Friday the 13th: The Series - Season 1-3

I bought the entire series on DVD after only having seen a handful of episodes on the Chiller channel and I personally felt it was worth it, especially since the price was so reasonable for the pack with all three seasons and the quality of the product is high (more on the actual product below). Very fun show and some episodes truly are creepy. The formula for most of the run is more or less the same which I guess some people might feel is a flaw. There are some episodes that don't follow the formula exactly but for the most part it's the same so I don't really binge-watch the show.If you are the type who picks at everything like "that would never happen" or "that is so unrealistic" then I would not bother with this show. It is not meant to be realistic and in real life none of this stuff would happen, Micki and Ryan would not really be able to get away with interfering in police business, etc, etc. This is not a series to be taken too seriously or to be taken for more than what it is.As far as the quality of the actual DVDs and packaging: the DVD sets are high quality with good and solid packaging--all discs are on separate clips and do not overlap (you don't have to unclip one to get to another) and the cases are solid (more like they were when DVDs were first made, unlike the crap cases they make now). The discs have simple menus and there are a few special features (nothing overly exciting). My only complaint is that there is no "play all" feature which, in my opinion, completely sucks to not have.I have heard other people complain about the DVD transfer being only so-so and looking too much like it did when it was originally on (wow!) and there have been complaints that there was no digital re-mastering done for the DVD release but come on--this is a TV show from the 80's so it's going to look a little old and fuzzy just as it looked back when it first aired. I personally have no issues with the transfer. It's fine with me and in my opinion it looks as it should--like an 80's horror anthology show. I like that it looks old because to me that just adds to the feel, but not everyone shares this opinion so I will advise that if this is a big selling point or factor for you then do not purchase the sets. Being that we are talking about Paramount and Friday the 13th it is not likely that there will ever be a Blu-ray release or a spiffed up edition of the show. This is it.If you enjoy 80's movies/TV and like horror and anthology style shows then this should be an ace-in-the-hole for you! Happy watching. :D

I was torn between giving this DVD collection 4 or 5 Stars. This TV show probably won't meet the standards and expectations of many, but I figure anyone who is seriously considering this item for purchase is likely already familiar with Friday The 13th The Series. The show is over 20 years old... it is what it is... in terms of quality and value, I feel it's worthy of a good solid and fair 5 Star Rating. I'll just make a few additional comments.Currently Amazon's price tag on this item is $90.99 (a savings of $11.48 over buying the 3 seasons individually). It's really not a bad price for 72 episodes (17 disks). One thing you should know is this is NOT a fancy boxed set. There is no collector/storage box or extra DVD full of special features. All this is are the show's 3 individual complete season boxed DVDs, all taped together and sold as a "pack".As for the show itself, it's practically timeless! Yes, the special effects are cheesy, the story lines are a bit corny... but the show was from 1987-1990. I was in Junior High during that time, and used to watch it with my grandmother, so for me there is a certain sentimental value in watching these episodes again. Oddly enough the show doesn't really seem "dated", EXCEPT for a few minor, but distracting things: All the casual smoking. The lack of cell phones. And the music was TERRIBLE (mostly because they didn't pay for the rights to any commercially popular music... you get what you pay for, and in this case, it's crap).It's been fun watching the episodes in the order they were broadcast because there is a very subtle sense of continuity with the back story of the characters from episode to episode. This is something I never really picked up on before as the show was syndicated, and many of the episodes I caught in re-runs. Also, I never fully understood the transition from Ryan to Johnny at the end of season 2 and start of season 3. Now I get it! It's easy to see how Friday The 13th The Series didn't survive season 3. As effect technology slowly improved, the stories didn't. It lost its charm... BUT, it was good while it lasted, and I have no regrets at all in spending nearly a hundred bucks on this set.