Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives

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Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives

R

1986

1h 26m

Horror

Crime

Drama

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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Years ago, Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews) killed infamous hockey-masked murderer Jason Voorhees (C.J. Graham), and the intensity of the experience has landed him in a mental institution. To end his torment and achieve a level of closure, Tommy escapes from the hospital and heads to the graveyard where Jason is buried, intending to dig up the body and cremate it. But, before this total annihilation can occur, a freak electrical accident resurrects Jason from the dead, and the terror begins anew.

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Friday the 13th: Part VI - Jason Lives indeed brings back ol' Vorhees, along with a sense of serviceable braindead fun.

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Gene Siskel

Chicago Tribune

01/16/2013

0.5/4

The murderous Jason is back in the latest chapter of the most offensive series in film history, unless Burt Reynolds makes three more Smokey and the Bandit pictures real quick.

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Jeremiah Kipp

Slant Magazine

06/12/2009

2.5/4

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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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

09/25/2004

1/4

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

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 11

1/5

Even bringing back Jason Voorhees can't salvage this mess.

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Michael Gingold

Fangoria

May 16

This movie has bigger action to go with its more humorous bent...and Tommy’s quest adds an urgency to the scenes between kills that’s lacking in many of the other Jason adventures.

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Alan Jones

Radio Times

May 13

3/5

Cleverly mining the undercurrent of humour inherent in the gory series, McLoughlin makes sure Jason's roller coaster tracks are well-oiled and run smoothly in this vigorous, vivid and creepy instalment.

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Nicholas t

@nicktalbert2025 Jan 28

Jason,movie are terrible

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KEC O.

@byKEC Jan 18

Jason's love Jason's life what a ride. 9/10

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TheMovieSearch R

@TheMovieSearch Jan 3

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives is often labeled one of the stronger entries in a very rough franchise, but that praise comes with a low bar. While Jason Voorhees is an undeniably iconic slasher, the films surrounding him are largely bland and repetitive, and this installment doesn’t fully escape that problem. The screenplay is scattered and unfocused, existing mostly to string together kill scenes rather than build a meaningful story. Even if this film is more tolerable than some entries, it still follows the same tired formula: new characters arrive, get murdered, and are quickly forgotten. There’s little narrative cohesion beyond that cycle. A major weakness of the franchise remains its lack of lasting characters. Jason is the only constant, and even he wasn’t the original driving force of the story. Each film resets with new survivors, making it hard to invest emotionally. There’s no progression, just repetition. The direction reflects this lack of focus.

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Oaklee D

@ODie63 Dec 31

If we aren't already, we are nearing the peak of the franchise with zombie Jason.

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CJ CARECA i got gun T

@GabrielRODPereira Dec 25

Vou Ser Sincero Tirando o começo genérico e idiota da ressurreição de Jason O filme é divertidíssimo,cenas de morte ótimas Personagens não tão chatos Tommy Jarvis personagem memorável Um bom filme e o mais bem feito da franquia Tirando o primeiro

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CodyZamboni Z

@CodyZamboni Dec 3

Of the sequels, this is one of the better ones. It's the most professionally done, with a compelling story, It's exciting, With a nice sense of humor, Empathetic characters, A spunky lead girl, who mostly makes smart decisions. There are brutal deaths, with probably the bloodiest sequence in the series , With an inventive climax, no nudity, and impactful gunblast sounds,

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Synopsis

Years ago, Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews) killed infamous hockey-masked murderer Jason Voorhees (C.J. Graham), and the intensity of the experience has landed him in a mental institution. To end his torment and achieve a level of closure, Tommy escapes from the hospital and heads to the graveyard where Jason is buried, intending to dig up the body and cremate it. But, before this total annihilation can occur, a freak electrical accident resurrects Jason from the dead, and the terror begins anew.

Director: Tom McLoughlin
Producer: Don Behrns
Screenwriter: Tom McLoughlin, Victor Miller
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Terror Inc.
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Crime, Drama, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 1, 1986, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 6, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $19.0M
Runtime: 1h 26m
Sound Mix: Ultra-Stereo, Surround

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