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Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

  • 19851985
  • RR
  • 1h 32m
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4.7/10
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Harry Manfredini, Kimberly Beck, David Cohen, Juliette Cummins, Sean S. Cunningham, John Robert Dixon, Bruce Green, Tiffany Helm, Robert Howland, Melanie Kinnaman, Martin Kitrosser, Richard Lineback, Ric Mancini, Victor Miller, Tom Morga, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Corey Parker, Stephen L. Posey, Shavar Ross, John Shepherd, Timothy Silver, Danny Steinmann, Deborah Voorhees, Chuck Wells, and Dick Wieand in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis - who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees - wonders if the serial killer is connected to a series of brutal murders occurring in and around the secluded halfway house where he now lives.
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Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis, who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees, is sent to a secluded halfway house in the countryside, where the killing of a young man triggers a brutal se... Read allStill haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis, who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees, is sent to a secluded halfway house in the countryside, where the killing of a young man triggers a brutal series of murders in the area.Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis, who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees, is sent to a secluded halfway house in the countryside, where the killing of a young man triggers a brutal series of murders in the area.
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
39K
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POPULARITY
4,703
49
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    • Director
      • Danny Steinmann
    • Writers
      • Martin Kitrosser(story by)
      • David Cohen(story by)
      • Danny Steinmann(screenplay by)
    • Stars
      • Melanie Kinnaman
      • John Shepherd
      • Anthony Barrile
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Danny Steinmann
    • Writers
      • Martin Kitrosser(story by)
      • David Cohen(story by)
      • Danny Steinmann(screenplay by)
    • Stars
      • Melanie Kinnaman
      • John Shepherd
      • Anthony Barrile
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 445User reviews
    • 173Critic reviews
    • 16Metascore
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Melanie Kinnaman, Shavar Ross, and John Shepherd in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
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    Deborah Voorhees in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
    Melanie Kinnaman, Tom Morga, Shavar Ross, John Shepherd, and Dick Wieand in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
    John Shepherd in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
    Juliette Cummins in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
    Dick Wieand in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
    John Shepherd in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
    John Shepherd in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
    Miguel A. Núñez Jr. in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

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    Melanie Kinnaman
    Melanie Kinnaman
    • Pam
    John Shepherd
    John Shepherd
    • Tommy
    Anthony Barrile
    • Vinnie
    Suzanne Bateman
    • Nurse Yates…
    Dominick Brascia
    Dominick Brascia
    • Joey
    Todd Bryant
    Todd Bryant
    • Neil
    Curtis Conaway
    • Les
    Juliette Cummins
    Juliette Cummins
    • Robin
    Bob DeSimone
    Bob DeSimone
    • Billy
    • (as Bob De Simone)
    • …
    John Robert Dixon
    • Eddie
    Corey Feldman
    Corey Feldman
    • Tommy at 12
    Jere Fields
    Jere Fields
    • Anita
    • (as Jeré Fields)
    Tiffany Helm
    Tiffany Helm
    • Violet
    Richard Lineback
    Richard Lineback
    • Deputy Dodd
    Carol Locatell
    Carol Locatell
    • Ethel
    Ric Mancini
    • Mayor Cobb
    Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
    Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
    • Demon
    • (as Miguel A. Nunez Jr.)
    Corey Parker
    Corey Parker
    • Pete
    • Director
      • Danny Steinmann
    • Writers
      • Martin Kitrosser(story by) (screenplay by)
      • David Cohen(story by) (screenplay by)
      • Danny Steinmann(screenplay by)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Corey Feldman's scenes were shot in the backyard of his neighbor's house.
    • Goofs
      (at around 1h 10 mins) When Pam is running through the woods, her sweater disappears then reappears.
    • Quotes

      Sheriff Tucker: I know who it is.

      Mayor Cobb: What?

      Sheriff Tucker: I said I know who it is.

      Mayor Cobb: Who?

      Sheriff Tucker: It's Jason Voorhees.

      Mayor Cobb: Jason Voorhees? You're outta your fucking mind. You've been out in the sun too long. Jason Voorhees is dead! His body was cremated. He's nothing but a handful of ash.

      Sheriff Tucker: [Tucker stands up firmly] You know that for sure, Mayor? Were you there? Did you see him cremated?

      Mayor Cobb: Jason Voorhees?

      [Tucker nods]

      Mayor Cobb: I can't believe this! Look.

      [pulls out an ashtray]

      Mayor Cobb: This is your "Jason Voorhees" here.

      [pours ashes out]

      Mayor Cobb: This!

      [plants ashtray in Tucker's hand]

      Mayor Cobb: Your ass is on the line here, Tucker. Are you getting that? You get me a Goddamn LIVE suspect!

      [Cobb exits. Tucker, enraged, breaks the ashtray by throwing it against a wall]

    • Alternate versions
      There is an alternate version of the film which runs 91 minutes and contains several small and mostly inconsequential differences. These are:
      • "Version 2" is in the lower right hand corner throughout the movie.
      • There is no close-up of Jason pulling the machete out of Neil's stomach during the opening sequence.
      • Duke's (the paramedic) line is altered when he sees Joey's body. In the original version he says "Bunch of pussies..." while in Version 2 he says "I'll be damned...".
      • There is a different angle briefly used in Pete's death.
      • The scene in which Ethel yells at Junior as he is eating his stew is re-edited to remove the profanity, and uses some different angles.
      • When Demon is about to open the outhouse door, an alternate camera angle is used and some of the profanity he uses is cut from the scene.
      • After Junior is decapitated there is an alternate angle of Ethel in the kitchen, and her dialog is slightly altered.
      • The scene of Robin going to bed is re-edited to exclude some of her nudity and some dialog.
      • Before the above scene is a scene of Violet in her room which originally was part of a scene which occurred a few minutes later. When the scene happens a few minutes later, the footage that was previously used is not present.
      • When Pam fights off Roy with the chainsaw, she hits him twice in shoulder. Only the second hit appears in the original version.
      • When Roy dies, the camera stays on Pam, Tommy and Reggie instead of showing Roy falling on the spikes.
    • Connections
      Edited from Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
    • Soundtracks
      The Drowning - Part I
      Written by Daniele Amfitheatrof

    User reviews445

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    Top review
    5/10
    A new beginning?
    'Friday the 13th' may have been panned by critics when first released but since then it is one of the most famous and influential horror films, the franchise containing one of horror's most iconic villains. The film is popular enough to become a franchise and spawn several sequels of varying quality and generally inferior to the one that started it all of.

    The fifth film in the series 'A New Beginning' is the most maligned 'Friday the 13th' film by critics and fans, although it has garnered a cult following and its fair share of defence over time. To me, 'A New Beginning' is better than its reputation and that it tries to do something different is laudable. Also do not think it's the worst 'Friday the 13th' film. Having said that, the disappointment is understandable. There are good merits here, but it also did fall short to me.

    Starting with 'A New Beginning's' strengths, the best things about it are the as ever haunting music score and the terrific performance, both disturbing and moving, of John Shepherd. There are a few darkly funny moments, a few creepy ones and some of the death scenes are creative.

    The nightmare sequences are stylish and as nightmarish as one would hope. It's a pretty decent looking film, not cinematic art (but in all honesty that can never be expected from a 'Friday the 13th' film) but not amateurish.

    However, there are things that work against 'A New Beginning'. From my understanding, It is not that the film is different in the lack of Jason (this didn't bother me at all and is an insignificant issue), the more tongue-in-cheek tone and the idea it tried to introduce that irked fans, but the generally misguided way it was executed.

    More problematic are the problems as a standalone. The acting is not good (Shepherd is the sole exception), Melanie Kinnaman being awful, and the clumsy and far too simple dialogue, that slips more into vulgar camp than darkly tongue-and-cheek, and the mostly annoying and dull stereotypes passing for characters fare worse (the only one to be interesting and get proper development is Tommy).

    'A New Beginning' has the highest body count, and while there are some creative and unsettling deaths (others less so, hurt by gratuity and predictability) it was almost as if there were too many death scenes that gives one not that much time to compose themselves after each one. There is not enough suspense, the creepiness is too far and between and the story is thin and very hackneyed, with one of the series' silliest endings. The mystery elements don't work, being far too obvious, and neither does the identity of the killer, the killings committed by somebody that is not in it much in their real guise and doesn't have much presence.

    In summation, not that bad and not deserving of its black sheep reputation but a long way from being great. 5/10 Bethany Cox
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    • Jan 7, 2018

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 22, 1985 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Friday the 13th Part 5: A New Beginning
    • Filming locations
      • 30354 Mulholland Highway -Agoura Hills, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Georgetown Productions Inc.
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Sean S. Cunningham Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $2,200,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $21,930,418
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,032,883
      • Mar 24, 1985
    • Gross worldwide
      • $21,930,418
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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