Awesome flick! And in my home state, too. I wish the film was longer and actually had an ending or explanation of certain events, but it is what it is... and that's pretty damn cool!
The lawn chair kill was fabulous and worked! The Jason costume was excellent, as was Ash's. The Freddy head was the only real issue, but with the budget you must have had, everything was superbly done.
I want more! If you guys are ever in Pinellas County and need help, lemme know!!
Yep. Filmed in Florida (and not Miami or the Keys). Actually, when it comes to the ending and the explanation for certain events (like how Ash knows Freddy and vice-versa for example), Trent actually stated he designed it to where the audience were allowed to fill in the spaces (in case the ending bit with Leatherface's appearance confuses you, it's actually a reference to the previous "Vs." film Trent did, which was
Jason vs. Leatherface). But if there's any particular bits that are really confusing, I'm willing to help out if its possible.
Yeah, the lawn chair kill was. Trent actually was going to have it where Jason shoves the machete through the girl and then just pull it out like it was a normal knife. I was talking with Cheyenne (who plays Jason) while Trent was setting up the shot, and I said to Cheyenne, "You know, instead of just Jason pulling it out, I would think her head would get stuck on the blade and Jason would have to push her off." Cheyenne said, "That's actually a great idea. Hold on a second." He went over to Trent, talked with him about it, then waved me over. Trent said, "That's a pretty good idea. Sounds like the kind of thing that would happen in a
Friday the 13th film. Let's do that." Trent actually liked the sharing of ideas on the set. So, if there was something that he liked and worked in the context of the film, he'd go for it. Shooting the lawn chair kill was really easy. Trent actually just chose an angle where we couldn't see the action and had the blade going in at an angle to the actress' head and have it go through the chair.
BTW, I contributed the "Farewell to Arms" book in the film. When I was talking to Trent in the first few e-mails and he asked about using my Jeep, I was joking about how funny it would be for there to be a copy of "A Farewell to Arms" in the Jeep. He didn't get what I meant at first as it had been a while since he saw
Evil Dead 2, so I reminded him of the scene where Ash puts the books on the can and told him that the first book that was placed on top was a copy of "A Farewell to Arms." He actually liked the idea. I told him since I was a little good with Photoshop, I could whip up a "paperback" version of the same book cover in Photoshop and I had a Thesaurus with a cover that was coming off and I figured I could used that for the book.
I personally am no longer in the Orlando area, but I know that Trent is working on the next "Vs." film (I can't say who it's going to be). As for the help thing, if you want, I can let him know that you're interested in helping. But I can't guarantee if he'll need it, but you never know.
