Friday the 13th: The New Blood

Again Jason Vorhees (Kane Hodder who did his own stunts) lurking and killing teens and mask wearing executing uncountable body-count . The film begins with flashbacks from previous part ; then Tina Shepard (Park Lincoln) kills accidentally his daddy on the docks in Crystal Lake . Years later , she returns with her mother (Susan Blue) and a psychiatrist who wishes to exploit her . Then , Tina with her telekinesis (Carrie-alike) power rises Jason from under lagoon with fateful consequences . Jason does a cruel massacre on young people (the B-star Elizabeth Kaitan , among them) using axe , cleaver and his supernatural force.

This seventh following contains horror , suspense , terrifying scenes , grisly killing , shocks and lots of blood . The storyline remains similar happenings and characters as well as predecessor entries and successive chapters . The flick takes accent as the thrills and chills , as well as the guts , gore and blood . John Carl Buechler was so impressed with Kane Hodder when he ate live worms on the set of Prison (1987) , that he pushed for Paramount Pictures to let him cast Hodder in the role of Jason . Atmospheric and creaking musical score by the usual Harry Manfredini . The motion picture was middlingly directed by John Carl Buechler , habitual make-up craftsman.

Followed by ¨Jason takes Manhattan Part VII (1989), ¨Jason goes to hell : The final Friday (1993)¨ ,Jason X (2002, James Isaac)¨, the final chapter is ¨Freddie vs. Jason (2003,Ronni Yu)¨, where again Jason emerges from Crystal Lake and confronting Freddie Kruger . And in production ¨Friday, the 13th¨ by Marcus Nispel with Jared Padelecki, Danielle Panabaker and produced by Michael Bay . The tale will appeal to Friday 13 series fans.

Jason has met his match before, going down two-nil to Tommy Jarvis. However, this one is different! Her name is Carrie, but for some reason she uses the name Tina Shepard.

Camp Crystal Lake has been operating peacefully for years, ever since Tommy Jarvis chained Jason to the bottom of the lake. But, you see, in horror movies, any peace is bound to be interrupted eventually. Enter Tina Shephard. Years ago the Shephard family was on vacation at Crystal Lake, when Tina's father drowned under some bizarre circumstances. At the age of 17, Tina and her mother return to Crystal Lake with Tina's psychiatrist, Dr. Crews. Dr. Crews isn't what he seems, he is obviously more interested in exploiting Tina's psychic abilities rather than helping her. This isn't very important, because it isn't very long before Tina accidentally releases Jason from what should have been his watery-grave...

Yeah, this is your average slasher movie. All the characters are obvious stereotypes. Except for the sci-fi nerd sporting a mullet. I can honestly say I've never seen that before. Tina Shephard is basically a re-work of Carrie from... 'Carrie', but she is the films saving grace. Jason against a psychic made for a nice showdown. Other than that, I'm still wondering why people keeping going to Crystal Lake, only to be surprised when maniac wearing a hockey mask tries to kill them.

Apparently this was heavily censored. Kane Hodder makes a good Jason, and there are kills aplenty, but not much gore. Oh well, it had a nice musical score if that makes up for anything...

Not too bad entry in the series - 5/10

After Tommy Jarvis left Jason to rot chained at the bottom of the lake we thought we'd seen the last of Mr Voorhees, but no a psychic girl accidentally frees him and you know the rest.

That's right Jason Voorhees goes on another rampage indiscriminately killing more 20 somethings with very little story actually present.

This however marked the first time Kane Hodder took on the hockey mask and as ridiculous as it sounds you can really tell and new life is breathed into Jason.

Now rotted, chain around his neck and looking seven shades of undead Jason looks amazing and scarier than ever before. Sadly the death sequences in New Blood are more cutaway poorly constructed nonsense and considering this is the 7th movie in the franchise there really is no excuse.

New Bloods greatest weakness is the finale, the movie builds up to the final battle really well, draws it out into a lengthy encounter but then hits you with a moronic unexplained baffling twist just before the credits.

New Blood isn't bad and it marks a real turning point for Jason, but as a standalone film it's not the strongest part of the franchise.

The Good:

Jason looks amazing

Kane Hodder

The Bad:

Weak death scenes

Awful finale

Another Jason movie, ah yes,takes place years after Tommy Jarvis, and it seems like he's gone, guess again, a girl with telekinetic powers tries to get her dad back, but because she wasn't aware of her power, and didn't know how to control it properly, she accidentally brings Jason back, and oh no he's at it again. Well there's something you don't get everyday, man. Why did they put someone like that in? Someone who is like Carrie, please, Jason does typical murders, while she figures out how to control her powers, and tries to find out who is this Jsaon person. And the way she fights him is kind of pathetic, she just throws stuff at him and rips off his mask, can't she do something better, like smash him or send him flying to space? But then again that would be too weird, and it wasn't that exciting either. But I'll stop there. It did have everything else you'd expect in a slasher film, but I wish they could have done something else instead of a telekinetic person. Watch it if you're into it, or if you would still watch it even though it's like that.

Starts right off with the ending of Part 6 with Jason being chained at the bottom of Camp Crystal Lake (called Lake Forest Green). This happens years later (supposedly) and it's now called Crystal Lake again and everybody has forgotten Jason. A telekinetic girl named Tina (Lar Park Lincoln) goes there with her mom and doctor--she's having trouble controlling her power. There's also a house full of brainless horny teens nearby. Lincoln accidentally revives Jason with her power and he's up and around again...

So-so movie. The idea is good (Jason vs. Carrie) but the execution is pretty dull. There are changes from the previous film--that took a more jokey approach to Jason--this one doesn't. And the theme music is back (if used far too often). Also we see, for one of the few times ever, Jason actually MOVING bodies of people he killed! But where exactly does he get all these power tools? I actually laughed when he fired up a grass trimmer and went after somebody. BTW, the body count here is 15--8 girls, 7 guys. We also have the expected gratuitous female nudity.

This does have a great ending where Lincoln uses her powers against Jason...but it goes on too long and has a real stupid resolution. Still it moves fairly quick, it has a rare black couple and some good acting (Lincoln is very good and Kevin Blair (now Spirtas) is handsome, hunky and good also). Jason's mask comes off too and the makeup underneath is REAL gruesome and effective.

All in all an OK sequel but no great shakes.. I give it a 5.