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Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

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Mass murderer Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder) is resurrected from the bottom of Crystal Lake. After he kills a passing boat's occupants, he stows away on a cruise ship filled with a high-school graduating class bound for New York City. Biology teacher Charles McCulloch (Peter Mark Richman) is on board with his niece, Rennie (Jensen Daggett), who has visions of Jason drowning as a child. They escape his bloody shipboard rampage, but, when Rennie and Charles reach Manhattan, Jason is close by.
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Jason terrorizes a ship and nearly sinks the franchise in a clunky sequel that feels like self-parody without the charm.

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Austin Chronicle Rated: 0/5 Sep 3, 2011 Full Review Trevor Johnston Time Out For what it's worth (very little), probably the best in the series. Jan 26, 2006 Full Review Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine Director Rob Hedden may have been onto something: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan, the series itself was always drowning in ****. Rated: .5/4 Sep 25, 2004 Full Review Kat Halstead Common Sense Media For a start, the characters don't even make it to Manhattan until more than an hour into the film and Jason doesn't exactly "take" it when he arrives -- things get pretty tiresome pretty fast in the city that never sleeps. Feb 8, 2024 Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) This awful movie barely has anything to do with Manhattan. [Full review in Spanish] Jul 12, 2022 Full Review Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal It's pretty boring for a slasher movie. Case in point: You will feel nothing when Jason sinks a scalding sauna stone into someone's solar plexus. But as a movie about terrifying rites of passage about what happens to you after high school, it's good. Rated: 3/5 Oct 1, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jorge Rubin N This movie is overrated by Jason fans, if you see the movie as a non-fan you will understand this movie is a nefarious product induced by the modern consumism and the non-sensical idea of “enjoying cause its fun”. Pacing is bad, there are inconsistencies regarding Jason’s killings, deaths do not make sense, and the plot behind his killings is uninteresting. 0/10, this movie is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/11/24 Full Review Audience Member The acting is bad, the kills aren't as good as they used to be, and they barely even go to Manhattan Yes I know that its because of budget restrictions but the movie still sucks. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/03/24 Full Review Rowan C This film has a very misleading title because Jason is in Manhattan for less than 40 minutes of the entire movie. I think this film had a good cast, and the kills were not the greatest out of all the movies but they weren't bad at all. The film itself was actually entertaining despite everything bad about it. I do think this movie gets hated to much but I can see where people are coming from on their dislikes about the movie. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/17/24 Full Review Yuri M It’s fun watch love the theme Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/16/24 Full Review thiago s filme mais ou menos ,jason começou o morto de novo e volta a viver a agora por causa de um barco de tinha ancora que pegou em fio em que estava por perto puta que pariu, olha o jeito que volta a viver, o jason ficou uma hora no barco e 40 minutos em nova york, no final deixa no afogado nos tuneis de nova york, e depois jason voltou a ser didi quero dizer criança( fiz uma referencia ao filme do didi. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/15/24 Full Review John W Its forgettable and it takes over an hour to get to New York, I liked a few scenes but not worth watching it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/14/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Mass murderer Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder) is resurrected from the bottom of Crystal Lake. After he kills a passing boat's occupants, he stows away on a cruise ship filled with a high-school graduating class bound for New York City. Biology teacher Charles McCulloch (Peter Mark Richman) is on board with his niece, Rennie (Jensen Daggett), who has visions of Jason drowning as a child. They escape his bloody shipboard rampage, but, when Rennie and Charles reach Manhattan, Jason is close by.
Director
Rob Hedden
Producer
Randy Cheveldave
Screenwriter
Victor Miller, Rob Hedden
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount Pictures, Horror Films
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 28, 1989, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$14.3M
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo, Mono, Ultra-Stereo
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