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

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:

Boat | Toxic Waste | Murder | Jason Voorhees | Sewer

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) | West Germany:18 (video premiere) (cut) | Germany:18 (re-release) (JK/SPIO) (uncut) | 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 (certificate #29903) | Mexico:C | South Korea:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Horror Films

Trivia:

On the DVD audio commentary the director said that the original version was over two hours long and he cut the following scenes for time *Several scenes with Miles, who is shown to have been an Olympic diver *A scene at the beginning where Sean hears that Rennie will not be on board and is disappointed *Several additional scenes with Tamara and Eva were cut *Before Rennie gets pushed into the water there was a longer conversation between her and Colleen *A scene of Eva meeting with the group on the bridge and then leaving to find Tamara *A shot of Rennie touching Jason after he is electrocuted on the railroad tracks

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Obvious dummies in the car's back seats just before it slams into the wall. Also, the flaming wire that ignited the car is visible at the back of the car.

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:

Referenced in Fear in the Dark (1991) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Tamara's Bio Project

He Is Back Again!

Man, let me tell you, after seeing Friday The 13th Part 7, I was very skeptical about seeing Friday The 13th Part 8. I was thinking that after part 7, the series was going to fall apart. But I was wrong! Friday The 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan gave a brand new twist onto the Friday The 13th Series, while at the same time keeping the feel of all the originals.

One year after Friday The 13th Part 7, Jason is still floating around under water, waiting to be brought back to life. Once Jason is killed, the only thing that can bring him back is an electrical shock. (We learned this in part six) But of course as long as he is deep down under water, he isn't going to be getting any electric voltage any time soon, right? WRONG! Jason is back! And now, he is on a boat to the big apple... New York!

This film was very cool. A huge improvement over the 7th film. All the acting skills are great, the gore is pretty good, (not as good as the gore in some of the previous films, but still pretty good) and we finally get something new into the mix! A new location! If you like the Friday The 13th series, you will LOVE Friday The 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan.