Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Tom McLoughlin
Produced by	Don Behrns
Written by	Tom McLoughlin
Starring	Thom Mathews Jennifer Cooke David Kagen Kerry Noonan Renee Jones Darcy DeMoss Tom Fridley
Music by	Harry Manfredini
Cinematography	Jon Kranhouse
Editing by	Bruce Green
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	August 1, 1986
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3,000,000
Gross revenue	$19,400,000
Preceded by	Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Followed by	Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives is a 1986 slasher film, the sixth film in the Friday the 13th film series. The film was written and directed by Tom McLoughlin. This film is notable for being the first time that writers have given Jason superhuman abilities (namely superhuman strength, invulnerability, and regeneration.)

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Box office 4 Soundtrack 5 Reaction 6 Cuts 7 Other media 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Plot

Jason Voorhees is dead and buried. However, Tommy Jarvis, who successfully killed the murderous Jason when he was 12 years old, is haunted by the memories of Jason and after he and his friend Hawes escape from their mental institution, they set out to exorcise his demons once and for all by digging up and finally destroying Jason's body. In a fit of rage, Tommy stabs Jason's corpse with a piece of the cemetery's iron fence. Instead of being sent to Hell, Jason is revived via a jolt of electricity when a lightning bolt strikes the metal post. Hawes is brutally murdered when Jason tears out his heart and his body falls into Jason's coffin and the door slams shut, as Tommy flees the cemetery in his pickup truck. Now even more powerful than before, Jason travels back to Crystal Lake—renamed Forest Green to disassociate itself with Jason and his murderous past at Crystal Lake—killing everyone he meets along the way. First he kills two of the camp's counselors (Darren and Lizbeth) driving in their car. Then he kills five people (Burt, Larry, Katie, Stan, and Roy) who are involved in a paintball war. Then he kills Martin the cemetery caretaker and a couple (Steven and Annette) making out in the cemetery's woods. Then he kills Nikki (Darcy DeMoss) and her boyfriend, Cort (Tom Fridley), one of the camp's counselors, in Nikki's dad's RV

Tommy desperately tries to warn the authorities about Jason, but they are reluctant due to the nature of Tommy's claims and his troubled past. The only person willing to listen to him is the sheriff's daughter, Megan. With her father ready to pin several recent murders on him, she helps Tommy as he devises a plan he believes will finally stop Jason once for all. As Jason preys on the last remaining counselors (Paula and Sissy) of the recently re-opened camp, Tommy lures him out into Crystal Lake, "the place where Jason originally drowned". By now, Jason has killed two police officers and Sheriff Garris, Megan's father. At the risk of his own life, he ties a pair of chains to a large rock and wraps the other end to Jason's neck, and sends the rock to the bottom of the lake. When Megan swims to rescue Tommy, Jason grabs her by the leg trying to pull her down. She starts the motor to the boat and the propeller shreds Jason's face and breaks his neck in the process. Once safely on land, Tommy observes the waters where he left Jason and believes that Jason is finally "home."

The film ends the next day, where it is sunrise and Jason, still alive, is chained at the bottom of the lake, waiting to be released.

[edit] Cast

• Thom Mathews as Tommy Jarvis
• Jennifer Cooke as Megan Garris
• David Kagen as Sheriff Mike Garris
• Renée Jones as Sissy Baker
• Kerry Noonan as Paula
• Tom Fridley as Cort
• Darcy DeMoss as Nikki
• Alan Blumenfeld as Larry
• Matthew Faison as Stan
• Ann Ryerson as Katie
• Tony Goldwyn as Darren
• Nancy McLoughlin as Lizbeth
• Ron Palillo as Allen Hawes
• C.J. Graham as Jason Voorhees
• Vincent Guastaferro as Deputy Rick Cologne
• Michael Swan as Officer Pappas
• Courtney Vickery as Nancy
• Whitney Rydbeck as Roy
• Bob Larkin as Martin
• Wallace Merck as Burt
• Tommy Nowell as Tyen
• Justin Nowell as Billy

[edit] Box office

The film opened in 1,610 theaters making $6.7 million its opening weekend. Domestically, the film has made $19.4 million.

[edit] Soundtrack

In addition to an original score, the soundtrack featured:

• "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" by Alice Cooper, from his album Constrictor
• "I'm No Animal" by Felony, from their album Vigilante
• "Teenage Frankenstein" by Alice Cooper, from his album Constrictor
• "Hard Rock Summer" by Alice Cooper, from the box set The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper

"He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)" had an accompanying music video, combining clips from the film with new footage featuring Cooper. It is not present on any home video release of the film, but can be viewed on YouTube.^[1][2]

An official soundtrack has never been made available for sale.

[edit] Reaction

Mainstream critics generally reviewed the film less harshly than the other entries. The bulk of reviews, especially among fans of the series, consider it the best or one of the best entries in the franchise.^[3][4][5] This is largely attributed to the use of humor,^[6][7][8] though some were put off by this approach.^[9]

Negative criticism of the movie includes general fatigue with the slasher film genre, and the implausibility of Jason's resurrection.^[10] The film however did earn some positive reviews, and received a score of 52% at Rotten Tomatoes.

[edit] Cuts

Some of the violent moments were either cut back or re-filmed in order to avoid an X rating, including:

• Allen was originally disemboweled. The kill was re-filmed with Jason ripping his heart out. A few minor seconds of this were edited out in the final cut.
• When Jason rips Burt's arm off, the scene originally continued slightly longer, showing Jason sliding Burt's arm off the machete.
• The triple decapatation of the paintballers was severly cut. Originally, their headless corpses were shown slumping to the ground.
• The female camp counselor's death was slightly longer, showing more blood and bubbles coming to the surface of the water after Jason stabs her.
• Cort's death originally showed the knife going right into his head, rather than the sloppy cut seen in the final version.
• The cabin was originally filmed with more gore and blood all over, but was cut back.
• A few brief moments were cut from when Jason throws the knife into the officer's head; originally, the camera lingered on his corpse a bit more.
• Jason crushing the 2nd officer's head was re-filmed with no blood; the original cut showed a fountain of blood spurting from his head.
• Officer Pappa's death was originally much longer, showing several extra seconds of him screaming and Jason slowly breaking him in half. The current version is far shorter and less graphic.

[edit] Other media

A novelization of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives was written by Simon Hawke in 1986; notably, the novelization features an appearance of Elias Voorhees, Jason's father who was originally meant to appear in the film, but was cut. The book also includes various flashbacks to Jason's childhood and the backstories of characters such as Tommy and Sheriff Garris are also expanded.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives at the Internet Movie Database
• Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives at Allmovie
• Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives at Rotten Tomatoes
• Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives at Box Office Mojo
• Film page at the Camp Crystal Lake web site
• Film Page at Fridaythe13thfilms.com

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