Hey folks, Harry here... With the recent 'Scream' murder in France, it struck me that perhaps these violent films were going to create a culture of homocidal maniacs, just like all those Old West movies influenced those bloodthirsty gunslingers in the 1800's, and sure enough... GUY INCOGNITO wrote in with his... bloodletting set break in. I am... of course... appalled. I mean, I think it's obvious that these JASON movies and the iconic nature and heroism of the monster with the machete has turned Guy Incognito into... I can just barely utter it... A photographer and writer! Yes, It's true... Horror films are a terrible influence on the youth of today. Read below and learn all the details of the mental scars it can leave.
Harry, Guy Incognito here with a hot scoop from the set of 'Jason X', the latest in the Friday the 13th trilogy. Did I say trilogy? I meant DECology. That's right, over the past twenty years, Jason Voorhees has terrorized audiences through ten (count 'em) TEN films. O.K., so he didn't do much in the first one 'cept jump out of a lake all covered in crud, but I'll bet that one shot inspired thousands if not DOZENS of re-enactments at friends' cottages all around the world (mainly in the warmer climates, though).
Anyways, you all know Jason is set to hit theatres again later this year and word on the street is that the script is pretty entertaining and, if handled with just a pinch of salt grains and a dash of tongue-in-cheek-ness, could spell the return of one of the silver screen's most feared horror icons. Jason is an original, not just some cheap Michael Myers ripoff. I mean, their masks are COMPLETELY different! I know a lot of people are getting psyched for this flick so you can't imagine how excited I am to bring you this scoop. While visting a buddy of mine in Toronto last week, we managed to sneak onto the set and take a bunch of pics without arousing suspicion. Security was indeed tight but my buddy had spent the three previous weeks staking out the set from a grassy knoll in the parking lot. He got to know the routine: When people arrived. When people left. When people got drunk and staggered around the parking lot yelling, "Hey look at me, I've got a 'Jason X' security pass!" The poor soul never had a chance and with one pull of the trigger, that security pass was ours. Hopefully, they won't find the grisly corpse 'til I'm back in the States. Guilty by association, they say.
The particular set we were on belonged to one of the starships called 'The Grendel' and they were very cool indeed. Can't wait to see Jason flay people in a sci-fi environment, that's just too awesome to think about. I gotta say, all you people rooting for Savini to direct were definitely wasting your breath, filming's almost done on this baby (at least that's what we heard some guy say). We didn't know what director James Isaac looked like so we just wandered around taking a few quick snaps of the set before happening upon the motherlode: life-size replicas of a frozen Jason Voorhees. The pics below don't do the dummies justice. The frost detailing was absolutely amazing! We really couldn't believe our luck. Sure, some poor bastard asked WHY we were taking pics, but he was dealt with. It's amazing: though not sharp, prop machetes CAN be quite deadly if wielded correctly. We put a few props in the body's hand hoping that whoever found the guy would just assume it was a dummy corpse from the movie.
We decided it was time to high-tail it outta there before we were forced to kill again but as we passed by a particularly busy area of the set, we heard the familiar "Chh-chh-chh-hah-hah-hah" echoing down the vast hall. Well, just like in the movies, we had to stop and investigate. It was there that we came upon our greatest snapshot yet: Sir Kane Hodder, in full Jason gear, getting prepped for a shoot. I think my dream of becoming a photographer for National Geographic came one more step towards being realized. My GOD this guy is big! We fell to our knees, bowing in awe of this great sight. We realized that this would look a bit too conspicuous so we just took a loud flash-photo and left yelling, "We got a fucking picture of Jason!!!!" It was a tough assignment, Harry, even unnerving at times, but we did it with minimal bloodshed. Anyways, here're the pics, man, ENJOY!
Harry, here's a list of the pics I sent with a brief description of each one:
- Here's a closeup pic of the Grendel model. This is the ship most of the movie takes place on I believe. Wish I got a wider pic, it looks pretty cool.
- The frozen Jason dummy on a stretcher.
- Another angle of the frozen Jason.
- And another...
- Here's another frozen Jason. This one's holding a machete.
- Pic of one of the Grendel doorways.
- One of the Grendel hallways.
- This set looked like a lab of some sort.
- This is the man, Kane Hodder, getting suited up for a scene.
- This is a wider shot of that shot with a bit of the camera in the bottom of frame.
Guy Incognito signing off.
