A bold statement . But a honest one . Friday the 13th : The Final Chapteris the best Friday the 13th film , and I say that as a diehard devotee of Betsy “ Mrs. Voorhees ” Palmer . Here are all the reason why part four is number one .
It Acknowledges What Came Before … Then Moves Forward
In an extended flashback that incorporates footage from the first three picture show , we ’re bring up to pep pill on the series so far . We try the legend of Jason Voorhees , and we see the carnage that ’s been wrought upon “ Camp parentage . ” Then there ’s a brief sequence that pick up exactly where part three end ( except not in 3D ) , in which the dead body of Jason is take to the approximate morgue . Naturally , he re - animates and drive out the horny mortuary attendant and a nurse , and probably more . But after that re - introduction to the character and his urge to kill so powerful he ’ll evidently come up back from the dead to keep doing it , we straight off plunge into part four ’s story right .
It Takes the Formula in a New(-ish) Direction
Once the patch really begin , we ’re no longer at summer encampment . We ’re still in the back country , but the linguistic context has changed . This time , we ’re with the Jarvis family — college - cured Trish , tweenager Tommy , and their newly - single mother — and the group of Trish - aged Kid who rent the house next doorway . The tike are of the Camp Crystal Lake counselor kind ( obsessed with sexual practice , like to party , etc . ) , but the relationships between them actually feel genuine . There ’s also a occult tramp , Rob , who take to be “ hunting for bears , ” but is alternatively “ hunting for Jason , ” the madman who killed his sis . He ’s the only character who screw Jason is alive and has escape the mortuary , and is inevitably head back to the Natalie Wood to do more damage .
It Has a Killer Cast
Corey Feldman ( pre - Goonies , Stand By Me , and The Lost Boys ) plays Tommy Jarvis , who is essentially the little - kid embodiment of the motion-picture show ’s exceptional effects make - up guru , Tom Savini . Has there ever been a 6th - grader so hardy against a ruthless nonparallel killer … and so well - equipped to mind - shag said killer , with his amazing ingathering of handmade monster mask ? The solution is no .
Also , Crispin Glover play one of the horny Kyd who moves in next door to the Jarvis kinsfolk . He is a vast nerd and nervous about girls ( see his dance of conquest , below ) , but he end up experience stupendous bedroom achiever with one half of a couplet of preppy Twin who connect the grouping . That is , before he dies in an absolutely violent and dreadfully gory manner , as about everyone else does . ( Thanks for that , Tom Savini ! )
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It’s Actually Scary
While every kill ( and even some assumed alarms ) are declare well in progress by the Friday the 13th signature sound effect , there ’s more suspense in this series entry than most . You always know when Jason is going to strike ( ki - ki - ki - ah - ah - ah ! ) , but at least he gets some creativity - staged kills this time around . One particularly disingenuous contact : as the kid watch vintage stag films they ’ve inexplicably found in their holiday home , a girl is kill outside — a fell act only witnessed as a shadow during a lightning hit , much like a projector light beam .
It Has an Awesomely Misleading Title
It will never not be queer that Friday the 13th : The terminal Chapter was followed by EIGHT more movie , including another continuation nearly 10 years afterwards that optimistically - yet - incorrectly dropped the Bible “ final ” into its title , too : Jason Goes to Hell : The Final Friday . ( It believably go without order , but … it was n’t . ) However , all thing look at , that final - shot frost - frame on Tommy Jarvis , still bedeck out in Jason drag but with newly demented eye , hint the filmmakers behind part four knew this story was far from over .
Here ’s the dawdler , which would have you conceive that “ Jason ’s reign of scourge is over : ”
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