Welcome back, here we are once again, Jason is still on the loose but this time people are starting to believe the legend of it all, but that doesn’t stop another group of teenagers going on a trip to a cabin in the woods that he stalks.

The casting is a-lot better in this film, the addition of a young Corey Feldman & the amazing Crispin Glover was a great move by the studio. also the script is a-lot better with the addition of the character Rob Dier (Erich Anderson) Who is looking for his missing sister and is afraid Jason has killed her.

With this film the story isn’t just focused on one group it’s a focus on a family and a group of teenagers, Jason is also aware of both groups, well these are his woods!

Once again the kills are brutal but that isn’t the main focus here, the film focuses more on the fear factor, the reactions of the people being terrorized and their fight for survival.

One thing I have to mention is the Crispin Glover dance, it’s one of the favorite parts of the movie for me, it has me in stitches every-time I see it! IF you don’t know what I’m on about then shame on you!

Once again the effects are amazing, with the return of Tom Savini, who only came back to  kill off the character he created. this was supposed to be the last “Friday The 13th” (Hence the title), I know I said that last time, but hey so did the studio haha.

It would’ve been a great end to the series, but money can bring any character back to life!

Miscellaneous facts about the film:

In one scene Rob Dier talks to Trish about his sister Sandra. Sandra Dier was one of Jason’s victims in Friday The 13th Part ll.

Takes place on Sunday the 15th, the second “Friday” film to not actually take place on a Friday at all. While the beginning with the coroners takes place during the night of Sunday the 15th, the rest of the movie takes place Monday the 16th and Tuesday the 17th being the climactic night.

Out of all the films in the series this one has the most nudity

During filming, actress Kimberly Beck experienced strange occurrences of a man watching her while she ran in the park, accompanied by strange phone calls at all hours. This stopped when production was over.

The house used for the Jarvis’ home is later seen as the Anderson home in the film In The Light Of The Moon where serial killer Ed Gein is apprehended.

Due to the production’s low budget, several actors had to perform uncomfortable or dangerous stunts, including Judie Aronson (Samantha), who was required to stay submerged in a lake in near-freezing temperatures, and Peter Barton, who was actually slammed into the shower wall when Jason attacks him. Ted White, who portrayed Jason, advocated for several of the actors, requesting that Barton be allowed to use a crash pad and threatening to quit when director Joseph Zito refused to allow Aronson to get out of the lake between takes. White and Zito ultimately developed a combative relationship on set, which culminated in White demanding his name be taken off of the film, calling it “a piece of shit.”

The strange dance Jimbo does at the party was contributed by actor Crispin Glover, and was based on the eccentric way he actually danced at clubs. On the set, he was dancing to “Back in Black” by AC/DC, as the scene was filmed. In the film, an edited version of “Love is a Lie” by Lion was dubbed into the scene.

After Jason actor Ted White finished his scenes for this film he went right on to film the movie, Starman. While on set for the nights filming a bunch of reporters were waiting to interview Jeff Bridges but he was unavailable, so Director John Carpenter  told the reporters to talk to Ted White about the film he just finished. After telling the reporters that he had just finished playing Jason in the new Friday the 13th film, the next day’s article was all about him, and that night numerous fans showed up to the set to see the actor that played Jason.

Peter Barton was talked into taking a role in this movie by Amy Steel who played Ginny in Friday The 13th Part ll

Camilla Moore actually read for the role of Samantha, but when the producers found out she had a twin they offered both of them roles as Tina and Terri.

Bonnie Hellman’s agents told her about a possible role in this movie, but then told her that she wouldn’t want to do it, because there were no lines. She ended up taking the role anyway.

In an attempt at Method acting, Lawrence Monoson decided that since his character, Ted, is smoking pot when he dies, he would try smoking pot for real in order to film the scene. He soon found that in his intoxicated state it was too difficult to concentrate on his scene.

According to Jason performer Ted White, Corey Feldman maintained a bratty attitude on set. Feldman maintained that it was due to poor treatment by director Joe Zito, and that when he attacks Jason with the machete, he was pretending that it was Zito.

According to Corey Feldman, the screams he made when Jason (Ted White) grabbed him through the window were genuine; he was truly terrified.

The moment with Jason’s hand moving in the morgue was done by Ted White after director Joseph Zito had called cut on the scene. However, the camera was still rolling and hence caught said movement, so it was included in the film.

The female hitchhiker was called “fat girl” in the original draft of the script.

The Rob Dier character was supposed to have high-tech equipment for tracking Jason, but the props for this looked bad and thus this idea wasn’t used in the picture.

Kimberly Beck stated in the Crystal Lake Memories book that she doesn’t like the horror genre. In addition she also said that this movie wasn’t even a B-movie, it was a C-movie.

Raz

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