Tag Line : Jason is back. But this time someones waiting.
Now this is MUCH more like it! Still imprisoned in
chains at the bottom of Crystal Lake (note that the name of which
has been changed back from Forest Green), things in the area have
been quiet for some time, with Jason permanently trapped in his
watery grave.
But the eerie silence is about to be shattered with the arrival of young Tina Sheppard (Lar Park Lincoln), who's staying at one of the lakeside holiday homes (presumably these are meant to be the same ones from part 4).
Tina Posses telekentic powers and can see into the future. She has travelled back to Crystal Lake with her therapist doctor Crews, to visit the place where her father drowned years earlier, when the pier he was standing on collapsed.
Doctor Crews however, has his own secret agenda going. He isn't really interested in helping her get over the loss of her father, but to exploit her telekenetic abilities. This turns out to be a bad idea, as Tina trys to use her powers to raise her fathers body from the lake, but instead she accidentally ressurects Jason and free's him from the watery depths.
And so the seen is set for yet another Bloodbath as Jason goes around hacking up passers by, along with the holidaying teenagers who are staying at the house opposite Tina's. After finishing of the other youths, he eventually comes after Tina, but hasn't reckoned on her special powers and the ultimate battle of brain versus brawn ensues.
This duel is quite effective in places, particularly where Tina users her powers to shoot Jason with nails, then spray petrol on him from a nearby fuel can, before finally setting him on fire by having the heating furnace shoot flames out at him. Great stuff!
Ultimately, Jason is defeated by Tina's telekenetic ability to defend herself and we also see that Jason isn't the only one to return from the depths of Crystal Lake.
This film is by far the best sequel since part 4 and definately the best of all subsequent films. The killings are back on fine form, featuring plenty of blood and gore and Jason appears as menacing as ever, played here by Kane Hodder.
Overall Marks : 7/10.
Other Information. Part 7 was directed by John Carl Buechler, from a script by Daryl Haney and Manuel Fidello and was produced by Iain Paterson. Harry Manfredini was unable to score the soundtrack this time round, so the vast majority of it was made up of stock music he'd composed for the other films, with additional music by Fred Molin who also scored the music for the spin off TV series, as well as Part 8. Kane Hodder's name soon became synonamous with the Friday the 13th saga as he went to play the role of Jason in all the subsequent sequels from here on in, inspite of the fact Jason had been previously played by 5 differant actors up till now. The original version of this film was supposedly much, much gorier. But the distributers were forced to edit the movie so to achieve an "R" rating in the US. The UK version is appaerntly the same as the US "R" rated version. Look out for Horror actor Bill Butler as one of Jasons first victims. Butler also starred in Texas Chainsaw 3, Ghoulies 2 and the Night of the Living Dead remake. |
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