Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

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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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Critics Consensus

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

Jan 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

Jun 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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Variety Staff

Variety

Mar 26, 2009

Writer-director Tom McLoughlin puts comic spin on some of the predictable material and turns in a reasonably slick performance under the circumstances.

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

3 days ago

McLoughlin presents a bold and inventive new direction as well as giving his audience the sort of gleeful carnage that they want to see.

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Eric Goldman

IGN Movies

May 11, 2026

7/10

The comedy is still an appreciated aspect of the film, and it's nice to finally have a Friday the 13th film where someone says they've seen enough horror movies to drive away from the scary guy in the mask standing in the road.

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Matthew Rozsa

Dread Central

Apr 7, 2026

4/4

"Jason Lives" is a movie that earns the right to urge viewers to rock out to its power ballad.

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Robert P

@Superbad 3 days ago

Jason Lives = A 2.5 star movie

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B P

@Bradster69 Aug 31, 2026

Not Bad, but Not My Favorite

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Alex B

@AlexBioni Aug 26, 2026

Where All the Megans At! This movie is so wacky and over the top, from the way Jason comes back to the paintball fight. Honestly, I feel like they could have skipped Part 5 and just made this one. I loved getting right to the point. There's no long setup. Jason is back and starts ending people. The James Bond opening wink was cute, and the violence is FINALLY here! The first 15 minutes had more tension and violence than all the previous movies. It still follows the formula with some random teen stuff, but I liked how this one played it out. It felt different enough from the previous movies while still feeling like Friday the 13th. I don't really understand how Tommy changed so much between Part 4 and this, but I guess it doesn't matter. It can be a little too tongue in cheek, but that's B movie horror. Some kills still cut away too quickly, which is frustrating. Overall, I honestly think this is the best one so far.

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Jason H

@RT50328122 Aug 1, 2026

Happy 40th Anniversary to the best of this series!

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diogo13 T

@Tua_mera Jul 11, 2026

O filme é chato mas tem piadas boas.

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Shadow R

@GeminiShadowRealm Jul 3, 2026

Driven by obsession, Tommy Jarvis goes to a cemetery to completely destroy Jason's corpse. Instead, a lightning strike accidentally reanimates the body, turning Jason into an unstoppable zombie. Tommy tries to warn the local police but gets locked up. With the help of the sheriff’s daughter, Megan, Tommy lures Jason into the lake, chaining him to a massive boulder to drown him where his story originally began. A fun, high-energy cast with excellent comedic timing and a great sense of self-aware humor. It features highly memorable, creative kills, including a spectacular scene where a victim's face is smashed completely through the metal wall of an RV. The standard "skeptical authority figure" trope is heavily used here, as the police stubbornly refuse to believe Tommy and choose to blame him for the mounting body count instead.

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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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