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This Is Not A "Friday" Film, 12 August 2007

Author: jonathon_naylor from Manitoba, Canada

If longtime fans of the "Friday the 13th" saga have anything to say about it, the people behind this film will burn in the same place as its hockey-masked star. "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday" is completely preposterous, out of place and an affront to what had been a dependable horror series.

Admittedly, director and co-writer Adam Marcus deserves credit for his boldness. He seemed inexplicably convinced that the wheel of the "Friday" series needed to be drastically reinvented, even though fans had lined up for basically the same plot eight times prior. But the brainwave of having Jason possessing one body after another alters the very fabric of what made these films good. Suddenly it's like we're watching an "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" rip-off. Throw in Jason's newfound grunting, a far-too-heavy plot and a magical dagger (!) and you have something completely unworthy of the "Friday" moniker.

"Jason goes to Hell" is also incredibly lazy. All "Friday" films, by their very nature, require a leap of faith, but this is really too much. Firstly, this marked the first time that no explanation was given for Mr. Voorhees' reemergence. Were we all dreaming when we watched him get melted down to goo in the sewers of New York City? And what about Jason's rebirth toward the end (the most ridiculous moment of any "Friday" film)? How can a little slimy demon be reborn into a man already wearing ripped clothing and a hockey mask? And what about bounty hunter Creighton Duke? It's never explained how he knows so much about Jason and the mythical circumstances surrounding his life. In each of these instances, there seemingly are no easy answers. So rather than be inventive, the writers just threw all of this at us and hoped we would lap it up like thirsty kittens at a milk dish. This sequel completely ignores the continuity of the Jason legend that had been meticulously built up over the years.

What's equally tragic about "Jason goes to Hell" is its insistence on mocking the series. At one point, John D. LeMay's character sarcastically asks a trio of teens headed for Camp Crystal Lake whether they plan to smoke dope, engage in premarital sex and then get slaughtered. Har har. The transformation of Jason into some kind of media star is just as unnerving. Jason is a legend, a mythical figure whispered about in wildly imaginative campfire stories. Yet this movie turns him into a serial killer so well known he makes the TV tabloids and is targeted by the FBI. This is not the Jason we know, and "Jason goes to Hell" is not the "Friday the 13th" we love. It essentially breaks the fingers of the hand that feeds it.

The failure of "Jason goes to Hell," both in terms of concept and box office revenue, inevitably draws comparisons to the much-panned "Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning." That film drew plenty of boos for its Jason-less gimmick, but at least it had the feel of a "Friday" flick. "Jason goes to Hell" is substantially worse than any other entry, mainly because it is completely unrecognizable. Like "Part V," it probably would have worked better as a horror film independent of the Jason saga, rather than dragging Mr. Voorhees into a place he has no business being.

Clearly, Adam Marcus was wrong. The "Friday the 13th" wheel did not need reinventing. The failure of this film (and "Jason X" years later) shows that fans want a return to simpler times when horny teens in cabins were afraid to look out their windows. As the saying goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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Part 9 is pretty dismal and not much fun at all, 12 May 2003

Author: capkronos (capkronos00@hotmail.com) from Ohio, USA

Not actually killed in Manhattan (surprise, surprise), Jason is still at it until an undercover FBI agent (Julie Michaels, who makes time to take a shower) tricks him into an ambush where he's blown to pieces. If you think being head and limbless will stop Mr. Voorhees from returning to his murderous ways, think again. Now we learn that he can be "reborn" through a blood relative and can possess victims by sending an evil black monster into their bodies (idea stolen from THE HIDDEN).

In a touching tribute to the good ol' days of simplicity, overage-looking "teens" make time for skinny-dipping and tent sex before Jason splits the girl in half with a tent stake. This ninth installment in the endless Friday THE 13TH series features a good cast, but is derivative, annoying, unpleasant and not likely to be the final word in the Jason saga, despite ANOTHER cheat title (remember "The Final Chapter" way back in 1984?).

It played theaters in a cut R version (where it flopped), but the unrated "Director's Cut" video and DVD version restores most of the excellent KNB Group gore effects and some nudity, redeeming factors in a low-grade production like this. Kane Hodder (in his third appearance as Jason) also gets a credit for stunts.

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What a great beginning, too bad the rest sucked, 14 July 1999

Author: Dan Grant (dan.grant@bell.ca) from Toronto, Ontario

I was so excited when the beginning of this film was before my eyes. The music, the darkness, the atmosphere. The beginning of this movie starts off just like the first four. It was tense and it had the exact feel of what we all loved about the early Fridays. The chase, the unnecessary nudity, the false scares, the mirror, and finally Jason in all of his gory splendor coming back one more time to wreak havoc on Crystal Lake. But then suddenly, he is blown up. He is dead, for real this time. I mean he is not like the T-1000 from Terminator that can put himself back together. So how does the movie go on from here? Well to be honest, if the film would have ended after the first ten minutes, I would have been more satisfied than I was at the end of this film. Simply put, I was cheated. I was enticed with what seemed to be a perfect Friday the 13th feel and then they went back to what made the last few suck so bad. What the hell were they thinking? Why the blatant disregard for us as horror fans? And why did they start off so well and then just kill us when Jason dies? By having his spirit enter into the body of some other people, it is a theme that has been done before. And to have the talent to make the Friday feel, and then deviate from that feel, well that is just despicable.

For those of us that really like the films from the early 80's, we were teased. We were lied to and for that I am still mad to this day. And to be honest, when I found out that New Line had decided to produce the films instead of Paramount, I knew that some how, some way, there would be some Freddy reference in it. And besides the beginning, that was actually the best part. Now if they only find a way to make the next film somewhat entertaining, then it could be fun again. But judging by how bad they butchered this one, don't hold your breath.

Steve and Sean should be ashamed of themselves.

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What the hell?, 12 November 2002

Author: mattymatt4ever from Jersey City, NJ

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The ways of bringing Jason back just get crazier by the sequel, but this is the absolute craziest. Crazy is too light a word; ludicrous is more like it. The opening sequence is really cool. A woman's taking a bath, she flees from Jason, he chases her through the woods and BAM!!! Beams of light surround him. That's when we find out she's really an agent and a SWAT team jumps down and shoots him to bits. Now, Jason's body has literally fallen apart. Ain't nothing we can now, right?

Jason is taken to the coroner's office, the coroner gives him an autopsy and suddenly Jason's heart starts beating. Then, out of the freakin' blue, the coroner grabs the heart and devours it like a sandwich! Then supposedly, Jason's soul enters his body and every time he looks in the mirror, he sees Jason's reflection. Now, once we got to the heart-devouring scene, I was ready to puke--not because it's disgusting, but because of how idiotic it is.

Now, this isn't a terrible movie, but it's only watchable on an entertainment level. The story just gets dumber by the minute. Hell, the previous Jason sequels weren't heavy on logic, but they allowed the audience to suspend a fair deal of disbelief. Besides, it sucks that we hardly get to see Jason--mask and all--throughout the movie.

"Jason Goes to Hell" also lacks a certain charm that the other movies had. I'm guessing this was made on a higher budget and the director and producers were actually trying to accomplish things that weren't accomplished in the previous movies. But this is no more than B-horror trying to disguise itself as A-horror. There's only one cool death scene that will stick in my mind and that's when the girl is in the tent having sex, she goes on top and her body is sliced in half by Jason. Not to sound like a sadist, but that was freakin' awesome!

My score: 5 (out of 10)

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One of the greatest guilty pleasures in the series., 2 January 2005
Author: slayrrr666 (slayrrr666@yahoo.com) from Los Angeles, Ca

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"Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday" is one of the best sequels in the franchise.

**SPOILERS**

The FBI decides that Jason has done enough damage and recruits a female agent (Julie Michaels) to lure him into a trap and kill him. The operation succeeds and Jason dies at the hands of the Task Force back up. Taking his body to a local coroner, (Richard Gant) he becomes entranced by Jason's still beating heart. Biting into it, he allows Jason's soul to enter him. Reporter Robert Campbell, (Steven Culp) catches wind that bounty hunter Crieghton Duke (Steven Williams) believes Jason is still alive, but nobody around town believes it. Robert happens to be friends with Diana Kimble, (Erin Gray) and her daughter Jessica, (Kari Keegan) both of whom are incidentally related to Jason. The coroner, who is possessed by Jason, slaughters a group of teens at Crystal Lake, which draws the attention of local Steven Freeman. (John D. LeMay) Steven catches up with Duke once he hears about the Jason legend, while Jason keeps changing forms and killing off Jessica's friends and family members in an attempt to be reborn in his original form. Learning the secret to defeating him, Steven hooks up with Jessica to defeat the monster and send him back to hell.

The Good News: People can complain about the unoriginal-ness all they want, I still think that this is one of the best entries to date. This film did something new by giving the characters a bit of characterization, something not even remotely attempting in the series. I found this a very nice welcome for once, as it gave me some characters to root for to survive instead of automatically knowing who the survivors were. As many times as I have seen that, it does grow a bit tiresome to see it in every film. I was also very pleased with the high quality gore in the film. This is easily one of the goriest of the sequels, and may even rival the original in the amount of on-screen blood. In terms of killing, we have so many different types that it brings back shades of "Part 3" in the amount of types of weapons used. We have a slashing with a razor, a jaw shoved into a person's face, another one was shoved into a deep fryer and thrown onto a wall of plates, two more are violently head-slammed into each other, a fire stoker is inserted into another's stomach, and the classic throat-slash makes a famed appearance here, with a very famous actor getting the death. It does come pretty fast, so watch out for who gets the throat-slash. The best one here, and is my second all-time favorite kill out of all of the films, is the tent-pole rammed into a person's chest from behind, and then pulled up, splitting the shoulder-up into two pieces. I love this death for the simple fact that it provides the requisite blood and gore for a single film, but that it does come as a total shock. Just the single stab was enough, but then Jason has to joyfully overkill it, literally, by then forcing the pole upwards, splitting the victim into two. The Un-rated version of the film shows it in its entirety and is cut in R-rated form, but this is still a very violent kill. It is something that we have come to expect from a "Friday" film and it thoroughly delivers with that single great kill. The frozen face shatter from "Jason X" is still my all time favorite kill, but this one is next up, followed by the hand-stand stab from "Part 3" and the ax in the face from "Part 1."I also enjoyed the comedy in the film. There were enough great jokes that I did laugh heartily at a few. The coroner scene is pretty funny, and there are a few more good laughs spread throughout, but it wisely drops the jokes once Jason is around. That was a wise choice. Even though the film provides little to no jumps, I'm still not hurt by that, as it never seemed to bother the other films in the series. The one classic jump is where the guy possessed by Jason, and doesn't know it, looks into a mirror and sees his reflection, then turns around for a second, then turns back and is face-to-face with Jason's visage in the mirror. That was a creepy scene when I first saw it.

The Bad News: There were a lot more "opportunities" for jumps, but they were the traditional jumps all the old timers know by heart. A novice might jump at them, but old hats will not. Complain what you want about the plot line, moral, logic, or anything else that a "classic" film has to pick apart, and that is what is present in the film. What really kills the movie is that Jason has really no screen time. There is only two brief scenes with him in it, the rest id all people who have been possessed by Jason. He needed to be in the film more.

The Final Verdict: "Jason Goes to Hell" to be pretty much the guilty pleasure of the series. It may not be liked by all, but I really enjoyed it. It kept my attention for all 90 minutes, which is what a film needs to do to earn my respect. Fans of the series who aren't too picky about the content in the film, go ahead. All others, seek caution.

Rated R: Graphic Violence, Nudity, several Sex Scenes, Graphic Language, and drug use

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4.0 what the hell, 29 November 2005

Author: slippyskills from Luton, Enlgand

how can this film get a higher rating than parts 5 and 8, this is incredible, i mean it's gone beyond being funny cos it's crap, and delved into just plain crap crap. Unbelievable. only gave it a 2 because it has Jason and i was able to watch the whole thing with out switching off. The plot of this film is so diabolical, it's not even got anything to do with Jason, it's over the top cheesy Hollywood, but is so bad u can't even laugh at it. They even used Kane Hodder (Jason) to play the part of a security guard, perhaps cos they couldn't be bothered to cast someone else. IF they used him twice to be funny or give the Friday fans something extra, this is equally as bad. There was big gap between part 8 and 9 so you would have expected them to have come up with something better than this. If this is the only Friday you have seen, this film has no reflection on the others in the series. This film should not have been made. But if u want a good example of a poo movie, this is perfect as it is easy to get hold of.

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Probably not the send-out fans were hoping for but it does take a cool twist, 11 November 2004
Author: dirtychild from Australia

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday is (supposedly) the last Friday the 13th chapter... FBI agents hunt down and destroy Jason at Crystal Lake - but Jason has the ability to possess other people's bodies and continues his bloodbath.

I don't think this would be a favourite of the fans - it is quite corny, Jason doesn't feature a lot in the movie... but I think the movie half-way through takes a turn for the better. Instead of being another mindless slasher - the movie goes all John Woo with some cool gun fights and slow motion camera. It was like the director had watched a couple of John Woo films for the first time half-way through shooting the movie and decides... "it would be cool to use this stuff in this movie"!

The "Invasion of the Body Snatcher" plot doesn't work - but I think the stylish gun battles redeem this film somewhat. Sort of recommended!

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A Film To Live By 8, 22 August 2006

Author: jed-estes from United States Kentucky Hancock

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It is sad that this is the only adventure Jason had in the 90's and I think that basically sums that decade up. The 90's was a decade when we bread our children to be stupid and forget the past. It is a decade when we told our children just live for the now there will be consequences in the future, but there were. Because the generation I come from has been bred on stupidity we elected the dumbest man into office not once but freaking twice, come on people just because his last name is Bush does not mean he will support all your deviant sexual exploits. It is also because of this that we have forgotten where terror came from and this film was a last desperate gasp to show us that in turn failed. Hardly anyone remembers this film. As a child of the 90's I was reared on USA network and when they aired the classic eight Jason films I could not wait for this new final installment to the franchise. When I finally saw it, I was dismayed as Jason is almost not in the film and when the kills happen it is only to adults. Was this to say that maybe Jason's audience had matured and no longer wished to gaze upon the senseless demise of teens or was this to tell us that horror was dead and that a new generation would never understand the greatness that was the late 70's and all of the 80's blood cinema. All this film had going for it was the complete lack of respect for the MPAA (I say good they should be taught a lesson), and the fact that Freddy Krueger's gloved pop up at the end. This ending meant two things for me over my life time so far. First as a child it was hope that horror would return to it's heyday and we would see the mother of all blood battles. In my teen years and early adult hood this meaning changed when that follow up was realized. The new meaning was that Jason is dead. I love him and wish for him to continue on his journey, but with the likes of Micheal Bay, UPN, and THE WB and there is no hope for Jason. He is doomed to be a commercial entity that has been taken from the fans and thrown to a generation who could not and will not ever understand where he came from. And where he came from was the imagination of a few good men who were hungry and wanted to leave a legacy. They might not have thought Jason was it but with there determination he became it. I say to Sean S. Cunningham, get your soul back. Buy out Jason from New Line who is about to throw Jason down the crapper, like you did from Paramount, and make one last epic horror odyssey for the fans. I love Jason and he needs to be saved!!!

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A really botched entry in this series, 24 April 2003

Author: Zbigniew_Krycsiwiki from United States

(possible spoilers ahead) Jason is lured out into an open field where the FBI is waiting for him in an ambush, (In all the other movies no one believed Jason was alive, why do they now?) he's then hit with a missile and blow to pieces, about five minutes into the movie. Then after a LENGHTY credits sequence, we find out Jason's body may have been destroyed but his spirit/ soul is still alive and pi$$ed off. He then possesses several people, trying to be re born by his (heretofore) unmentioned sister.

Good premise - if not original, but the camera work is sometimes grainy and out of focus, the gore is badly done (all the blood looks like black paint [!?]) the music score to this movie is HORRIBLE!!! All of the characters in this movie are a$$holes, so we don't care who is killed, and this movie ends up being just a really missed opportunity of sorts.

The unrated version is mediocre at best, the heavily edited "R" rated version will put you to sleep.

unrated version: ** out of ****

R rated version * out of ****

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Is this really the worst film in the Friday-series ???, 31 August 2003

Author: Coventry from the Draconian Swamp of Unholy Souls

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SPOILERS !!!SPOILERS !!!SPOILERS !!!SPOILERS !!!SPOILERS !!!SPOILERS !!!

I don't share this opinion, but I can see why many fans of the series say that this ninth film is the worst in the series. The Jason Vorhees saga started in the early 80's. Spread over 8 films, Jason ( and his mother) have killed almost 100 people in very horrible ways. Jason goes to hell starts with a complete new theory...wich is pretty dumb, I'll give it that. But still, there's as much blood and terror represented in this film as there is in all the other ( to say the least, in fact ) According to a bountyhunter ( who is a pretty good maniac himself ), Jason can be killed for good if a relative of his destroys his heart. If they don't, Jason comes to life again and shall go on killing till eternity. Until Jason finds a family member of his, he keeps on changing bodies. This twist given to his personality kills the magic that is Friday the 13th a bit, that much is true. I never was a giant fan of the series. I've seen them all and liked them but I never agreed with the statement that Friday the 13th is THE best series in horror. Now, I do know a lot of people who think that Jason is as important to horror as Christopher Columbus was to geography, so they think this ninth installment in the series never should have been made. If you're a horror lover in general, you can still enjoy the huge amount of bloody slaughters without paying much attention to the storyline. If you're a diehard Jason Vorhees fan ( or want to become one) ...watch the whole series in a row and judge for yourself if this movie can be considered as blasphemy or not. One other thing is very obvious about this movie : it tries to be more funny than its predecessors and makes several attempt to spoof the genre and the most famous slasher collegues of Jason. For example, when a cop asks where Steven is, the girls answers "He's in front of the MYERS' house!" Funny, huh ? Also, the Necronomicon lies in Jason's basement and when he finally dies, his hockey-mask is grabbed away by the hand of Freddy Krueger himself. So, if you like a good amount of trivia to come with your horror...The Final Friday won't let you down!

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