'Friday the 13th' on DVD and Blu-ray June 16th

The reboot of Friday the 13th was at least as good as it needed to be. The horror flick featured a very strong opening 20 minutes or so, and had lots of mayhem, even if the use of an elaborate underground lair for Jason Voorhees seemed a little above his station. Still, it was better than every Friday the 13th sequel ever made, and it joins a list of recent updates like The Hills Have Eyes and My Bloody Valentine as horror remakes done right. Done wrong? How about Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Amityville Horror. I can't give Halloween credit for improving on the original, because that's John Carpenter's flick is as good as slasher movies get. Friday the 13th had a big opening weekend and wound up with close to $100 million in global box office, so I'm sure we're just at the beginning of a new series. DVD Active has the info on the upcoming home video release, which comes in three flavors on June 16th, but first, take a look at two of the DVD covers, which are better than the movie poster: There's the regular rated DVD (skip it; there aren't any additional features), the unrated "Killer Cut," which has a Rebirth of Jason featurette and some bonus scenes, and the Blu-ray, which has both versions of the film, all the features on the "Killer Cut," plus a featurette paying homage to the original Friday the 13th and a selection of the top seven kills in the movie...in glorious High Definition. Classy.