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Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
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Release Date:
28 July 1989 (USA) moreTagline:
I LOVE NY [heart symbol in the shape of a bloodied ice hockey mask denotes love] morePlot:
A passing boat bound for New York pulls Jason along for the ride. Look out New York, here comes hell in a hockey mask. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Awesome. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Todd Caldecott | ... | Jim Miller (as Todd Shaffer) |
 | Tiffany Paulsen | ... | Suzi Donaldson |
| Tim Mirkovich | ... | Young Jason (as Timothy Burr Mirkovich) |
 | Kane Hodder | ... | Jason Voorhees |
 | Jensen Daggett | ... | Rennie Wickham |
| Barbara Bingham | ... | Miss Colleen Van Deusen |
| Alex Diakun | ... | Deck hand |
 | Peter Mark Richman | ... | Charles McCulloch |
 | Warren Munson | ... | Adm. Robertson |
 | Fred Henderson | ... | Chief Engineer Jim Carlson |
 | Scott Reeves | ... | Sean Robertson |
 | Gordon Currie | ... | Miles Wolfe |
| Saffron Henderson | ... | J.J. Jarrett |
| Martin Cummins | ... | Wayne Webber |
| Vincent Craig Dupree | ... | Julius Gaw (as V.C. Dupree) |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
100 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Ultra StereoCertification:
New Zealand:R16 | Finland:(Banned) (uncut) (1990) | West Germany:18 (cut) | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (2002) | West Germany:18 (video premiere) (cut) | UK:18 (cut) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1990) | Germany:18 (re-release) (JK/SPIO) (uncut) | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Canada:R | Norway:18 (DVD rating) | Sweden:15 | USA:R | Italy:T | Mexico:C | South Korea:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec)MOVIEmeter: 
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Factual errors: Sewer tunnel entrances in Manhattan are barricaded. moreQuotes:
[first lines]DJ: [narration] It's like this... We live in claustrophobia, the land of steel & concrete. Trapped by dark waters. There is no escape. Nor do we want it. We've come to thrive on it and each other. You can't get the adrenaline pumpin' without the terror, good people... I love this town.
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Stalker's Rocker moreFAQ
Jason is a bald little child, yet in the narrative flashback, Jason's appearance as a child has changed drastically, making him normal. Why is that?Rennie says she was attacked by Jason as a child when she was learning to swim in Crystal Lake. How is this possible, if the first movie supposedly takes place long before Rennie would be old enough to go swimming, and Jason came out of the lake anyways after Part 1, so he wouldn't have been there when Rennie went swimming. Right?
Julius runs to a pay phone to call the police and dials 9-1-1, but then he says, "Operator, this an emergency, give me the police!" So why did he dial 911?
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I think Jason fans boil down into two categories - the ones that watch for actual horror and the ones that watch for unintentional humor and shock value.
For the former group - this movie is worthless. The change of scenery from the dark, foreboding woods of Camp Crystal Lake to a luxury cruise liner completely ruins Jason's mystique. Jason is a killer made for stalking around the ominous woods, not sauntering through hallways and crosswalks. The kills are numerous and bloody... but don't compare to some of the other installments. Overall, this movie is simply not very scary.
For the latter group however, this movie is a gem. Packed full of stereotypes and inexplicably idiotic characters, you can't help but laugh as each one is picked off, Jason-style. With Asian valedictorians, black athletes, and white party girls, the lack of effort that the writers put into the film is clearly evident. It's almost as if the writers got together and tried to figure out how to fit the maximum amount of gratuitous violence and nudity into an hour and a half movie... sheer brilliance.
For me? 8/10, one of the best comedies I've seen in a while.