Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
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| Directed by | Rob Hedden |
| Produced by | Randy Cheveldave Barbara Sachs |
| Written by | Rob Hedden |
| Starring | Kane Hodder |
| Music by | Fred Mollin |
| Cinematography | Bryan England |
| Editing by | Steve Mirkovich |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | July 28, 1989 |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5,000,000 |
| Gross revenue | $14,300,000 |
| Preceded by | Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood |
| Followed by | Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday |
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Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan is a slasher film released on July 28, 1989. It is the eighth film in the Friday the 13th film series and the last film in the series to have been distributed by Paramount. The film's tagline is, "New York has a new problem." It took in a mere $14.3 million at the domestic box office, making it the second-to-lowest grossing film in the series.
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[edit] Box office
The film opened in 1,683 theaters making $6.2 million its opening weekend. Domestically, the film was a flop only making $14.3 million, making it the second lowest grossing Friday movie, even though it made back its budget.
[edit] Plot summary
After being resurrected once again, this time by an electric charge from an underwater cable snagged by a boat anchor, Jason rises from Crystal Lake and kills a couple having sex. The next day he boarded the Lazarus. On its way to New York and full of high school graduates, Jason has plenty of time and people to kill before he eventually chases his prey into the streets of the Big Apple. After Jason kills every passenger and sinks the Lazarus, only two adults, three students and their dog remain. They take refuge in the streets of New York, where their pursuer eventually makes his way as well. Jason kills off three of his victims until he leaves only two students running into the sewers of Manhattan, where he follows. Jason's face is burnt by toxic waste, forcing him to remove his mask. At an attempt to kill the last two survivors, the sewers are washed out with toxic waste, in which the unfortunate Jason Voorhees becomes submerged. The two surviving kids crawl out from the sewers and reunite with their dog in the middle of Times Square.
[edit] Reception
The film was temporarily placed on IMDb's Bottom 100. Though it has since risen out of that list, it is the lowest rated Friday the 13th film. Perhaps the biggest complaint was in the film's faulty promise of letting Jason take Manhattan.[1] On his commentary track for the film in the box-set, director Rob Hedden acknowledges the faults and even agrees that more of the film should have been set in Manhattan. The film failed to generate a substantial amount of money at the box office, which continued the decline in grosses the series had been suffering, and Paramount sold the franchise to New Line Cinema soon afterwards. Entertainment Weekly labelled it the eighth worst sequel ever made.[2]
[edit] Cast
- Todd Shaffer as Jim Miller
- Tiffany Paulsen as Suzi Donaldson
- Timothy Burr Mirkovich as Young Jason
- Kane Hodder as Jason
- Jensen Daggett as Rennie Wickham
- Barbara Bingham as Colleen Van Deusen
- Peter Mark Richman as Charles McCulloch
- Ace as Toby
- Warren Munson as Admiral Robertson
- Fred Henderson as Chief Engineer
- Scott Reeves as Sean Robertson
- Gordon Currie as Miles Wolfe
- Saffron Henderson as J.J.
- Martin Cummins as Wayne
- V.C. Dupree as Julius
- Sharlene Martin as Tamara Mason
- Kelly Hu as Eva Watanabe
- Amber Pawlick as Young Rennie Wickham
[edit] Notes
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- There is a now sought after poster featuring Jason ripping through an "I Love New York" poster (seen to the right). It was released in some theaters but was quickly withdrawn due to complaints from the New York Tourism Committee.
- The scenes set in Times Square, and in the ocean looking at the Statue of Liberty, were the only scenes actually filmed in Manhattan; the rest was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia. This made the film the first in the series to be filmed mainly in Canada, a practice that would continue in Jason X and Freddy Vs. Jason.
- Kelly Hu made her feature film debut in this movie, playing the character Eva Watanabe.
- At 100 minutes, this is the longest film in the series.
- Ken Kirzinger appears uncredited as the man Jason (Kane Hodder) throws over the counter in the New York diner. Kirzinger would replace Hodder as Jason in 2003's Freddy vs. Jason.
- The Subway Entrance in the middle of Times Square at the end of the movie is fake. The prop was placed diagonally on top of street grates.
- As of 2008, this would be the last film to use "Friday The 13th" in the title, the next movie (Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday) would only have the "Friday" in it.
- The machete is only present in the scene where Jason kills the ship's captain.
- The final Friday the 13th film to be distributed by Paramount Pictures.
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[edit] External links
- Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan at the Internet Movie Database
- Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan at Allmovie
- Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan at Rotten Tomatoes
- Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan at Box Office Mojo
- Film page at the Camp Crystal Lake web site
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