Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
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| Directed by | John Carl Buechler |
| Produced by | Frank Mancuso Jr. Iain Paterson Barbara Sachs |
| Written by | Manuel Fidello Daryl Haney |
| Starring | Kane Hodder Lar Park Lincoln Kevin Blair Terry Kiser Susan Blu |
| Music by | Harry Manfredini Fred Mollin |
| Cinematography | Paul Elliott |
| Editing by | Maureen O'Connell Martin Jay Sadoff Barry Zetlin |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 13 May 1988 |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,800,000 |
| Gross revenue | $19,100,000 (domestically) |
| Preceded by | Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives |
| Followed by | Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan |
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Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood is the sixth sequel to the original Friday the 13th, and also marked the first appearance of Kane Hodder in the role of Jason Voorhees.
The film underwent extensive editing in order to avoid an X rating for overly violent content, but some of the omitted footage was included as a supplemental feature in a box set of the series.[citation needed]
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[edit] Plot
As a child, Tina Shepard witnessed her alcoholic father physically abusing her mother. The emotional trauma unlocks Tina's previously latent telekinetic powers, which result in her father's death at the bottom of Crystal Lake.
Many years later, Tina is still struggling with the guilt surrounding the death of her father. Tina's mother, Mrs. Shepard (Susan Blu), takes her to the same lakeside residence so that her powers can be studied (and exploited) by her psychiatrist, Dr. Crews (Terry Kiser). Dr. Crews begins a series of experiments (verbal assaults) designed to agitate Tina's mental state, forcing her powers to become more pronounced.
After a particularly upsetting session with Dr. Crews, Tina runs from the cabin and attempts to raise her father. Instead, she accidentally resurrects Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder), the notorious Crystal Lake serial killer. Tina's torment from her powers is increased as Jason kills everyone around her. Mrs. Shepard, Dr. Crews, and a group of youths vacationing in a nearby cabin, are all killed violently by Jason. Tina is left with no choice but to utilize her powers in an effort to stop him. She unleashed her powers and forced Jason's masked to tighten and squeeze blood out of his head. Eventually, the mask breaks in two, revealing Jason's hideous face. She then unleashes her psychic abilities wherein the Shepard lakeside cabin is destroyed by an explosive fire. Although she is unable to kill Jason, she unknowingly resurrects her father, who emerges from the lake and drags Jason back down into the depths with him. Jason is once again chained to a large boulder at the bottom of Crystal Lake.
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The film took in $19.1 million at the domestic box office, making it the eighth-highest grossing movie of the series.
[edit] Trivia
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- The film was originally hoped to be a clash between Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger. Plans fell apart when Paramount Pictures and New Line Cinema, who held the rights to the Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street films respectively (at that time; New Line currently owns the rights to both franchises), failed to come to an agreement.
- All existing home video versions of this film, including the box set released by Paramount Home Video have the infamous "sleeping bag death" cut to one hit, whereas the original theater-shown version had the uncut, six-hit sleeping bag death scene intact.
- The film is mentioned in the novels American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis and The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.
- Actors William Butler (Michael) and Jennifer Banko (young Tina) also played in Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III together.
- The entire production of this film was scheduled, completed and released within six months; shooting took place from October to November of 1987.
[edit] External links
- Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood at the Internet Movie Database
- Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood at Allmovie
- Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood at Rotten Tomatoes
- Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood at Box Office Mojo
- Film page at the Camp Crystal Lake web site
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