Complete ‘FRIDAY THE 13TH’ Box Set is Officially Happening & We Have the Details!

There has been some news that we decided not to report on because we were waiting for what was predicted. There has been some shuffling of property rights & home video rights for the Friday the 13th franchise that have been recently happening that it was only a matter of time until it was announced. I came very close to doing what other blogs/sites did but decided against it until we got the hard cold facts. Paramount gave the rights to Warner Bros. for home entertainment distribution of their Friday the 13th films (Friday 1-8). While it still looks like Paramount wants to make a Friday the 13th Part II as a sequel to the reboot, who knows if that will get off the ground. The good news is since Warner Bros. has Jason Goes to Hell, Jason X, Freddy vs. Jason, and the 2009 Friday the 13th they can now release a complete collection. The wait was not long and the timing is appropriate as the set is being released on September 13, 2013! Read below for all the gory details…

From the Press Release

On September 13th, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will provide plenty of blood-curdling thrills when Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection debuts on Blu-ray. For the first time, all twelve Friday the 13th films will be packaged together (with seven of them making Blu-ray debuts) as a result of a strategic distribution alliance between Paramount and Warner announced last fall, granting Warner exclusive video distribution rights to over 600 Paramount titles. The set also includes a Friday the 13th Killer Extras Bonus DVD.

This intense ‘slasher’ series is one of the longest-running and most successful horror franchises in film history, surpassing the domestic theatrical box-office grosses of such legendary series as A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The film that turned psycho killer Jason Voorhees and his infamous hockey mask into a pop culture icon has also bested the horror competition as the #1 home entertainment seller, with total sales of $119.7M to date.

The 10-disc collection ($129.95 SRP) includes the twelve films on nine Blu-ray discs, as well as a killer DVD bonus disc full of special features on the making of the famous franchise. The must-own set will be presented in a collectible tin case with 11 hours of previously released special features and a 40-page soft cover book. The book is excerpted from Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th, a fan-favorite volume that’s viewed as the ultimate memoir of the series, and highlights some of the 200 interviews, 600 photos, storyboards, concept art and more. Also included is a brand new, official Camp Crystal Lake embroidered Counselor Patch.

Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection also includes digital versions of all 12 films with UltraViolet, allowing viewers to download and instantly stream the films to a wide range of devices from computers and compatible tablets to smartphones, game consoles, Internet-connected TVs and Blu-ray players.

Included are:

• Disc 1 – Friday the 13th (1980)
• Disc 2 – Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
• Disc 3 – Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3D (1982)
• Disc 4 – Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) NEW TO BLU-RAY
• Disc 5 – Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985) / Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) NEW TO BLU-RAY
• Disc 6 – Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) / Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) NEW TO BLU- RAY
• Disc 7 – Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) / Jason X (2002) NEW TO BLU-RAY
• Disc 8 – Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
• Disc 9 – Friday the 13th (2009) (Theatrical Version and “Killer Cut” Extended Version)
• Disc 10 – Killer Bonus DVD Disc

It’s kind of a shame that the 10th disc in the collection will be a DVD & not a Blu-Ray – which makes me think there will be no new content created exclusively for the set. Also, there is no clarification if the first film will be uncut. I think it is a safe bet since it has been previously released uncut on Blu-Ray. It will be so nice to own my favorite entries on Blu-Ray now though. Between this and the Crystal Lake Memories documentary coming out in August, from the same filmmakers behind Never Sleep Again, 2013 is a great year to be a fan of the man behind the mask (and he’s out of controoool).

What do you cats think? First day buy or are you going to wait until they release them individually?