Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Joseph Zito

Writers:

Barney Cohen (screenplay)
Martin Kitrosser (character creator)

Release Date:

13 April 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Three Times Before You Have Felt The Terror, Known The Madness, Lived The Horror. But This Is The One You've Been Screaming For.

Plot:

Having been revived at the hospital, Jason returns to Crystal Lake to meet more victims. However, this time has he met his match in Tommy Jarvis ?

Plot Keywords:

Crystal Lake | Murder | Girl | Morgue | Cabin

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kimberly Beck	...	Trish Jarvis
Erich Anderson	...	Rob Dyer (as E.Erich Anderson)
Corey Feldman	...	Tommy Jarvis
Barbara Howard	...	Sara
Peter Barton	...	Doug
Lawrence Monoson	...	Ted
Joan Freeman	...	Mrs. Jarvis
Crispin Glover	...	Jimmy
Clyde Hayes	...	Paul (as Alan Hayes)
Judie Aronson	...	Samantha
Camilla More	...	Tina
Carey More	...	Terri
Bruce Mahler	...	Axel
Lisa Freeman	...	Nurse Morgan
Wayne Grace	...	Officer Jamison

Also Known As:

Friday the 13th Part 4 (USA) (working title)
Friday the 13th: Last Chapter (Philippines: English title)
Friday the Thirteenth: The Final Chapter (USA) (trailer title)

Runtime:

90 min | USA:97 min (uncut version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:18 (Banned) (cut) | New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:PG (heavily cut) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:16 | Brazil:14 | Denmark:15 | Ireland:18 | Spain:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Canada:R | France:-12 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | Sweden:15 (cut) (Banned, 1984) | UK:18 | USA:R | Italy:VM14 | Mexico:C | Finland:K-18

Filming Locations:

Lake Minnewashta, Chanhassen, Minnesota, USA

Company:

Georgetown Productions Inc.

Trivia:

Peter Barton was talked into taking a role in this movie by Amy Steel who played Ginny in Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981).

Goofs:

Continuity: Through out this whole movie Jason Voorhees has long black fingernails and gray colored skin on his hands. When Jason kills the hitch hiker he has normal looking human hands. (Tom Savini stepped in and played Jason in this scene, but forgot to put makeup on his hands).

Quotes:

[Rob nearly attacks Trish by mistake]
Rob Dier: What the hell are you doing here?
Trish: What are you trying to do, kill me?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)

Soundtrack:

Tangerine

As for a horror movie, this one delivers.

I'm a firm believer that horror movies should be judged as horror movies, and not compared when reviewed to films such as The Godfather, and as far as horror films go, this one could easily be the Godfather of em all. Following closely in the tradition of the previous three Fridays, The Final Chapter places Jason smack dab in the middle of two isolated cabins deep in the woods, one occupied by a group of fun loving teenagers and the other by a peaceful lakeside family. Well of course the violence and gross fun is plenty, but what really sets this film apart from a lot of horror flicks and almost all of the Friday the 13th films is it's tone, quality and over all entertainment level. Director Joseph Zito has a sharp eye for detail and Splatter Master Tom Savini sure does send Jason out with a bang. Of course this ended up NOT being The Final Chapter, unfortunately it should have been. After this entry the series really started to go down hill. If your in the mood for a good old fashion 80's slasher flick, this one's for you.