Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)

Years after Tommy Jarvis chained him underwater at Camp Crystal Lake, the dormant Jason Voorhees is accidentally released from his prison by a telekinetic teenager. Now, only she can stop him.

Director:

John Carl Buechler

Writers:

Daryl Haney, Manuel Fidello

Stars:

Terry Kiser, Jennifer Banko, John Otrin

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jennifer Banko	...	Young Tina Shepard
John Otrin	...	Mr. John Shepard
Susan Blu	...	Mrs. Amanda Shepard
Lar Park-Lincoln	...	Tina Shepard
Terry Kiser	...	Dr. Crews
Kevin Spirtas	...	Nick (as Kevin Blair)
Susan Jennifer Sullivan	...	Melissa
Heidi Kozak Haddad	...	Sandra (as Heidi Kozak)
Kane Hodder	...	Jason Voorhees
William Butler	...	Michael
Staci Greason	...	Jane
Larry Cox	...	Russell
Jeff Bennett	...	Eddie
Diana Barrows	...	Maddy
Elizabeth Kaitan	...	Robin

Storyline

After Jason Vorhees was chained to the Bottom of Camp Crystal Lake by Tommy Jarvis. A Young Telekinetic Girl known as Tina Shepherd accidentally killed her Father with her Powers at Crystal Lake. Years Later, Tina and Her Mother return to Camp Crystal Lake, Where Tina's Doctor trys to manipulate her powers for his own evil plans. Tina then trys to ressurect Her Father but Accidentally Awakens Jason Instead. It's now up to Tina to use her Powers to Stop Jason and Her Evil Doctor.

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Plot Keywords:

supernatural serial murder | serial murderer | serial killer | slasher | telekinesis | 

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Taglines:

On Friday the 13th, Jason will meet his match.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 May 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Birthday Bash

Filming Locations:

Alabama, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,800,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,245,038, 15 May 1988

Gross USA:

$19,170,001

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Friday Four Films Inc., Sean S. Cunningham Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to the documentary, Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (2013), Daryl Haney's original script was titled, Friday the 13th Part VI Jason's Destroyer.

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Goofs

(at around 40 mins) When Crews is opening the drawer to take out the iron pole you can see the pole changes position in the drawer between shots.

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Quotes

Sandra: So what do you think of Nick?
Melissa: [eyeing Nick] Gee, I hadn't noticed.

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Alternate Versions

UK cinema and video versions were cut by 8 secs by the BBFC to remove an underwater full frontal shot of Sandra skinny-dipping. The cuts were waived in 2002.

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Connections

Referenced in Mind Over Matter: The Truth About Telekinesis (2009)

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Soundtracks

Heart of Ice
Written by Fred Mollin and Stan Meissner
Performed by Stan Meissner
Courtesy of A&M Records of Canada Limited

User Reviews

"There's a legend around here..."

Jason is stuck at the bottom of Crystal Lake after the events of the last movie. Luckily for him there's a telekinetic girl (Lar Park-Lincoln) who cries a lot and has Carrie fits. She inadvertently frees Jason, thinking he's her dead father! Jason immediately starts killing people, naturally. The series was clearly trying to move in a new direction here with more of a focus on the paranormal and supernatural. Terry Kiser from Weekend at Bernie's plays a shrink in this. He's better with comedy. Lar Park-Lincoln's performance consists of crying or being on the verge of crying at all times. My sister used to love this entry in the series because of the angle with the telekinetic girl and the handsome guy who looks like he belongs at a Superman audition.

First movie in the series where Kane Hodder plays Jason. He would be the longest-running Jason, playing him for the rest of the series. Frankly, I'm not a big fan of Hodder's Jason. He's too big and bulky, like a football player or pro wrestler. Plus they put him in some kind of suit where you are supposed to be able to see his exposed spine and ribcage. It's incredibly cheesy and just makes Jason cartoonish instead of intimidating.

Most of the people Jason kills in this one aren't particularly annoying or bad. The first couple seemed quite nice, actually. The whole vibe to this sequel seems off but it's still a watchable movie. Not the best of the series but far from the worst. There would only be one more decent one after this then it was downhill.