Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Friday the 13th VI: Jason Lives (1986, Tom McLoughlin)

Six is a good one. Paramount wised up after "A New Beginning" and decided to throw Jason back into the mix and the body count reaches new heights, to say the least. Also, they went and brought back the summer camp setting - complete with children this time! They didn't go the full mile and slaughter any of 'em, but I guess you can't have EVERYTHING.

Tommy Jarvis is out of the nuthouse and, despite being a whole new actor, is still desperate to dispose of the EVIL that is Jason Voorhees once and for all. So he and his whimpery buddy dig up J-Vo's grave and just before they're able to throw the gasoline on the maggot-filled lummox, a lightning strike resurrects the murderer, Frankenstein-style. At least Tommy had enough sense to bring the hockey mask along with him... You know, to burn that too. From there, it's pretty much your standard "Friday the 13th" formula. Jason leaving a trail of bodies in his wake as he makes his way to the camp grounds to kill off those pesky counselors.

The few notable kills include the triple beheading of a group of paintball playing yuppies (in one clean swipe of the blade!), a chick getting her head twisted off (not all that gory but still quite nice), and the whole mobile home fiasco which is certainly the standout scene. Other than that, "Friday 6" doesn't do much "new" with the franchise, but just offered up the return of Jason after copycat horse shit from "part 5".

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