Stalked by his deadly uncle, Michael Myers, across America, John Tate enroute to New York gets lost in New Jersey and ends up stopping in Crystal Lake to ask for directions. He runs into Tommy Jarvis who is on the run from Jason Voorhees.  They both hide out in Tommy's cabin, only to be found by both maniacs at the same time. S ee Michael vs Jason in a brutal, bloody battle to the bitter end in FRIDAY THE 31ST.

WHY DID HE DO IT?

For the fans.  When I released "The Nightmare Ends on Halloween" back in October, I had no idea how popular it would get.  I especially didn't think I'd get so much feedback.  I was truly shocked.  People all over the world saw my little $300.00 movie, and actually liked it.  So, needless to say I was impressed.

After reading through all the threads - the ones in English - I began to notice how a lot of the fans kept asking if I was ever going to do a sequel- more specifically, "Would I do a Michael vs. Jason short?"  I initially said no.  I didn't know how to handle a story like that, but then, I started thinking and eventually I figured out the logic of getting these two iconic villians to meet.

But I was still lazy about it all, and didn't want to bother writing a script, so I put a small contest online.  I said if anyone was interested in writing a Michael vs Jason script for me- I'd make it.  I didn't receive too many entries, but from the ones I did get, I liked.  I chose Brandon Noel Keith's story.  We initially had a few story hurtles to overcome, but it didn't take long.

I gave Brandon guidelines to follow - what I wanted in the story, how it should be, and where it should go, and then, I let him do his thing.  When he was done, I went over the script and revised everything that I felt needed it and converted it from story form to actual script form.

WHAT IT TOOK?

"Friday the 31st" was harder yet easier than "The Nightmare Ends on Halloween" for a couple of reasons.  This time around, I only needed two killers instead of five.  I own the costumes already, and I had the whole thing planned out in my head.  The hard part was realizing that I still had no money yet had to get a lot of props and equipment.

I bought a new head for Jason because I knew we'd be seeing more of him, and the last thing I wanted was for anyone to look fake.  I also bought a real machete as well.  Authenticity is essential!  Don't worry- I dulled the blade.  Next up was Michael's kitchen knife.  I knew I could not use the last one since it was made out of wood.  This time around, Michael's knife was going to get some major action, so I bit the bullet and cut one out of actual metal.  (There was no other way- all real knives over 8 inches are up there in price).

Once I had secured my weapons, the next step was taking care of the stunts.  I knew I could not actually rocket my actor hundreds of feet into the air, so I built a Michael stunt dummy and sent him flying instead.

Next was the fight.  For this movie, I needed a real bad ass fight, not some silly hand / stab action.  I needed choreography - the works.  So I enlisted my buddy, Airon who plays Batman at Six Flag's Batman stunt show, and together we came up with a kick ass fight.

I wanted my audience to know that I had a good grasp on these characters, and it needed to show in my actors.  So I made Airon study Michael Myers for a solid month as well as Rich.  Together, they spent a week learning the fight so that they could do it with their eyes closed, and I think it shows.  Everyone did their job and did it excellently.