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Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Jason ships out aboard a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New York, which he soon transforms into the ultimate voyage of the damned.
1989 · Directed by Rob Hedden · 100 min · Horror · Thriller · Screenplay in the scene database · 11 frames
Tagline
New York has a new problem.
Plot
While aboard a houseboat on Crystal Lake, teenager Jim tells his girlfriend Suzi the legend of Jason Voorhees, before playing a prank on her with a hockey mask, similar to Jason's old mask, and a prop knife. The boat's anchor damages some underwater cables that shock and revive Jason, who was dragged down there by the spirit of Tina Shepard's father. He sneaks on board, takes the mask, and kills Jim with a speargun before impaling Suzi.
The next morning, the SS Lazarus is ready to set sail for New York City with a graduating senior class from Lakeview High School, chaperoned by biology teacher Dr. Charles McCulloch and English teacher Colleen Van Deusen. Colleen brings Charles's niece Rennie Wickham along for the trip despite her aquaphobia, much to his chagrin. Jason sneaks on board and kills rock star-wannabe J.J. with her guitar. That night, a young boxer who lost his match to champion Julius is killed by Jason in the ship's sauna. Rennie, searching for her pet Border Collie Toby, discovers prom queen Tamara Mason and her friend Eva doing drugs. Charles nearly catches them moments later, and Tamara pushes Rennie overboard, believing she told on them. She then uses video student Wayne Webber to record Charles in a compromising situation with her but rejects Wayne's advances afterward. Jason kills Tamara with a shard of a broken mirror after she showers.
Rennie sees visions of a young Jason in different forms throughout the ship. Jason kills Admiral Robertson and his first mate Jim. Rennie's boyfriend and Captain Robertson's son, Sean, discover them and tell the others before calling for an emergency. Eva finds Tamara's body and flees. Jason chases Eva into the disco room, where he strangles her to death on the dance floor. The students agree to search for Jason while Charles decides that the deckhand is responsible. However, the deckhand is found with a fire axe in his back. Jason tosses student Miles Wolfe into the radio transmitter tower to his death, and Julius is knocked overboard. In the hold of the ship, Wayne comes upon J.J.'s body and is thrown into an electrical box by Jason. Wayne's corpse catches fire and causes the ship to take on water. With the other students that were left in the disco room seemingly dead, Charles, Colleen, Rennie, and Sean escape aboard a life raft and discover that Toby and Julius are still alive. The five then row away as the Lazarus sinks.
Plot summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
Crew
- Screenplay: Rob Hedden
- Cinematography: Bryan England
- Edited by: Steve Mirkovich
- Music: Fred Mollin
- Production design: David Fischer
- Produced by: Randy Cheveldave
Cast
- Jensen Daggett as Rennie Wickham
- Sharlene Martin as Tamara Mason
- Scott Reeves as Sean Robertson
- Tiffany Paulsen as Suzi Donaldson
- Alex Diakun as Deck Hand
- Amber Pawlick as Rennie Wickham (young)
- Kane Hodder as Jason Voorhees
- Kelly Hu as Eva Watanabe
- Todd Caldecott as Jim Miller
- Peter Mark Richman as Charles McCulloch
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures
- Budget: $5,000,000
- Box office: $14,343,976
- Themes: mask, high school, new york city, new jersey, sadism, psychopath, boat, halloween, sewerage, times square
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