Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

Fresh and Exciting

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Underrated Friday the 13th: A New Beginning is not a bad slasher film like everyone keeps saying. Melanie Kinnaman was one hot babe and great heroine, she was good and her performance was decent. Melanie Kinnaman is the reason to watch this movie she is my fifth favorite final girl. There is no Jason in here so whatever I like this film. Not really the strongest film in the franchise I found it the weakest one, but still watchable and I found it more enjoyable than Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood. Yes I have enjoyed this movie much more then the last 4 films that come out after Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives. It is not a bad one it is a step down from The Final Chapter but still watchable movie. It is in my 8th rank in the Friday the 13th franchise and I still have fun with this film. The dinner scene was a fantastic death scene. Rebecca Wood as Lana was a good victim and I like the death kill. When the killer beheaded that biker guy Junior it was a good kill I like it. Tom Morga was a fantastic hockey-masked killer. Juliette Cummins as Robin was a hot great sexy babe. I like her as a victim. My favorite death scene is in which masked killer with an axe kills that junkie in front the dinner. Corey Feldman returns in this movie as Tommy Jarvis in the opening scene and I love his performance another reason to watch this movie. I like this film it is an alright slasher film not a bad one at all, like most people are claiming. I am still going to watch this film. Watchable.The film did grown on me but the problem with the film in my opinion Is the lack of story because I don't know what this film has to do with A Friday the 13th when the story is set somewhere else away from Crystal Lake. They screwed up our favorite hero Tommy Jarvis in my opinion John Shepard is incredible lame as Tommy Jarvis and the screenwriter wrote Tommy Jarvis really dull, confused and he looked like he was on drugs in this movie really high.Danny Steinmann R.I.P. who is no longer with us anymore. I respect Mr. Danny Steinmann and his vision of the movie what he was trying to do. Please my remorse goes to his family and rest in peace Danny you are really missed.Friday the 13th: A New Beginning grew on me and I didn't thought it was horrible. 8/10 B+ it is still watchable.

This franchise is becoming more and more meaningless. The fifth part itself may not be so disastrous, but in the context of a franchise it is completely superfluous nonsense. I think this is by far the most unimaginative franchise I've ever seen - if you've seen one you've seen them all. It's not boring, but it's a waste of time in every way.4/10

So does this deserve a 10? No, but it doesn't deserve all those 1's either so I threw it a 10 to help counter that.OK, to address the "elephant in the room" - yeah, the twist at the end is pretty messed up, and yeah, not having it at a lake (well there was small pond) is also a huge change but...I guess for me, while I love Jason and the F13th films, I never took them all that serious, they were just mindless fun: You line up a bunch of dopey teens, show some hooters, and kill them off in crazy ways. This film delivers all that.I had heard there was an idea that Jason's father was going to be revealed as the killer at the end, which to me sounds like it would have been a much better idea and likely may have set better with the fans - maybe. We'll never know.I can certainly sympathize with those who see this film as blasphemy, however to me this film had that same 80's low budge F13th vibe I love, it's a cool memory from my childhood and "Glory Days" of horror (for my generation anyhow) so I still give it a thumbs up.

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)** 1/2 (out of 4) Tommy Jarvis (John Shepherd) is now a teenager and is sent to a home for troubled youths. Once there we learn that he's still suffering major damage from the trauma that he suffered as a child thanks to Jason Voorhees. Before long various people are being killed off and it seems that Tommy's damaged mind might be behind it.Friday THE 13TH: A NEW BEGINNING is probably one of the most hated sequels in the history of cinema but I must say that I think the film is a lot more entertaining than many of the A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET sequels as well as several films from the other major horror series. And yes, this here is a lot better than JASON GOES TO HELL and Friday THE 13TH PART VIII. With that said, on a technical level there's no question that this here is a pretty awful movie. The performances are weak. The death scene are rather lame. The entire mystery is downright stupid. So, why do I still like this movie? To me this fifth film in the series is hated because of who the killer isn't. Yes, by now we all know who the killer is but why can we be mad at the film when the title tells us we're starting something new? I really don't mind the film going off course even if it was a failure. The entire mystery aspect really isn't played out all that well because the screenplay and director never tries to really push it. There are a couple red herrings brought up at the start but the screenplay never bothers to try and build the mystery of who is doing the killings.That's because the majority of the running time is devoted to death scenes. There's a large number of people that are killed off here, which is usually a great thing but sadly the death scenes here are pretty forgettable. The biggest problem is that a lot of the violence happens off screen and that's not something fans of the series wanted. I'm not sure if the producers were fearful of the MPAA or if they were just trying to deliver something different. Either way, the lack of any real kills is rather annoying.With that said, the entire film has a very cheap feel like a direct-to-video film that was trying to rip-off the series. It never really feels like a F13 movie and I'd argue that it almost comes across as some cheap softcore film. There's a lot of nudity here and a terrific sex scene. There are some really annoying characters and a lot of questionable material from the screenplay. You could even argue that the film has more laughs than anything else and especially how the Vic and Joey characters play out. I might even go as far to say that the film was meant to be a comedy. Hell, how to you explain the mother-son redneck characters?