Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

Danny Steinmann

Writers:

Martin Kitrosser (story) &
David Cohen (story) ...
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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 | Death Of Brother | Masked Villain | Brother | Murder

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
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.	...	Demon (as Miguel A. Nunez Jr.)
Corey Parker	...	Pete
Jerry Pavlon	...	Jake
Shavar Ross	...	Reggie
Rebecca Wood	...	Lana (as Rebecca Wood-Sharkey)
John Shepherd	...	Tommy Jarvis
Sonny Shields	...	Raymond
Eddie Matthews	...	Second Deputy (as Ed Shinstine)
Ron Sloan	...	Junior Hubbard
Marco St. John	...	Sheriff Tucker
Caskey Swaim	...	Duke
Mark Venturini	...	Victor J. Faden
Debi Sue Voorhees	...	Tina (as Debisue Voorhees)
Vernon Washington	...	George
Chuck Wells	...	Third Deputy
Dick Wieand	...	Roy
Richard Young	...	Matthew Letter

Directed by
Danny Steinmann

Writing credits
Martin Kitrosser		(story) &
David Cohen		(story)
Martin Kitrosser		(screenplay) &
David Cohen		(screenplay) and
Danny Steinmann		(screenplay)
Victor Miller		characters (uncredited)

Produced by
Frank Mancuso Jr.	....	executive producer
Timothy Silver	....	producer

Original Music by
Harry Manfredini

Cinematography by
Stephen L. Posey

Film Editing by
Bruce Green

Casting by
Pamela Basker
Fern Champion

Production Design by
Robert Howland

Makeup Department
Enid Arias	....	hair stylist
Martin Becker	....	special makeup effects
Larry S. Carr	....	special makeup effects artist
Earl Ellis	....	special makeup effects artist (as Earl C. Ellis Jr.)
Kathryn Fenton	....	makeup artist (as Kathryn Miles Logan)
Louis Lazzara	....	special makeup effects artist
David B. Miller	....	special makeup effects artist (as Louis Lazara)
David Arthur Nelson	....	special makeup effects artist (as David Nelson)
Anton Rupprecht	....	special makeup effects artist
William Scott Strong	....	special makeup effects artist (as Wm. Scott Strong)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gary Dahl	....	additional second assistant director
Leon Dudevoir	....	first assistant director
Denis L. Stewart	....	second assistant director (as Denis Stewart)
Mike Topoozian	....	second second assistant director
David M. Robertson	....	first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Barbara Benz	....	property master
Michael Gastaldo	....	set dresser
Clayton Hartley	....	construction coordinator
Alexander Hendrie	....	lead man
Jeanine Lambeth	....	scenic artist
Robert Rosenbaum	....	scenic artist
Frederick B. Van Brunt	....	property assistant (as Frederick Van Brunt)
Sara Lee Wade	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Wallace R. Bearden	....	adr mixer (as Wallace R. Beardon)
James Beshears	....	adr editor
Larry Carow	....	sound effects editor
Chris Carpenter	....	sound re-recording mixer: effects
David B. Cohn	....	sound effects editor (as David Cohn)
Mary Jo Lang	....	cable person
Patrushkha Mierzwa	....	boom operator
Bob Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert R. Rutledge	....	sound effects editor (as Robert Rutledge)
Mark Ulano	....	production sound mixer
Ray West	....	sound re-recording mixer: dialogue
Charles Ewing Smith	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Jerry Trent	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Tom Del Genio	....	special effects: Reel EFX, Inc.
Tom Hartigan	....	special effects: Reel EFX, Inc. (as Thomas K. Hartigan)
Frankie Inez	....	special effects coordinator
Victor D. Lupica	....	special effects: Reel EFX, Inc.
Frank 'Paco' Munoz	....	special effects: Reel EFX, Inc. (as Frank Munoz)
Duncan J. Simpson	....	special effects: Reel EFX, Inc.
Mark Sparks	....	special effects: Reel EFX, Inc. (as Mark A. Sparks)
Martin Becker	....	special effects supervisor (uncredited)

Stunts
Debbie Evans	....	stunts
Gene Hartline	....	stunts
John Hock	....	stunts
Desiree Kearns	....	stunts (as Desiree Keins)
Steven Lambert	....	stunts
Gene LeBell	....	stunts (as Gene Le Bell)
John Moio	....	stunts
Tom Morga	....	stunt double: Roy
Debby Lynn Ross	....	stunts
John Sherrod	....	stunts
Ed Mathew Shinstine	....	stunts (as Ed Shinstine)
Dick Warlock	....	stunt coordinator (as Richard Warlock)
Cindy Wills	....	stunts
Ray Woodford	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
David Amann	....	company electrician
Alan Caso	....	Steadicam operator
Alan Caso	....	camera operator
Mark Davison	....	second assistant camera
Barbara Delpuech	....	company electrician (as Barbara Way)
David W. Donoho	....	company grip (as David Donaho)
Darrell Gardiner	....	company electrician
Tommy Magglos	....	first assistant camera
Joseph Mealey	....	still photographer (as Joe Mealey)
George S. Neil	....	best boy electric (as George Neil)
Steven Queen	....	best boy grip (as Steve Queen)
Richard 'Rico' Sands	....	gaffer (as Richard Sands)
Dermot Stoker	....	dolly grip
Dermot Stoker	....	key grip
Wayne Stroud	....	company grip
Chuck Wells	....	company grip

Casting Department
Mark Holub	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jan Larkham	....	wardrobe assistant (as Janis Larkham)
Camile Schroeder	....	wardrobe supervisor
Nola Sharp	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Armen Minasian	....	assistant editor
Karen Schwartz	....	assistant editor
Stephen R. Sheridan	....	color timer

Music Department
Jack K. Tillar	....	music editor (as Jack Tiller)

Transportation Department
John Bateman	....	driver
Duard Wayne Binkley	....	driver (as Wayne Binkley)
Gene Graham	....	driver
Ruth Harmon	....	driver
Perry Husman	....	transportation coordinator
Dennis Jorgenson	....	driver/operator
Chaz Merriam	....	driver (as Chuck Merriam)
James Neilan	....	driver: grip/electric (as Jim Neilan)
Jim O'Keefe	....	transportation captain
J.D. Orlebeck	....	driver
Rebecca Poulos	....	driver
Graham Richardson	....	driver
Lawrence J. Romanoff	....	transportation co-captain

Other crew
Connie Barzaghi	....	script supervisor
Edwina Barzaghi	....	stand-in
Anita Dreike	....	assistant: Mr. Steinmann
Thomas W. Foster	....	first aid (as Thomas Foster)
Barbara Gogny	....	studio teacher
Michael Goldberg	....	assistant accountant
Sheri Hooper	....	production assistant
Eddie Matthews	....	stand-in (as Ed Matthews)
Jeanne Marie O'Brien	....	production coordinator (as Jeanne O'Brien)
Pam O'Har	....	location manager
Krystoff Przykucki	....	craft service
Curtis Ross	....	stand-in
Constance Talley-Sherman	....	production accountant
Shelley Weiss	....	production secretary (as Shelley Anne Weiss)
Sylvia White	....	production coordinator
Ron Zimmerman	....	production assistant
Mary Carroll Zumbrook	....	assistant: Mr. Mancuso
Kim Thio	....	set medic (uncredited)
Don Wyse	....	fire safety (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Georgetown Productions Inc.
• Paramount Pictures
• Terror Inc.

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1985) (USA) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• CIC-Taft Home Video
• Home Video Hellas (HVH) (1987) (Greece) (video)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (deluxe edition)
• Paramount Home Video (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1985) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Video Elit (1986) (Bulgaria) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Makeup Effects Laboratories

Also Known As:

Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (USA)
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 | West Germany:18 | Mexico:C | South Korea:18 | Finland:K-18

Filming Locations:

Camarillo, California, USA

Company:

Georgetown Productions Inc.

Trivia:

The scene in which Pam attacks Jason with the chainsaw was shot on Halloween night in 1984.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Tommy goes to slice Roy's arm, you can see he is not really holding the machete in his hand.

Quotes:

Billy: [pulls up to diner] LANA! HEY, LANA!
Lana: Sorry, buster. We're closed.
[giggles]
Billy: It's all right, I just want a take out order.
Lana: You do, huh? Well, what would you like?
Billy: I would like Lana to go with nothing on her.
Lana: Oh, and who wants her?
Billy: The pride of the Unger Institute of Mental Health, who has just dumped his last bedpan and would like very much to party. Will you get your ass out here?

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

His Eyes

Demon & Dudley are the highlights

This was not supposed to be a great movie, and the ending was pretty bad. However, one of the great virtues of low budget movies is that sometimes they find some really funny or unique actors that perform very memorably in their one major role. The mother and son hillbilly couple come to mind. Most of the cast in this movie was pretty entertaining. Now, twenty years later it is interesting to see that most of them never really continued their acting careers.

The main exception in this movie is Miguel Nunez, who has had a very successful career. Here he was trying to look like Michael Jackson in his brief appearance. He was much better in his Tour of Duty TV series. I enjoyed the beginning of this film. The idea of a Foster Home for troubled kids seemed like a fresh twist. Another plus is that most of the characters are not obnoxious. In most of the Slasher movies, the victims are usually so annoying that watching them get slashed is almost fun. In this movie, it was kind of sad to see some of the nice kids get killed off.

The main problems that keep this movie from being a great horror film is that John Sheppard plays the lead character of Tommy Jarvis, and that Jason is not all there. Sheppard is probably the worst actor in this film. He seems to have trouble emoting, speaking, or doing anything in a natural way. The Director seems to have noticed that Sheppard was not cutting the mustard, since most of the last half of the movie concentrates on Reggie (Dudley on Different Strokes) who has a lot more personality and charisma. The other letdown is the bogus surprise ending. I don't want to spoil the ending, but it is dumb and it makes no sense at all. The guy who killed the fat kid went to prison (and safety), and the innocent Foster Kids got killed. The fat kid never knew his father, but the father always knew where his orphan son was? I wonder what the creative team was smoking when they came up with that idea.