Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Name: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Genre: Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Released: August 13, 1993
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 17
Cast: Billy Green Bush, Erin Gray, John D. LeMay, Kane Hodder, Kari Keegan

1993

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New Line Cinema | Release Date: August 13, 1993 | Unrated

Starring: Billy Green Bush, Erin Gray, John D. LeMay, Kane Hodder, Kari Keegan, Leslie Jordan, Richard Gant, Rusty Schwimmer, Steven Culp, Steven Williams

Summary: Serial killer Jason Voorhees' supernatural origins are revealed.

Director: Adam Marcus

Genre(s): Thriller, Fantasy, Horror

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 87 min

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Mick LaSalle

After a promising opening, with Jason on a rampage and a cold, peculiar bounty hunter (Steven Williams) on Jason's trail, Jason Goes to Hell switches focus midway to the young couple, and from there things go downhill. Still, the film has its moments. [14 Aug 1993, p.F1]

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Though many characters are dispatched in various gory ways, the film gives them more to do than the have-sex-and-die victims of past entries. Director Adam Marcus and writers Dean Lorey and Jay Huguely give them some personality, and the acting is also generally better than in the previous Fridays. Read full review

Debbie Barra

I admit, I jumped a couple of times in the beginning, but as the movie progressed, it lost its horror and picked up its stupidity. [20 Aug 1993, p.21]

Richard Harrington

The scriptwriters try to conjure some history/mythology to validate the plot's twists and turns, but the whole thing ends up more confusing than Days of Our Lives on fast-forward. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

On the movie's feeble plus side are Richard Gant's acting (as the coroner), Manfredini's music and one funny joke in the last half-minute. On the minus side: ludicrous characters. Garbled nonstop gore. Persistent loud, clanging noises that give you the impression of being trapped inside a malfunctioning radiator. Shadowy lighting that makes you feel as if you're staggering around in the dark. [16 Aug 1993, p.F3]

Stephen Holden

A largely incoherent movie that generates little suspense and relies for the majority of its thrills on close-up gore. Read full review

Ty Burr

While the Nightmare on Elm Street movies possess a sick yet clever surrealism, and the first Halloween was at least well crafted, the Friday the 13th series has always been the cut-rate horror franchise, offering barely functional sex-and-slash pitched straight at the moron brigade. Jason Goes to Hell varies the formula a bit, with ideas swiped from The Terminator, The Hidden, and Alien, but after nine installments the impalements and dismemberments all look the same. So go to hell already, Jason — and take Sean Cunningham, the ”brains” behind this dreck, with you. Read full review

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sdumers

Jan 18, 2021

My personal favorite installment from the Friday the 13th franchise due to one scene where someone melts.

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LOLGUY

Mar 4, 2018

This is one of those film I have low expectation because I heard it's bad until I watch it. Good story, good characters, good acting, and a fresh idea been use. Many people will disagree but you know what? I don't care because I like it.

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Panchogul

May 17, 2020

Esta es a mi juicio la entrega más violenta de la saga, si, difiere mucho de las entregas anteriores, pero no es mala para mi, es comprensible que los cambios empleados aquí fueron motivo de desprecio para los fans de la saga, pero a mi juicio el único error que cometió esta supuesta entregaEsta es a mi juicio la entrega más violenta de la saga, si, difiere mucho de las entregas anteriores, pero no es mala para mi, es comprensible que los cambios empleados aquí fueron motivo de desprecio para los fans de la saga, pero a mi juicio el único error que cometió esta supuesta entrega final es no haberse adaptado al cambio de década.… Expand

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Kaijukai

Sep 4, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jason goes to hell: the final Friday new line cinema now has rights to the Friday the 13th franchise and their first movie was not a good one the premise of Jason taking over other people's bodies is dumb bad and stupid movie is the most boring in my opinion and it feels painfully slow and this movie was directed by first-time director Adam Marcus and he also directed the 2013 texas chainsaw massacre check it out if you want… Expand

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JLau

Sep 27, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jason gets shot by the FBI but the coroner eats his heart, becomes him, jumps bodies until he can get back to Crystal Lake and kill Jason's relatives.… Expand

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Narwhale73

May 22, 2022

This should get a 0 because as my 4th grade teacher used to write:Stay on topic. This movie masquerades as a sequel but is entirely irrelevant and quite honestly shouldn't be considered a slasher film. I understand that people were complaining that F13 movies are too samey, but no one (not aThis should get a 0 because as my 4th grade teacher used to write:Stay on topic. This movie masquerades as a sequel but is entirely irrelevant and quite honestly shouldn't be considered a slasher film. I understand that people were complaining that F13 movies are too samey, but no one (not a single person) asked for the entirely lore of the franchise to be retconned. They wanted a new movie. Not a new genre/series

However ignoring all of that, it's still a pretty bad movie. Too many potholes, random anime blades, unexplained information and the middle meanders despite being on the shorter size. While the love interest wasn't boring as they usually are in F13 movies, she was annoying. This isn't me just blindly hating the movie however. Its highlights are genuine highlights that are too hard to ignore. It's the first movie with ACTUAL good actors for once. The main character was endearing, the bounty hunter man was a cool guy and the love interest was well acted. The problem is that the writing gave them nothing to work with as their script/concept was pretty dumb. The beginning with the twist before the credits was really cool and I loved the effects. Plus the last 15 minutes were actually a 9/10 movie. Overall, 90% of its faults have to do with the horrendous writing even for an F13 movie. Whoever made/okayed this script/direction should be fired in all honesty. Everything else was pretty good and would've made a legitimately good movie in other circumstances, but the writing/script/concept was ACTUALLY that bad.… Expand

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TAPR

Jan 15, 2023

Esse filme é uma DESGRAÇA! Deve ser a pior coisa que eu já assisti na minha vida. É ruim em todos os aspectos possíveis. Extremamente desrespeitoso e fora da franquia, que já não é lá grande coisa. Conseguiu minha antipatia com Sexta-Feira 13 e com o Jason.

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