Written by James M. Tate / 1/12/2016 / No comments / franchise , horror , ron palillo , sequel
UNDERRATED FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 6
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year: 1986 |
After witnessing Jason Voorhees slaughtering a gaggle of partying teenagers, young Tommy, a creative tyke into making his own monster masks, was locked up in a nuthouse...
Thus causing what's possibility the most lackluster and unmotivated venture of the series, A NEW BEGINNING, which gave the kid, grown into a disturbed teen, a sustained male lead in a franchise previously featuring a revolving door of sole-surviving starlets including Adrienne King, Amy Steele, Dana Kimmell and Kimberly Beck. But in Part 6: JASON LIVES, Tommy is no longer passive or crazy... In fact, he wants some payback...
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"I'd rather be in the back of the class." |
Written and directed by Tom McLoughlin, there’s a terrific balance of hardcore violence and tongue-in-cheek camp humor. Speaking of which… this is the first FRIDAY where the location, no longer called Camp Blood but now Forest Green, actually harbors children (including a "precious" little girl who's not annoying) instead of just teenagers and twenty-something counselors preparing for the real thing. And it’s not just horny jerks and their girlfriends making up Jason’s hit list. Along with, later on, several police officers, a band of clumsy Weekend Warriors, donning paint ball guns, provide a dinner salad for the main course.
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Ingenue Jennifer Cookie |
Last but not least, the acting is above-par, including good girl Megan played by Jennifer Cooke… who believes the falsely-accused Tommy isn’t lying about this legendary Jason fellow… and especially Megan’s hard-nosed sheriff father. David Kagen has a score of character actor credits, and his energetic input, also including a cameo by GHOST baddie Tony Goldwyn and Tommy himself, Thom Matthews, leading the way with intrepid monotone and even sounding like Corey Feldman on occasion, makes this particular 13th rise above the forgettable slime of latter installments. JASON LIVES, indeed!
RATING: ***1/2
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