Derek Mears stars as Jason, seen at left in his burlap phase, in Friday the 13th — Killer Cut.

New Line Cinema

Those not-so-happy campers are back at Crystal Lake to again meet up with the hockey-masked Jason Voorhees in the remake of Friday the 13th — Killer Cut (Warner, $28.98).

The 2009 version pretty closely follows the plot of the original scare movie, even opening with a flashback to the final moments of the 1980 film, although the camp at Crystal Lake is now in ruins. But Jason is still hiding in the shadows, wearing a burlap bag over his head at first, until he finds the hockey mask that was his stock in trade. After nearly three decades, the most noticeable differences between the two films are: a more extensive use of profanity, more nudity (topless water skiing, anyone?), racial diversity and drugs.

Inevitably, Jason turns up to begin mowing the cast down, after the victims explore eerie sites in the dark or deliver the line “I thought I heard something.”

Killer Cut, by the way, contains both the theatrical version of the 2009 film and a version that’s 11 minutes longer. Ah, of such things are nightmares are made.

Not to be outdone, Paramount has released “deluxe editions” of three of the previous films in the series — Friday the 13th The Final Chapter, Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives — for $16.99 each.

Race the Pacific

Eleven non-professional young sailors, including several with Rhode Island ties, take the sail of their lives in the biennial Transpac race from California to Hawaii in the documentary Morning Light (Disney, $29.99).

More than just a film about a sailboat race, Morning Light is really about the ability of the 11 sailors, who ranged in age from 18 to 22 and who didn’t know one another when they came aboard, to forge a team. At the start of the film there are 15 of them, whittled down to 11 after rigorous training sessions to select the best of the best. Among them are Jesse Fielding of North Kingstown, Charlie Enright of Bristol, and Robbie Kane and Mark Towill, who attended URI and Brown, respectively.

Some of the best footage comes from their training trials. It’s filmed excitingly and there are many ups and downs for the young crew, from heartache to high points, especially since four of them are slated to stay ashore and not take part in what would have been the grandest adventure of their young lives.

During most of the race itself, the tension is muted because the young sailors can’t see any other boat. At one point they do come upon a boat being sailed by an experienced crew, but after a bit of playing “tag” with each other, the other boat sails away on a different route to avoid a too-calm sea. There’s also a good deal of footage shot at night, resulting in dim images. Despite a rather anticlimactic ending, however, Morning Light gives a feel for the rigors and training necessary to take part in such a grueling sea challenge. If you’re a sailing enthusiast, or have thought about it, this is a must-see.

Also this week

Madea’s famous anger puts her behind bars in Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail (Lionsgate, $29.95); four friends try to survive by their wits on the mean streets in Dough Boys (BET/Paramount, $22.99); a group of teenage social misfits search for meaning to their lives in a small New Hampshire town in What Goes Up (Sony, $24.96); a group of losers plan a bachelor party deep in the English woods, but a medieval curse spoils their fun in StagKnight (Osiris, $19.98); a man returns after a decade to the brutal world of assassins to save the woman he loves in The Perfect Sleep (Magnolia, $26.98); a serial killer brings his victims back to life so he can kill them anew in The Cell 2 (Warner, $27.95); two boxers from different sides of the track meet in the ring in Harder They Fall (Lionsgate, $26.98); a teenager sets out to find her best friend who has disappeared following an Internet date in Elsewhere (E1, $24.98); a woman wakes up pregnant and fears something evil is in her womb in Born (Lionsgate, $26.98).

From TV

Available again for your home screen are: The Secret Life of the American Teenager (Disney, $39.99); Family Guy: Volume Seven (Fox, $39.98); Saving Grace Season Two (Fox, $49.98); Everwood: The Complete Second Season (Warner, $39.98); The Hunger: The Complete First Season (E1, $39.98); Best of Snoop Dogg’s Father Hood (Lionsgate, $14.98); Murdoch Mysteries (Acorn, $59.99); Sergeant Preston of the Yukon: Complete Season 2 (Infinity, $39.98); Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (Sony, $24.96); Burn Notice Season Two (Fox, $49.98).

For children

Tickle their fancies with Garfield’s Pet Force (Fox, $19.98); The Transformers: The Complete First Season 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory, $29.99); Barney: Sing & Dance with Barney (HIT/Lionsgate, $14.98); Thomas & Friends: Hop on Board Songs and Stories (HIT/Lionsgate, $14.98); Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases Volume 2 (Warner, $14.97); Care Bears: Tell-Tale Tummies (Lionsgate, $14.98).

Documentaries

The most successful electronic band ever is profiled in Depeche Mode — The Dark Progression (MVD, $19.95); a legendary jazz sensation is profiled in Billie Holiday — The Life and Artistry of Lady Day (MVD, $19.95); the shadowy world of international bribery is mined in Black Money (PBS, $24.99).

Classics return

Sony has restored scenes from Ben Gazzara’s debut film The Strange One ($19.94). In 1957 they were cut from the film, which is set at a Southern military school, because they suggested homosexual activity.

Criterion has a collection of classic and near-classic films in its Essential Art House Volume 3 ($99.95) which includes the films Ashes and Diamonds, Forbidden Games, The Hidden Fortress, Last Holiday, Laurence Olivier’s Richard III and Federico Fellini’s first film, Variety Lights. Each film is also available separately for $19.95. Criterion also has a remastered version of Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal ($29.95) and a documentary about the Swedish director, Bergman Island ($19.95).

The Holocaust drama The Diary of Anne Frank returns in a 50th Anniversary Edition (Fox, $19.98) with new bonus features.

Moe and Larry are reunited with Shemp in The Three Stooges Collection 1949 - 1951 (Sony, $24.96).

mjanuson@projo.com