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Epicurus.com - Friday the 13th - The Final Chapter
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Manufacturer: Paramount
Starring: Erich Anderson, Judie Aronson, Kimberly Beck, Corey Feldman, Barbara Howard
Directed By: Joseph Zito
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9780792166610
Format: Anamorphic
ISBN: 0792166612
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2000-10-17
Running Time: 90
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 1984-04-13
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Having been revived at the hospital jason returns to crystal lake to meet more victims. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/22/2006 Starring: Kimberly Beck Wayne Grace Run time: 91 minutes Rating: R Director: Joseph Zito
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Summary: Savini's Final Chapter
Comment: Tom Savini was given the shot to do the makeup effects for Part 1, and made it (by many opinion) the best in the series. Thinking this would be the end of Jason and they wanted to do something different with the series they wanted Jason dead...really dead. And who better to bring him home than Savini, who sculpted the head of what we know Jason to be today.
This movie has its moments of cheese, no doubt. Seeing Corey Feldman in the best acting job in his life (except for Stand By Me and seeing the dude from Back to the Future, round out the stars in this movie. And the plotline is nothing short of boring.
But the kills are what we came here for. And they don't let us down. From getting your head twisted off, a spear through your chest, a cleaver in your face, and an axe to the chest, Jason shows us how much he truely enjoys killing. And we love watching it! Be honest, thats the only reason we keep going to these movies!!
Savini's job at the ending was great, paid off. There's no way Jason was getting up after that. But alas there have been 7 more since (6 if you don't count Part 5).
As with Part 5, this movie is important in the series. If you look at the series as a whole, you can see that this is where the human Jason dies; in the later films we see the supernatural Jason who pops up out of nowhere, runs incredibly fast while barely moving, and takes an enourmous amount of abuse before "dying."
Rumors abound that they are rereleasing all the friday films in special editions. Already we see parts 1-3, with the others to follow shortly after. As a fan I'm sure to buy them, sucker that I am. This is a great series of movies to distract me from the problems of everyday life, even if only for a little while. Thank you Jason!
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Summary: Ridiculous cheese. Some people are so easily entertained
Comment: Never mind that the first 3 movies and this are identical, the fans flock to it all the same. The whole series is mindless stupidity at its finest.
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Summary: The Best Sequel From The First Four
Comment: FRIDAY THE 13TH-PART IV:THE FINAL CHAPTER is an awesome horror flick and was the best FRIDAY THE 13TH installment out of the first four, plus director(Joseph Zito) did a neat job by starting FRIDAY THE 13TH-PART IV with a spliced clip show by showing multiple scenes from FRIDAY THE 13TH Parts 1,2, and 3 and then later picks up from the end of FRIDAY THE 13TH-PART III where Jason Voorhees(Ted White) is found out cold in the barn along with the 7 kids and 3 bikers that Jason had killed in the previous sequel(PART 3) while the paramedics along with all the other Crystal Lake residents still convinced that Jason is actually dead, but then Jason escapes from the morgue later and starts doing his relentless killing spree on Camp Crystal Lake again as usual by killing off all his new victims one by one, including the new kids moving in for a nice relaxing getaway unaware that it will be their last with typical teenagers partying, skinny dipping, humping around, etc.
The bonus features on this were neat too, especially when Crispin Glover(Jimmy) explains how the silly dance he did in FRIDAY THE 13TH-PART IV was actually a dance he created at a bar he worked at in Hollywood or the L.A. Area, plus make-up effects creator(Tom Savini) who made a returning role had talked about his experience doing this movie and how he did those gory gruesome special effects scenes with Jason to make his killing scenes convincing, especially where Jason's eye and head slide right into the machete after Tommy Jarvis(Corey Feldman) stabs him and supposedly kills him off, which was of course before Paramount had decided to come back with a 5th sequel with FRIDAY THE 13TH-PART V: A NEW BEGINNING a year later back in the Spring of 1985 and then bring Jason(C.J. Graham) back in a 6th sequel with FRIDAY THE 13TH-PART VI:JASON LIVES 2 years later in the Summer of 1986, which was probably due to the fact that Jason and his killing style was missed so much, even after 4 successful FRIDAY THE 13TH installments.
As a matter of fact, FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER was the very first movie to ever make a 4th sequel, since movies only went up to Part 3 back then, which was another reason why the HALLOWEEN saga had stopped at HALLOWEEN 3: THE SEASON OF THE WITCH in 1982 and didn't finally come out with HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS until 1988, which was the same year that FRIDAY THE 13TH:PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD and A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET-PART IV:THE DREAM MASTER were also released.
So you could say that FRIDAY THE 13TH-PART IV:THE FINAL CHAPTER was a good inspiration for filmmakers to make 4th sequels on up.
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Summary: Crispin Glover: Master of the Dance
Comment: Some acting careers begin in slasher films, while some end in the same manner. Regardless of what Kevin Bacon says, I'll put money on Friday the 13th, part one as being his first movie. No matter, there's no need for Kevin Bacon's endorsement because of a touching appearance by Corey Feldman, TA-DAAA! Could this movie mark the "golden age" of Corey Feldman's short-lived career? He plays Tommy Jarvis. And if that doesn't do it for you, as it didn't for me, then maybe the subtle and yet severe awkwardness of Crispin Glover's character will: "would you care to dance?" While Tommy will forever be haunted by Jason's wrath, we the audience will forever be haunted, or even mildly amused by Crispin Glover's humiliating dance sequence and quest to get laid, which oddly enough, he accomplishes, but with the price of his life: DEATH BY CORKSCREW! My theory: the dance sequence may very well have been the motive behind Jason's killing spree.
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Summary: Corey Feldman? Say it ain't so, Jason
Comment: "Has the diabolical Jason finally met his match?" Uh, no. Corey Feldman, people; we are talking about Corey Feldman here. Of all the people on the planet, Corey Feldman is just about the last person capable of taking Jason out of the game. Truly, I had forgotten that Feldman was Jason's main event opponent in this "final chapter" of the series. Rightly or wrongly, that just takes something away from what is otherwise a darn good sequel's sequel's sequel - until the ending, anyway. Personally, I think this series jumped the shark when Feldman's character devised his unique plan for facing Jason face to face. In fact, I consider the shark re-jumped in the final frame of the film. It's still a strong entry in the series, the last one that actually tries to scare the audience, but the ending is just a little too hard for me to swallow.
In case you're not scoring at home, here's where we are. It's been five years since Mrs. Voorhees went postal all over Camp Crystal Lake - and less than a week since Jason made his killing debut in the second film. The third movie took up where the second one ended, and now this one takes up where the third one ended. That adds up to two massacres within a matter of days. Now Jason's body has disappeared from the morgue (along with a disgusting doc and a pretty nurse). Now if I were living in the immediate area of these bloodlettings with a hot teenaged daughter and a nerdy young son, I think I'd probably keep them close to home for awhile, especially at night. Not so with Mrs. Jarvis - who we know is up to speed on recent local events because we see her reading a newspaper reporting Jason's disappearance from the morgue - Trish (Kimberly Beck) and Tommy (Corey Feldman) are in and out more often than George Michael in a public park at midnight.
Oddly enough, given the fact they live deep in the isolated woods, the Jarvises have another house directly beside them. And who should show up for a temporary vacation there? Yep, a gang of horny teenagers. Friday the 13th The Final Chapter really delivers on the T&A, with everyone getting a piece of the action except for self-acclaimed ladies' man Ted (Lawrence Monoson). None of these characters are worth mentioning, though - except for the fact that they make great victims for a bulked-up Jason, who doesn't let a little thing like dying keep him from jumping off his hospital gurney and killing everyone he comes across.
Tommy Jarvis (Feldman) is a big horror fan, and that is supposed to give him some kind of psychological edge against Jason. Frankly, though, his plan for survival is so ridiculous that I wouldn't believe it in a million years. It feels as if the film is actually making fun of itself in the last few scenes, and that does a number to the effectiveness of the movie as a whole.
As far as Jason is concerned, though, this marks some of his finest work. He's fast, he's furious, he's expanding the scope and effect of his murder techniques, and - most of all -there's just no stopping the guy. Having horror makeup guru Tom Savini back on the project also pays huge dividends, as Jason never looked better (by which I mean worse - as we do get another peek at the unfortunate man behind the mask) - but, heck, you already know that Savini is the master. If it weren't for the silly aspects of the ending, this would probably be the best film in the series.
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