Disillusioned with a barrage of social media posts about Shout Factory's Friday the 13th Boxed Set, I tried to think of ways to share my feelings on the subject without just complaining or shitting on F13 fans ... In fact, I have no real problem with Friday the 13th, I just had no interest in giving more money to Sean Cunningham's company  for continuing to wring nostalgia from the teat of a franchise while trying to cheat the original screenwriter out of fair compensation. Suddenly, it dawned on me. Use the money that might have gone toward the boxed set and, instead, spend it on low budget, indie genre films! Brilliant! So that's what I did, and I decided to dub it #BYOBoxedSet (as in "Build Your Own Boxed Set"). It was a lot of fun, and I might do the same thing the next time a big viral boxed set gets popular! 


Please join me as I talk in more detail about this journey and my reaction to these films (some of which I have yet to see, and some I saw for just the first time). And please show these films and filmmakers some love!


Briefly, the movies covered include:

Pool Party Massacre by Drew Marvick (purchased from: https://poolpartymassacrestore.com/)
Junk Bonds: The Return of Junkbucket by Stephen Lange (purchased from https://www.hamiltonbook.com/junk-bonds-the-return-of-junkbucket-blu-ray)
Day of the Stranger by Tom Lee Rutter (available at https://darksidereleasing.com/store/darkside-video-store/#jp-carousel-2070)
Camp Killer by Shawn Jones (available at https://screamteamreleasing.com/collections/dvd-vhs-bluray/products/camp-killer-maniac-farmer-limited-edition-double-feature-blu-ray)
Maniac Farmer by Matthew Williams (available at https://screamteamreleasing.com/collections/dvd-vhs-bluray/products/camp-killer-maniac-farmer-limited-edition-double-feature-blu-ray)
The Night Sitter by John Rocco and Abiel Bruhn (available at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07W47CSCF)
The Barn by Justin Seaman (available at https://screamteamreleasing.com/collections/the-barn-merch-store/products/the-barn-blu-ray)
Exorcism at 60,000 Feet Chad Ferrin (available at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084FDZS3S)
Gravy by James Roday (available at https://www.hamiltonbook.com/gravy-blu-ray)
The Hills Run Red by Dave Parker (available at https://www.shoutfactory.com/product/the-hills-run-red?product_id=7376)