Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
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Directed by	Tom McLoughlin
Produced by	Don Behrns
Written by	Tom McLoughlin
Starring	Thom Mathews Jennifer Cooke
Music by	Harry Manfredini
Cinematography	Jon Kranhouse
Editing by	Bruce Green
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	August 1, 1986
Running time	86 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3,000,000
Preceded by	Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Followed by	Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives is a slasher film, the fifth sequel in the Friday the 13th series. The film was written and directed by Tom McLoughlin who made the film inspired by his love of the classic Hammer films.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Plot

Jason Voorhees is dead. However, Tommy Jarvis, who successfully killed the killer as a young boy, is haunted by the memories of Jason and sets out to exorcise his demons once and for all by digging up and finally destroying Jason's body. Instead of being sent to Hell, Jason is revived via a jolt electricity from a lightning bolt. Now more unstoppable than before, Jason moves on a murderous path through the town of Crystal Lake, now renamed Forest Green in an effort to distance itself from the events that earned its campsite the nickname "Camp Blood". Meanwhile, Tommy tries to warn the authorities about Jason, but they are reluctant due to the nature of Tommy's claims and his troubled past. The only one who will listen to him is the sheriff's daughter, Megan. With her father ready to pin several recent murders on him, she helps Tommy as he devises a plan he believes will finally stop Jason once for all. As Jason preys on the recently re-opened camp, Tommy lures him out into Crystal Lake, the place where Jason originally drowned. At the risk of his own life, Tommy chains Jason to the bottom of the lake. Once safely on land, Tommy observes the waters where he left Jason and believes that Jason is finally "home".

[edit] Cast

• Thom Mathews as Tommy
• Jennifer Cooke as Megan
• David Kagen as Sheriff Garris
• Kerry Noonan as Paula
• Renée Jones as Sissy
• Tom Fridley as Cort
• C.J. Graham as Jason
• Darcy DeMoss as Nikki
• Vincent Guastaferro as Deputy Rick Cologne
• Tony Goldwyn as Darren
• Nancy McLoughlin as Lizabeth
• Ron Palillo as Allen Hawes
• Alan Blumenfeld as Larry
• Matthew Faison as Stan
• Ann Ryerson as Katie
• Whitney Rydbeck as Roy
• Courtney Vickery as Nancy
• Bob Larkin as Martin
• Michael Swan as Officer Pappes
• Mike Nomad as Thornton
• Wallace Merck as Burt
• Roger Rose as Steven
• Cynthia Kania as Annette
• Tommy Nowell as Tyen
• Justin Nowell as Billy
• Temi Epstein as Little girl
• Taras O'Har as Little boy

[edit] Notes

• This is the only film in the series that does not contain any onscreen nudity.
• The script contained material that alluded to Jason's father, which, to date, remains the closest the series has ever come to shedding light on the mysterious character. In the material we would see Pamela Voorhees' headstone next to Jason's; a reference to the fact that someone paid to have Jason buried, which would have explained why he wasn't cremated as the Mayor stated in Part 5; and a final scene in which Jason's father (known simply as Mr. Voorhees at the time) visits his son's grave, seemingly aware of the fact that Jason isn't inside. These scenes were filmed, but excised; however, they did make it to the film's 1986 novelization by Simon Hawke.
• In the original script, the deaths of both Nikki and Officer Pappes were more graphic. Instead of Jason pushing Nikki's face into the wall, as we see in the wide release, Jason squeezed her throat until blood spurted out. In Officer Pappes' death, Jason originally tore off his face (literally), leaving a faceless corpse staring ahead before falling down. However, veteran Friday The 13th producer Frank Mancuso, Jr. advised director Tom McLoughlin to tone down these scenes for the film, stating that the MPAA would never give the film an "R" rating with these scenes intact.
• An additional scene that has occasionally made its way onto television airings features deputy Rick locked in the jail cell, banging on the cell window, calling for help, and struggling to reach for the keys left on the floor.
• The workprint version, currently circulating as a bootleg, contains the sheriff's backbreaking death in its entirety. The ending is also slightly altered; it excludes the profanity Tommy spouts at Jason, and the ensuing fight between Tommy and Jason both above and below the lake's surface is longer. After Megan rescues Tommy and shoves the boat's propeller into Jason's neck, the shot of the gore spilling into the water is eliminated.
• Rock Star Alice Cooper provided two songs for the film "Teenage Frankenstein" and "He's Back(The Man Behind the Mask)"
• A music video was made for the film's theme song "He's Back(The Man Behind the Mask)" by Alice Cooper. It is not included on any DVD release of the film.

[edit] Critical response

Mainstream critics generally reviewed the film less harshly than the other entries. The bulk of reviews, especially among fans of the series, consider it the best or one of the best entries in the franchise^{[1] [2] [3]}. This is largely attributed to the use of humour^{[4] [5] [6]}, though some were put off by this approach. ^[7]

Negative criticism of the movie includes general fatigue with the slasher film genre, the implausibility of Jason's resurrection^[8], and the portrayal of the violent Jason as an anti-hero rather than the villain he is in the previous movies^{[9] [10] [11]}. The film however did earn some positive reviews, and received a score of 53% at RottenTomatoes.com.

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/friday13th6.php
2. ^ http://www.culturedose.net/review.php?rid=10002521
3. ^ http://www.evildread.com/horror-reviews/horror_review.php?id=85
4. ^ http://www.shade.ca/getarticle.asp?i=252
5. ^ http://www.notcoming.com/reviews.php?id=723
6. ^ http://www.geocities.com/moviecritic.geo/reviews/f/fridaythe13th6.html
7. ^ http://cc.usu.edu/~alexjack/viddiedreviews/friday6.html
8. ^ http://www.moria.co.nz/horror/friday6.htm
9. ^ http://www.joblo.com/arrow/reviews.php?id=339
10. ^ http://www.horrorwatch.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=19
11. ^ http://www.apolloguide.com/mov_fullrev.asp?CID=3522

[edit] External links

• Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives at the Internet Movie Database
• Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives at Rotten Tomatoes
• Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives at Box Office Mojo
• Film page at the Camp Crystal Lake web site