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Friday the 13th - Part 6: Jason Lives

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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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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.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
06/18/09
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

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.

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06/12/09
Jeremiah Kipp
Jeremiah Kipp
Slant Magazine
N/R

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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
N/R

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03/26/09
Variety
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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.

Full Review Source: Cinefantastique | comment Comment
02/14/09
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
Cinefantastique

Does Jason ever die? On with the franchsie.

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02/23/08
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com

Jason pretty much kicks ass

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02/20/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

It's kind of a nice film, and nice exploitation films are nobody's idea of a good time.

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09/12/07
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

No review available.

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11/25/05
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

No review available.

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08/16/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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.

Full Review Source: Juicy Cerebellum | comment Comment
07/25/05
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

Of note: Electricity will figure prominently in just about every Friday the 13th entry from this point onward.

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09/25/04
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
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09/21/04
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

No review available.

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06/30/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

The sixth installment in the thunderingly mediocre series features no nudity whatsoever. Surely this is an editing mistake.

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12/07/03
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

The best Jason until Jason X. Has a sense of humor and a good story.

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07/14/03
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
About.com

Possibly the best Jason movie, which admittedly isn't saying a whole lot. Great Alice Cooper theme tune.

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05/23/03
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times
N/R

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05/20/03
Caryn James
Caryn James
New York Times
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Easily the best of the series -- for what that's worth.

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04/16/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Please put Jason out his misery!

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09/17/02
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole
 
 
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