Maybe even the most entertaining of the sequels, part VI is the last one to be good, and should have been the last one in general.
Like previous ones, there are some memorable scenes, and it is a lot gorier than the one before. Also, much more interesting kills. There are some funny scenes too, but not enough to be considered a comedy, which is a good thing in this case. Unlike previous few endings, this one was pretty good!
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ReelCheese10 June 2006From its spectacular, squirm-in-your-seat opening to its exciting finale, "Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives" delivers. Still haunted by his killing of the masked maniac two films ago, our hero Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews) ventures to Jason Voorhees' grave just to be sure he's really dead. When a lightning bolt strikes the metal fence post Tommy uses to puncture the corpse, Jason is resurrected (remind you of someone?) and ready to hack his way through another terrified group of campers and innocent bystanders. But with no one ready to believe that Jason is indeed back, it again falls to Tommy to put evil in its place.
The "Friday the 13th" series got back on track with this installment following a Jason-less fifth entry that remains a bitter disappointment for many horror buffs. Director Tom McLoughlin struck a magnificent balance between breathing a new life into the franchise and maintaining the look and feel of what fans have come to expect. The picture is fast-paced, smart and, at times, legitimately scary. Jason suddenly seems more evil and terrifying given his newfound strength as a member of the Walking Dead Club. McLoughlin's oft-praised attempts at humor are rarely successful, but at least he chose (wisely) not to mock the zombified star, as the most recent Jason films have.
"Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives" is not Hitchcock, but it is a highly-entertaining effort that never once reveals its low-budget limitations. Horror fans and those looking for a good scare will be pleased. -
drownsoda9029 July 2006"Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives" starts off pretty interesting. Tommy Jarvis, who is now all grown up, goes back to Jason's grave one stormy night to make sure the maniacal murderer is really dead and that he has no chance of coming back. He opens the coffin, and stabs Jason with an iron fencepost, which is then incidentally struck by lightning, which somehow revives Jason's body. Now Jason is back, alive as ever, and he continues his rampage of teenage slaughter in the forests surrounding Camp Crystal Lake.
I really enjoyed the opening of this movie. At least the writers made an attempt to revive Jason in a interesting way, rather than just have him randomly come back to life for more murders. Jason was presented as a more supernatural presence in this movie, which should've been well established way earlier, because no average human could survive all of the severe battle scars he's taken throughout the series. I mean sure, it is your run-of-the-mill "Friday the 13th" sequel, but this one at least tries to be something a little different, putting interesting spins on things.
There were also some pretty inventive murder sequences too, which isn't uncommon in this series. The director keeps Jason lurking in the shadows throughout the film, having him pop up all over, which, while a little unbelievable, is also pretty effective and good for a couple of scares. It's still a pretty silly movie in it's essential form, but all of these movies are, really, but this one manages to have a lot of strong points and not too many weak ones.
Overall, this is one of the better installments of the "Friday the 13th" series. And if you compare this to the pointless fifth installment, this film looks like cinema gold. While most of the other sequels are just cheap recycled stories of the other movies, at least "Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives" offers something a little fresh in the dulling series. 7/10. -
ryan-1007510 December 2020Great and certainly the best opening to a Jason film we are given a FRANKENSTEIN-like beginning from writer/director Tom McLoughlin. Tommy Jarvis (Thom Matthews) and his buddy Allen Dawes (Ron Palillo) go to the Crystal Lake Cemetery or rather the Lake Forest Green Cemetery being renamed to erase any memory of Jason Vorhees. There Jason is brought back to life, but now he is much stronger as he is like a zombie. Tommy then goes to Sheriff Garris (David Kagen) who puts him in the slammer believing what he is hearing from the boy doesn't make any sense.
No give or lulls in the action. In my opinion McLoughlin knew what the Jason fans wanted. My favourite Tommy Jarvis is Corey Feldman, but Matthews does a fine job as the older, more troubled Jarvis. They did sort of throw away certain elements of part V with Tommy like his need for meds and seeing Jason everywhere. In the end though you have to be ready to smirk at the story. Very meta, McLoughlin added more humour than any other Jason, and filled with some good laughs.
Since Jason (this time played by C.J. Graham) is back there are lots of kills and much more senseless murders. Unfortunately, it also adds to much more senseless sequels as this is the Jason going forward. The lumbering, never running, very big, but also not near as scary Jason.
If you felt dissatisfied with part V, I would say tune into this part as Jason is back and it is a really good return. One of the better entries in the series. Alice Cooper has 3 songs in the soundtrack including the title song "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)". Also starring Jennifer Cooke and Tony Goldwyn. -
Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives is almost a straight-up comedy. After five movies I suppose they just gave up on trying to scare people. The director and screenwriter have definitely planted the tongue firmly in the cheek for this installment. An example of the humor can be found when Jason decapitates three people in one foul swoop. There are a ton of little comedic touches like that which push Part 6 into horror/comedy territory. Return of the Living Dead alumni Thom Mathews has taken over as Tommy and does a fine job. Sadly, this is the last we'll see of Tommy and I believe that is a mistake. The character of Tommy Jarvis almost gives Jason a reason for killing. When they lose Tommy, the lose any meaning they may have had. Oh well, I should save those complaints for Part 7. As far as Part 6'es go, I enjoyed this one.
Best kill: The sheriff being bent backward. -
LebowskiT100017 November 2002I'm very glad they decided to stop messing around and finally make Jason a super-natural being! He was pretty much just a hard-to-kill human in parts 2,3 and 4 (and Jason wasn't even the killer in parts 1 and 5). So they finally decided to make this guy truly unstoppable!
I wouldn't say this was a very mind stimulating movie. This film was made purely for the fans! There is no real rhyme or reason to the film, it's just Jason running around killing people. I guess that's cool if that's what you want.
The cast was surprisingly good, some of the acting was sub-par, but what can you expect from this sort of movie? There is one cast member that I think really deserves some notice, Jennifer Cooke, a fine actress and quite the looker too. It was also a pleasant surprise to see a younger Tony Goldwyn ("Ghost", "Kiss the Girls", "The 6th Day") in a very small role in the film.
I didn't think this installment was anything spectacular, but it had some good stuff in it. Like I said above, the story is for the fans, so don't expect anything special. If you liked the previous Friday the 13th films, then go ahead and give this one a shot. If you didn't like the previous films, don't even bother. Thanks for reading,
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After the utter bust that was New Beginning the franchise finds its feet again and brings Jason Voorhees back from the dead starting a new chapter in his iconic rise to stardom.
Tommy Jarvis returns this time played by Thom Mathews (Who I can't take seriously after Return Of The Living Dead 1 & 2). Sadly it in no way explains his actions at the end of the last film, you'd think that'd be the first thing they'd address.
In a weird opening sequence Jason is resurrected and you guessed it, goes on a killing spree. Returning to Camp Crystal Lake Tommy seeks to end Jason once and for all! A blend of the early movies and the messy last chapter this is certainly a return to form even if it is nothing special.
With a dodgy opening sequence and daft closing scene the film is badly flawed but gets by with it's vintage Jason style killing action.
The Good:
Some interesting kills
Undead Jason > Living Jason
The Bad:
Weirdly comedic in places
Doesn't explain what happened since the last film
Ridiculous opening
Not that well made in places
All this recasting for the lead is very damaging
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
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DustinRahksi16 February 2013This film is overly comedic, but feels more satisfying than part 5. Now at the beginning of this film I could tell something was wrong, Tommy is a completely different person, he is no longer quite and secluded. Not to mention what happened at the ending of part 5 somehow didn't get incorporated into this, I think they just chose to ignore part 5.
This film is pretty over the top, with the writing and some of the deaths. One death has a guy getting his arm ripped off and then being flung into a tree, leaving a bloody smiley face imprint. There was a lot of pointless kills, but I'm not complaining. This film is one of the bloodiest in the series, there is a cabin actually painted in blood, that was awesome. There's a scene where a guy looks at the camera and starts talking to it. The film is treading old water with bringing back the camp counsellors. The final act at the camp looked absolutely beautiful, the woods, cabins, lighting, leaves falling, it all looked great. Great atmosphere during this part. There was one freaky part where Jason is looking through the window into the kids cabin, imagine if you actually saw that. My biggest complaint was the Tommy character, I prefer part 5's Tommy better. I also find it strange how the lead actress is so excited and cheery all the time.
The film is enjoyable, I still think the first four parts were the best, but this one is pretty fun. -
ThomasBleedPHD20 July 2015The Friday the 13th series has a lot of movies under it's belt. Most range from "bad enough to be good" or "entertaining despite it's flaws" while some titles fall into "just plain bad" territory (A New Beginning, Jason Takes Manhattan and The Final Friday.) But for the most part, this franchise has been surprising competent for the number of films it's put out. It's ratio of good to bad entries is about 9- 3.
"Jason Lives" however, is easily the best standalone film of the series. (I'm not counting Freddy vs Jason because it's a crossover.) It pretty much sets the standard that a Friday the 13th film should strive for.
The plot is pretty standard fair, Jason running around in the woods killing teenagers and tertiary characters while a pair of moony-eyed protagonists try their hardest to stop him. What makes this movie unique is that it's the first one where Jason is "undead." Making him nigh-invulnerable to conventional weapons and totally impervious to pain. He shrugs off gunshots and stab wounds, smashes his way through walls and tosses people around with relative ease. Jason becomes a sort of hulking, lumbering Frankenstien-type monster. Probably why he was revived with a lightning bolt in the intro.
Complete and total '80s slasher cheese, this movie is an absolute blast for people who enjoy these kinds of films. This movie in particular features a touch more comedy then previous entries. Lots of goofy '80s comedy stuff and clever little one-liners. But the funniest moments in this movie, surprisingly, come from Jason. His dull, blank reactions to everything around him are hilarious. His slow head turns, his blank stares, his long pauses. It's like he's constantly saying "Are you serious?" in his mind before he kills someone.
But what really surprised me is that I ended up liking the other characters in the movie. The protagonist, the love interest, even the one character I really hated got a great moment near the end and I actually felt bad to see him die. This movie hits the mark perfectly. It's everything a Friday the 13th movie should be. If you're only ever going to watch one of these movies in your life, this is definitely the one. But you really can't go too wrong, so long as your one movie isn't "The Final Friday."
8/10 - The most Friday the 13thiest Friday the 13th movie ever made. -
ODDBear25 September 2005Jason gets revived by a lightning (hmm...that's original) and wakes up really angry and a lot of innocent bystanders get to feel his wrath. It's up to Tommy Jarvis (again) to take a stab at disposing of Jason.
After the horrible 5th entry this one comes as a real treat. Old Jase is back and the Friday series are back on. Little more humor this time around, which annoyed many but I dig it. The movie's brutal and very violent but not as gory as the first four films and that's a miss. The music is pretty good, with that Alice Cooper song in the end credits a nice touch.
All in all, a solid Friday sequel which knocks the socks of part 5 and entertains fans of the series. -
evanston_dad17 October 2007Halfway through this woeful installment in the "Friday the 13th" series, a grave digger, who's discovered that the grave of Jason Voorhees has been dug up (by none other than Tommy Jarvis, being played by yet a third actor), looks squarely at the camera and says, "Some people have a strange idea of entertainment."
Thus, this "Friday" movie is doomed by a self-referential sense of humor that decides to make a sort of action hero out of Jason. In the opening credits, he walks out James Bond style on the screen and whirls his machete like a gunslinger twirling a pistol. Tee hee, isn't that funny?
These movies are horrible, but I've always derived a level of satisfaction from making fun of them. So if they start making fun of themselves and take even that morsel of entertainment value away from me, what's left? This episode doesn't even include one gratuitous nude scene, and gore hounds will be sorely disappointed at how un-gory the whole thing is.
Thanks for digging up Jason, you stupid bastard, and unleashing yet another series of remedial sequels on us all.
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ivo-cobra824 September 2017Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives is my all time number 1 favorite film of the franchise. It is one of my personal favorite horror movies. This movie is the bomb this movie is the best horror slasher 80's movie in my opinion. They don't make movies like this anymore. I really wish that Hollywood would make movies like this one today. This movie has everything I just love to death from the setting, from the music from the actors just everything it has in here.
Tommy Jarvis goes to the graveyard to get rid of Jason Voorhees' body once and for all, but inadvertently brings him back to life instead. The newly revived killer once again seeks revenge, and Tommy may be the only one who can defeat him.
Thom Mathews is the best Tommy Jarvis in my opinion I love this actor so damn much he is so underrated. Tom McLoughlin resurrected Jason Voorhees and he made so damn good job the best film he directed and writing it. I just love it so damn much. Jennifer Cooke was great as Megan Garris and she was likable I love her so damn much in this movie. I love David Kagen as Sheriff Garris he grow on me he gave 100% of him. I love Kerry Noonan as Paula she had the most heart in this movie. I love Tom Fridley as Cort seriously he looks like young Johnny Depp in this movie. Whole cast is serious and does excellent job I love everyone in this movie. I love Bob Larkin as Martin on the graveyard I love his lines "Some folks sure got a strange idea of entertainment." I love the actor so damn much in this movie.
I love the graveyard the scene that was filmed in this film I love C. J. Graham as Jason Voorhees he is excellent as Jason I love him so damn much on the screen. He gave 100% of him, oh he didn't? Yes he did! It was so joy able to watch this movie in Thursday that I was jumping from excitement so much I love this movie.
I love the songs from Alice Cooper who performed the songs for this movie I wish Alice Cooper would have been extra in this movie. He was extra in John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness which he produced and sung the song Prince of Darkness. I love soundtracks from this movie: He's Back (The Man Behind The Mask) the best song ever. I have heard the song many times. Teenage Frankenstein and Hard Rock Summer are the best soundtracks from Alice Cooper. The Song Animal is the best song from the movie I am listening I loved it. I have so fun with this movie the best of the best.
I love the kills, "even if it has humor on it" what humor? I haven't seen any humor in the movie but I saw a great slasher film that's what I saw. Martin Becker made special effects and he was great I love practical effects in this movie I love good kills.
This movie has Jason walking around like a Terminator from the first film we even have a Deputy Colone (Vincent Guastaferro) aiming with Dan Wesson Model 15-VH with a big laser sight on Tommy in which Megan use the gun either. It see similarity with these movie and with The Terminator from the 80's. The resurrection scene for Jason is excellent made given these movies I can go with it. I love the James Bond homage in the opening credits. This movie felt a little bit more like a movie from the Halloween franchise with Tommy and company going after Jason and that is probably why I loved it.
I love the final climax showdown between Tommy and Jason on the lake set on fire in the climactic scene in the boat. Tommy is attacked in a boat in the middle of the lake and ties a boulder around Jason's neck to trap him. Jason fights back, holding Tommy underwater long enough to drown him. I love the sacrifice scene from Tommy that he sacrificed him self and he chained Jason in the lake which he belong. Tommy is a bad-ass in this movie is my action hero.
I love this movie to death I love everything about this movie it is my number 1 favorite Jason film. This movie also has action I forgot to mentioned but it has ton's of action it is great entertaining action horror film.
This movie get's my favorite Bad-Ass Seal Of Approval 10/10 the best Friday the 13th slasher movie ever I love it to death. They aren't movies like this one today we don't have them anymore. -
baumer26 August 1999When I first saw the poster for the film, I was excited. It is a great atmospheric poster with its dark colours and the mask emanating light from it. I was also excited about the title. Jason Lives, that means that they are bringing him back to life and Roy will stay dead. Now, if only the film could have been as good and creepy as the first four, it would have been a great film. As it stands, this isn't as good as the first four but it kicks the hell out of the last three. So what we are left with is a passable entry in the series.
Jason comes back to life via Frankenstein tactics, which should make him even more powerful. And there are scenes in here that would support that theory. One being when one of his victims is bent over backwards and gets snapped in half. So his brutality is still alive and kicking quite nicely. But what this film is missing is the "feel" and the "texture" of the first four. And to be honest I can't really put my finger on it, but there is just an intangible missing from the sixth episode that was so prevalent in the first four. It's strange though, this film does a lot of things right. It has Jason lurking mysteriously in the background and it uses some decent shots. But it just wasn't that scary. It was entertaining and humorous and that is fine, but I don't want to see a funny Friday the 13th, just as I don't want to see a funny Nightmare On Elm Street.
The way Jason is killed in this one is actually quite good, because we are now starting to get into the folklore of Jason. What makes him tick and what can kill him. Having Tommy research the method of death is a good way to go. It's just too bad that they didn't just leave it alone after that. Or better yet, if they actually wanted to make a Jason Goes To Hell, have them go back to their roots and use the techniques that scared us back in 1980-84. Because now Jason is just a pale replica of what he once was. He hasn't quite eroded in this one, but he is coming close.
Friday VI is not a bad effort, it just could have been so much better. But hey, we will always have the others on tape. -
mentalcritic20 September 2004and for that, I am eternally thankful. By the time the FT13 franchise got to six episodes, it was plumbing such depths that it couldn't even bring a memorable kill to the table. Like the previous five films, part six recycles so many plot elements from each other, and other, more creative films, to the extent that one can forget which episode they are watching after a while. Part six doesn't even try to be original. It's a simple case of Jason getting resurrected, killing a few people, then getting killed again.
Even the kills are not unique enough to be fun anymore. We've seen it all before, and the other staples of the FT13 series have been stripped back to such an extent that they cannot compensate. The sex quotient of this episode basically consists of sticking the camera in the female lead's lap, and the actors are wooden enough to make Keanu Reeves seem expressive.
Speaking of the actors, they're an irritating bunch this time around. It's no easy task to be a secondary antagonist, but the whole "where the red dot goes" exchange, among other things, just turns one off the characters in an instant. It might have worked if there had been some setup, or moments when the characters don't seem like complete bastards, but sadly, the makers neglected to add this to the script. The most developed character in the entire film is Jason himself, and given that his entire backstory was developed in the first two episodes of the franchise, that's not saying very much.
As an experiment, trying naming the ways in which the cast are killed off during this episode. I can only remember one, and the manner in which it was realized does not make it all that interesting. I'm not even sure that I'm remembering something from another episode and transferring it to this one. Believe me, this episode needs all the help it can get.
Not surprisingly, the cast of this film have never acted in anything that could vaguely be described as above this level before or since. As a further exercise, try naming anyone who acts in this film. It's like trying to name the cast of a menswear commercial. That basically summarises the entire film. It is a waste of eighty-six minutes of your life, from which you will literally remember nothing, even if you watch it as part of a group.
I gave Friday The 13th Part VI a one out of ten. I felt that I was being generous. -
ehosh24944 April 2002I love the Friday the 13th series, and after watching them all countless times over the years I have to say that Part 6 is my all time favorite, plain and simple, it is just awesome. Tom McLoughlin (he did another favorite of mine, One Dark Night) does an excellent job directing and really piles on the atmosphere (the opening shot of the misty forest is creepy) and Thom Mathews is the best actor to play Tommy because he is very heroic, attempting to save the lives of those around him and trying to kill Jason once and for all. Jennifer Cooke is appealing as the blonde (aren't they always blonde?) lead girl and CJ Graham's Jason is, plain and simple, awesome. Full of thrills, action, humor, gore murders, and Jason, what more could you ask for? This one is the best, no doubt about it.
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Tweekums10 January 2019In Part Five the viewer wondered whether Jason was back from the dead for most of the film... in this one there is no doubt. Tommy Jarvis and a friend go to the cemetery to dig up Jason in the belief that seeing his body will end Tommy's nightmares... unfortunately a lightning strike reanimates Jason. Tommy's friend is killed but he escapes and alerts the local sheriff. Not surprisingly he isn't believed and when Jason starts killing again it is believed that Tommy is doing it so he will be believed. Around about the same time the first group of children and councillors arrive at Camp Forest Green, not realising that area was renamed from Crystal Lake. Tommy, with the help of the sheriff's daughter, determines to defeat Jason again... but before they confront each other many unsuspected people will die.
It becomes clear from early on that even though this is still pretty gory it is also being played for laughs much of the time. This film also gets rid of the gratuitous nudity that the last couple featured; probably a good choice as it didn't add anything to the story. I know many don't like the previous film because it wasn't really Jason, and I can understand that, I preferred that to the unstoppable zombie we have now. That said the way he returned, in the manner of Frankenstein's Monster was rather fun. The vast majority of the characters served little purpose other than to be killed by Jason, and in one case provide him with a new machete. Having children at the camp was a bit of a distraction; even though everybody else was fair game nobody watching is likely to think the children are likely to be harmed... even the kids talking about their expected deaths don't seem scared. Overall I was a bit disappointed in this; although I confess that might be because the friend who lent me the disc said it was 'awesome' leading to too high expectations. Anyway if you enjoyed previous instalments give this a go... you might agree with my friend. -
AaronCapenBanner13 September 2013Part VI begins with Tommy Jarvis(played now by Thom Mathews) driving with a friend over to the cemetery where Jason is buried(Too bad he wasn't cremated after all...) in order to dig him up, to make sure he is dead(!) This proves to be a disastrous mistake, as a sudden storm generates a bolt of lightning that revives Jason's corpse, and, after killing Tommy's friend, returns to Camp Crystal Lake to resume his murderous ways, where(of course) lots of people(from weekend warriors to summer camp counselors) await.
Series went full-on supernatural in this one, as now Jason is an undead monster who can't be killed by normal means, and Tommy desperately tries to convince police that he isn't insane. Lots of humor in this one, which only cheapens an already shaky premise into self-parody, though there is at least the appropriate song "He's Back" playing at the end. Otherwise, a waste. -
Nepfew3324 September 2006Tommy returns to the grave to make sure Jason is dead and accidentally brings him back to life. Now it's up to Tommy to stop Jason's mindless killing and put him back where he belongs.
My opinion OK this movie is a DEEP sequel and to tell the truth it isn't expected to be Great or even average to that but to my surprise I actually enjoyed this film more so than I did the first. The death scenes were sorta clever and Jason to me looked at his best. The 1st scene was a little stupid though coming back through lightening get real. From then on was kewl and Jennifer Cooke's performance was pretty good as well. I wish they showed her boobs though but sadly they didn't have any cleavage in this film . I know shocking isn't it.
Also the way they killed Jason was pretty original. Having little kids there made it even better. Although this is the best in the series in my opinion its still just another Friday the 13th sequel there nothing special about at all and to tell the truth it had it shouldn't have ever been made just like all the rest of the F13 films after part 3. To tell the truth like Freddy said in the features on the DVD Jason is very boring and slow. He just walks *Hack hack* and then your dead hes not ruthless as most call hes teddy bear compared to the other killers and how they torture their victims.
People really like Jason for some reason I don't know why but I can't stand him I'm more of a Myers fan thank you very much. Although I don't like Jason this film wasn't so bad. -
SnoopyStyle16 October 2013They have basically ignore Part V where Tommy Jarvis becomes the new Jason. In this one, Tommy escapes from an institution and tries to destroy Jason Voorhees' body. When he digs up the body, a lightning strike resurrects Jason and he's up to killing again. Tommy tries to warn the sheriff, but the town wants to leave its past behind. Nobody believes him, and the sheriff locks him up.
This movie accomplish one thing. It brought Jason back. He's now solidified as the emotionless unstoppable killing machine. The detour in Part V has been completely abandoned.
There isn't much originality left. It's just killing for killing's sake. A lot of the kills are too random. People shows up. People gets kill. It's barely watchable. The addition of the little kids is pretty good, and had some real scares. Ultimately killing a bunch of no names isn't that compelling. -
tyhemp-219 December 1999With the exception of part 9, ALL of the "Jason" movies just keep getting better! In my honest opinion, this sequel comes in third as far as Jason "sequels" go (ps:part 1 will always rule) and this sequel comes in right after parts 2 and 4. Part 1 is simply a classic.
Director/Writer Tom McLoughlin has literally recreated Jason after the turn of events in part 5, replacing the character's once-human figure from parts 2-4 with a better, more menacing, grosser, unkillable, zombie-like figure. In this installment, it seems that Jason has stopped chasing his victims and has become a little more quiet and subtle about his "kills".
Most of all, McLoughlin really makes "Jason Live" in this movie. Jason thrives!! McLoughlin, in my opinion, has directed what is probably the most "scary" Jason of them all. I've seen them all a hundred times, and I still jump when he appears in the window in front of Sissy. The acting is extremely acceptable from its predecessors, especially the roles of Tommy Jarvis (Thom Matthews) and Sheriff Garris (David Kagen). Even the camp counselors liven up their roles a bit. Though it was inevitable for them to be slaughtered, I still thought that it was cool that I still remember their characters. There is just something about this one. Jason Lives has an excellent story line that delivers, however, the gore is relatively low at certain times, but McLoughlin never fails to bring it all back with shots of that very very bloody machete of Jason's.
This sequel contains many of my favorite death scenes so far in the series. What McLoughlin did in this movie that previous directors didn't was he actually made Jason unpredictable. I mean, you KNOW he's gonna kill the counselors, but you don't know when or where. I absolutely LOVE that feeling of uncertainty. McLoughlin has Jason lurking out of windows, behind doors, and the scariest part is when Jason is unknowingly in the motor home as the teenagers pull away from camp. There is also a lot of the usual CH CH CH HA HA HA and deep black darkness to enhance Jason's (CJ Graham's) menacing figure.
For once I didn't want any of the characters to get killed. I enjoyed all of their roles. I especially didn't want Paula (Kerry Noonan) to die, and her responsible, soft-spoken, motherly role had me rooting for her to be the lone survivor. That was a first for me...except for Chrissy in part III I never really cared much for the campers. However, my hopes were mutilated in the cabin when Paula dies probably Jason's most notorious kill to date. My God, that cabin is bloody!
Overall, I recommend this installment to any hardcore Jason fan. It is a real horror movie, this time it's for real. Rent it, buy it, do whatever! It's great! Jason Lives...he breathes...he can never die -
boondocksaint2014 June 2001I grew up fearing these movies in the 80's, but now in college, they've developed cult status galore. All of the films are obviously low budget films with horrible acting and very little style or panache to fill in the gaps between deaths. But we all know what kind of movie this is before we watch it anyway...we watch these movies because, let's admit it folks, cheap scares and a high body count that we all find ourselves counting provides us with wonderful entertainment. This one is actually well done in my opinion. It has good horror elements and plays off the comic relief well, though, maybe a little too much so. This is one of those popcorn munching films you have to rent with a room filled with people just so you can laugh at it's stupidity...but the great thing about this film is that it succeeds in letting the viewer know that it is making fun of itself. After part five (which I will say wasn't as bad as most people say it was, but by no means was a GOOD movie at all either), the producers needed to revitalize the series, and they did so successfully. For anyone checking the Friday films, definitely get the first one first, but the order in best to worst of the series is 6,4,1,7,3,2,5,8,9. Definitely worth the 99 cents it costs to rent this slasher flick.
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ihateeverymovieisee4 August 2003Without a doubt, Friday the 13th, Part VI is the second worst of the series next to the 9th installment, Jason Goes To Hell. What makes this film so bad is the inclusion of childlike humor into the script. If you like unrealistic characters, nonsensical storylines, bad scripts, bad acting, and movies that make you think "What the...?" after watching them, then I would highly recommend that you see this movie. If you own this movie it is recommended that you burn it, as selling it to someone- or simply giving it to someone would be cruel.
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tampaaries3 May 2021In my opinion this was the best Friday the 13th movie, I remember being a kid watching this movie and I highly enjoyed the scares, kills and women lol. Now as an adult watching this movie I still enjoy it the same.
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DJ_Shilo4 November 2023The murderous Jason Voorhees is back after the less than stellar " Friday the 13th: A New Beginning" left Jason out in favour of a poorly put-together murder mystery sleaze fest that was just a body count movie. "Friday the 13th: Jason Lives," is kind of good and Tom McLoughlin brings his love for gothic horror to the story. It's taken them five movies to try and do something different, and they get it right with this installment.
Camp Crystal Lake is now called Camp Forest Green. The townsfolk are aware of Jason's killing spree and decided to change the name in hopes of opening the local summer camp, to which this film takes place for the most part. Every other scene is Jason in the nearby woods.
Tommy Jarvis (Thom Matthews) gets released from the halfway house and decides he is going to get rid of Jason for good by burning his corpse. "Jason belongs in Hell, and I'm gonna see that he gets there," Tommy says to his friend, Hawes (Ron Paolillo,) who has decided to tag along. Jason is resurrected by lighting as a supernatural force when Tommy finds his grave. I was going to say this is an excuse to kill more people and well most of these characters are the same old dumb teens, there seems to be a reason to like them, including the kids that Jason finds later in the movie.
Jason sets about killing anyone that he comes across. A couple lost in the woods meets a gruesome fate when they encounter Jason in the woods. This scene is clever because she says, "I've seen enough horror movies to know, any weirdo wearing a mask is not friendly." Tommy runs off and is jailed by the local Sheriff Garris (David Kagen,) who won't believe him when he says, "Jason's alive." His daughter, Megan (Jennifer Cooke) takes a liking to Tommy, and she helps him escape so they can save the kids from Jason.
The kids arrive at the camp, and the counsellors, Cort (Tom Fridley,) his girlfriend, Nikki (Darcy DeMoss,) friends Sissy (Renee Jones,) and Paula (Kerry Noonan) are the main counsellors although they are smarter than the previous kids, they are useless horror movie bait for Jason to hack up. Cort and Nikki get flipped over in an R. V., probably one of the cooler scenes in the movie when Jason cut the power and climbs on board. There is a lot of easter eggs here to the Universal monster movies.
Some funnier scenes involve a caretaker in the cemetery who is a drunk and spouts nonsense. He finds the grave uncovered and says, "Why they have to go and dig up Jason?" The sense of comedy does make the movie different, but a lot of ithe funny bits has to do with this caretaker. Later, when the cops show up at the cemetery, chasing Tommy, who yells "Dig him up?" The Caretaker takes a big slug of whiskey, looks at the camera and says "Dig him up? Does he think I'm a farthead?" all the kids scream "Yes" in the background before the scene transitions to them.
The sheriff discovers Tommy is telling the truth, and they attempt to find Jason down by the docks of, I guess, Crystal Lake. It doesn't take Jason long to take out the deputies. But the kids that were at the camp are just gone now? They're either sleeping when the commotion happens outside the cabins, or they skedaddled out of there after they first saw Jason.
Tommy spends most of the movie on the run with Megan while the Sheriff is convinced Tommy is the killer, leaving bodies all over the place. He's not too bright seeing as how Tommy is in jail for a quarter of the movie. His deputy is a complete idiot, there is always one, and he is the one who finds the murder scenes and calls the Sheriff.
Tommy comes up with a plan to trap Jason forever, and the only reason this movie got made was because of the backlash that "A New Beginning" got. That doesn't mean much, but this installment has its moments. There is a story here and some funny moments. The characters are okay. They tried to do some things differently while sticking to the usual garbage these movies are, and it's entertaining.
6/10. -
This is my least favorite movie in the series and arguably the worst in the series, besides Jason X.
SEVERAL REASONS
The score: I guess they decided to give up on the classy score in the previous films and bring in some ultra-cheesy synth. Why? I don't know.
Jarvis: The actor who they chose was HORRIBLE for the part, not to mention just a horrible actor period. Besides, isn't he supposed to be 16-17?
The Beginning: Need I say more? OK, so let's forget the creative setup of the last two films and have Tommy Accidentally bring jason back to life because for some reason he felt he had to stick a pole in his chest....just ridiculously stupid.
OK...the humor was half-assed, mildly funny anyway. It didn't make up for the total lack of suspense and coherency...but there were a cool few kills...i'll give it that.