Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Joseph Zito

Writers:

Barney Cohen (screenplay)
Martin Kitrosser (character creator)
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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 | Cabin | Morgue | Blood

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Nov. 13

12:00 PM

SPIKETV

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 Mortimer
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
Antony Ponzini	...	Vincent
Frankie Hill	...	Lainie
Paul Lukather	...	Doctor
Bonnie Hellman	...	Hitchhiker
Arnie Moore	...	Medic
Robert Perault	...	Medic
John Walsh	...	TV newscaster
Gene Ross	...	Cop
Abigail Shelton	...	Woman
Robyn Woods	...	Girl in shower
Thad Geer	...	Running man
Tom Everett	...	Flashlight man
William Irby	...	Helicopter pilot
Kirsten Baker	...	Terri (archive footage)
Richard Brooker	...	Jason Voorhees (archive footage)
Peter Brouwer	...	Steve Christy (archive footage)
Ronn Carroll	...	Sgt. Tierney (archive footage)
Rex Everhart	...	Enos (truck driver) (archive footage)
John Furey	...	Paul Holt (archive footage)
Walt Gorney	...	Crazy Ralph (archive footage)
Dana Kimmell	...	Chris Higgins (archive footage)
Adrienne King	...	Alice Hardy (archive footage)
Marta Kober	...	Sandra Dier (archive footage)
Jack Marks	...	Deputy Winslow (archive footage)
Tom McBride	...	Mark (archive footage)
Betsy Palmer	...	Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (archive footage)
Jaime Perry	...	Counselor (archive footage)
Jeffrey Rogers	...	Andy (archive footage)
Nick Savage	...	Ali (archive footage)
Amy Steel	...	Ginny Field (archive footage)
Lauren-Marie Taylor	...	Vicky (archive footage)
Russell Todd	...	Scott (archive footage)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steve Dash	...	Jason Voorhees (archive footage)
Terry Ballard	...	State trooper (uncredited)
Mark Stuart Lane	...	Cop (uncredited)
Ari Lehman	...	Young Jason Voorhees (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ted White	...	Jason Voorhees (uncredited)

Directed by
Joseph Zito

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Barney Cohen		screenplay
Martin Kitrosser		character creator
Ron Kurz		character creator
Victor Miller		character creator
Bruce Hidemi Sakow		story
Carol Watson		character creator

Produced by
Tony Bishop	....	co-producer
Frank Mancuso Jr.	....	producer

Original Music by
Harry Manfredini

Cinematography by
João Fernandes

Film Editing by
Joel Goodman
Daniel Loewenthal

Casting by
Pamela Basker
Fern Champion

Production Design by
Shelton H. Bishop

Art Direction by
Joe Hoffman

Makeup Department
Larry S. Carr	....	special makeup effects artist
Alec Gillis	....	special makeup effects artist
James Kagel	....	special makeup effects artist
Michael Maddi	....	special makeup effects artist
Jill Rockow	....	special makeup effects artist
Tom Savini	....	special makeup effects artist
John Vulich	....	special makeup effects artist
Kevin Yagher	....	special makeup effects artist

Art Department
Jeanine Lambeth	....	scene painter

Sound Department
Charles Grenzbach	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Tom Savini	....	special effects supervisor
Ken Sher	....	special effects technician

Stunts
Pamela Bebermeyer	....	stunts
Sheryl Brown	....	stunts
Bob K. Cummings	....	stunts
Mike De Luna	....	stunts
Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw	....	stunts
John Sherrod	....	stunts

Transportation Department
Jonathan A. Rosenfeld	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Terry Ballard	....	creative consultant
Tony Bishop	....	location manager
Michael Goldberg	....	assistant production accountant
Sharmagne Leland-St. John	....	assistant location manager
John Lytle	....	location manager
Susan Malerstein	....	script supervisor
Karen Altman Morgenstern	....	production coordinator
Pam O'Har	....	location manager
Alan Sims	....	technical advisor
Don Wyse	....	fire safety

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures (presents)
• Georgetown Productions Inc.

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1984) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cinema International Corporation (1984) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (19??) (Argentina) (VHS)
• CIC Video (1987) (UK) (VHS)
• CIC-Taft Home Video (19??) (Australia) (VHS)
• Home Video Hellas (HVH) (1987) (Greece) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (deluxe edition)
• Paramount Home Video (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Friday the 13th Part 4 (USA) (working title)
Friday the 13th: Last Chapter (Philippines: English title)
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter - Part 4 (UK) (DVD box 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:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

When they shot the scene where Samantha (Judie Aronson) is in a raft on the lake, it was in the dead of winter. It got so cold that Judie started crying, Jason actor Ted White got fed up and told director Joseph Zito that he would quit if they didn't let her come out and warm up. They did.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Jason throws Tina out of the window, the top view shot shows that the car is already dented and the glass is already shattered before she lands.

Quotes:

Nurse Morgan: [lights click off] Get lost, Axel. I'm busy. I've had more than enough of you for one night.
[pause]
Nurse Morgan: Read my lips, leave me alONE! AAH!
[Jason grabs her, props her against a wall, and guts her with a scalpel]

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Soundtrack:

Stella By Starlight

Very Good Sequel

Friday the 13th 4 (1984)

*** (out of 4)

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter had fans mouths watering because the director, Tom Savini and the studio promised this would be the final film in the series and that Jason would get mutilated in the end. If you've seen the film or are familiar with the series you'll know that only half of that is true. However, Tom Savini honestly believed this would be the final film in the series so he returned to the movie after he thought he'd get a chance to kill what he created.

This here is without a doubt one of the best in the series and all of this is due to the screenplay, which offers up so much fun with Jason as well as the people he's wanting to kill. All slasher movies are rather simply. You get a group of kids together and watch them get killed. That works just so much because I've seen various slashers that use that formula and fall apart. Why is that? I think the key to a great slasher is the teenagers because they will be taking up a lot more time that the actual killer. In this film the screenplay offers us various teens and the thing is that all of them are downright lovable where the viewer hates seeing something bad happening to them.

In the previous three films we were giving one "hero" and a lot of other "bad" people that we didn't care what happened to them. In this film everyone of the teens from the good guys to the bad guys are fun, energetic and makes for a more watchable movie since we have such a great time with them. Liking the characters so much also helps when it comes to the murders. We know this people are going to die but at the same time we also hope that certain character will be around to the end. When one of our favorite characters get picked off it's usually in a very grisly way thanks to the master Savini.

Savini turns in some of his greatest work here, which is saying a lot especially if you've seen most of his filmography. Things start off with a bang when a doctor gets his throat slashed only to then have his head twisted off. Another highlight comes with a poor fat girl sitting on the side of the road trying to enjoy a banana. Every other death scene offers up something new, original and in some ways a lot more graphic that what we are used to. However, the victims of this film get it easy when it comes to graphic deaths because that there is saved for Jason himself.

Even without the great gore effects, the ending to the film ranks as the greatest in slasher film history. Director Joseph Zito is right on the mark throughout the ending building up the history of the characters as well as building up Tommy to be the final hero. The suspense is also very high as Trish and Tommy run from room to room, each time thinking they've killed Jason who just keeps returning. The final chase from house to house is so remarkably well done that even the mainstream critics should have realized it. The actual slaughter of Jason is everything fans could have hoped for.