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For all that Jason Voorhees is a scary movie icon who strikes fear (and machetes) in the hearts of his victims, Friday the 13th’s lawsuits and legal troubles over the years have been as much a horror as anything else about the franchise. Thankfully, TV fans will be taking a trip to Crystal Lake with Bryan Fuller and Peacock, and now Jason Blum is back in the conversation, and he has one of the best ideas possible for which director should spearhead the next big screen feature if his production company ever lands the…

In the ever-popular horror genre, iconic slasher franchises like Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre have received a slew of remakes and reboots over the years — all while Jason Voorhees and the Friday the 13th franchise have watched from the shadows and remained stuck in a stage of developmental hell, all thanks to a recent legal battle that brought the franchise to a screeching halt. The aforementioned lawsuit, which pitted writer Victor Miller against director Sean S. Cunningham,…

Jason Voorhees —  with his traditional hockey mask, an array of sharp weapons, and overprotective mother — is one of the most polarizing figures in the history of the horror genre. With his agenda of pure revenge and signature “ki ki ki, ma ma ma” theme, his presence is an overpowering reminder to stay away from summer camps. The intimidating character first appeared in Friday the 13th (1980), with the film then spawning a successful, campy franchise of 12 films in total, each with its unique spin on the original…

Lenovo Legion 9i was launched in India on Tuesday (January 23) as the latest gaming laptop by the Chinese electronic brand. The new model comes with an integrated liquid cooling system by Cooler Master and is powered by a 13th Gen Intel Core i9-series processor along with up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 graphics. The machine is pre-loaded with Windows 11 Home and features a 16-inch display with 3.2K resolution and up to 165Hz refresh rate. The Lenovo Legion 9i packs up to 64GB of RAM and up to 2TB…

Michael Phillips | Chicago Tribune The British musician and filmmaker Jeymes Samuel wanted to make a biblical epic like “Ben-Hur,” with a side order of biblical-adjacent “Spartacus,” but his way. The result is the satiric/earnest/rollicking/mellow amalgam called “The Book of Clarence,” starring LaKeith Stanfield as a dope-dealing striver in 33 A.D. Jerusalem. The trailer looks like an action comedy, and it isn’t that, really, thought it contains both action (chariot street racing, gladiator bone-crunching) and comedy.…

Infinix Smart 8 India launch date, price detailsThe brand has confirmed that it will announce the Infinix Smart 8 in India on January 13th at 12 noon.The landing page reveals that the smartphone will be on sale on Flipkart after its launch.The phone will be offered in Rainbow Blue, Timber Black, Galaxy White, and Shiny Gold colour options. The Indian variant of the Smart 8 will pack a 50MP primary camera, instead of the 13MP available on the global variant.The Smart 8 is set to launch with a maximum of 8GB of RAM,…

The original Doom recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, making me feel quite old. As well as being an early blueprint for the FPS genre, id Software’s iconic shooter is also a popular modding playground. Sometimes, these mods harken back to even older gaming days. Modders Gokuma and Kontra Kommando have crafted a love letter to an absolute classic ’80s slasher film. Specifically, they’ve turned Doom into Friday the 13th. More specifically still, they’ve based it on the NES adaptation, turning the 1989 side-scrolling…

Redmi Book 16 2024 and Redmi Book 14 2024 have been updated for 2024. The updated laptops were launched in China on Wednesday alongside the Redmi K70 series of smartphones, the Redmi Watch 4, and the Buds 5 Pro. The 2024 Redmi Book models are powered by 13th Gen Intel Core i5-13500H chipsets paired with Intel Iris Xe graphics. They get up to 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM and up to 1TB of PCIe 4.0 SSD storage. The laptops also come pre-installed with Windows 11 and support Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.Redmi Book 16 2024, Redmi Book…

Lenovo LOQ gaming laptop series was launched in India on Tuesday. The laptops come with up to 16GB of DDR5 RAM and 512GB of SSD storage. The LOQ lineup is powered by up to 13th Gen Intel Core or AMD Ryzen 7000 Series CPU, with up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU. Lenovo also recently launched the Yoga Book 9i and refreshed the Legion Pro series with 13th Gen Intel Core and AMD Ryzen 7000 series in the country. Following are the price and specification details of the lineup.Lenovo LOQ 15 2023 price in IndiaOffered in…

HP has upgraded its lineup of Pavilion Plus laptops in India with newer CPU and GPU options. Targeting a younger demography of users, the HP Pavilion Plus 14 and the HP Pavilion Plus 16 now feature up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 graphics onboard. The 14-inch variant of the notebook is available in 13th Gen Intel Core i7 processor and up to an AMD Ryzen 7 7840H processor configurations. Meanwhile, the 16-inch HP Pavilion Plus laptop now gets up to 13th Gen Intel Core i7 processor.Both laptops sport IMAX-enhanced displays…