Crystal Lake road trip

So ever since I moved to Baldwin County, Alabama I have heard that it is a popular place for celebs and for movies.  It is the home of  authors Fannie Flagg and Winston Groom.  Brad Pitt has been sighted around Fairhope and Steven Seagal stayed here while filming Under Siege in Mobile.  No one mentioned horror films and I never asked.   Then one night a  coworker told me he had info that the sequel to the Friday the 13th reboot was going to be filmed in Daphne.  Daphne is just up the road from where I work and maybe 20 minutes from my house.  I have since heard the film has been cancelled due to reasons only the Hollywood intelligentsia know for sure.  Maybe the whole story about it being filmed here was bullshit, I don't know, but I decided to check up on it last week.  Quick web search for Friday the 13 sequel, Baldwin County and what did I find?  That parts of Friday the 13th VII:The New Blood was filmed locally.  I came up with three Baldwin County towns where the movie was filmed, Stockton, Bay Minette, and Point Clear.  I had never been to Bay Minette or Stockton since I moved here.  I had passed through Point Clear but nothing more.  With a little more searching I decided my best shot at actually finding a location was in Stockton, even though it was the farthest away, maybe 40 to an hour.  Armed with my GPS and camera I set out, without writing any descriptions down.  I found Stockton easily enough but could not find the lake where the final confrontation between Tina and Jason took place.  The problem was Stockton is full of lakes.  I talked to a few locals who were able to help a bit but not enough.  I finally gave up and started home taking mental notes along the way.  I have since located the right lake and plan on making a return trip, hopefully tomorrow.  After I get back I will upload my pics from both trips and provide details o how to find it yourself if you want.

Friday the 13th-Part VII The New Blood

Decent installment in the Jason Voorhees saga.  Jason is back (cliche #1) and this time he's met his match (cliche #2) in a young telekinetic girl played by Lar Park Lincoln.  The film stars THE JASON, Kane Hodder in perhaps his most animated role as the silent stalker.  It also stars fellow film zombie (of a sort) Terry Kiser from Weekend at Bernie's.  It is a fun romp, following the basic formula of a Friday the 13th film.  Kids show at the lake, Jason appears, kids die, most "innocent" girl lives, Jason supposedly dies at the end.  This is perhaps the biggest failing of the film.  While Lincoln as telekinetic Tina is a worthy opponent for Senior Voorhees, she is seriously under utilized.  While there are a few sweet scenes, such as Tina mentally squeezing Jason's mask into his head till the masks pops free, for most of the film she just uses her mind to throw things at Jason.  Basically the same thing a normal heroine could have done.  Still it is not a bad film and one of the better post final chapter Friday films.  It is however a great idea wasted.  We could have had Carrie White vs Jason, instead we get Uri Gellar.