Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

Rob Hedden

Writers (WGA):

Victor Miller (characters)
Rob Hedden (written by)

Release Date:

28 July 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

I LOVE NY [heart symbol in the shape of a bloodied ice hockey mask denotes love]

Plot:

A passing boat bound for New York pulls Jason along for the ride. Look out New York, here comes hell in a hockey mask.

Plot Keywords:

New York | Boat | Murder | Toxic Waste | Manhattan

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

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)
Sharlene Martin	...	Tamara Mason
Kelly Hu	...	Eva Watanabe
Sam Sarkar	...	Gangbanger #1
Michael Benyaer	...	Gangbanger #2
Roger Barnes	...	Irish cop
Amber Pawlick	...	Young Rennie
Vince Cupone	...	Street urchin (as Vinny Capone)
Peggy Hedden	...	New York waitress
David Longworth	...	Sanitation engineer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jasper Cole	...	Trainer (uncredited)
David Jacox	...	Other Boxer (uncredited)
Ken Kirzinger	...	New York cook (uncredited)

Directed by
Rob Hedden

Writing credits (WGA)
Victor Miller		(characters)
Rob Hedden		(written by)

Produced by
Randy Cheveldave	....	producer (as Randolph Cheveldave)
Barbara Sachs	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Fred Mollin

Cinematography by
Bryan England		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Steve Mirkovich
Ted Pryor

Casting by
David Cohn
Fiona Jackson

Production Design by
David Fischer

Set Decoration by
Linda Vipond

Costume Design by
Carla Hetland

Makeup Department
Susan Boyd	....	key hair stylist
Jamie Brown	....	special makeup effects
Laurie Finstad	....	makeup artist
Bill Terezakis	....	special makeup effects artist
Francesca von Zimmermann	....	assistant makeup artist
Francesca von Zimmermann	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Mary Guilfoyle	....	unit production manager
Vikki Williams	....	production supervisor
Charles Zalben	....	production manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jeff J.J. Authors	....	first assistant director (as Jeffrey Authors)
Aaron Barsky	....	first assistant director: second unit
Jacquie Gould	....	trainee assistant director
Alex Kramarchuk	....	second assistant director: second unit
David McLennan	....	third assistant director
Tom Quinn	....	second assistant director
Betsy C. Schrott	....	fourth assistant director

Art Department
Fred Chalfy	....	property master: second unit
Graham Coutts	....	property master
John Hamilton	....	lead painter
Geoff Hilliard	....	construction coordinator
Max Matsuoka	....	props assistant
Max Matsuoka	....	props buyer

Sound Department
Lars Ekstrom	....	sound mixer
Val Kuklowsky	....	sound editor
T.A. Moore Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeffrey L. Sandler	....	sound editor
William Sarokin	....	sound mixer: second unit
William Sarokin	....	sound recordist: second unit
Jerry Trent	....	foley artist
Gary Ulmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Yaffe	....	sound mixer: second unit
Christian Santiago	....	sound engineer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Martin Becker	....	mechanical effects
Barbara Anne Bock	....	special effects assistant
Scott Coulter	....	special effects makeup
Jim Gill	....	special effects coordinator
Bettie Kauffman	....	special effects coordinator
James Goff Martin	....	special effects assistant director
Gary Paller	....	special effects coordinator
Maureen Grundle Preddy	....	special effects costumes
Brenton Spencer	....	special effects photography

Visual Effects by
Jim Danforth	....	optical effects
Michael F. Hoover	....	miniature artist
Shelly Morrow	....	animation camera
Shelly Morrow	....	opticals

Stunts
Garry Chessman	....	stunts (as Gary Chessman)
Dean Choe	....	stunts
Vince Cupone	....	stunt performer
Jim Dunn	....	stunts
Dorothy Fehr	....	stunts
Reg Glass	....	stunts
Ted Hickman	....	stunts
Kathy Hubble	....	stunts
Ernie Jackson	....	stunts
David Jacox	....	stunts
Ken Kirzinger	....	stunt coordinator
Michael Langlois	....	stunts
John Nash	....	stunts
Jacob Rupp	....	stunts
Dawn Stofer-Rupp	....	stunts
Melissa R. Stubbs	....	stunts
Danny Virtue	....	stunts
John Wardlow	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Paul F. Birkett	....	camera operator (as Paul Birkett)
J. Michael Muro	....	Steadicam operator: second unit (as James Muro)
Brian C. Murphy	....	first assistant camera
Patrick Murray	....	underwater gaffer: underwater shooting unit (as Pat Murray)
Pete Romano	....	underwater photographer (as Peter Romano)
John Seale Jr.	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Timothy Alverson	....	first assistant editor
Charles Robichaud	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Christopher Kennedy	....	music editor
Fred Mollin	....	musician
Brian Nevin	....	music recordist
Jeff Wolpert	....	scoring mixer

Other crew
Les Godwin	....	associate location manager
Debra D. Jeffreys	....	assistant: Randy Cheveldave
Roberta Slade	....	production coordinator
Gordy Waterman	....	underwater consultant: second unit
Don Wyse	....	fire safety

Production Companies

• Horror Films
• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1989) (USA) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• CIC-Taft Home Video
• Malofilm Home 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)

Special Effects

• Cinema Research (optical effects)
• Effects Associates (special photographic effects)
• Light & Motion (miniature effects)
• Reel Efx (special effects)

Other Companies

• BSX Records  score album released by (limited edition)

Also Known As:

Ashes to Ashes (USA) (fake working title)
Friday the 13th: Jason Takes Manhattan - Part 8 (UK) (DVD box title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

West Germany:18 (cut) | Germany:18 (re-release) (JK/SPIO) (uncut) | West Germany:18 (video premiere) (cut) | UK:18 (cut) | Finland:(Banned) (uncut) (1990) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1990) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (2002) | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Canada:R | Norway:18 (DVD rating) | Sweden:15 | USA:R | Mexico:C | South Korea:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Horror Films

Trivia:

In the diner, the man Jason throws into the mirror is Ken Kirzinger, who would go on to play Jason in Freddy vs. Jason (2003). Kirzinger also doubles as Jason in a few brief shots in this film.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Tamara pushes Rennie overboard, the ship is obviously not moving or it would have left her far behind. Also, the water is calm with no waves from the boat.

Quotes:

[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.

Movie Connections:

Featured in His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th (2009) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Living In The City

Great movie but obviously flawed!

I like most the Friday The 13th movies and this is no exception. Jason kicks ass doing his thing but this movie is full of plot holes big time. Jason was never at the bottom of the lake in child form like Rennie imagined (she's nuts if you can't tell) and has that cruise liner got the fewest ever crew you've ever seen? Sure has! I counted four! Jason should have stayed at home instead of going for a cruise but the film makers chose otherwise. I could write a million word essay on this movie with or without the pen Stephen King supposedly used in high school but i can't be bothered right now. A movie full of mistakes but still good. If you notice, the cook in the café that gets chucked in to the mirror by Jason near the end is actually Ken Kerzinger who actually gets to play Jason in Freddy Vs Jason. Not the best Friday but not the weakest either. 8/10