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10 Movies That Were Meant To Reboot Franchises But Flopped Hard

The movie remake has been a popular trend for a while, but right now we are in a hot spot for franchise reboots – films that are not only redoing one popular movie from the past but also have to reignite whole series of movies. 2015 delivered a couple of big successes in this area with Jurassic World and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, while this year will see the likes of Ghostbusters join the ranks of reinvented franchises.

6) Friday The 13th

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The Friday the 13th franchise is most famous for starring Jason Vorhees, the hockey-mask wearing serial killer. As fans will know, though, the character isn’t even the murderer in the first movie and doesn’t wear his signature mask until Part III. As ridiculous as the slasher series got as it went on, fans enjoyed seeing how the iconic character of Vorhees developed.

The 2009 reboot of the franchise, however, ambitiously tried to tell the story of the whole 11 film franchise in one movie, with ideas and set pieces cribbed from different installments. As such, it ended up being a complete rehash of the original films but without any of the shocks or the horror.

Critics and fans lambasted the movie and the once-unkillable Vorhees has not been seen on the big screen in the seven years since.

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