Remember when you were afraid to go in the lake at summer camp after the first time you saw “Friday the 13th?” Or couldn’t go to sleep at night because you thought Jason Voorhees was going to be lurking under your bed with a machete, waiting? Or wished your camp counselor looked like Kevin Bacon?

Okay, so maybe you didn’t experience any of those things, but we’re sure you have a story. Tell us at Blast about the first time you saw the original “Friday the 13th” for a chance to win one of 10 DVD copies of the new “Friday the 13th” film, hitting stores Tuesday June 16. Send an e-mail over to schwartz.t@blastmagazine.com for a chance to win one of these copies.

Comic-Con is only two short months away, and Gentle Giant, Ltd. is already whipping out some statuesque deliciousness for your collections.

Continuing with their Girls of “Star Wars” theme is an Oola mini-bust, plus Luke Skywalker and Ewok statues.

There also are some “Friday the 13th” goodies, which Gentle Giant said would be ready for shipping in time for Halloween ’09.

Comic-Con attendees can be sure to get a first look at some of Gentle Giant’s newest and coolest collectibles this July, and Blast will be there viewing with you.

Here is more information on their newest items:

Oola Mini-Bust at $59.99
License: “Star Wars”
Item Number: 12145
UPC: 8-71810-00757-8
Height: 6″
Release Date: Summer 2009

Oola Mini Bust

Oola the Twi’lek dancer and unfortunate slave to Jabba the Hutt. Dressed in fish net and leather, Oola was the star attraction in Jabba’s court. In the end, Oola refused to submit to Jabba’s will and met with a grizzly death at the hands of the monstrous Rancor.

Accurately detailed, hand painted to perfection and features real fabric fish net body suit. This 1:6th scale mini-bust is a limited edition that comes with a matching, numbered certificate of authenticity.

Luke Skywalker in Bespin Fatigues Statue at $145.00
License: “Star Wars”
Item Number: 9074
UPC: 8-71810-00155-2
Height: 12″
Release Date: Summer 2009

Luke Skywalker in Bespin Fatigues Statue

Luke Skywalker dressed in his Bespin fatigues and straight out of 1980′s “Empire Strikes Back.” With Light saber drawn, Luke will meet with the most difficult dilemma of his life when he learns the dark overlord, Darth Vader, is his true father.

This finely sculpted, film-accurate depiction of Luke Skywalker is cast in high quality poly-stone and features an injection-molded light saber. Strictly limited and hand-numbered with a matching certificate of authenticity. Comes fully painted and ready to display.

Wicket W. Warrick Animated Maquette at $59.99
License: “Star Wars”
Item Number: 11796
UPC: 8-71810-00758-5
Height: 4.5″
Release Date: Summer 2009

Wicket W. Warrick animated maquette

Wicket the Ewok gets the animated treatment in this stylized poly-stone statue. First seen in episode VI, “Return of the Jedi,” Wicket befriends Princess Leia Organa and helps the rebel alliance defend the forest moon of Endor from the attacking imperial forces.

Strictly limited, painted and ready to display, Wicket stands 4.5″ tall and is in scale with all of Gentle Giant’s animated “Star Wars” maquettes. Hand-numbered with matching certificate of authenticity.

“Friday the 13th” Jason Hockey Mask Ring at $15.99
License: “Friday the 13th”
Size 10 Item No: 11801
UPC: 8-71810-00748-6
Size 12 Item No: 80011
UPC: 8-71810-00753-0
Release Date:Fall 2009

"Friday the 13th" Jason Hockey Mask Ring

The iconic “Friday the 13th” Jason Voorhees hockey mask! Since 1980 Jason Voorhees and the “Friday the 13th” franchise have been slaying audiences worldwide.

This silver replica hockey mask ring comes in common men’s sizes 10 and 12. Made of a durable base alloy metal and finished with a high polish and custom antiqued accents.

Minimum quantity: 5 per stock-keeping unit.

Jason Statue at $145
License: “Friday the 13th”
Item Number: 10700
UPC: 8-71810-00495-9
Height: 7″ scale
Release Date: Fall 2009

Jason Voorhees statue

Jason Voorhees! With over 300 kills to his credit, it’s no wonder that the guy needs to sit down and take a break for a minute. Seen here in an outtake from the “Freddy vs. Jason” feature film; Jason sits atop his old childhood bed and reflects on”¦well simpler days. Note the sinister Freddy Krueger glove and trademark Fedora in the piece! A fantastic companion to Gentle Giant’s previous “Nightmare on Elm St.” statue.

This piece is hand painted and cast in a durable poly-stone material. Another strictly limited edition just in time for Halloween. Includes matching hand-numbered certificate of authenticity.

“Friday the 13th,” Jason’s Machete Pendant at $ 12.99
License: “Friday the 13th”
Item Number: 10705
UPC: 8-71810-00499-7
Height: 2″
Release Date: Fall 2009

Make a statement with the “Friday the 13th” machete pendant. Just in time for Halloween, this 2″ pendant is the perfect accessory for any horror fan. Based off the favorite weapon of slasher horror superstar Jason Voorhees. Made of base metal Alloy with inscribed “Friday the 13th” logo on one side.

The hardest kind of review to write is a review for a mediocre film. I didn’t hate “Friday the 13th” as much as I hated “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” and I certainly didn’t love the movie as much as I loved “Milk.”

It was exactly what you would expect from a horror movie. Disposable, yes. Fun, most of the time. With the jumping-scares? Yes. But the movie simply is not the grindhouse masterpiece that the earliest “Jason” movies were.

I’m not familiar with the endless parade of late-in-the-series Jason films. Jason in Hell? Didn’t see it. Jason goes to Space? Didn’t see it. The gimmicks used in the movies started to seem to me like Earnest movies. I wonder how long it was going to be before “Jason Saves (ruins?) Christmas” was going to be the next fast-tracked entry into the series.

So I’m glad they rebooted it, and I’m glad they gave us pretty much exactly what we wanted out of a Jason movie: Abandoned summer camp, sex, boobs, gore, inventive kills (some of them) and dickish fratboys who die painfully.

And yet, well, since the filmmakers just gave us exactly what we wanted, I felt like there was something lacking. Nothing surprised me.

That’s not true – one thing did surprise me: the black guy didn’t die first. He died rather late in the movie, which never happens in these kinds of things.

What was good about the movie? God, the kills. Some of them were just perfectly over the top. The two best: One with a sleeping bag, and one on a dock. The dock kill more or less perfectly represented the horror trifecta, too: tense waiting (you could count the one-two-three beats before Jason dispatches his target), blood, and, of course, breasts. The crowd ate that scene with a spoon, too.

I read a review of this movie in which the critic lamented that the best kills came earliest in the movie, and the rest of the thing is spent with the “plot.” This is true: You can go into the movie, leave before the title card shows up (easily a good 10 or 15 minutes into the film) and have seen one of the most intense, scary, taunt slasher movies made in a long while.

This is because it’s only a few minutes long, and it goes through the same slasher genre tropes the rest of the movie goes through (a second time). The prologue, however, does the slasher genre so much better than the rest of the film. It’s like seeing a movie and its sequel back to back, and having the denigrated quality of the sequel thrown that much more into relief by the absolute badassness of the first film in the series. Everything my companion at the show and I were talking about came from the first ten minutes of the movie.

The movie, for me, was saved by the audience. They, like me and like you, knew exactly what they were getting into. They jumped, they screamed, they laughed — at all the right moments — and although what we were all experiencing together was basically junk food, that was the movie we were all jonesing for.

Don’t go expecting quality, and only go if you know there will be an audience that loves this type of movie. Otherwise, don’t waste your time.