Friday The 13th - Part 6 - Jason Lives

Well the actor who played the youngster, Tommy, in the mental institution from the previous installment has changed. (I wonder why?)

Tommy and his mate go to Jason's grave and open it up because they want to make sure that he is dead. (He certainly appears more than dead!)

He then rams a metal pole into Jason, (he's surely dead!) but then like a good horror film Jason is able to come back to life via lightning bolt which goes down the metal pole into his body! (Unbelievable, but you wouldn't have it any other way??!)

Tommy had also planned on setting Jason alight with oil but as he's about to light an oil soaked Jason it starts pouring with rain and puts out the match! - Talk about just in the nick of time!!

The mainstay of this entire franchise is the, 'Acting,' - terrible! (Jason apart). - For example the people playing paintball! (In fact I didn't know paintball was that old!)

Crystal Lake is now called Forest Green.

Interestingly its a bit self referential :

- 'Darren we better turn around!'

'Why?'

-'Because I've seen enough horror movies to know that any wierdo wearing a mask is not friendly.'

The talk aside to the camera from the graveyard chap :

'Why did they have to dig up Jason? - Some folks have a strange idea of entertainment.'

One thing that annoys me is the character Tommy still hanging around in the sixth film, (having entered the series in film four). He was great as played by Corey Feldman in the fourth film but the director should have left it there. Although that said he had a very large role in the fifth installment so maybe not.

Amusingly there's a character wearing a walkman. A fact noted in films four, five and six. - Still all the rage in 1986!

Just as in the majority of the series there's a group of youngsters spending time away at Forest Green. (One of them I believe is an actress who appeared in the Goonies). Although interestingly in a break from all that has gone before a group of children go to stay there too.

Of course there's more proleptic irony :

'If this is as exciting as it gets then we're in big trouble dude.'

'Darling you're gonna be the death of me.'

A theme that is continued in the Scream movie is the youngsters keep trying, (or think) to scare each other.

It just doesn't seem as scary as some of the early installments.

Freddy is a scarier horror movie icon from the first two Nightmares On Elm Street than Jason is throughout this franchise.

The ending is slightly different this time around because its really one against one.

I enjoyed the ending, (naturally) but most of the film wasn't that interesting! Also it was annoying having children stay at Forest Green too. I don't see the reason for needing that.