I'm curious if they can even do the series justice these days. The 2009(?) soft reboot had most of it right on paper (gory kills, isolated setting, GLORIOUS BREASTS) but lacked really relatable characters and was sloppy in how they showed Jason, there was little tension or thrills to him. The best installments really had sympathetic characters with a really basic framework to showcase their wants/desires set off with the "morality police" type kills as Jason works his way through the cast. Even the overall arc of his mom, to hobo Jason, to copycat, to zombie Jason (and ultimately to a kind of superpowered Jason) is a tough narrative to relaunch. Michael Myers has what, 2, maybe three different origin stories at this point, same with Leatherface? Freddy couldn't sustain a relaunch either and his best ending was a meta-commentary film anyway.
It was just a social situation that existed in the late 70's through the 80's that hasn't really been sustained. I think the Scream series really deflated the genre just like Austin Powers did to the spy thriller (Bond in particualr). Hatchet, Terrifier, those are just shades of the glory days of the slasher genre. I'm not sure where the "Series" should go, though making Jason a placid merchandising stooge is just sad.
I think there are some horror directors now though that could make a scary slasher film, hope they get a crack at it. I don't want snark, self awareness, or camp from the get go. I want early Wes Craven levels of brutality, titillation, and pure survival. Re-establish Jason as a force of nature before he is turned into a tiktok sensation.
