Unlike both horror remakes, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and The Amityville Horror (2005)—which were also produced by Bay, Form, and Fuller—it was decided that Friday the 13th would not be a period piece.
Till skillnad från The Texas Chainsaw Massacre-remaken (2003) och The Amityville Horror-remaken (2005), vilka båda producerades av Bay, Form och Fuller, bestämdes det att Friday the 13th inte skulle bli ett så kallat "period piece".