{"id":1963363,"date":"2025-08-16T02:52:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1963363"},"modified":"2025-08-16T02:52:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:52:00","slug":"friday-the-13th-takes-sweet-revenge-after-16-year-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/friday-the-13th-takes-sweet-revenge-after-16-year-absence\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday The 13th Takes Sweet Revenge After 16 Year Absence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Friday the 13th has been a dormant franchise for almost two decades, but <em>Sweet Revenge<\/em> is here to finally break that slumber. Due to years of legal entanglements, the series has not been able to produce an official new project since the 2009 remake\/reboot\/restart\/recycle <em>Friday the 13th<\/em>. Thankfully, all that hullabaloo has been quieted and there is now\u2026 Jason Universe (Jason Un1v3rse if you\u2019re nasty), an all-encompassing brand banner for the future of the series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">We\u2019ll talk about that in a bit, but it\u2019s important to note that their first official restart of the Friday the 13th saga is with <em>Sweet Revenge<\/em>, a short film that seems to act as something of a tidy little tale anyone can just jump into. Well, as long as they have some kind of understanding of who Jason Voorhees is as a mythical boogeyman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I\u2019m not going to become some foaming-at-the-mouth Friday the 13th fan and break down the entire <em>Sweet Revenge<\/em> short \u2014 you can watch it at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/O_dEbWGRXsg?si=cCoOdf5UbTsXuOSS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:this link;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">this link<\/a> since we can\u2019t embed age-restricted videos, but I hope you\u2019ll read my carefully chosen words as well \u2014 but I do want to talk about a few things it presents in regards to what we can expect from the future of the franchise.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>Friday the 13th Really Is the Unluckiest Day of the Year<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At a very base level, I think it\u2019s fair to say that the name \u201cFriday the 13th\u201d is going the way of the dodo. The Jason Universe branding, as well as naming this short <em>Sweet Revenge<\/em>, shows that there is still likely a legal issue with titling anything \u201cFriday the 13th.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That specific title is still under the auspices of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/paramount-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Paramount;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Paramount<\/a>, the studio that originally produced and distributed the Friday the 13th films. It\u2019s a shame since that is such an indelible title, but it looks like this future iteration of Jason Voorhees will have to do without it. We know that the upcoming television series is titled <em>Crystal Lake<\/em>, so it sure seems like it\u2019s time to admit that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/friday-the-13th\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Friday the 13th;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Friday the 13th<\/a> is an unlucky day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But, let\u2019s talk about <em>Crystal Lake<\/em> and what <em>Sweet Revenge<\/em> might be telling us.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>Jason\u2019s World Gets Weirder<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/IQlUEo2hBjk2914.Iw1Lqg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/giant_freakin_robot_articles_628\/73a424e8513f0d13efff533068c20521\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Sweet Revenge<\/em> takes an interesting turn with its Final Girl protagonist, Eve (Ally Ioannides), where she is taken under the lake by Jason during daytime and re-emerges well after nightfall. It\u2019s a jarring jump in time, not to mention Eve\u2019s appearance once she pops back up. She looks like she might be undead herself. And with the path her character takes by the end, it sure seems like she\u2019s been put on equal footing with whatever this version of Jason Voorhees is.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">So, what does this have to do with the <em>Crystal Lake<\/em> television series in the pipeline? For starters, my assumption is that this Jason Universe branding is an attempt to create a canon umbrella for the future of the franchise. I hate even typing that kind of terminology, but the Cinematic Universe is a model that franchise properties keep wanting to adopt. It stands to reason that anything produced under the Jason Universe banner \u2014 short films, feature films, TV shows, video games, diapers \u2014 would be subjected to some kind of established canon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Therefore, could <em>Sweet Revenge<\/em> be a mini-episode of backstory for <em>Crystal Lake<\/em>? Eve could be another spectral\/undead character haunting the grounds of the former campsite. Perhaps this will establish some kind of lore (blech) for the way this new Jason works in the Jason Universe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">We\u2019ll have to wait and see, but you can watch <em>Sweet Revenge<\/em> and get your own theories going. I just hope the next time we see Jason, he looks a little less like a Spirit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/topic\/Halloween\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Halloween;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Halloween<\/a> mannequin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday the 13th has been a dormant franchise for almost two decades, but Sweet Revenge is here to finally break that slumber. Due to years of legal entanglements, the series has not been able to produce an official new project since the 2009 remake\/reboot\/restart\/recycle Friday the 13th. 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