Hey there campers and welcome to Camp Forest Green! Yes that right Camp Forest Green, Jason is dead & buried (Not for long) and the camp’s changed it’s name to try and put the past behind them, but do you really think Jason would let that happen? Would he hell!
Jason is brought back to life after Tommy Jarvis digs him up to see for himself that he’s really dead, After thrusting a metal pole through his heart but oh no! It gets struck by lightening and brings Jason back to life! (Yes really).
So now we have a zombie Jason who is stronger than ever and more full of rage than he was before. This was the start of the film’s decline in both quality & box office success. It also has one of my irritating parts of the movie industry, a different actor playing a character we already know. John Shepherd refused to come back and play Tommy Jarvis for religious reasons so he was replaced by Thom Mathews.
The film isn’t the best of the series, but it’s also not the worst (that is yet to come). With Jason being stronger the kills are more “in your face” and actually more laughable if I’m honest.
But honestly if you’re just looking for something to watch without using any brain cells then this is the film to watch. It was the start of fatigue in the slasher genre, people were starting to get sick of the same thing over & over, not just with “Friday The 13th” but the whole slasher genre.
It’s worth a watch for a good laugh, it has one of the worst sex scenes in Horror history which really is hilarious, but if you want Brutal Jason then you got it.
The film also has one of my favorite lines in the franchise: “I’ve seen enough horror movies to know that any weirdo wearing a mask is never friendly.”
Miscellaneous facts about the film:
Melanie Kinnaman, who starred in Friday The 13th: A New Beginning as Pam, actually signed on to reprise her role for this film. However, the producers decided to go in a new direction for this film, which excluded Kinnaman’s character.
Director Tom McLoughlin took home some props from the movie including, Jason’s tombstone (which is sitting outside of his house made to look like Jason is buried in his yard) and his casket (which sits in his house). The DVD box set includes a scene where he shows off these props at his home.
The hands of Tommy Jarvis opening Jason’s casket were actually director Tom McLoughlin’s hands.
The original script contained material that alluded to Jason’s father, which, to date, remains the closest the series has ever come to shedding some light on the mysterious character. In the script, Pamela’s headstone was next to Jason’s; a reference to the fact that somebody paid to have Jason buried, which would explain why he wasn’t cremated as the mayor said in Friday The 13th: A New Beginning; and a final scene in which Jason’s father visits his son’s grave, seemingly aware of the fact that Jason is not inside. These scenes were never filmed, but they made it into the film’s novelization.
During the scene when the campers are in bed, you can see an issue of Marvel’s Power Man and Iron Fist, with a guest-appearance by El Aguila.
After becoming a born again Christian, John Shepherd did not want to reprise the role of Tommy and the role went to Thom Mathews.
Actress Kerry Noonan (Paula) later went on to audition for a film titled “Birthday Bash” in which killer “Ethan” goes against a girl with telekinetic powers. While auditioning, she asked the producers, “Hey, is this Friday the 13th? I was already in one of these!” She was right. “Birthday Bash” was the fake-working title for Friday the 13th Part Vll: The New Blood and “Ethan” was the pseudonym given to Jason in the scripts in order to protect the films from press during pre-production.
To keep the film’s storyline a secret, the production was given the fake title “Aladdin Sane”, both as a pun (“a lad insane”, referencing the storyline of a mental patient pursued by a killer) and in keeping with the series’ tradition of using David Bowie song/album titles as fake names.
There are numerous references to other horror movies and/or people connected with them. Included are when Megan Garris (Jennifer Cooke) references a Cunningham Road, which is a reference to Sean S. Cunningham, director of Friday The 13th and creator of the series; Tommy Jarvis (Thom Matthews) mentions a grocery store called Karloff’s; an homage to famous horror actor, Boris Karloff; Sheriff Michael Garris (‘David Kagen’) mentions a town called Carpenter, a reference to filmmaker ‘John Carpenter’, director of Halloween and creator of that series. The name Sissy is a reference to Sissy Spacek, who starred in the Stephen King horror film Carrie. Also the little girl, Nancy, seeing a monster in her dreams is a reference to A Nightmare On Elm Street.
This is the only time in the series, other than the prologue in the original “Friday The 13th”, that there are actually children visiting the summer camp.
The first and only “Friday the 13th” film (including New Line Cinema’s three “Jason” films as well as the 2009 remake) which features absolutely no nudity, though there is a sex scene.
The first film in the series to feature Jason being shot.
Hey there campers and welcome to Camp Forest Green! Yes that right Camp Forest Green, Jason is dead & buried (Not for long) and the camp’s changed it’s name to try and put the past behind them, but do you really think Jason would let that happen? Would he hell!
So now we have a zombie Jason who is stronger than ever and more full of rage than he was before. This was the start of the film’s decline in both quality & box office success. It also has one of my irritating parts of the movie industry, a different actor playing a character we already know. John Shepherd refused to come back and play Tommy Jarvis for religious reasons so he was replaced by Thom Mathews.
But honestly if you’re just looking for something to watch without using any brain cells then this is the film to watch. It was the start of fatigue in the slasher genre, people were starting to get sick of the same thing over & over, not just with “Friday The 13th” but the whole slasher genre.
