Rating: R
Genre:
Horror
Theatrical Release: 08/01/1986(USA)
Release Date: 09/11/2001
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DDS
Run Time: 87 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Gore
Distributor/Studio: Paramount
This impressive entry in the popular
horror series brings back the relentless killer
Jason Voorhees, this time as a supernatural zombie.
Tommy Jarvis, now played by
Thom Matthews, accidentally resurrects
Jason when he impales the killer's corpse with a metal pole during a lightning storm. Numerous murders follow, beginning with
Tommy's friend (
Ron Palillo) having his heart torn out of his chest by the zombie killer. Implicated in the crimes by a mean-spirited sheriff (
David Kagen),
Tommy is freed from jail by the sheriff's daughter, spunky
Megan (
Jennifer Cooke). The cast converges on Camp Crystal Lake, which has been renamed "Camp Forest Green" by superstitious locals, in time for
Tommy to send
Jason back to the bottom of the lake, if only temporarily.
Harry Manfredini's score is among his best, and the makeup by
Martin Becker,
Gabe Bartalos,
R. Chris Biggs, and others is outstanding.
Cooke makes an appealing heroine as
Megan, although
Matthews'
Tommy has lost the interesting mental disturbances of previous entries and becomes just another bland hero.
Tom McLoughlin's direction is effective, and the film has a memorably funny supporting turn by
Bob Larkin as a grumpy drunken caretaker.
Alice Cooper sings the title song,
"He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)." Although no classic, this is a solid
horror film with a witty script and engaging characters.
Jason would rise again to face a telekinetic teen in the disappointing
Friday the 13th, Part VII: The New Blood.
~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
;)
