For what it's worth (very little), probably the best in the series.
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01/26/06
Friday the 13th - Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:2
Rotten:20
Average Rating:2.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: After an electricity from a torn cable revives him on the river bottom where his body lies, masked slasher Jason Voorhees stows away on a cruise ship carrying a graduating class of Crystal Lake... [More]
Starring: Kane Hodder, Jensen Daggett, Scott Reeves, Peter Mark Richman
Director: Rob Hedden
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Reviews for Friday the 13th - Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan
Taking the serial killer and putting him on a boat isn't the silliest thing you could do -- you could always send him to space.
10/07/09
Not only are the later Friday the 13th films distasteful, but they've become so repetitive that each sequel is duller than the last.
03/12/08
Not even remotely scary, and on top of that less than 1/3 of the film takes place in New York. False advertising, I say!
10/28/05
It's actually quite amazing that a film titled Jason Takes Manhattan never really takes place in Manhattan. At least the Muppets kept their titular promise to bite the Big Apple.
08/26/09
Utterly appalling.
11/13/03
No review available.
10/14/05
As shrink-wrapped slaying goes there is no equal and, until moviegoers demand otherwise, the uninspired trail of blood and body parts will continue.
01/01/00
Director Rob Hedden may have been onto something: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan, the series itself was always drowning in ****.
09/25/04
No review available.
08/16/05
We're lured in with promises of Manhattan mayhem, and all we get is more of the same stupid stuff.
11/29/03
As most people had already realized long before, Jason just wasn't scary anymore.
01/21/04
As most people had already realized long before, Jason just wasn't scary anymore.
09/03/02
No review available.
09/16/02
As Jason entries go, there've been worse, but...
08/26/02
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02/13/01
Among the passengers is a bright girl who's having visions of a drowning boy, her smarmy guardian, her concerned teacher, a boyfriend whose soon-to-be-late father is the ship's captain, and assorted high school stereotypes.
01/01/00
Even the finest Friday the 13th flicks barely qualify as actual movies, so it’s fairly clear where the lesser entries lie on the scale of quality.
07/25/02
Worst of the series, Jason doesn't really take anything.
02/20/08
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