13 Fanboy

Not going to spend a lot of time on this review that will disappear into a sea of ominous perfect 10s. If you can get past the questionably executed self serving tongue in cheek script, and the choppy inconsistent editing, you too will get a small amount of entertainment from mostly cringy, non-plausible actions and dialogue. Fun to see a few old familiar faces show up from the franchise, and a few chuckles from Kelsey fright-punching her boyfriend a couple of times. A smile from the micro-gag reel, post credits.

However, I must say that the movie's synopsis sounded like it could be a fun movie to watch, especially with all the amazing apperances of horror icons mostly from the "Friday the 13th" franchise. So of course I opted to sit down and watch the 2021 horror movie "13 Fanboy" from writers Joel Paul Reisig and Deborah Voorhees.

Oh Jeebus, this was a swing and a miss.

I didn't even manage to sit through the entire ordeal, because the storyline was just downright rubbish, and there was very little of any interest going on really, so if you have problems sleeping, you might want to put "13 Fanboy" on.

Now, what was impressive about director Deborah Voorhees's 2021 horror movie was all the horror icons that participated in the movie. And as a life-long fan of the "Friday the 13th" franchise, I have to say that the cast ensemble here was just overwhelmingly impressive. Just a real shame that the storyline and the movie was such rubbish.

"13 Fanboy" tried, well director Deborah Voorhees tried, but ultimately failed to deliver anything wholesome or entertaining. And this is certainly not a movie that I will be returning to finish watching, as it just effectively managed to fall short of being entertaining.

My rating of, this rather disappointing horror movie, lands on a generous two out of ten stars. As a massive fan of "Friday the 13th", this was just a disappointing experience to say the least.

Not even joking. For a movie starring a grown up Corey Feldman this is pretty damn good.

And it's fun to point at the screen and say "I know who all these people are!" even if the story and the direction aren't amazing.

Also, this movie helped me quit my sleeping pills, which is great. Those things made me so groggy. I'd be goofing around in traffic all morning unable to open my eyes properly. So many needless deaths. Especially children, which is almost always sad.

Was this a fantastic movie? No it wasn't but it was nostalgic in a way and I liked seeing all of the original actors. I grew up in the '70s and '80s and watched all of the movies in the theater or drive-in even for some horror movies. Dee Wallace was great as usual. The acting overall wasnt that bad and for a low budget it could have been worse. I think what was lacking for me was the suspense but overall I was engaged for the duration. I applaud the efforts for them to put together this movie as I know it was a passionate project from the start and it took a lot of energy to put it together. Too bad they can't make a sequel and have other of the original actors in it. It keeps them employed and I think it is a great thing to do for the fans. I would probably see a sequel just to see how other original actors are holding up.

What a promising premise! Dee Wallace gave a great performance (and looked fabulous) but was let down by the script in the final act. Horrific acting by Hayley Greenbauer, Corey Feldman, and Ron Sloan further work against the film. If only this could be remade with a better script, some key recasting, and a consistent tongue-in-cheek tone, this would be a masterpiece.