Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

Director:

Danny Steinmann

Writers:

Martin Kitrosser (story) &
David Cohen (story) ...

Release Date:

22 March 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery

Tagline:

If Jason still haunts you, you're not alone!

Plot:

While Jason lies unconscious, a local man decides to use Jason's old M.O. and wreaks havoc at a halfway house for troubled teens. |

Plot Keywords:

Teen | Jason Voorhees | Stabbed In The Eye | Spike In The Head | Vertigo Shot

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Anthony Barrile	...	Vinnie
Suzanne Bateman	...	Nurse Yates / Receptionist
Dominick Brascia	...	Joey
Todd Bryant	...	Neil
Curtis Conaway	...	Les
Juliette Cummins	...	Robin
Bob DeSimone	...	Billy (as Bob De Simone)
John Robert Dixon	...	Eddie
Corey Feldman	...	Tommy at 12
Jere Fields	...	Anita (as Jeré Fields)
Tiffany Helm	...	Violet
Melanie Kinnaman	...	Pam Roberts
Richard Lineback	...	Deputy Dodd
Carol Locatell	...	Ethel Hubbard
Ric Mancini	...	Mayor Cobb

Also Known As:

Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (USA) (alternative title)
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning - Part 5 (UK) (DVD box title)
Repetition (USA) (fake working title)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:(Banned) | Sweden:15 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Netherlands:16 | Brazil:14 | Denmark:15 | Ireland:18 | Spain:18 | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Canada:R | France:-16 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #27734) | West Germany:18 | Mexico:C | South Korea:18 | Finland:K-18

Filming Locations:

Camarillo, California, USA

Company:

Georgetown Productions Inc.

Trivia:

There are three different hockey masks featured in this film. The first is the one that the Jason imposter (Roy) wears. It has a two blue stripes on either side of the mouth. The second is the one the actual Jason wears when Tommy sees him in the hospital room at the end. This has the one red triangle above the eyes. The third is featured on the poster. It's an entirely different hockey mask, with more breathing holes on it. This one was never used in the film.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Eddie finds Tina's corpse and rolls her over, she's still breathing.

Quotes:

George: Go and let everyone else know breakfast is ready.
Reggie: Yo! Breakfast! Come and get it!
George: I could've done that.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Camp Daze (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

His Eyes

A bit too lame at times.

Well, basically this movie is just as good, or bad if you will, as most of the Friday the 13th sequels but with as a big difference that this movie is a bit too much filled with some horrendous and just plain lame moments. Especially it's attempts at comedy are laughable, for all the wrong reasons though.

This movie meant a fresh start again for the successful horror series that started out in 1980. They tried out some different stuff for this movie, by leaving out Jason as the killer this time, though he is still present this time. The movie is perhaps more of a whodunit, though the movie itself doesn't seem to really realize this and simply goes one with its bloody killing-spree, without providing any explanation or show any logic. It already always had been a bit weird at how random Jason seemed to kill his victims but in this movie this is even more the case, since it isn't the actual Jason himself doing the killings this time but a person of flesh and blood, who has taking over the modus operandi and look of Jason Voorhees, who had died in the previous sequel.

Its killings are still pretty good and graphic looking though, so that at least should please the fans of the genre in some ways. But they also would probably be somewhat disappointed by this 'fresh' start of the Friday the 13th series. After this movie they would soon bring back Jason again for the following sequel, starting with the one year later done movie "Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI".

The characters in this movie also aren't being exactly among the best out of the series. The movie also features Tommy again from the previous movie entry, only this time as an adult. He's being a bit of a wasted opportunity in this movie though and they could had done some far more interesting stuff with his character, that could had also perhaps made him a far more interesting and important character within the entire Friday the 13th series.

A bit of a failed attempt but it does has some redeeming qualities in it for the lovers of the genre.

5/10