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Summary: Jason's back with a new story, so kick back and watch him!
Review: Now, now what did I Tell you? This movie left off where the final chapter did. The little boy slaughtered him until he died.
Then after years pass, the boy gets older. Then has a dream that
2 men with a machette dug up Jason's body. Then he comes to life and kills them. And head straight for the little boy. Then all of
a sudden murders go on. I guess his dream came true!
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Summary: Wayne Gretzky from Hell returns!
Review: This one deals with Tommy ( the little boy from the previous installment of the series) is now growned-up and being haunted by memories of Jason Voorees, now a killer wearing a Hockey Mask goes on a killing spree and no it's not Jason Voorees but it's someone who thinks he's Jason.Very good sequel that has great bodycount and a twisted ending that will haunt you for days.
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Summary: One of the best in the series.
Review: This has (a) the most nudity, and (b) some of the most awesome death scenes in any of the Friday movies. Even if it's not actually Jason Voorhees doing the killing in this, that doesn't take away from the greatness of this movie. I could watch this movie a hundred times and never get tired of it. I think that this is probably the second best in the series. The first is the best, but this is a pretty close second.
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Summary: Besides a few saving graces, this is a dud
Review: While I hold Friday the 13th Part's 8 and 9 the worst of the series, A New Beginning almost comes pretty close. Most fans of the series will agree that this is the worst of the series for the sole fact that Jason is not the killer. At this point I will give the writers credit where credit is due by trying to put some actual originality into the series, but the storyline itself is ridiculous and almost laugh out loud hilarious. The ending of the film, while also searching for a bit of originality, is disappointing as well, but thankfully pretty much all of A New Beginning was ignored in the next installment Jason Lives, which restored the fun the series had had in previous installments. This is where the MPAA really began to step in, and while some of the murders are creative and violent, there is hardly any blood and almost no gore. The acting is horrendous (even for this series), the only bright spots being Corey Feldman (who originally played Tommy in Part 4, my favorite of the series) making a cameo in the beginning of the film, and a small role by Return of the Living Dead's Miguel Nunez. This is also one of the newer DVD releases for the series, and just like the other films, there are no extras to be had at all, yet it is at the full list price. Thanks Paramount. All in all, A New Beginning could have been much better if more thought had been put into it, but unless your a die hard fan of the series (you all know who you are) then you should skip this.
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Summary: Is There A New Sheriff in Town?
Review: After the last installment of the Friday the 13th saga in which Jason Vorhees met his fate at the hands (and the knife entrenched in those digits) of a young boy by the name of Tommy, we find ourselves again confronted with another dilemma of hockeymask-wear, machete-toting proportions. It, however, is an oddity of sorts, because the looming [problem] may or may not be everyone's favorite dismemberer. See, Jason found himself resting comfortably in the ground after that little stint, actually thought to have been cremated to avoid any unfinished conclusions, while Tommy finds himself in the care of psychiatrist after psychiatrist that can't seem to erase that bloody stigma from his mind. Still, since he's almost "come of age" and seems to have overcome some of the woes associated with his ordeal, his doctors have decided that he must once again learn to function as a "normal human being." Therefore, they decide to place him in some special, small town interactive type of therapy unlike any other the state has to offer; one complete with the ability to make your own rules, coexist in the ways you want to coexist with other deranged members of your little commune, and wander without the restraint of guards. This seems to be a good thing, too, until one killing triggers a domino effect in that fragile setting and the members begin falling one by one to the wayside. Of all the Friday the 13th installments, this and Jason Takes Manhattan (#8) are my least favorites, and with good reason. First, the Jason factor is barely within the movie at all, with the killer making a brief appearance toward the end and only working as a set of mysterious hands or a glimpse of boots in all the other portions of the movie. This was meant to add an air of mystery to the question of who could be behind everything and if Jason was really back, but it instead made the movie drag as [destruction] proved to be nothing more than a swallow imitation of Vorhees and his craftsmanship. Next, there is the matter of the deaths themselves and the relative bloodlessness of them, keeping one wondering how far the MPAA is willing to let a movie go at all. There are a few shallow renditions of demise that catch the eye, but most are hollow vessels that simply don't merit any acclaim. Next, there's the storyline that works pretty well with its ending, but that disappoints one expecting something of a Jasonlike effect to play out after everything is said and done. I'll give the writers some credit for trying, though, but the end product simply didn't pay off. This, combined with a few other, less stomachable elements like the acting involve, washed away briefly by scant scenes ...before the horror ensues, and the way a child gets to play a role in the conquest of a legend are simply too much for me to bear. If you've kept up with the series thusfar, then you might want to see this simply to remind yourself that you did like the other installments more than you previously thought. You might also want to see it to see the torment that the victimized hero of the 4th movie is going through, plus you do get a little flavor of the waters of doom. That said, however, you do have to be prepared for some psychological pain to set through the whole ordeal in order to get the punchline, and this is one devoid of even the cheesy humor I've grown to love in some of the previous/later dances played with demise. Personally, I'd say avoid it like the plague if its at all possible.
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Summary: A New Beginning of Fear
Review: A New Beginning is not a really good installment of the saga, on account that jason is dead. On the other hand there are still some good qualaties to this installment. Tommy is back but in a different actor, new weapons such as garden tools and chainsaws, and the return of the everless gore, and the hockey mask. The story though is not bad, haunted by the events in the Final Chapter Tommy is sent to a sort of group home where he still haunted by the hockey-masked killer in his new form. This edition isnt scary at all. In fact there isnt one time where i went eww. This one has a new quality such as comedy and other sorts, but never reaches up to its potential and fails to make a space in the Thriller/Horror section. Although this wasnt bad and I have seen worse.
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Summary: MOVIE COULD'VE BEEN DONE BETTER!!!
Review: It's too bad I have to say this about a Friday movie,but they should of passed on this one and went to part 6.This part insults the fans of the series.Instead of returning with the real Jason, we get this ripoff.The only redeeming quality is the continuing story of Tommy Jarvis.The location is now at a mental instituion,where Tommy has been sent.A patient freaks out and kills another,with an axe.One of the paramedics on the scene, happens to be the long lost father of the victim.Nobody knows this fact at this point.This, somehow turns a regular human, into a killer with the same abilities as Jason.This story demeans the story of Jason.Some of Jason's uniqueness was lost, now that anybody who loses a family member,can become as powerfull as him.It would've been better if the killer had his own identity and had to fight the real Jason.Tommy seems to have picked up some fighting skills.It would've been cool if he fought fake Jason.After all, he's not the real Jason.The actors made me wanna put on a mask and kill them.The backwoods mother and son team, had me rolling on the floor.The scene, where the mayor yells at the cop, also had me dying.With the multitude of faults this movie has,it's still apart of Friday history, and in my collection.Watch it for cheap thrills.
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Summary: MY ALL TIME FAVORITE HORROR FILM
Review: This is my all time favorite horror film. Contrary to a very popular myth, Jason Voorhees is the killer in this film. The plot is very simple. Jason's body is destroyed and his spirit returns using the body of Roy Burns to continue his killing spree, while simultaneously haunting Tommy Jarvis, the boy who killed him in part 4. When Roy is killed Jason replaces him with Tommy, using Tommy's body to continue killing, thus leaving the door open for part 6. This film is not only the best, but it's 10 times better than the inferior Jason Lives.
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Summary: rent it before you buy it
Review: The only reason I would think that someone would look at the reviews for a Friday the 13th movie is that they haven't seen it. If you are one of those individuals that haven't viewed this movie, then please go to blockbuster, hollywood video, videotime, or what ever other video rental store you go to and rent this movie and the rest of the series. Why? Because the Friday the 13th series is not for everyone. The DVD doesn't have many extras, mostly just trailers and commentary, so if you buy DVDs for the extras, and not the exellecent audio and picture, buy the VHS version.
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Summary: Jason is dead!
Review: But someone's doing a pretty lamentable impersonation of him in this dull sequel. Hell, the impersonator isn't even truly revealed until the climax. Up until then it's just close ups of his feet and stuff like that. Plus everybody in this movie is killed and after about halfway thru you realize this so there is no more suspense. And some of these deaths even happen offscreen so there is just no point in them. And even more of the people killed have nothing to do with the killer's motive. So there's more pointless death for you. And what's with the ending? I'm glad Paramount ditched any ideas associated with this movie and started afresh with Jason again in Part VI. Tho I am not glad at this DVD. Once again it has horrid cover art. No extras outside of a trailer and the movie itself is censored. There is so much unseen gore in the Friday the 13th series. And we will never get to see it if Paramount doesn't listen to the fans. Friday the 13th Part V is presented in muddy looking 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen and thin, strident and brittle Mono sound.
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