Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

John Carl Buechler

Writers:

Manuel Fidello (writer)
Daryl Haney (writer)
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Release Date:

13 May 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror

Tagline:

On Friday the 13th, Jason will meet his match.

Plot:

Years after Tommy Jarvis chained him underwater at Camp Crystal Lake, the hulking killer Jason Vorhees returns to the camp grounds when he's released accidently by a teenager with psychic powers.

Plot Keywords:

Crystal Lake | Telekinesis | Jason Voorhees | Teen | Murder

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Kane Hodder	...	Jason Voorhees
Lar Park-Lincoln	...	Tina Shepard
Susan Jennifer Sullivan	...	Melissa
Kevin Spirtas	...	Nick (as Kevin Blair)
Terry Kiser	...	Dr. Crews
Susan Blu	...	Mrs. Amanda Shepard
Heidi Kozak	...	Sandra
William Butler	...	Michael
Staci Greason	...	Jane
Larry Cox	...	Russell
Jeff Bennett	...	Eddie
Diana Barrows	...	Maddy
Elizabeth Kaitan	...	Robin
Jon Renfield	...	David
Michael Schroeder	...	Dan
Debora Kessler	...	Judy
Diane Almeida	...	Kate
Craig Thomas	...	Ben
Jennifer Banko	...	Young Tina Shepard
John Otrin	...	Mr. John Shepard
Delano J. Palughi	...	Rescue worker
Corey Feldman	...	Young Tommy Jarvis (archive footage)
Thom Mathews	...	Tommy Jarvis (archive footage)
Ted White	...	Jason Voorhees (Part IV) (archive footage)
Kimberly Beck	...	Trish Jarvis (archive footage)
C.J. Graham	...	Jason Voorhees (Part VI) (archive footage)
Darcy DeMoss	...	Nikki (archive footage)
Nancy McLoughlin	...	Elizabeth (archive footage)
Mike Nomad	...	Cop on pier (archive footage) (as Michael Nomad)
Tony Goldwyn	...	Darren (archive footage)
Lauren-Marie Taylor	...	Vicky (archive footage)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Carl Buechler	...	Fireman who picks up Jason's mask (uncredited)
Walt Gorney	...	Opening Narrator (uncredited) (voice)

Directed by
John Carl Buechler

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Manuel Fidello		writer
Daryl Haney		writer
Victor Miller		characters (uncredited)

Produced by
Iain Paterson	....	producer
Barbara Sachs	....	associate producer
Frank Mancuso Jr.	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Harry Manfredini
Fred Mollin

Cinematography by
Paul Elliott

Film Editing by
Maureen O'Connell
Martin Jay Sadoff
Barry Zetlin

Casting by
Anthony Barnao

Production Design by
Richard Lawrence

Set Decoration by
Woody Crocker

Costume Design by
Jacqueline Johnson

Makeup Department
Maria Lupe de Caesar	....	assistant hair stylist
Maria Lupe de Caesar	....	assistant makeup artist
Jerrie Werkman	....	hair stylist
Jerrie Werkman	....	makeup artist
Kathleen Karridene	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Rebecca Greeley	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Todd Amateau	....	second assistant director
Francis R. Mahoney III	....	first assistant director (as Francis R. 'Sam' Mahoney)

Art Department
James Biggs	....	construction coordinator (as James Beggs)
Jaime Bird	....	construction coordinator
Gene Bishop	....	swing gang
Larry Clark	....	paint foreman
Francis N. 'Lucky' Costello	....	construction painter (as Frank Costello)
Albert Cummings	....	assistant set decorator
César Díez Álava	....	prop man (as Cesar Alava)
Les Godwin	....	swing gang
Batia Grafka	....	property master
Mark Haskins	....	set dresser (as Mark C. Haskins)
Bart Hilliker	....	swing gang (as Barton Hilliker)
Sylvia Lawrence	....	swing gang
John Philpotts	....	lead man
Terry Tubbs	....	assistant set decorator

Sound Department
Joel Berkovitz	....	foley editor
Gail Brodin	....	boom operator (as Gail Dalton Brodin)
Jan Brodin	....	sound mixer
Dane A. Davis	....	supervising sound editor (as Dane Davis)
Holly Davis	....	sound effects editor
Lisa Davis	....	assistant sound editor
Scott Ganary	....	adr mixer
Scott Ganary	....	foley mixer
Gary Gegan	....	adr mixer
Gary Gegan	....	foley mixer
Cynthia Haagens	....	adr editor
Wayne Heitman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jon Hussein	....	adr recordist
Jon Hussein	....	foley recordist
Greg Jacobs	....	dialogue editor
Stanley Kastner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kini Kay	....	sound effects editor
Val Kuklowsky	....	sound effects editor
Mark 'Frito' Long	....	sound recordist
Matt Patterson	....	adr recordist
Matt Patterson	....	foley recordist
Joan Rowe	....	foley walker
Christopher Sheldon	....	supervising sound editor
Jerry Trent	....	foley walker
Paul M. Wagner	....	assistant sound editor (as Paul Wagner)

Special Effects by
Ponina Ben-Daniel	....	production secretary: special makeup effects unit
John Carl Buechler	....	line producer: special makeup effects unit
Lynn Buechler	....	production controller: special makeup effects unit
Lou Carlucci	....	mechanical effects coordinator: Image Engineering, Inc.
John Criswell	....	animatronics: special makeup effects unit
Lenny Dalrymple	....	technician: special mechanical effects unit
Robin L. D'Arcy	....	coordinator: special mechanical effects unit (as Robin D'Arcy)
Michael Deak	....	location supervisor: special makeup effects unit (as Michael S. Deak)
Jim Doyle	....	lead mechanical designer: special mechanical effects unit
Eric Dressor	....	technician: special mechanical effects unit
Loraina Drucker	....	location crew: special makeup effects unit
David Fletcher	....	lead technician: special mechanical effects unit
John Foster	....	production manager: special makeup effects unit
John Frassrand	....	location crew: special makeup effects unit
Karin Hanson	....	wigs: special makeup effects unit
Mecki Heussen	....	laboratory technician: special makeup effects unit
Cary Howe	....	fabrication supervisor: special makeup effects unit
Cary Howe	....	location supervisor: special makeup effects unit
Sheila Jackson	....	laboratory technician: special makeup effects unit
Greg Johnson	....	laboratory technician: special makeup effects unit
Greg Johnson	....	location supervisor: special makeup effects unit
David Kindlon	....	animatronics: special makeup effects unit (as Dave Kindlen)
Jim Kundig	....	assistant: special mechanical effects unit
Joe Lombardi	....	pyrotechnical consultant: special mechanical effects unit
Jennifer Martin	....	laboratory technician: special makeup effects unit
Joe Podnar	....	laboratory technician: special makeup effects unit
Scott Prescott	....	technician: special mechanical effects unit
Timothy Ralston	....	laboratory technician: special makeup effects unit (as Tim Ralston)
Patrick Simmons	....	laboratory technician: special makeup effects unit
Richard Snell	....	contact lens: special makeup effects unit
Heidi Snyder	....	laboratory technician: special makeup effects unit
Heidi Synder	....	laboratory technician: special makeup effects unit
Martin Becker	....	special effects supervisor: Magical Media Industries Inc. (uncredited)
Barbara Anne Bock	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)
Richard Miranda	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)
AJ Workman	....	special effects design: MMI, John Carl Buechler (uncredited)

Stunts
Bob Bragg	....	stunts (as Bobby Bragg)
Karen Garrett	....	stunts
Kane Hodder	....	stunt coordinator
Steve Hulin	....	stunts
Tracy Hutchinson	....	stunts
Tod Keller	....	stunts
Maria R. Kelly	....	stunts (as Maria Kelly)
Jean Malahni	....	stunts (as Jeannie Malahni)
Alan Marcus	....	stunts
Paula Marie Moody	....	stunts
Paul E. Short	....	stunts (as Paul Short)
John Sistrunk	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Ansell	....	still photographer
Wayne Baker	....	assistant camera: underwater photography unit
Monty Bass	....	grip (as Monte Bass)
Curtis Bradford	....	key grip (as Curtiss Bradford)
Anthony Caldwell	....	best boy grip
Thomas L. Callaway	....	camera operator: second unit
Don Cely	....	best boy electric
Henry DeBardeleben	....	grip
John Drake	....	gaffer
Giles Dunning	....	second assistant camera
Ali Farboud	....	electrician
Harry K. Garvin	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Ed Giovanni	....	first assistant camera (as Edward Giovanni)
Carl Johnson	....	electrician
Chris Kiperman	....	grip (as Christopher Kiperman)
Renton-Paul Medcalf	....	grip
Richard Mula	....	gaffer: underwater photography unit
Nick Nelson	....	electrician
Oliver Peale	....	electrician
Robert Pugh	....	electrician
Pete Romano	....	camera operator: underwater photography unit (as Peter Romano)
Kevin Whitlow	....	grip
Rick Lamb	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Hal Trussell	....	additional photographer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Maria Gafney	....	location casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Donna Barrish	....	key costumer
Marcy Craig	....	wardrobe supervisor
Debra L. Wright	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Lori Ball	....	assistant editor
Lauri Brown	....	assistant editor
Marcy Stoeven	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Christopher Kennedy	....	music supervisor
Jeff Wolpert	....	scoring mixer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Ella St. John Blakey	....	transportation captain: Los Angeles (as Ella Blakey)
Marvin Dials	....	driver
Pam Hart	....	driver
Kim Larsen	....	driver
Michael Locke	....	driver
Tony Mercier	....	transportation coordinator
Janice Phelps	....	driver
Arthur Smith	....	driver
Shelba Travis	....	transportation captain: Alabama
Dave Walden Jr.	....	driver: honeywagon (as David Walden Jr.)
David Walden Sr.	....	driver: honeywagon
Tim Wright	....	driver
Troy Flynn	....	transportation (uncredited)

Other crew
Leslie Buzbee	....	boat wrangler
Curt Covert	....	production assistant
Patricia Dugan	....	craft service
Bruce Robert Fahr	....	craft service (as Bruce Fahr)
Patricia Frazier	....	assistant production coordinator (as Pat Frazier)
Thomas A. Irvine	....	production associate (as Thomas Irvine)
Cheryl Livingston	....	craft service
Ronnie Livingston	....	craft service
Suzan Lowitz	....	script supervisor
Pam O'Har	....	visual consultant (as Pamela O'Har)
David Ronan	....	assistant to director
Jonathan Sachs	....	production assistant
Eddie Salmon	....	production assistant (as Charles 'Ed' Salmon Jr.)
Pamela Solomon	....	office coordinator: Los Angeles
William Mark Spencer	....	production assistant
Constance Talley-Sherman	....	production accountant (as Connie Talley Sherman)
Franklin A. Vallette	....	set production assistant (as Franklin Vallette)
Shalini Waren	....	production coordinator (as Shalini Waran)
Vikki Williams	....	assistant production accountant
Don Wyse	....	fire safety (uncredited)

Thanks
Victoria Barney	....	special thanks
Lynn Booth	....	special thanks
Leslie Buzbee	....	special thanks
Bob Gray	....	special thanks
Charles Rawls	....	special thanks
Gerald Redmon	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Friday Four Films Inc.
• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1988) (USA) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• CIC-Taft Home Video
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (deluxe edition)
• Paramount Home Video (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Image Engineering (mechanical effects)
• Image Special Effects Company
• Magical Media Industries (special make-up effects)

Other Companies

• BSX Records  score album released by (limited edition)

Also Known As:

Birthday Bash (USA) (fake working title)

Runtime:

90 min | UK:84 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | USA:R (certificate #29206) | Singapore:(Banned) | Sweden:15 | Netherlands:16 | Brazil:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Canada:R | France:-12 | Norway:18 | UK:18 | West Germany:18 | Mexico:C | South Korea:18 | Finland:K-18

Filming Locations:

Bay Minette, Alabama, USA

Company:

Friday Four Films Inc.

Trivia:

This film was originally intended to bring Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger together onscreen for the first time. But when Paramount Pictures (at that time was holding the rights to the "Friday the 13th" franchise) and New Line Cinema (who holds the rights to the "Nightmare On Elm Street" series) couldn't agree behind the scenes, the script was rewritten to pit Jason up against the telekinetic Tina Shepard instead.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Robin tells Maddy that she's gonna stick with the deal and have a good time she opens her arms up twice between shots.

Quotes:

Maddy: Need a little touch-up-work my ass.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Serial Killing 4 Dummys (2004)

Soundtrack:

Dream Girl

Best In The Series!!

I've always been fascinated by the Friday THE 13TH films. Sequel after sequel, unknown cast after unknown cast, limited budget after limited budget, they still manage to be pretty good horror movies. And incredibly, this sixth sequel tops the series . In fact, it's one of the best horror movies of the 1980s.

Again resurrected from his watery grave (didn't he open his eyes at the very end of the last one? Nah, I guess not), the zombified Jason is ready to hack and slash his way through another group of innocent (though quite naughty) teens. But this time ol' maggot head may have met his match in the form of Tina Shepard, a teen gifted with the ability to move objects with her mind. She is, it turns out, our only hope to stop the monster.

The fun concept of Friday THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD paves the way for legitimate chills and thrills. This fierce, spine-bearing Jason is a much more frightening being than before as he paces through the woods, chases skinny dippers and employs weapons of terror I have never seen before (what was that thing with the spinning blade?). This is a serious frightfest that in no way tries to carry on the humorous overtone of its immediate predecessor. Director John Carl Buechler deserves a lot of credit for respecting continuity and sticking to the formula while squeezing out another great film from the well-worn slasher-in-the-woods concept.

The film would work well enough without the heroine of Tina. The pretty blonde (played by Lar Park-Lincoln) is just icing on the cake, helping to create (dare I say it?) one of the most memorable horror movie finales of all-time. The showdown, complete with telepathically-propelled lamps and electrical wires, also showcases some very impressive special effects (how many Friday films can you say that about?). Of course we all know who will prevail in this clash of good and evil, but we also know it's just a matter of time before Jason pulls another Lazarus.

Even if you're not a fan of the series or think it's too campy, you'll be pleasantly surprised. Give Friday THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD a whirl. Jason would have wanted it that way.