Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

1985
R
1h 32m

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4.8/10

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Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis, who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees, is sent to a secluded halfway house in the countryside, where the killing of a young man triggers a brutal se... Read allStill haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis, who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees, is sent to a secluded halfway house in the countryside, where the killing of a young man triggers a brutal series of murders in the area.Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis, who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees, is sent to a secluded halfway house in the countryside, where the killing of a young man triggers a brutal series of murders in the area.

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4.8/10

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Awards
- 2 nominations

Trivia
Friday the 13th producer Frank Mancuso Jr. didn't get on with the films director Danny Steinmann. Mancuso called Steinmann a pervert and called the film a soft core porn sex movie rather than a slasher horror film

Goofs
(at around 1h 10 mins) When Pam is running through the woods, her sweater disappears then reappears.

Quotes
Anita: What's wrong? Hey, you okay?
Demon: It's them damn enchiladas.

Alternate versions
There is an alternate version of the film which runs 91 minutes and contains several small and mostly inconsequential differences. These are:
"Version 2" is in the lower right hand corner throughout the movie.
There is no close-up of Jason pulling the machete out of Neil's stomach during the opening sequence.
Duke's (the paramedic) line is altered when he sees Joey's body. In the original version he says "Bunch of pussies..." while in Version 2 he says "I'll be damned...".
There is a different angle briefly used in Pete's death.
The scene in which Ethel yells at Junior as he is eating his stew is re-edited to remove the profanity, and uses some different angles.
When Demon is about to open the outhouse door, an alternate camera angle is used and some of the profanity he uses is cut from the scene.
After Junior is decapitated there is an alternate angle of Ethel in the kitchen, and her dialog is slightly altered.
The scene of Robin going to bed is re-edited to exclude some of her nudity and some dialog.
Before the above scene is a scene of Violet in her room which originally was part of a scene which occurred a few minutes later. When the scene happens a few minutes later, the footage that was previously used is not present.
When Pam fights off Roy with the chainsaw, she hits him twice in shoulder. Only the second hit appears in the original version.
When Roy dies, the camera stays on Pam, Tommy and Reggie instead of showing Roy falling on the spikes.

Connections
Edited from Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

Soundtracks
The Drowning - Part I
Written by Daniele Amfitheatrof

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Featured review

6/10

Ooooh baby! Ooh Baby!

This is the best Jason to watch drunk, it's almost like a Friday the 13th blooper reel. I love the singing on the crapper part, the mod chick doing the robot, the "just wanna earn a meal" guy, Crazy Ethel and Junior, Billy and Llana, that kid from Diff'rent Strokes, the stupid arse ending, and the excessive nudity.

It's a time capsule of sorts, it captures all the bad 80's slasher films in a hour and a half. Bad acting? GOT IT! Ridiculous costumes? GOT IT! Lot's of big haired women topless? GOT IT! No name stars obviously coked out of they're mind? OH THIS MOVIE HAS GOT PLENTY OF THAT! Watch it and laugh, preferably with some friends