This may be my favorite of the Friday the 13th series, mainly because of the winking, insider humor; it's almost like a precursor to Wes Craven's Scream ten years later.
Friday the 13th - Part 6: Jason Lives (1986)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:12
Rotten:11
Average Rating:5.1/10
Runtime: 87 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Tommy Jarvis (Thom Matthews), the boy who killed Crystal Lake murderer Jason Vorhees, is now grown. Jason is still dead, but Tommy, recently released from a mental health facility, needs to see... Tommy Jarvis (Thom Matthews), the boy who killed Crystal Lake murderer Jason Vorhees, is now grown. Jason is still dead, but Tommy, recently released from a mental health facility, needs to see proof. When he exhumes Jasons body to get a closer look, a series of events causes the masked killer to be reanimated, only to go on the rampage again! [More]
Starring: Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cooke, Ron Palillo, Kerry Noonan
Starring: Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cooke, Ron Palillo, Kerry Noonan, Renee Jones, Tom Fidley, Darcy DeMoss, Vincent Guastaferro
Director: Tom McLoughlin
Director: Tom McLoughlin
Composer: Harry Manfredini
Screenwriter: Tom McLoughlin
Producer: Don Behrns
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Reviews for Friday the 13th - Part 6: Jason Lives
While there's a superficial been-there-done-that, why don't-we-just-mock-the-whole-thing quality to this entry in the series, it certainly livens up what has become by this point a stale franchise.
Writer-director Tom McLoughlin strives to bend the familiar FRIDAY formula into a throwback to an earlier era of horror monsters. The results are mixed...but you have to give [him] credit for trying.
It's kind of a nice film, and nice exploitation films are nobody's idea of a good time.
Gives us a couple of good, self-referential laughs ... the film is probably the most enjoyable of the series, but it isn't the best.
Of note: Electricity will figure prominently in just about every Friday the 13th entry from this point onward.
The sixth installment in the thunderingly mediocre series features no nudity whatsoever. Surely this is an editing mistake.
Possibly the best Jason movie, which admittedly isn't saying a whole lot. Great Alice Cooper theme tune.
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