incarnations.  Friday the 13th is a series of flicks that was lead by a hockey veil-wearing psycho killer called Jason Voorhees.  So popular is this series that it has become a staple of pop culture, being recommended in numerous news channels for a nice part of the recently completed century.

In 2009, a reboot of the series will be unleashed for the film going public to live through.  Once again, lovers of slasher movies and people who are neophyte to the variety will get to face the father of slasher-themed films, this time recreated for the recent generation.

Right, Jason Voorhees is going to make a comeback!

This time, he won’t be fighting another film monster icon.  He won’t be in outer space, freed from years of cryogenic deam.  He won’t be warding off the challenge of a woman telepath.

In its place, we will behold, or re-behold, the birth of a serial predator.  We will learn about the tale that yielded a monstrosity like Jason Voorhees.  We will see him frighten the unlucky vacationers enjoying the hot waters of Camp Crystal Lake.

It’s 2009 and it’s time for a new Friday the 13th!

The remake is directed by Marcus Nispel, who also did the remake of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.  The film will present Derek Mears as Jason Voorhees, with Jared Padalecki and Amanda Righetti playing the male and female leads, respectively.

The flick will be released on a Friday the 13th, specifically February 13, 2009.