Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
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| Directed by | Danny Steinmann |
| Produced by | Frank Mancuso Jr. (executive producer) Timothy Silver |
| Written by | Martin Kitrosser & David Cohen (story) Martin Kitrosser & David Cohen and Danny Steinmann (screenplay) Victor Miller (characters) |
| Starring | John Shepherd Melanie Kinnaman Shavar Ross |
| Music by | Harry Manfredini |
| Cinematography | Stephen L. Posey |
| Editing by | Bruce Green |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | March 22, 1985 |
| Running time | 92 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,200,000 |
| Preceded by | Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter |
| Followed by | Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives |
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Friday the 13th: A New Beginning is a slasher film. It was released on March 22, 1985. It is the fifth film in the Friday the 13th film series. Despite the previous film claiming to be the "final chapter," this installment set out to live up to its title by being a "new beginning" for the franchise. However, these plans fell through when the film was greeted with backlash from fans who felt deceived and betrayed by the film's twist ending.
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[edit] Plot summary
The price for finally stopping violent murderer Jason Voorhees as a child has been too high for Tommy Jarvis. After years of being shuffled around various mental institutions, Tommy has now been placed in the Pinehurst halfway house. Shortly after arriving, one of the patients murders another and is arrested. Soon afterwards, a series of murders begin to occur around the area. With Jason Voorhees dead, the identity of the assailant remains unknown. As the killings continue, the already strained mind of Tommy is plagued with memories of Jason. When the killer makes himself visible to the last few left in the halfway house, Tommy confronts what appears to be Jason, returned from the grave. However, when the killer lies dead and unmasked, it is revealed to be Roy Burns, a paramedic who had been using Jason's M.O. and identity to avenge the death of his son who was killed earlier at the halfway house.
[edit] Cast
- Anthony Barrile as Vinnie
- Dominick Brascia as Joey
- Todd Bryant as Neil
- Curtis Conaway as Les
- Juliette Cummins as Robin
- Bob DeSimone as Billy
- John Robert Dixon as Eddie
- Corey Feldman sa Tommy at 12
- Jere Fields as Anita
- Tiffany Helm as Violet
- Melanie Kinnaman as Pam
- Richard Lineback as Deputy Dodd
- Carol Locatell as Ethel
- Ric Mancini as Mayor Cobb
- Tom Morga as Jason Voorhees (hallucination sequences)/Roy (masked scenes) (uncredited)
- Miguel A. Núñez Jr. as Demon
- Corey Parker as Pete
- Jerry Pavlon as Jake
- Shavar Ross as Reggie
- Rebecca Wood as Lana (as Rebecca Wood-Sharkey)
- John Shepherd as Tommy
- Sonny Shields as Raymond
- Ron Sloan as Junior
- Marco St. John as Sheriff Tucker
- Caskey Swaim as Duke
- Mark Venturini as Vic
- Debbie Sue Voorhees as Tina
- Vernon Washington as George
- Dick Wieand as Roy (unmasked scenes)
- Richard Young as Matt
[edit] Trivia
- Originally, the opening of the film actually picks up not too long after the events of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter with Tommy Jarvis taken to the same hospital with Jason's body. In an effort to get to Jason, Tommy murders several of the hospital's staff trying to get to the morgue. When he finally gets there, he finds Jason's body rising from the autopsy table. It's at this point that an adult Tommy wakes up in a van on way to Pinehurst as in the film.
- The producers had originally wanted Corey Feldman to reprise his role as Tommy. But because he was filming The Goonies, Feldman was only available to do a cameo in the movie's opening scene.
- Eddie's death was cut to avoid an "X" rating; originally blood and his cranial innards spurted out of the straps as Roy twisted them.
- When Lana the waitress is murdered with the ax, the shot of her body quivering was cut to avoid an "X" rating.
[edit] External links
- Friday the 13th: A New Beginning at the Internet Movie Database
- Friday the 13th: A New Beginning at Rotten Tomatoes
- Friday the 13th: A New Beginning at Box Office Mojo
- Film page at the Camp Crystal Lake web site
Films: Friday the 13th • Friday the 13th Part 2 • Friday the 13th Part 3 • Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter • Friday the 13th: A New Beginning • Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives • Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood • Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan • Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday • Jason X • Freddy vs. Jason
Major characters: Jason Voorhees • Pamela Voorhees • Tommy Jarvis • Roy Burns
Other topics: Comics • List of Deaths • Timeline • Video Game
