A New Beginning, but a false start. "A New Beginning" was the 5th installment in the hugely successful "Friday The 13th" series of films, and by the time of release it seemed as if the world had tired of the slasher genre. Critics everywhere proclaimed this tight little horror flick as the worst of a bad bunch, but I beg to differ. I think this atmospheric movie is great. Not the best of the series, but still very good, that said, after the excellent "Final Chapter", the year before, any follow up would look a little uneventful. The story revolves around Tommy Jarvis (John Shepherd), who had put a bloody end to psychopathic killer Jason Voorhees' weekend of carnage, in the previous film. Tommy has never recovered from the horror of that weekend and has spent his teenaged years in various state institutions. Now Tommy has been relocated to a much more relaxed half-way house. So relaxed, in fact, that on Tommy's first day he is witness to the murder of one of the "guests". This triggers a series of nightmarish visions of Mr. Voorhees. But reality and nightmares become merged when a new spate of murders begin, all done with Jason's unique style. But is Jason really dead, or is someone else taking over the hockey-mask. I think that this film lost a lot when it was edited by the BBFC. But thanks to DVD we can finally get to see what the director wanted us to. And it's alright. So there. **** out of *****