Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives

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Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives

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1986

1h 26m

Horror

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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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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Even bringing back Jason Voorhees can't salvage this mess.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 11, 2025

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Michael Gingold

Fangoria

This movie has bigger action to go with its more humorous bent...and Tommy’s quest adds an urgency to the scenes between kills that’s lacking in many of the other Jason adventures.

May 16, 2025

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Alan Jones

Radio Times

Cleverly mining the undercurrent of humour inherent in the gory series, McLoughlin makes sure Jason's roller coaster tracks are well-oiled and run smoothly in this vigorous, vivid and creepy instalment.

Rated: 3/5

May 13, 2025

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Shades Y

This movie is amazing if you hate this you honestly need help man

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/19/25

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Anthony H.

I was thoroughly surprised by this one. Jason lives has a congruent story throughout the entire film while keeping genuine jump scares. This film had its slow moments but most of this film was genuinely entertaining and thrilling.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/12/25

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heston J.

It was pretty good no inappropriate scenes besides gore over all it’s one of the best 80s horrors i’ve seen before but i will only give 3 stars because it’s a tad bit goofy.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/05/25

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Carter H.

A finally good movie. I personally am not a huge fan of the Friday the 13th movies. But Jason Lives stood out to me. Watching this movie, especially after the previous ones, this movie could be considered a good or decent movie. I find the setting and idea of Jason and his motive to be a really great concept. But most Friday the 13th movies lack creativity. This movie however, shows Jason as a undead, cool, and powerful creature. The acting like the other movies, not great. Not good kill scenes. But.. the movie was entertaining and very worth the watch. Definitely not a fantastic movie. But for the iconic concept of Jason Voorhees, it finally delivered what fans want. But I personally loved it so 3.5 for me.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/30/25

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Romas M

Greetings from Lithuania. "Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI" (1986) is a pretty good movie in a long running series of "Friday the 13". Sure, it is not a great movie but considering 5 films that came before it, i would say that i enjoyed this one the most, at times even more then the original. Acting this time around it pretty descent. Directing was the most solid yet - at running time 1 h 25 min this movie does not drag even while following the same formula, but this time around with Jarvis as a main hero - and it worked. There is pretty good humor in this movie, and script was more self aware and kinda funny at times. Jason is also was more scarry and lethal. Overall, i enjoyed "Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI" more than any other film in the series up till this point. Its a pretty good film.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/27/25

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Ethan R

Best Friday the 13th Out of the trilogy , This movie was mainly focused on Jason and I like that style instead of him showing up more at the end

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/27/25

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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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