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Summary: Still a better movie overall than past F13 films.
Review: Let's get one thing straight: In Jason Goes to Hell, Jason does NOT go to hell until the very end of the movie. Unless you mean, "blown to hell," in which case he's blown to hell right at the beginning of the film. And that's sort of a summary of how Jason fans feel about this movie. You either love it for what it is, or hate it for what it tried to be. The ninth in the series of Friday the 13th movies, this movie tries to explain why Jason's an unstoppable killing machine. Apparently, a weird little two-legged demon lives in his heart, making him unstoppable. Jason is finally caught in a trap by the FBI, who use a female decoy to lure him into an ambush. The FBI blows him to pieces. The End. Well, not quite. The coroner examining Jason's remains is suddenly possessed by a strange urge to eat Jason's heart. That puts the demon into Mr. Coroner, who goes on a killing spree. He has but one goal: to reenter the body of another Voorhees. And Jason's sister is the first target. "Through a Voorhees was he born... through a Voorhees may he be reborn... and only by the hands of a Voorhees will he die." What, you didn't know Jason had a sister (played by Erin Gray)? Surprise! And his sister had a daughter. And her daughter has a baby too, which ups the stakes. This is perhaps the only movie to feature Jason the least, because, well he's just not Jason if he's not wearing a hockey mask and wielding a machete. Instead, this movie turns into a zombie flick. There are other characters of little consequence, but some are entertaining. The town of Crystal Lake has definitely gotten used to Jason being around - one diner makes Jason-style hamburgers and everything on the menu has something to do with the renowned serial killer. There's also Creighton Duke, played by Steven Williams. He's a bounty hunter who is hell-bent on destroying Jason. Why? Well, we're never given his motivation, although the audio commentary explains that Jason killed his girlfriend at Crystal Lake. Trust me, it doesn't impact the plot much either way. As Jason hops from body to body, Steven Freeman, father of Jessica Kimble's baby, risks life and limb to protect her. The climactic battle comes to a head at the Voorhees home, where the Necronomicon Ex Mortis from Army of Darkness shows up. Why? Because the producers thought it would be cool. When Jessica grabs what looks like an ordinary knife, it transforms into the spinal dagger from Evil Dead. Why? Because the producers thought it would be cool. Jason eventually does get his body back, by hopping into the corpse of his dead sister, Diana Kimble. So it's up to Jessica and Steven to fight Jason to the death. Why? Because the producers thought - you get the idea. This movie is a fan film. The producers were 23 years old at the time. The movie strives too hard to be original and only half succeeds, but it's a testament to how awful some of the other Friday the 13th movies were that it is still a better movie overall. Listening to the commentary, it's obvious that once the franchise moved to New Line they were giving it to any punk who was willing to direct it. Ironically, this gave the movie a huge amount of freedom and latitude to be very daring in a way a more revered franchise could never be. And of course, that freedom gave us the ultimate joke: Freddy Kreuger's clawed hand pulling Jason's mask down into hell. As the producers explained, it was a gag. They figured it was possible to have both villains face off since New Line owned the rights to both Jason and Freddy, but there were never any plans to film a movie between the two titans. Once that scene played, however, Freddy vs. Jason became a possibility. So we owe it to a couple of kids for planting the seed that would eventually germinate into the superior Freddy vs. Jason flick. They get props from me for having the balls to stick into their movie. That, and the fact that two props from Evil Dead are in it.
Rating: 
Summary: What a STUPID movie!
Review: Next to "Jason X" this is by far the worst of the series. I thought of Annie Wilkes from "Misery" while watching this. I remembered her rant about movies that "cheat". "Jason Goes To Hell" did exactly that by not giving Jason his screen time. Instead, he jumps from body to body and it is not as fun. Some other things I thought of while watching this: "Duke"- he seems to "know it all". How? Why is he such an expert on Jason Voorhees? The sickest part is that he has the answer to killing Jason for good, but unless he gets his "price", he will allow more people to die. He also is allowed to mouth off to police officers (in the diner) and get away with it. Who cast "Steven"? How is a nerd like that with big geeky glasses the leading man? When the sherriff (Jason) attacks Mrs. Kimball and she shoots him, to escape, she tiptoes right over him- even though there is plenty of space in that huge living room. Funny how Steven is able to use his hands perfectly after two fingers have been broken. Just a few observations. This movie is a disgrace and is better left forgotten.
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Summary: Oh the humanity!
Review: Yet another entry in the hoary "Friday the 13th" series, "Jason Goes to Hell-The Final Friday," really had nowhere original to go. After sending our hockey masked anti-hero to New York where he seemed to finally perish after taking a dip in a toxic waste bath, the company who owned the rights to this franchise decided to sell their interest to New Line Cinema. The people responsible for running the Freddy Krueger/Nightmare on Elm Street series into the ground, New Line rubbed their palms together with glee as they contemplated all of the horrific ways they could do the same to Jason Voorhees. As I watched this movie, I couldn't help but think how far this franchise has gone in its twenty-three years of existence. Who among us would have thought that a low budget film about a killer at a summer camp would achieve such longevity? Moreover, who thought it would encompass such bizarre plot elements as sending a killer into space or to the deepest pits of Hell? O.K., they did give us Leprechaun and Hellraiser in space, but still-JASON? Well, before they sent Jason into outer space, they ran him through the paces here on earth in this absolute abomination of a film. I actually liked "Jason X," but this film, its immediate predecessor, stinks to high heaven. I wish I had never watched it. The plot of "The Final Friday" is cerebral novocaine, a plot so brain meltingly banal that it took all of my energies just to get to the end. Jason, miracously recovered from his dissolution in toxic sludge, reappears at Camp Crystal Lake briefly before the FBI blows him to bits in a carefully laid trap. The remnants of Voorhees turn up at a federal medical center where some poor dolt doing the autopsy is suddenly overcome by the "spirit" of evil--or some such nonsense, I cannot remember if the film made it clear or not--and promptly devours Jason's black, still beating heart amidst messy sprays of gore and flesh. Once this guy eats the heart, Jason manages to possess his body and continue on his merry flesh rending ways. That's right, folks; Jason Voorhees can now move from body to body, and of course he heads right back to Camp Crystal Lake for more mayhem. Apparently, our hero cannot exist indefinitely in other people's bodies; he must find a blood relation to inhabit so he can reassume his familiar form. Confused yet? Don't worry. It gets much, much worse as the film progresses. Enter Diana (Erin Gray), a waitress near Crystal Lake who, unbeknownst to her, is actually Jason Voorhees's sister. Diana has a daughter who happens to have a husband and newborn child, so blood relatives of Jason Voorhees are as thick as flies on honey around the man's old stomping grounds. Jason will soon seek out the baby as his best hope for returning to a world full of animated, featherless bipeds that squish when you whack them with a sharp object. Not content with trying to pass off this laughable, convoluted plot on an increasingly enraged audience, director Adam Marcus and his fellow travelers introduce a few other dumb characters. There's a slimy reporter attempting to ingratiate himself into the lives of Jason's descendants in order to get a scoop, some loudmouth, ultra stupid white trash characters running a diner near Crystal Lake, some cops, and a bounty hunter by the name of Creighton Duke gunning for the money placed on Voorhees's head. A lot of people die violently at the hands of whomever Jason possesses at the moment, but it's all done in a rather unoriginal way. The conclusion of the film, with the inevitable showdown between Voorhees and the good guys, simply reeks. By the time the credits mercifully rolled, I knew I had seen one of the worst films in the history of American cinema. That "The Final Friday" ever received a theatrical release is a crime against humanity. The only positive in this film is seeing Erin Gray again, still looking great in her fifties. Millions of men my age have rather vivid memories of this actress from her tenure on the television show "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century," where Gray usually appeared in a skintight spandex outfit with a plunging neckline. In fact, I credit Gray with helping me ford that difficult gulf lying between childhood and early adolescence. I wept tears of shame when I saw her appear in this pap. Fortunately, she saves herself from complete ignominy by dying early on. Gray helps the film, but not nearly enough. Everyone else is awful, especially Duke Creighton (Steven Williams), a character so loaded up with ersatz machismo that he comes off looking like a fool. What's with Duke's confrontation with Diana in the diner? Or the incredibly stupid scene in the jail cell where Duke will only provide information about Voorhees to one of the heroes of the film if he allows the bounty hunter to break his fingers? Creighton Duke isn't a tough as nails hero; he's a sadist. And we're supposed to admire this guy? The DVD version of the film does offer plenty of extras (unlike Paramount's releases of the eight preceding installments), including deleted scenes, trailers, a commentary, a widescreen picture transfer, and some other junk. There's even an option to watch an unrated version of the film, a version promising more gore than the theatrical cut. Is it gorier than the 'R' rated cut? Probably, but not as gory as many other extreme horror films easily available on DVD. In any case, the rest of the film is so bad that the bloodshed does nothing to save it. Give "The Final Friday" a pass. Believe me, you aren't missing much.
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Summary: Go To Hell and Stay There, Bee-atch!!
Review: After the abortion that is called "Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan", "Paramount Pictures" finally got the hint and stopped producing the "Friday" films. But, instead of letting the films drift in limbo & collect dust on video store shelves, the studio made a very stupid, yet profitable (of course), move by selling the future rights to produce movies in the series to "New Line Cinema" - home to Freddy Krueger. This is the major reason why this film and the other two installments don't have the title or subtitle "Friday the 13th" in them. Its also the reason why fans won't see flashbacks from earlier "Friday" films in future movies ("Paramount" still owns the rights to those earlier "gems". The greedy bastards.). With all of this said, this still doesn't save "Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday". Trying to take the series in a new direction "Jason Goes To Hell" does just that. Its an empty handed affair with no scares, or frights of any kind. Jason has returned to Crystal Lake & starts to prey on a young hottie (how in hell he got here is anyone's guess. Everyone who sat thru "Friday VIII" watched the poor bastard melt in a sunami full of toxic waste while crying for his mommie!). The whole ordeal is a trap set up by the FBI to take and destroy Jason. After Jason is blown up, his remains are taken to the morgue where the coroner is somehow possessed into eating Jason's black, beating heart (stop laughing). Now with Jason taking over the coroner's body he resorts to what he does best....needlepoint, learning the finer points of being a metrosexual, uh,wait a sec that's "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy". Jason resorts to what he - I think you get the drift. Its up to a magic dagger and Jason's family tree to send Jason to hell (no, really. That's the plot.) Basically, the whole film is one trailer for "Freddy vs. Jason". Avoid this film like a bad case of monkeypox.
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Summary: its a horror movie
Review: this is the best friday the 13th film ever who else wood like to watch it i mean eveyone you are all real because i have a dvd vcr and preton threres people in the theater and ill watch it for the hole month
Rating:
Summary: 3 1/2
Review: A good addition but another of my least favorites of the series, this was TOO serious and the plot was a bit on the corny side.. Good Ol Jason does a few kills here but it doesnt have the old school feel to it that later picks up in "Freddy Vs. Jason". Its a fun film but a bit weaker than the previous, What is good about this film is that it strives to be different and succeeds.
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Summary: The lesser of nine evils.
Review: Originally dubbed "The Final Friday", this ninth entry into the "Friday the 13th" series, the first for New Line, was anything but final for the series that grossed (and grossed out) millions. It pales as an entry in the long running series, but it stands as a decent and very campy horror romp that horror fans, and gore hounds, will want to revisit on occasion. Kane Hodder dons the hockey mask for the third time as the unstoppable Jason Voorhees, this time blown to bits in the first 5 minutes of the movie by an FBI ambush. As one might guess, this doesn't stop him. It is revealed that Jason is a demon, one that can inhabit other bodies, though can only live through another link in the Voorhees bloodline. His bloodline (inexplicably, he has family members) catch wind of this and set out to stop him. He is chased by a bounty hunter, the typical movie type that warns everybody but few listen. Most people think that Jason is dead (and celebrate this fact), but since the murders continue, a select few delve into the mythology and look for ways to banish him to hell once and for all. Jason himself, in his true form, is only in the movie for about 15 minutes. The rest of the time is spent with his "demon" (a large parasite-like worm) taking over other bodies. This being the case, it feels very detached from the rest of the series, and many true fans might be turned off by the change of venue, like many were with "Jason Takes Manhattan". The acting is actually decent for the most part, and the direction of Adam Marcus attempts to breath new life into a series that had run out of steam. The main problem, however, is the ambitious nature of the movie. Like the latter "Halloween" sequels, too much effort is spent trying to add an elaborate back story and the mythology is changed to suit this. Ultimately, when the formula of the series is strayed too far from, the movies invariably suffer. "Jason Goes To Hell" is no exception. While the kudos goes to the filmmakers for trying to cap off the series in style, it falls flat in it's attempt to explain a simple plot with overly elaborate subtext. Having said that, the shining moments are plentiful. The gore in this entry obviously benefited from the bigger budget, with easily some of the most gruesome murders in the series. The sexuality and nudity are also kicked up, keeping continuity with the rest of the series. While I found the story to be a bit of a letdown, the overall movie is entertaining, even if it doesn't fit with the other movies in the series. The New Live DVD is the polar opposite of the bare-bones Paramount DVDs, with some nice supplements. Similar to the latter issues of "Jason X" and "Freddy Vs. Jason", this DVD has some nice extras to reward the fans. The most notable of which is the commentary with Director Adam Marcus and the screenwriter, Dean Lorey, and they handle it with plenty of self-deprecating humor. But it is not a novelty commentary, since they are serious about the movie and their love for it. The topics discussed range from the technical details to the fun trivia facts that fans of the series (like myself) gobble up. The disk also includes both the R-Rates and Unrated version. Though the time difference between the two is a little over 3 minutes, they feel very different. The Unrated version is obviously the one to go for. "Jason Goes To Hell" is a fun horror movie, despite the faults in it's attempt to change the Jason mythology. I liked it better when he was that evil boy who punished naught teenagers, and it's a bit hard to accept him being a demon. But with it's gore and excessive campiness, it still holds true to many of the conventions of the series.
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Summary: HELL CAN'T CONTROL HIM!
Review: Jason Goes To Hell is one of the best additions to the series. Now everyone says he isn't in this one either, but he is, in spirit. He does everything that Jason would do but in a different body. People are fickel, 'cuz they wanna see a guy in a hockey mask, turn on ESPN. Jason still killed the victims, but there's no getting that across to most people. They needed a way to end the series and set up Freddy Vs. Jason, I'd love to read a script from ya'll that's better.
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Summary: It's my least favorite in the series, but it's a good film
Review: Like it's been said a hundred times before, Jason is in this movie for a very short amount of time, kind of like Boba Fett in the original Star Wars trilogy. So of course to hard core Jason fans such as myself, this is a letdown, however, this film does belong in the series and has some positive points. The red-headed agent who lures Jason into the kill zone in opening sequence is HOT! Great nude scene as she's stripping for the shower. When Jason blows up it is a spectacle indeed. The poor guy doesn't know what hit him. Kane returns as Jason, but he also plays a security guard at the hospital. He gets killed by Jason's spirit as he possesses a doctor. Speaking of the doctor, the heart eating scene deserved an Academy Award. Another great kill was when he impaled his fellow doctor. So anyway Jason jumps from body to body as a slimy snake. Sure it's a little kooky, but then again we're talking about a boy who drowned as a young boy and is now an unstoppable killer. You can't look into this too much, if you want reality, slasher movies is not the place to find it. The restaurant slaughter was the highlight. Another cool concept was Jason's rebirth. His "snake" crawls between the legs of his dead sister. The bounty hunter was a ham from the get go and the hero was a nerd. Those are the low points. Any fool who will offer his fingers to a maniac in the next jail cell has got to be stupid to begin with. The final scene where Jason fights the hero was a bit labored. I mean Jason usually kills someone in less than a second, but he wrestles around with this guy inthe yard. We can only assume he's a little disorientated what with his new body and all. Do not ask me how he's born with his mask on though. The final scene with Freddy's glove was kind of cool. I know it raised a lot of questions, but it sure got everybody at Fangora talking. It's my least favorite of the series, but I can't slam a Jason film, he still rules.
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Summary: Not a bad movie but...
Review: Jason is only in the movie for a very short amount of time. I love these movies because of Jason, and I had a hard time dealing with him being in this movie for two short scenes. Some of the kills were pleasing, and there was plenty of gore, but it wasn't Jason doing the killing. It's just not the same. I don't wanna see some old fat guy do all the killing! I wanna see Jason crush skulls and split bodies in half! This was still a pretty good movie, definatly worth checking out.
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