New Line Cinema | Release Date: August 13, 1993
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Rcavey92212Mar 10, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is without a doubt one of my favorites of the franchise. It all begins when Jason tries to takedown an undercover FBI agent (whose footwear keeps changing as she's chased through the woods) and he's blown to bits in a spectacular, over the top fashion. The doctor doing the autopsy is seduced into eating his black heart and from than on it's a whole bunch of body switching like 1987s The Hidden but way amped up. The masked maniac is a demon parasite in search of a family member so that he can become his old self again. It's all a bit goofy and there are some unintentional funnies but who cares. The movie is fantastically gory and overly entertaining. Not only does it have the best kills of the series but also has the best kill of any slasher ever. The "tent split" is beyond amazing and needs to be experienced in it's full unrated cut like the rest of the glorious film. And as a horror fan how can I not appreciate all the homages and genre universe expanding. From the Halloween references to the Necronomicon from Evil Dead which makes Jason a full fledged deadite to freddy's glove dragging his mask into hell. It's all an absolute crazy, goretastic, insanely fun bundle of genre goodness.

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Narwhale73May 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 wereThis 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.
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imthenoobOct 23, 2018
I appreciate the attempt to form some kind of lore in the franchise but my lord, This was just an awful movie. A truly awful movie.
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PanchogulMay 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 miEsta 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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TAPRJan 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 13Esse 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. Expand
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robertoiglesiasFeb 7, 2018
This movie is bad, but I enjoy watching it. It's stupid as hell, but it's fun with nice characters to root for.
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LOLGUYMar 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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JLauSep 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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HellHoleHorrorFeb 16, 2022
This had good and bad points. I feel that now I have got this far through the series that I am owed something from the Jason character. This film did not make me feel good. The story was truly stupid meandering along complexities that I willThis had good and bad points. I feel that now I have got this far through the series that I am owed something from the Jason character. This film did not make me feel good. The story was truly stupid meandering along complexities that I will never try to understand. Thankfully this dull entry to the saga contains all that wonderful uncut violence that made me fall in love with the first film. Some truly sick vile moments of maniacal madness. This really did not fit in with the other films, a maverick if you will. The perplexing story fails the most and fails with shuddering ineptitude. Take a look to complete this long series of Jason films or if you want to watch some ultra-violence. Sending Jason to hell was cool no matter what trash came before it. Expand
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MoviezNPMar 9, 2019
The amount of wtfness has never been so high. Those who say the remake was awful, have you seen Jason Goes to Hell? .
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Good : There is an interesting character - Duke. He seems interesting a lot. He doesn't do anything significant to shine
The amount of wtfness has never been so high. Those who say the remake was awful, have you seen Jason Goes to Hell? .
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Good : There is an interesting character - Duke. He seems interesting a lot. He doesn't do anything significant to shine in the movie, he is just dumping expositions. But the actor makes it likable. If we accept this s**t, the movie isn't as terrible as it is said to be, at least not as terrible as the last two. .
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Bad : Yet another f**king whacked out Friday the 13th movie! This feels like a forced piece of s**t that is there just to set up Freddy vs. Jason. So far, there has been no mentioning of supernatural origins of Jason, not even hinted. Freddy's Dead is a garbage film. At least it has only mentioning about the tadpoles that powered him throughout the series. We know about his origins from the subsequent movies. Here, everything is done via exposition. Jason's bloodline plotline is just super crammed for not letting this movie die. I said the movie is whacked out, I definitely don't like this piece of s**t. But it is entertaining in "that" way and only in "that" way. If we had some better characters in a better setting and in a fantasy franchise, I think the ideas for this movie could've worked. But it feels like a dispassionate job of a totally bored creative team. Jason possessing people is another s**t that has never been explained at all. This movie is just a train wreck of weird ideas put on screen. The new elements do not make Jason more interesting. He is perhaps the most goofy and overrated villains of the horror genre. I won't say anything else. It's very boring talking about this movie. .
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Conclusion : It is just a generic Disney witchcraft film which is a bit darker, a bit gory and features Jason. That's the perfect way to put it. As I like the fantasy witchcraft things, I enjoyed it a bit more than others. Else, it's nothing good. .
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Score : 1.8/10
Grade : F
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GhostfaceVDNov 28, 2019
Lacks what made the original franchise so good. It's better than part 8, which doesn't say much. But overall, this is a very boring movie that you'll forget about in less than a day.
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Markus1998Feb 11, 2020
This Movie Is Awesome , Adam Marcus Did an Absolute Job Making This Franchise Continuing
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sdumersJan 18, 2021
My personal favorite installment from the Friday the 13th franchise due to one scene where someone melts.
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KaijukaiSep 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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ForeverFinalGirDec 20, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I think I have a love/hate relationship with Jason Goes to Hell. (Mostly hate.) Besides the first movie, we don’t get Jason hardly at all in this movie (I know A New Beginning doesn’t have Jason, but we get someone at least dressing like him!). But it is the goriest Friday the 13th movie to date.

PLOT

The FBI “kills” Jason and takes his body to the morgue. Due to his body being in pieces, Jason possesses people in order to get back to Crystal Lake and find a way to get his body back. In the way is the usual teen victims and stupid adults. A bounty hunter may hold the information that can stop Jason for good.

MY THOUGHTS

I’ll have a Voorhees burger and a side of Jason fingers.–Duke

Wow! A lot to unpack. Not sure I’m liking the whole Jason possesses people instead of actually seeing Jason. But can I say, I’m not hating the male nudity in this? LOL

Starting with the kills. I did like the fact that Jason Goes to Hell is the goriest of the movies (up to this point). We get some good bloody kills. I like the kill where Deborah (Michelle Clunie) is stabbed and torn in half with a spike. I also liked the effects when Deputy Josh (Andrew Bloch) after transferring “Jason” just melts. We get to see the effects, and I think the K.N.B. Effects Group did a great job with it. There were a lot of kills in this installment and a lot of good kills. Come on. One woman had her face pushed into her head by someone possessed by Jason! LOL

The acting wasn’t too bad. I think Richard Gant did a pretty good job when possessed by Jason. Steven Williams as the bounty hunter was just the right amount of jackass in the beginning. Steven Culp is his usual slimy jerk (he’s usually pretty good at that role). I had totally forgotten that John D. LeMay was in this movie. Nice little tie in between the movies and the TV show (even though they don’t have anything to do with each other). I think, for the most part, the male roles were more outstanding than the females. Though I do think Kari Keegan as Jessica, the final girl did better than Rennie from Jason Takes Manhattan.

There are a few props from other horror movies planted throughout the movie. The Necronomicon, from the Evil Dead series, can be found on a table in the Voorhees house. Also in the house, in the basement, is a crate that is from the story “The Crate” in the movie Creepshow. Outside of the Voorhees house is the jungle gym used in Hitchcock’s The Birds. And finally, the most well-known is Freddy’s glove at the end from A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. As a side note, the actor using Freddy’s glove is Kane Hodder. He’s the only actor to play both Jason and Freddy.

Now to the negatives. As much as I liked the special effects for the kills, the hands dragging Jason down in the end sucked. They were just really cheesy (and not in a good way). I already mentioned I didn’t like the fact that Jason was hardly ever in the movie. And I think the baby storyline was not needed but that’s just a minor detail.

Overall, I’m surprised with this rewatch. It’s not as bad as I remember. Still not the best, but may not be the worst. Interesting how your views on a movie changes as you get older.

The reason that this film is titled “Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday” instead of “Friday the 13th Part IX” or something similar is that New Line Cinema did not have the rights to the name “Friday the 13th”. This was the first film in the series made by New Line Cinema instead of Paramount.
This is the first Friday the 13th-related film to have another Voorhees in the movie since Friday the 13th (1980).
Josh’s death won the Golden Chainsaw Award in Dead Meat’s “Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (R Rated Cut)” kill count, while Deborah Caldwell’s death won the award in the Unrated Cut. (As a side note: Dead Meat is a great Youtube Channel that does Kill Counts for horror movies. I recommend checking them out: Dead Meat)
If you want to see my other Friday the 13th reviews, click here: Friday the 13th Franchise.

Let’s get into the rankings:

Kills/Blood/Gore: 4/5
Sex/Nudity: 2.5/5
Scare factor: 2.5/5
Enjoyment factor: 3/5

My Rank: 3/5
IMDB: 4.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes: critics: 1.6/10 audience: 2.4/10
Letterboxd: 1.9/5
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royalguy07Oct 13, 2022
Could feel the 90s shift nicely, finally exploring some different horror concepts and options, pretty light on kills, more fun gore showcases. The continuity and lore finally hit rock bottom. All the sudden there's a giant Voorhees mansionCould feel the 90s shift nicely, finally exploring some different horror concepts and options, pretty light on kills, more fun gore showcases. The continuity and lore finally hit rock bottom. All the sudden there's a giant Voorhees mansion and an extended family. Expand
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ChemikerAug 5, 2023
Сложно что то сказать, началось все хорошо, правда сюжетно не связано с предыдущим фильмом, так как не показали как он выжил, после Нью-Йорка то. Потом хоп и пол фильма Джейсона нет, то есть он есть в самом начале и в самом конце. ФильмСложно что то сказать, началось все хорошо, правда сюжетно не связано с предыдущим фильмом, так как не показали как он выжил, после Нью-Йорка то. Потом хоп и пол фильма Джейсона нет, то есть он есть в самом начале и в самом конце. Фильм напомнил The Hidden 1987, этим переселением Джейсона. Я почему то надеялся что тут будет горящий Джейсон, Savini Jason. Тут уже слишком перебрали с мистикой, особенно в конце. Складывается впечатление, из-за нескольких факторов: таких как сестра Джейсона, дом Вурхизов, что? Либо это вписали в лор, либо какая то обособленная история, хотя Кристальное озеро, на минут 10 появляется. Expand
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