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Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood

Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Friday The 13th Part 7. Kane Hodder's Jason debut!
Review: With horror movies, the filmmakers have to be really careful with sequels, keeping them fresh, new, and full of surprises. This time around, they accomplished that very goal pretty well.

Jason finally meets his match in this outstanding, extremely popular sequel; Tina, a girl with the ability to move objects with her emotions, uses this power to keep Jason at bay.

When Tina was a child, she killed her father at Crystal Lake with these very powers, accidently.
Many years later, Tina returns to Crytal Lake for treatment of this trauma with her Doctor, Dr. Cruise... but he's only out to exploit her gift.

Mourning the loss of her father even more now, at the sight of the lake, she attempts to revive him with her abilities, but she has no idea that Jason Vorhees too, is at the bottom of the lake, drowned by Tommy Jarvis in the 6th sequel. Accidently, she revives Jason, and once again, continues his murderous rage at Camp Crystal Lake.

Replacing the previous Jason actor, the legendary Kane Hodder makes his first appearence in a Friday The 13th film, and blows all other competition away. He's bigger, badder, and more brutal than any of the others and has become an icon for Jason fans. The makeup effects in this film are some of the best you'll EVER see in a Jason film. Incredible. Jason looks cooler than he has ever before.

One gripe about this film is the lack of gore. This entry into the series went through the most cutting and editing than any of the other sequels. However the death scenes still manage to be clever (wait until you see the infamous vicim-in-sleeping bag scene)!

Another whine would be the DVD. While the video and audio are good, you'll be again, disapointed with no special features.

I would definetely recommend this movie to horror fans. Especially Jason fans, and newcomers to the series.

DVD SCORES
Video - 4/5
Audio - 4/5
Special Features - 1/5

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Best!!!!!
Review: THIS IS THE BEST ENTRY TO THE SERIES KANE HODDER FINALLY TAKES ON THE ROLE OF JASON.I WISH THAT HE HAD PLAYED JASON ALL ALONG HE IS THE BEST.ANYWAY THIS IS THE BEST SINCE PART 3 DEFINATELY WORTH OWNING.SO BUY IT NOW YOU'LL LOVE IT.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A very entertaining FRIDAY THE 13th, one of the best.
Review: Jason versus a mentally disturbed teenaged girl with psychokinesis (when her emotions are at their peak and focused).

Jason is a stalking murduring menace, but he starts gets his butt kicked in various ways when he begins to stalk [angrily towards]this teenage girl (that's when her psychokinesis kicks in).

It's fun to watch. Jason is perplexed as he's getting "his butt kicked" via psychokinesis after pushing this girl's emotions to their limit.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: JASON GETS CHALLENGED IN THIS SO-SO SEQUEL
Review: Today, I got up early in the morning to have my breakfast and then head over to the DVD store to get FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 7 - THE NEW BLOOD on DVD.

This film is ONLY satisfactory but this is still a watchable film. First off, when released theatrically on Friday May 13, 1988, the director (John Carl Beuchler) fought with the MPAA as the film had to be cut to get an R rating. Despite that, this film did well at the boxoffice and packed in moviehouses because of the reputation and the ending of JASON LIVES.

This film, though not an original concept deals with Tina Shepherd, a young girl with telekenetic powers accidently wakes up Jason from the waters of Crystal Lake. An accident the girls' therapist wanted to have happen. This is a so-so sequel with above average special effects with a little less gore than usual. The "gore" ended up on the cutting room due to fights the director had with the MPAA.

This film also meets a littel controversy. With the cuts that had to made to the film when theatrically released, people and fans of the series were hoping to have the film released "uncut" on DVD. People on the fridaythe13thfilms.com website created a petition a few months back with the support and help of the films' director to release the film "ucut" on DVD. With the release of this DVD today, everything has fallen on deaf ears as Paramount Pictures don't consider these films as "important" films. Every murder (15 in all) were all cut, there were a bit more dialogue pieces (as if anyone would care about that) and a teaser ending whenre Jason jumps out of the water and grabs a fisherman who is on the dock fishing for fish. Maybe one day, an "uncut" version will be released but I don't think that would happen until all eight films are fully turned over to New Line Cinema, the owner of the films and its' franchise.

The DVD cover is certainly better looking than Parts 5 & 6 but it still looks terrible. The menu board and disc design looked pretty good. The back cover is even more hideous. I was happy with the widescreen transfer. There were some shots that appeared more dark then others and some areas, I was able to see some red, around the scene where Tina's mom and Dr. Crews are running from Jason. Other than that, there are not too many blemishes on this DVD transfer. I was disappointed with the 5.1 Digital Mix as the dialogue couldn't be heard that greatly and there were some nice sound effects but the films intro credits music score was neuseating. It felt like being "gonged" too many times on the Gong Show. Headache. The "crunches" were nice but sounded like someone was taking bites off a Crunchie bar.

As for extras, my gosh, there is absolutely nothing "extra" on this DVD. Like "extras" are just another one of those four letter words to Paramount. That is such a shame. Paramount is the worst when it comes to extras as there are usually "none" provided in most of the films it has released. So much for a 90th Anniversary.

This film is worthy to have for hard core Friday / Jason fans. The release of this DVD is better than nothing and maybe, an "uncut" version of this film will one day be made available.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A must have!
Review: This is the best of the series.Jason looks his scarist with part of his mask being cut off by the boat propeller in part 6.His clothes looks ragidy and jason kills like a sereis maniac in this one.The women who play "Tina" and "robyn" are pretty

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The deleted scene would make it the best of the series
Review: I agree with others that this was one of the best of the Friday the 13th series. However, while the deaths were imaginative, and Kane Hodder was extremely impressive as a more menacing Jason, many scenes were cut so that they movie would receive an R rating. For instance, when Jason chases one girl out into a wood shed filled with various instruments of death, we never actually see the girl killed - only a scream and some blood on a wall. The director and special effects supervisor for the film both lamented the fact on other web sites that the most impressive visual, a girl getting an axe in the face, had to have almost all of the scene cut to get an R. "The dummy's eyes wiggled when the axe went in."

Yes, gruesome and gory, but isn't that what we're paying for? I think this DVD would be a 5-star one if Paramount would just add the deleted scenes back in.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Jason vs. Carrie
Review: That's exactly what it is. This seventh installment was the best since Part 3 because it actually added something new-a girl with telekinetic powers. This makes a great confrontation when she faces Jason who really gets it bad. My favorite of the series.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: THE BEST PART EVER(VII)
Review: I THINK THAT FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII:THE NEW BLOOD,IS
THE BEST PART EVER MADE IN THE FRIDAY SERIES. IT'S
KINDA LIKE PART X(JASON X). I LIVE IN NY AND
IM THE WORLD'S BIGGEST FRIDAY FAN.THE SPECIAL EFFECTS,
THE MAKE UP,THE FIGHT SCENES,LOTS OF ACTION,THE REALISM
WAS UNREAL. I WISH THAT PARAMOUNT NEVER SOLD HIM(JASON).
PARAMOUNT MAKES THERE MOVIES REALISTIC!!!!!!. NOW THAT
NEW LINE HAS HIM, ITS GETTING TO MUCH. FOR PARTS XI,XII,XIII
THEY SHOULD PUT HIM BACK ON CRYSTAL LAKE WHERE IT ALL

STARTED, AND END IT ONCE AND FOR ALL. KANE HODDER IS A PERFECT JASON. MAYBE ONE DAY I COULD PLAY HIS ROLE, I'M 6'3 JUST
LIKE HIM.I HAVE EVERYTHING(THE WHOLE SUIT). YOU WOULD NOT
BELEIVE IT. AT AGE 47, KANE'S DOING FINE, BUT YOU CANT
PLAY THE ROLE FOREVER. I WOULD LOVE TO PLAY HIM. I WIIL HAVE A PIC OF ME PLAYING HIM ON THE NET SOON. WHEN YOU SEE IT,
EVEN KANE WOULD NOT BELIVE IT! CANT WAIT FOR PART VII
TO COME ON DVD. I HOPE THEY DONT CHANGE THE BOX COVER LIKE THEY DID FOR PARTS V AND VI. IT LOOKED STUPID. KEEP THE ORIGINAL
COVER IT WILL SELL MORE. I LOT OF PEOPLE WERE UPSET WHEN PARTS
V,VI CAME OUT WITH NEW COVERS, PLEASE PUT THE ORIGINAL COVER
BACK ON. OTHER THAN THAT,PART SEVEN IS STILL THE BEST,
THE BEST PARTS WERE: PART IV, PART VI AND PART VII THEY
ALL LOOKED REAL AND HAD GREAT KILLINGS. THE SPACE THING WAS OK, BUT A LOT OF FANS DIDNT NOT LIKE THE STORY. THE NEW LOOK IS COOL.
NEED HELP IN A SCRIPT LET ME KNOW....

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Blood and Gore.!! -Suffers; -Low budget. !!
Review: This is the best ever.. -Out of the series I've seen.
But this still suffers; -Low Budget; -Problems. -At
last; -their is a; -"Friday the 13th." -Movie. -With
lots of blood and gore. -Better then; -Part 3, -4, -5.
6. -Part 6. -Was; -a tad ridiculous. -Stupid. -It did

not had the indepth that; -Part V. -Gave two; -The
"Final Chapter." -What happen two the cute blonde
attendant at the Looney Ben.? -That was the real
problem; -four; -Part VI. -1986. -I herd this is

finally be release in; -September. -Let's hope it
does. -The series may fall flat on it's roats.?

But; -This; -"Carrie." -V.s. -Jason." -Subject is
really excellent. -I think; -Lar Park Lincoin. -Terry
Kiser; -are really wonderfull here. -Yep. -The
insinity of the little girl. -Tina. -Drowning her
own father did not gives a back story why her
Telenkinises Powers do that. -We se; -Tina.

A, -Teen; -By; -Lincoin. -Heading off two Camp
Crystal Lake with her mother. -She has doubts
that the hole thing was an ancident. -So she
and Cruise; -Study her. -She cry's out her
father after their Arguement. -Then; -She
resurrect her dead father. -No. -We get the
Hockey Mask. -Killer; -Voorhees. -Play by

Kane Hodder. -Once again. -We see the old fashion
but different kind of; -Body count. -Their are; -17
Killing's. -This acheives a lot better then; -IV.
the musical score by; -Mandfredini. -Molin. -Is
superb. -It puts back all the visiuals of all
the sequel's I'd watch in the past.

But; -I refere; -you watch; -"Carrie." -From
Stephen King. -Brian De Palma. -And; -this one
two better understand why the two power full
beauty's, -have the same; -Powers.

The Script is perfect. -So is; -the cast. -The
director must be confuse as times as he watches his
body count.

Any way; -This sequel; -I really consider on buying
I can't weight two by; -Part VIII. -With this.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: "Finally, the best Jason there is -- Kane Hodder!"
Review: This film marks Kane Hodder's outstanding reputation as Jason! In my eyes, Kane Hodder is a Jason legend, no one could, can, and will ever be as good or better than him at Jason. The plot goes like this, a telepathic girl, Tina, accidentally kills her dad when she is a little girl, and now, as a teenager, she is sent to Camp Crystal Lake with her mother and her Psychiatrist, Dr. Cruise, to see if they can clear up Tina's telepathy. When she tries to use her psychic powers to bring her dad back, she accidentally brings Jason back instead! After that, all the mayhem begins, as Tina and her mother begin to discover that Dr. Cruise isn't all he's cracked up to be. I give this a 5/5 because we are finally presented with Kane Hodder, the most outstanding Jason you and I will ever see (and if Mr. Hodder is reading this, it ain't no lie), and this is actually a creepy Jason movie. First of all, each time Tina has a hallucination of Jason killing someone, it comes so suddenly that it just startles you! And, Jason looks very demonic and ugly, and is very mean and looks more dead this time. Directed by John Carl Buechler, with the infamous Kane Hodder as Jason, Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood delivers spectacular thrills and chills, and a little bit of humor to toss into the mix! So, I recommend this one by a longshot! If you want TRUE Jason masterpieces, watch parts VI, VII, VIII, and X (you all know which one that is).


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