Jason Goes To Hell - The Final Friday Details

More lives than a cat

This is the 9th film in the long-running Friday The 13th series. By this point the premise for the films has become well established. I'll try to avoid ruining too much of the back story for anyone who has yet to see the early films.

The Basics: Jason Voorhees was drowned as a boy at Camp Crystal Lake in 1957. Ever since he has been terrorising locals and visitors alike. Most usually this involves sex/nudity and some inventive (and hilarious) death scenes for the unwitting teens who keep on flooding to the doomed town.

It is no secret to say that at the end of previous films (excluding Part 5) Jason has been 'killed' only to be resurrected for subsequent movies (with ever more implausible excuses).

This time around however there is no attempt to reason for Jason's return from the seemingly terminal decline at the end of Part 8 (...Manhattan). This film, however, does go on to explore the legend of Jason Voorhees and the supernatural element to his immortality.

However this explaination is far from satisfactory and only further compounds the fall from first films. What is left is a continuation of the 'slasher flicks' that were so popular in the 80's (see also Nightmare On Elm Street and Halloween).

If you are looking for good acting/script or a twisting, clever plot then this may not be for you. For fans of the series this is more of the same by the director of the first (Sean S. Cunningham) and gives some history (sorely missing since Part 2) to one of cinema's most iconic creations of the past 30 years.

Watch out for a final scene that whets the whistle for Jason's most recent outing.

[Highly rated reviewer]

OK

I liked this one, it had a nice cheesy 80's feel to it which I like in movies. It's the usual Friday 13th story though. Save for when you're really desperate.