Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

Director:

Danny Steinmann

Writers:

Martin Kitrosser (story) &
David Cohen (story) ...
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Release Date:

22 March 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

If Jason still haunts you, you're not alone!

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Jason Voorhees | Murder | Nightmare | Clothes Line | Small Town Sheriff

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

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
Richard Lineback	...	Deputy Dodd
Corey Feldman	...	Tommy at age 12
Suzanne Bateman	...	Nurse Yates / Receptionist
Bob DeSimone	...	Billy (as Bob De Simone)
Jere Fields	...	Anita (as Jeré Fields)
Ric Mancini	...	Mayor Cobb
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.	...	Demon (as Miguel A. Nunez Jr.)
Corey Parker	...	Pete
Rebecca Wood	...	Lana (as Rebecca Wood-Sharkey)
Ron Sloan	...	Junior Hubbard
Debi Sue Voorhees	...	Tina (as Debisue Voorhees)
Dick Wieand	...	Roy
Todd Bryant	...	Neil
Curtis Conaway	...	Les
Sonny Shields	...	Raymond
Eddie Matthews	...	Second Deputy (as Ed Shinstine)
Chuck Wells	...	Third Deputy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kimberly Beck	...	Trish Jarvis (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Danny Steinmann

Writing credits
Martin Kitrosser		(story) &
David Cohen		(story)
Martin Kitrosser		(screenplay) &
David Cohen		(screenplay) and
Danny Steinmann		(screenplay)
Victor Miller		characters (uncredited)

Produced by
Frank Mancuso Jr.	....	executive producer
Timothy Silver	....	producer

Original Music by
Harry Manfredini

Cinematography by
Stephen L. Posey

Film Editing by
Bruce Green

Casting by
Pamela Basker
Fern Champion

Production Design by
Robert Howland

Makeup Department
Enid Arias	....	hair stylist
Martin Becker	....	special makeup effects
Larry S. Carr	....	special makeup effects artist
Earl Ellis	....	special makeup effects artist (as Earl C. Ellis Jr.)
Kathryn Fenton	....	makeup artist (as Kathryn Miles Logan)
Louis Lazzara	....	special makeup effects artist (as Louis Lazara)
David B. Miller	....	special makeup effects artist
Dave Nelson	....	special makeup effects artist (as David Nelson)
Anton Rupprecht	....	special makeup effects artist
William Scott Strong	....	special makeup effects artist (as Wm. Scott Strong)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gary Dahl	....	additional second assistant director
Leon Dudevoir	....	first assistant director
Denis L. Stewart	....	second assistant director (as Denis Stewart)
Mike Topoozian	....	second second assistant director
David M. Robertson	....	first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Barbara Benz	....	property master
Michael Gastaldo	....	set dresser
Clayton Hartley	....	construction coordinator
Alexander Hendrie	....	lead man
Jeanine Lambeth	....	scenic artist
Robert Rosenbaum	....	scenic artist
Frederick B. Van Brunt	....	property assistant (as Frederick Van Brunt)
Sara Lee Wade	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Wallace R. Bearden	....	adr mixer (as Wallace R. Beardon)
James Beshears	....	adr editor
Larry Carow	....	sound effects editor
Chris Carpenter	....	sound re-recording mixer: effects
David B. Cohn	....	sound effects editor (as David Cohn)
Mary Jo Lang	....	cable person
Patrushkha Mierzwa	....	boom operator
Bob Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert R. Rutledge	....	sound effects editor (as Robert Rutledge)
Mark Ulano	....	production sound mixer
Ray West	....	sound re-recording mixer: dialogue
Charles Ewing Smith	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Jerry Trent	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Tom Del Genio	....	special effects: Reel EFX, Inc.
Tom Hartigan	....	special effects: Reel EFX, Inc. (as Thomas K. Hartigan)
Frankie Inez	....	special effects coordinator
Victor D. Lupica	....	special effects: Reel EFX, Inc.
Frank 'Paco' Munoz	....	special effects: Reel EFX, Inc. (as Frank Munoz)
Duncan J. Simpson	....	special effects: Reel EFX, Inc.
Mark Sparks	....	special effects: Reel EFX, Inc. (as Mark A. Sparks)
Martin Becker	....	special effects supervisor (uncredited)

Stunts
Debbie Evans	....	stunts
Gene Hartline	....	stunts
Johnny Hock	....	stunts (as John Hock)
Desiree Kerns	....	stunts (as Desiree Keins)
Steven Lambert	....	stunts
Gene LeBell	....	stunts (as Gene Le Bell)
John Moio	....	stunts
Tom Morga	....	stunt double: Roy
Debby Lynn Ross	....	stunts
John Sherrod	....	stunts
Ed Mathew Shinstine	....	stunts (as Ed Shinstine)
Dick Warlock	....	stunt coordinator (as Richard Warlock)
Cindy Wills	....	stunts
Ray Woodford	....	stunts
Johnny Hock	....	stunt double: Jason Voorhees (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
David Amann	....	company electrician
Alan Caso	....	Steadicam operator
Alan Caso	....	camera operator
Mark Davison	....	second assistant camera
Barbara Delpuech	....	company electrician (as Barbara Way)
David W. Donoho	....	company grip (as David Donaho)
D.J. Gardiner	....	company electrician (as Darrell Gardiner)
Tommy Magglos	....	first assistant camera
Joseph Mealey	....	still photographer (as Joe Mealey)
George S. Neil	....	best boy electric (as George Neil)
Steven Queen	....	best boy grip (as Steve Queen)
Richard Sands	....	gaffer
Dermot Stoker	....	dolly grip
Dermot Stoker	....	key grip
Wayne Stroud	....	company grip
Chuck Wells	....	company grip

Casting Department
Mark Holub	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jan Larkham	....	wardrobe assistant (as Janis Larkham)
Camile Morris	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Camile Schroeder)
Nola Sharp	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Armen Minasian	....	assistant editor
Karen Schwartz	....	assistant editor
Stephen R. Sheridan	....	color timer

Music Department
Jack K. Tillar	....	music editor (as Jack Tiller)

Transportation Department
John Bateman	....	driver
Duard Wayne Binkley	....	driver (as Wayne Binkley)
Gene Graham	....	driver
Ruth Harmon	....	driver
Perry Husman	....	transportation coordinator
Dennis Jorgenson	....	driver/operator
Chaz Merriam	....	driver (as Chuck Merriam)
James Neilan	....	driver: grip/electric (as Jim Neilan)
Jim O'Keefe	....	transportation captain
J.D. Orlebeck	....	driver
Rebecca Poulos	....	driver
Graham Richardson	....	driver
Lawrence J. Romanoff	....	transportation co-captain

Other crew
Connie Barzaghi	....	script supervisor
Edwina Barzaghi	....	stand-in
Anita Dreike	....	assistant: Mr. Steinmann
Thomas W. Foster	....	first aid (as Thomas Foster)
Barbara Gogny	....	studio teacher
Michael Goldberg	....	assistant accountant
Sheri Hooper	....	production assistant
Eddie Matthews	....	stand-in (as Ed Matthews)
Jeanne Marie O'Brien	....	production coordinator (as Jeanne O'Brien)
Pam O'Har	....	location manager
Krystoff Przykucki	....	craft service
Curtis Ross	....	stand-in
Constance Talley-Sherman	....	production accountant
Shelley Weiss	....	production secretary (as Shelley Anne Weiss)
Sylvia M. White	....	production coordinator (as Sylvia White)
Ron Zimmerman	....	production assistant
Mary Carroll Zumbrook	....	assistant: Mr. Mancuso
Kim Thio	....	set medic (uncredited)
Don Wyse	....	fire safety (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Georgetown Productions Inc.
• Paramount Pictures
• Terror Inc.

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1985) (USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1985) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• CIC-Taft Home Video
• Home Video Hellas (HVH) (1987) (Greece) (video)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (deluxe edition)
• Paramount Home Video (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Video Elit (1986) (Bulgaria) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Makeup Effects Laboratories

Also Known As:

"Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning" - USA (alternative title)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Canada:R | France:-16 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #27734) | West Germany:18 | Mexico:C | South Korea:18 | Finland:K-18 | Singapore:(Banned) | Sweden:15 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Netherlands:16 | Brazil:14 | Denmark:15 | Ireland:18 | Spain:18 | New Zealand:R16 | USA:Unrated (uncut) | Italy:VM14 | Germany:16 (DVD rating, uncut) | USA:TV-MA (cable rating)

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company:

Georgetown Productions Inc.

Trivia:

Tommy's opening dream was different in the original script, and arguably made him seem more of a suspect later on. It opens as more of a continuation from the ending of the previous film - The Final Chapter - as a young Tommy is taken to the same hospital as Jason's corpse. Then, in a sudden fit of psychotic rage, young Tommy winds up attacking half the hospital staff trying to get to the morgue and finding Jason's bloodied body. Once he had finally found the body, Jason suddenly rises from the autopsy table. Immediately after this, the adult Tommy wakes up in the van en route to the Pinehurst house.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: Les is called "Brody" in the opening prologue. All of the subs and captions also read "Brody" when he's speaking. So, why is he credited as Les instead of Brody?

Quotes:

Billy:[pulls up to diner] LANA! HEY, LANA!
Lana:Sorry, buster. We're closed.
[giggles]
Billy:It's all right, I just want a take out order.
Lana:You do, huh? Well, what would you like?
Billy:I would like Lana to go with nothing on her.
Lana:Oh, and who wants her?
Billy:The pride of the Unger Institute of Mental Health, who has just dumped his last bedpan and would like very much to party. Will you get your ass out here?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Evil Laugh (1986)

Soundtrack:

His Eyes

Not that bad people!

Years after Tommy Jarvis (John Sheperd) killed Jason Voorhees for good, he has been sent to mental facility to one other home where he is now placed in a halfway house for troubled teens as he tries to get rid of the painful memories of Jason. A fat patient named Joey (Dominick Brasca) who annoys the other patients and one of them named Vic (Mark Venturni) hacks him up then gets arrested. However things may look safe at the haven for Tommy as he befriends a young boy named Reggie (Shevar Ross) who is the grandson of one of the workers. But unfortunately a killer is on the loose in the town but is it really Jason back from the dead or someone in his footsteps?

Considered by fans as the worst of the Paramount Friday The 13th movies, this one isn't that bad as they said it was. This movie was originally considered a new beginning after Jason died in the last movie and the makers wanted to make the series into something different with a new killer in each installment which is kind of similar to "Halloween III: Season of the Witch" in concept of a different horror movie in each installment. Fans of Jason rejected this idea and wanted the goalie back and they got their wish with the next installment. This part of the series co-stars a cameo by Corey Feldman and even has Miguel Nuenz Jr. of "Return of the Living Dead" fame which should surprise fans of the horror genre.

There's a lot of graphic killings in this one as it has a body count of 20 dead people with some good kills of skull-crushings, implements, stabbings and that kind of thing. A couple of sexy naked chicks including a topless blonde waitress who is just gorgeous as hell and of course some twists with turns.

Overall it's not that bad.