13 Fanboy Movie Review (2021)

Friday the 13^th fans gather round, we have another addition to add to the universe. 13 Fanboy is the name of the film, and it was the brainchild of Deborah Voorhees who played Tina in The New Beginning (Part 5) of the series. Voorhees really outdone herself assembling the cast as it’s filled with fellow actors and actresses from the F-13 franchise. The most notable are Dee Wallace, Corey Feldman, Kane Hodder and C.J. Graham. It’s my understanding that this movie was crowdfunded for the most part. Do keep that in mind, that doesn’t make it bad, not in the least. In my opinion the first Friday the 13^th movie was a B-movie!

13 Fanboy is centered around the Horror Convention scene. As most of you know the Horror Cons are littered with actors and actresses that constantly put themselves out there for fans that are willing to pay for autographs, selfies etc. These Horror conventions bring out Horror Nerds by the thousands, myself included. However, it does open the door for legitimate danger and stalkers. Personally, I’ve never approached any of the stars at these Cons, I keep to myself and respect their privacy – and I’m cheap – I don’t want to pay 40$ for a selfie and an autograph, it's just not my style. Or well let’s say Pamela Springsteen (Sleepaway Camp II/III) hasn’t attended a Horror Con near me.

13 Fanboy opens with Kelsie Voorhees witnessing her grandmother’s (Deborah Voorhees) murder. The movie then jumps up ten years and gives us Kelsie’s background and what she’s been up to. Given that Kelsie’s grandmother was in the Horror Con scene, she was close to a great deal of the other actors/actresses that were in the F-13 movies. Kelsie has grown up with Dee Wallace looking after her as if she were her real grandmother. The same can be said for Kane Hodder and C.J. Graham, they’re a family based out of love for the Horror scene. The twist starts when several of the stars from the F-13 universe start getting murdered by a fanatic stalker of the franchise and somehow Kelsie finds herself stuck in the middle of the hunt too – the stalker killed her grandmother and now he wants to murder her!
 

Let me stop there, I don’t want to give too much of the story line away. Again, I’d like to commend the story line and the concept of this movie, it’s fun! Where 13 Fanboy falls short is the B aspect of the movie, there are noticeable moments where the acting was less than and the camera action/colors could’ve been much better. Some of the kill scenes are amateur at best. If Dee Wallace hadn’t been in this movie, I wouldn’t have been able to finish it – she’s insanely talented so she had me hanging on her every line. All the negatives about this movie can be attributed to the budget and the fact that it was crowdfunded, but again, that still doesn’t ruin the movie. If this movie had the budget of let’s say “Scream” it would’ve been insanely magnificent. If I’m being honest, I don’t see why this movie wasn’t given that treatment. The idea is fantastic and it’s completely fresh, plus there’s a TON of actors and actresses from the franchise that they could’ve gotten to be in the film to be murdered, have sex and so forth! It would’ve been awesome to see Kevin Bacon get it again right after he blew his load. As a crazed Leslie Jordan fan, it would’ve been fun to see him in it too. The movie is worth a watch if you’re a sincere fan of the franchise, the idea is fresh and I loved watching the characters play themselves, it was fun. I’ll watch it again for sure and if I see it in store for a decent price, I’ll pick it up. For now, it can be streamed on showtime/paramount. Go have a watch and let me know what you think about it!