Trivia / Jason X

• Awesome, Dear Boy: David Cronenberg allegedly only agreed to contribute to the movie if he could be killed by Jason.
• Enforced Method Acting: When Jason kills Stoney, his blood splatters onto Kinsa, who screams. The scream is genuine: The fake blood burned her actress's eyes.
• Franchise Killer: The film put the final nail in the coffin of an already-near-dead franchise. Despite Freddy vs. Jason being a legit box office hit, the franchise needed a total reboot—six years later—to start up again.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: In a sense. While standard definition DVD copies of the film are plentiful, high definition Blu-ray copies of the movie are extraordinarily difficult to find these days.
  • There have been two complete box sets of the franchise, including one from Scream Factory, that includes all the films on blu ray. But if you’re looking for a standalone blu ray release of Jason X, that’s much trickier to find.
• The Shelf of Movie Languishment: The movie was finished in 2000, but did not see release in the United States until 2002 due to a management shakeup at New Line Cinema.
• Troubled Production: During production, writer Todd Farmer and director Jim Isaac did not get along at all. The film saw constant, heavy rewrites during production that required Farmer to be on set at all times; by his account, the entire crew hated him. Of particular note was tension over the tone of the film: Farmer wanted something more serious, but Isaac wanted something goofier. On the commentary track for the film, they barely try to hide their animosity for one another, taking potshots at each other all the way through.

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