Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

Still haunted by his gruesome past, Tommy Jarvis - the boy who killed Jason Voorhees - wonders if somehow he is connected to brutal slayings occurring in and around the secluded halfway house where he now lives.

Director:

Danny Steinmann

Writers:

Martin Kitrosser (story), David Cohen (story),

Stars:

Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, Shavar Ross

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Melanie Kinnaman	...	Pam Roberts
John Shepherd	...	Tommy Jarvis
Shavar Ross	...	Reggie
Richard Young	...	Matthew Letter
Marco St. John	...	Sheriff Cal Tucker
Juliette Cummins	...	Robin
Carol Locatell	...	Ethel Hubbard
Vernon Washington	...	George
John Robert Dixon	...	Eddie
Jerry Pavlon	...	Jake
Caskey Swaim	...	Duke
Mark Venturini	...	Victor J. Faden
Anthony Barrile	...	Vinnie
Dominick Brascia	...	Joey
Tiffany Helm	...	Violet

Storyline

10 years after killing the goalie hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees, Tommy Jarvis has grown up in various mental hospitals unable to get over the nightmares about Jason's return. When Tommy is sent to a rural halfway house in California for mentally disturbed teenagers, a series of grisly murders begin anew as another hockey-masked killer begins killing off all people at and around the residence. Has Jason returned from the dead to re-start his killing spree? Has Tommy decided to take over the reign of Jason, or has someone else?

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Plot Keywords:

jason voorhees | murder | nightmare | clothes line | small town sheriff | 

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Taglines:

The mindless, murderous fury that was buried with Jason has been reborn. And suddenly, terror has become child's play!

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 March 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

Friday the 13th Part 5

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,200,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$21,300,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Georgetown Productions Inc., Paramount Pictures, Terror Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Technically the body count is 22, 3 from the dream sequences, 1 killed by Vic, 1 killed by Tommy & 17 killed by Roy Burns.

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Goofs

When Robin and Violet hang up the laundry, the distance between the pink towel and boxer shorts increases between shots.

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Quotes

Ethel: [to chicken] I'm gonna chop you into itty, bitty little pieces, my friend. Just like they done to that piggo over at that fuckin' crazy farm. Eeeeyah!
[decapitates chicken]
Junior: Eeeeyah!
[imitates Ethel using spoon]
Junior: Ha ha ha ha.
Ethel: You big dildo. Eat your fucking slop! Ain't I make the best goddamned stew in the whole wide world?
Junior: Best goddamned stew in the whole wide world, Mama.

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Connections

Featured in Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)

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Soundtracks

"The Drowning - Part I"
Written by Daniele Amfitheatrof

User Reviews

What is so bad about this film???

Friday the 13th is the best film of the series by far. But then when it comes to a choice of the best sequel, I say that Friday the 13th part 5 is the joint best sequel of the series.Part 4 the so called final chapter is equally as good.

I take a look at other peoples comments about this film and it seems to me that I am one of the only people who likes this film.

It has everything that the other sequels failed to capture. It had real suspense, as to who the killer was, I mean we all know it was not Jason, he "was" dead.

It had a lot of different death scenes,and it was all in all a good film. it had the 3 rules for making a successful sequel..... 1)Body count is always bigger 2)The death scenes are more elaborate 3) Never ever ......... oh sorry back to the comments .....Thinking about it, the ending was kind of like a Scooby Doo ending, as to why he did it.

The man responsible had a perfectly simple and plain motive, revenge.I`m not going to say what he wanted revenge for or who he was not it was simple.

I kind of figured it out that the killer was not Jason, when he gets hurt by many objects you can hear him moan in pain, Jason is a member of the Living Dead Club, which means he is the living dead. And he don`t really feel pain.

Tommy Jarvis returns in the film.Corey Feldman is also in it as well, but he has a sort of cameo role. I do not understand why Tommy is in a mental Institute, I mean he is still freaked out by the murder of his mother and friends at the hands of Jason Voorhees.

So if you want to find out who killer is and why he did it, then rent out this film or if you`re a horror fan like me, buy it and add it to your horror collection.

I give this movie a 8 out of 10.Because of the Crazy "new beginning". well it has not really got a new beginning but it is a Pun ........get it????

Do Not worry.