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Friday the 13th -- A New Beginning

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Years after Tommy Jarvis (John Shepherd) murdered hockey-masked serial killer Jason Voorhees, he resides in a mental hospital and struggles with the trauma of the experience. When Tommy moves to an isolated halfway house, he has nightmares about Jason's return, and soon one of the patients (Dominick Brascia) is killed. As the body count grows, Tommy begins to question his sanity and wonder if Jason has risen from the dead. But, to determine the killer's identity, Tommy will need to survive.
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Jeremiah Kipp Slant Magazine 06/12/2009
1.5/4
The tone is crude, raunchy, and leering, with kill scenes combined with more nudity than usual. Go to Full Review
Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine 09/25/2004
2/4
The spiciest entry in the series, it boasts the most T&A, an incredible double homicide, a witty reference to A Place in the Sun, and yokels chopping chickens. Go to Full Review
Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Sep 11
1/5
It was a bold gamble to abandon Jason Voorhees for this sequel and it's a gamble that didn't pay off in any way, shape, or form. Go to Full Review
Michael Gingold Fangoria May 16
Director/co-writer Danny Steinmann does bring a rude energy to this entry, but there’s a gamy, trashy feeling to the whole thing. Go to Full Review
Sharai Bohannon A Nightmare On Fierce Street Podcast Dec 31
2/5
It's not a particularly interesting installment. Also, both endings leave a lot to be desired. Although, it's not the worst thing to happen to this franchise. Go to Full Review
Kat Halstead Common Sense Media 02/01/2024
Yet despite these changes, the film quickly ends up feeling like much of the same, and a lackluster version at that. Go to Full Review
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GotRizz237 Nov 22 Friday the 13th, Part V had a really great story to it! I loved that Tommy was brought back into it! See more Anthony H. @Hardy Nov 10 This would have been better if it weren’t a Friday the 13th movie. It starts off kind of cool but just goes off the deep end quite a bit. It’s all over the place, and again you don’t see the killer the entire time. This ruins the whole vibe of the movie to me. This film gets extra points for the weird twist at the end, but other than that, this isn’t great. See more Isaac K. @isaackrawiec11 Oct 26 I don't know why this movie gets a lot of hate but I liked it See more Obi-wan K @Gordon_Freeman Oct 24 Thats enough ref C'Mon See more Romas M Oct 22 Greetings from Lithuania. Fifth movie in "Friday the 13th" series named "A New Beginning" (1985) was a one were they at least tried to do a bit something different. But they failed, hilariously. This is one of those movie that is so bad that it is actually a fun to watch at. And that is the best i can say about this instalment. Acting was bad even for the low bar set by in previous instalments. Directing was poor as well as terrible script. But there are some sequences, many of them actually that felt like they were making a parody - i laughed more during this film then in any previous parts combined - and this supposed to be a horror movie. The mother and her son hillbillies were hilarious - i couldn't believe how over the top and hilariously bad they were - but i laughed so hard during their scenes, they were hilarious. Overall, "Friday the 13th: A New Beginning" set the new low for the series with its fifth instalment. So bad that it was actually pretty fun to watch. Seeing it at the right corner and with some alcohol involved could be a blast. See more Rafael S Oct 2 Very bad movie, it's the second worst of the franchise See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Years after Tommy Jarvis (John Shepherd) murdered hockey-masked serial killer Jason Voorhees, he resides in a mental hospital and struggles with the trauma of the experience. When Tommy moves to an isolated halfway house, he has nightmares about Jason's return, and soon one of the patients (Dominick Brascia) is killed. As the body count grows, Tommy begins to question his sanity and wonder if Jason has risen from the dead. But, to determine the killer's identity, Tommy will need to survive.
Director
Danny Steinmann
Producer
Timothy Silver
Screenwriter
Martin Kitrosser, David Cohen, Martin Kitrosser, David Cohen, Danny Steinmann, Victor Miller, Tina Landau
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Georgetown Productions Inc., Paramount Pictures, Sean S. Cunningham Films, Terror Inc.
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 22, 1985, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2013
Runtime
1h 31m
Sound Mix
Mono
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