The Big Picture Damien Leone has quickly become one of the most beloved directors in the horror genre thanks to his work on the Terrifier franchise. Art the Clown is getting ready to return to theaters next week with the highly anticipated Terrifier 2 re-release that’ll feature a sneak peek at next year’s Terrifier 3. However, while Art remains the focus of Leone’s horror world, there’s one slasher the director would love to get his hands on. That would be none other than Friday the 13th.
“Jason was always my favorite slasher since I was a little kid, and I think that there’s a way to … I mean, my approach would be to keep it in the ’80s, honestly. I would have it take place in the early ’80s. I would try and make him as scary as possible because I feel like that’s something they kind of lost as the movies went along. You just start getting too comfortable with these villains and you need to be scared of them again.
When is the Next ‘Friday the 13th’ Releasing? Friday the 13th as a franchise has been suspended under Camp Crystal Lake for over a decade thanks to rights disputes between screenwriter Victor Miller and producer Sean S. Cunningham. The lawsuit ended in 2021 which meant work on new projects could start, but that doesn’t negate the fact that it left us with a Jason size hole in our horror loving hearts for many years.