Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives

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Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives

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Released Aug 1, 1986

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Years ago, Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews) killed infamous hockey-masked murderer Jason Voorhees (C.J. Graham), and the intensity of the experience has landed him in a mental institution. To end his torment and achieve a level of closure, Tommy escapes from the hospital and heads to the graveyard where Jason is buried, intending to dig up the body and cremate it. But, before this total annihilation can occur, a freak electrical accident resurrects Jason from the dead, and the terror begins anew.

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Friday the 13th: Part VI - Jason Lives indeed brings back ol' Vorhees, along with a sense of serviceable braindead fun.

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Gene Siskel

Chicago Tribune

The murderous Jason is back in the latest chapter of the most offensive series in film history, unless Burt Reynolds makes three more Smokey and the Bandit pictures real quick.

Rated: 0.5/4

Jan 16, 2013

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Jeremiah Kipp

Slant Magazine

While there's a superficial been-there-done-that, why don't-we-just-mock-the-whole-thing quality to this entry in the series, it certainly livens up what has become by this point a stale franchise.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jun 12, 2009

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

Of note: Electricity will figure prominently in just about every Friday the 13th entry from this point onward.

Rated: 1/4

Sep 25, 2004

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Sharai Bohannon

A Nightmare On Fierce Street Podcast

'Friday the 13th: VI Jason Lives' is one of the better sequels in a very uneven franchise. It has energy, a style, and the potential to actually be scary. It also has one of the most menacing versions of Jason more often.

Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 30, 2024

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Kat Halstead

Common Sense Media

It makes for a much more enjoyable ride for many, though some may miss the reliable presence of the more grisly violent details and nudity of previous franchise outings.

Feb 6, 2024

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

Don't expect a complete franchise overhaul: this is still the same Friday the 13th you know and love (or hate), but writer/director Tom McLoughlin's tongue-in-cheek approach to the material injects some much-needed energy into the slasher series.

Rated: 4/5

May 18, 2022

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Logan R

This one in the series takes Jason on a totally new path. As an undead unstoppable nightmare.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/25

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Alexander S

The fun factor returns! Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives appeared to have learned from the fifth film, which was terrible, and decided to continue Jason’s horror legacy by maintaining his continuous menacing kills and bringing back all the thrills that made Jason, well, Jason. Grading: B-

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/28/25

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João V

Esse filme é maravilhoso, o melhor Sexta-feira 13 e é muito legal.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/23/25

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Justin T

This has possibly the best opening to any film ever, it is so epic yet so ridiculous and is there to try and save the disaster of the last film. I have to query the timeline, within 2 real world years about 15 film years have gone by since Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984). After the great opening it does degrade into pretty forgettable nonsense with an especially low point being the paintball massacre. The triple machete kill was so pointless, why even bother including it? If it had been gory then I would see the point. The acting is dire from too many (but not all) of the cast, again especially the paintball fodder cannot act. I hate to keep going back to this issue but they decided to release it without all the gore, they could have done two versions if they wanted to appease the censors in a certain region. Why was the drunken caretaker’s death so lacking gore as well at the double machete kill right after? This film suffers so much from this issue. The core concept is near perfect, teenaged fodder away from home ruined by censorship. It deserves a gory remake. The final act is great, lots happening and a mostly serious tone that is still fun. There are so many great references to earlier films in the series like the hands coming forward as he wakes and the finale on the boat (but it’s done so much better here). By the sixth Saw (2004) film the quality was consistently bad, this is a better and more varied series overall.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/15/25

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Audience Member

gotta love me some alice cooper.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/10/25

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Jerod S

Finally we get a little more out of the Jason franchise. Even though his resurrection is corny - at least he's scaring us better now.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/06/24

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Synopsis

Years ago, Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews) killed infamous hockey-masked murderer Jason Voorhees (C.J. Graham), and the intensity of the experience has landed him in a mental institution. To end his torment and achieve a level of closure, Tommy escapes from the hospital and heads to the graveyard where Jason is buried, intending to dig up the body and cremate it. But, before this total annihilation can occur, a freak electrical accident resurrects Jason from the dead, and the terror begins anew.

Director: Tom McLoughlin
Producer: Don Behrns
Screenwriter: Tom McLoughlin, Victor Miller
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Terror Inc.
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 1, 1986, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 6, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $19.0M
Runtime: 1h 26m
Sound Mix: Ultra-Stereo, Surround

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