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Apr 26, 2002 · Jason X: Directed by James Isaac. With Kane Hodder, Jeff Geddis, Lexa Doig, David Cronenberg. Jason Voorhees is cryogenically frozen at the beginning of the 21st century, and is discovered in the 25th century and taken to space. He gets thawed, and begins stalking and killing the crew of the spaceship that's transporting him.
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- James Isaac
- 2002-04-26
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In 2008, mass murderer Jason Voorhees is captured by the United States government and held at the Crystal Lake Research Facility. By 2010, after numerous failed attempts to kill Jason over a two-year period, government scientist Rowan LaFontaine, the head of the facility, suggests putting him in cryogenic stasis. Dr. Wimmer and Sergeant Marcus arri...
Development of Jason X began in the late 1990s while Freddy vs. Jason was still in development hell. With Freddy vs. Jason not moving forward, Jim Isaac and Sean S. Cunningham decided that they wanted another Friday the 13th film made to retain audience interest in the character. The film was conceived by Todd Farmer, who plays "Dallas" in the film...
The film score was composed and performed by Harry Manfredini. It was released by Varèse Sarabandeon May 14, 2002.
Theatrical
Jason X premiered in November 15, 2001 in Spain, and was released on April 26, 2002, in the United States.A theatrical trailer was released on November 9, 2001, the same day that the film premiered in Spain.
Home media
The film was released on VHS and DVD on October 8, 2002. It was released on Blu-ray in 2013, with all of the films in the Friday the 13th: The Complete Collectionset.
Box office
The film made $13.1 million in the U.S. and $3.8 million internationally for a worldwide gross of $16.9 million.
Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes Jason X has an approval rating of 19% based on 108 reviews, and an average rating of 3.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Jason goes to the future, but the story is still stuck in the past." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 25 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScoregave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale. Roger Ebertgave the film 0....
Comic books
In 2005, Avatar Press published the comic book Jason X Special as a direct sequel to the movie, written by Brian Pulido, with art by Sebastian Fumara and coloring by Mark Sweeney. The comic reveals that a scientist named Kristen intercepted the Grendel's communications and became interested in learning the secrets of Jason's regenerative abilities so she could save her lover Neil as well as the human race, which is still an endangered species barely surviving. To trick the Grendel survivors i...
Video games
After the 2017 release of Friday the 13th: The Game, it was teased that the cyborg Jason X incarnation would be playable in the game the following year. However, Victor Miller, screenwriter of the original Friday the 13th, exercised his legal creative rights and served a lawsuit regarding residual profits he felt he was owed by the film franchise and tie-in media that resulted from the original movie. As a result, the game halted the release of new characters and features.Although a partial v...
Jason X at IMDbJason X title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseJason X at AllMovieJason X at Box Office MojoJason X, also known as Friday the 13th Part X: Jason X, is a 2001 science fiction slasher film, and the tenth in the Friday the 13th film series, starring Kane Hodder as the undead mass murderer Jason Voorhees. The film made $16,951,798 worldwide. The film was conceived by Todd Farmer and was...
Apr 26, 2002 · The Place is Old Earth. Once the shimmering blue jewel of the galaxy, Old Earth is now a contaminated planet abandoned for centuries. Yet humans have returned to the deadly place that they once...
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Jason X (2002) Trailer #1. Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers. 1.66M subscribers. Subscribed. 789. 94K views 1 year ago #JasonX. Check out the official Jason X (2002) Trailer starring Kane...
Summaries. Jason Voorhees is cryogenically frozen at the beginning of the 21st century, and is discovered in the 25th century and taken to space. He gets thawed, and begins stalking and killing the crew of the spaceship that's transporting him.
May 27, 2019 · Subscribed. 74. 10K views 5 years ago. The original trailer in high definition of Jason X directed by James Isaac and starring Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Jeff Geddis and David Cronenberg. ...more...
