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Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Joe Lipsett Horror Queers Podcast This clever early meta slasher still features too many Red Shirt characters, which takes away screen time from its far more interesting counsellors. Megan is a solid Final Girl that the film undercuts in its last act. At least Tommy and Jason are hot? Rated: 3/5 May 13, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Omar G Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), rating 7/10 stars. This film I view many, many times. This the worst version of Tommy Jarvis, he acted like a stupid crazy guy. The second Jarvis was quiet and looked like Batman because of how he fought. Jason Voorhees should have been resurrected in Friday The 13th part V, with that it would have been the best movie in the series, Part Vi repeated from Part V in the dream sequence two farmguys they dug up Jason Voorhees and he was resurrected. As always pretty women in this films Kerry Noonan as Paula Mott was my favorite from this movie, also Jennifer Cooke as Megan and Renee Jones as Sissy Baker. Elias Voorhees appeared in the draft of the script. The Sheriff was the best character in this film for being a guy who opposes the protagonist and was an obstacle. Martin the stupid was the one who most deserved to die of violently way. The best quote was “some folks have a strange idea of entertainment” All the characters were stupid. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/27/24 Full Review Dallas H The return of Jason for this installment, since the producers and writers thought they could fool us with the fifth movie. Other than the Scream series has there been any other franchise where the production people kept trying to change up the main villain from one movie to the next? Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/25/24 Full Review Jared E These movies were probably real fun back in the 80's to go see in the theatre. Watching them now at home they are pretty corny. I mean I enjoy watching them on a lazy Sunday afternoon, but nothing actually happens in these movies beyond Jason suddenly appears and kills you. Frankly this movie probably has the largest plot as Jason is dead and accidentally revived by a shot of electricity. 🤣 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/16/24 Full Review Yuri M Very good but i don’t think it’s the best Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/16/24 Full Review thiago s filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, começando com o jason vivendo de volta por causa que o cara do outro filme, o cara foi no cemitério abriu o caixão do jason e colocou um pedaço de ferro no corpo do jason, tudo iiso chovendo e depois teve um raio que atingiu o pedaço de ferro, fazendo jason volta a viver, foda-se o sentindo, o filme teve mortes fracas e o final foi fraco também, colocaro uma corrente por volta do pescoço de jason e a outra parte da corrente em volta de uma pedra grande e jogou no rio, fazendo jason afundar. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/15/24 Full Review Rowan C After years of mediocre Friday the 13th movies, there is Jason Lives which is just as good as Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. This movie showed Jason for what he truly is, which is a supernatural freak with incredible strength. Tommy Jarvis actually played a good role in this movie and I am glad he was the one to put Jason down in this film as well. This was a major step up from the previous Friday the 13th: A New Beginning which was a very dissapointing movie. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/15/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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