Sometimes a fan film is so good it deserves to be included in canon. Womp Stomp’s original Friday the 13th tribute, Never Hike Alone is arguably one of the best installments in the series in twenty years and deserves a spot in every fan’s library. The tale of a YouTubing hiker who wanders off the beaten track and into the remnants of Camp Crystal Lake is a combinations of subgenres encompassed by horror. A combination found footage and traditional 3rd person POV with elements

I've been waiting for this all year. After two interviews with director Vincente Disanti and a ton of teaser material put out by Womp Stomp Films, I can honestly say I've been looking forward to this Friday more than most. You see, this Friday is the release of the long awaited fan tribute short film Never Hike Alone. Friday the 13th is arguably the most significant horror property since the Universal Studios monsters first graced the silver screen. Over the years I've seen p

Horror fans know that the universes of Friday the 13th, Evil Dead, and A Nightmare on Elm Street are all interconnected. Easter eggs in various films in the franchises led to the fan theory that the three supernatural slashers were taking place in the same world from Freddy’s glove hanging in the tool shed in Evil Dead 2 and the Necronomicon in the Voorhees homestead in Jason Goes to Hell and many others. Then came Freddy vs Jason in 2003. This crazed killer smackdown solidi

As Friday the 13th steadily marches towards us this week like some machete wielding masked maniac, we thought it might be fun to share some of the best news, thoughts, and memories of Camp Crystal Lake and where better to begin than with an update on a project we’ve been following since January. Friday the 13th Part 3: The Memoriam Documentary is a one of a kind film chronicling not only the creation of one of the most iconic films in the franchise, but about the man who port

Never Hike Alone is an incredible fan made short film featuring the iconic killer of Camp Crystal Lake, Jason Voorhees. As much a tribute to the Friday the 13th franchise as anything else, the story follows a backpacker who takes a trail camera into the woods on one of his expeditions and stumbles across the remains of a familiar summer camp. He soon ends up face to face with the hockey mask clad murderer in a struggle for his life. I had a chance to talk to director Vincente

Friday the 13th conjures images of hockey mask clad Jason Voorhees chasing teenage counselors through the woods surrounding Camp Crystal Lake (Camp Blood) and killing them in increasingly brutal ways; however, those iconic reflections would have been absent from the minds of fans after only the first two films - then came part three and horror movies would never be the same. There are few films that one can point to and say, ‘there, that’s where it all changed,’ but as we see

If you’re a kid who grew up hiking through the woods and camping out in the darkness under the stars, Friday the 13th is one of those films that just messes with you. Being alone in the raw, undisturbed depths of nature is a powerful experience but, with a vivid imagination and one of the greatest campfire tales ever told to play out in the back of your mind as you hike along those overgrown trails and wooded slopes can quickly turn a relaxing hike into a primal exercise in f

The 70’s and 80’s saw a Renaissance in horror cinema as writers and directors ushered in a new era of schlock and awe. Violence, graphic practical effects, and buckets of blood that would have all been left to our imagination during the B Movie “Golden Age” the 50’s and early 60’s was suddenly fair game as zombies and crazed killers cut a swath across the silver screen. Some of the most endearing and iconic horror movie figures were born along this blood soaked new trail and