Release: Friday the 13th: Blood Ties

 

Friday the 13th: Blood Ties

Genre: Horror

Director: Patrick Lussier

Writer: Jack Brown

Based on the Friday the 13th franchise

Cast: Allie Marie Evans, Amber Heard, Daniel Cudmore, Ryan Hurst, Stefanie Scott, Austin Abrams, Larsen Thompson, Luke Benward, Jacob Lofland, Eduardo Franco, Kane Hodder, E.G. Daily

Budget: $25,000,000

Domestic Box Office: $101,989,290

Foreign Box Office: $82,234,455

Total Profit: $95,005,113

Reaction: Huge numbers for this horror sequel, with drastic jumps in both domestic and foreign box office - and managing to earn a profit more than double of the first film.

"Friday the 13th: Blood Ties is a gripping and gory addition to the legendary franchise, weaving a surprisingly poignant origin story for Pamela Voorhees into the relentless carnage fans crave. The film offers a mix of nostalgic thrills and gruesome kills - and is honestly far better than it really has any right being." - Cooper Wilson, The Earl Hays Press

"Breathing life into an overly dead franchise, Blood Ties delivers a fierce and bloody catalog entry to the overall story. I personally felt like while it may not be doing anything new, the matter of how it relishes in its mayhem was the compelling if shock-jock manner." - Jim Kent, Log Cabin Democrat

"Blood Ties feels like a logical next step from Jack Brown's reboot of this famed horror franchise. With the addition of a compelling prologue, meta storytelling, and nods to the franchise (and previous film) throughout, there's enough freshness to compliment the gruesome kills throughout. It does feel like Stefanie Scott's Millie could have been fleshed out a bit more, but the film's final moments make it clear that the star of this franchise will always be wearing a hockey mask." - Reggie Coscarelli, San Fernando Valley Sun

Rated R for strong bloody violence and gore, language, some sexual content/nudity