Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)

After Tommy Jarvis left Jason to rot chained at the bottom of the lake we thought we'd seen the last of Mr Voorhees, but no a psychic girl accidentally frees him and you know the rest.

That's right Jason Voorhees goes on another rampage indiscriminately killing more 20 somethings with very little story actually present.

This however marked the first time Kane Hodder took on the hockey mask and as ridiculous as it sounds you can really tell and new life is breathed into Jason.

Now rotted, chain around his neck and looking seven shades of undead Jason looks amazing and scarier than ever before. Sadly the death sequences in New Blood are more cutaway poorly constructed nonsense and considering this is the 7th movie in the franchise there really is no excuse.

New Bloods greatest weakness is the finale, the movie builds up to the final battle really well, draws it out into a lengthy encounter but then hits you with a moronic unexplained baffling twist just before the credits.

New Blood isn't bad and it marks a real turning point for Jason, but as a standalone film it's not the strongest part of the franchise.

The Good:

Jason looks amazing

Kane Hodder

The Bad:

Weak death scenes

Awful finale

Fmovies: The New Blood is the second worst installment in the Paramount era Friday the 13th movies - edged out, ever-so-slightly by Jason Takes Manhattan.

I'm always perplexed by how many fans embrace this entry. Truthfully, Kane Hodder's portrayal of Jason Voorhees, and the Jason make up design are the best things about part 7.

From the lackluster sound design, insipid script (which seemingly can't even rip off The Final Chapter well), forgettable characters, turtle pacing, and practically non-existent gore effects, almost everything about this entry is pi$$ poor!

Maybe, if the movie was available uncut (something that will unfortunately never exist), that would boost my rating and enjoyment slightly. But as it stands, the sleeping bag kill sequence remains one of the only highlights in this dismal Friday.

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I have been always a fan of this movie. My number one favorite monster favorite film in the "Friday the 13th" franchise R.I.P John Carl Buechler one of my favorite horror directors who directed Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood one of my favorite horror slasher films with A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and The Evil Dead (1981). Lar Park-Lincoln is the best of this movie I love her to death. Lar Park-Lincoln is my favorite horror actress with Heather Langenkamp from A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Tina is my favorite final girl in the whole movie.

Tina VS Jason aka Carrie VS Jason I love Tina Shepard (Lar Park-Lincoln) who played in which the main girl accidently release Jason from his cell prison and now she has to fight a monster she created and now with her telekinetic powers she has to fight him off. I love, love love this film to death!!! so much I love.

You have tone of gory and blood, you have explosions. One girl get's axe in her head. Great underrated horror slasher film my personal favorite film in Friday the 13th franchise. Friday the 13th, Part VII: The New Blood. Kane Hodder was the best Jason Voorhees. I love the effect of Jason I love the fight on end it was supernatural. This has always been one of my favorite films in the F13 franchise, I honestly don't think it's really much better or worse than most of the series. I enjoy this seventh installment more because I haven't seen it a million times over, like I have many of the earlier F13 chapters. so "New Blood" still feels somewhat fresh to me.

The Friday the 13th saga's formula was obviously well established by this point in the franchise - take a secluded woodland location, add horny teenagers and a hockey-masked wacko with farm implements; mix well and bake at 350 for about 90 minutes. Therefore it was nice to see the writers of Part VII attempting to shake up this stale template by introducing a character with enough juice to give Jason a good fight: a teenage girl with telekinetic powers (ala Stephen King's "Carrie") which made her uniquely qualified to battle the hockey-masked maniac. This newly added supernatural element was brought in after a proposed crossover with the Nightmare on Elm Street saga failed to get off the ground, (The two franchise monsters wouldn't finally face off till 2003's Freddy vs. Jason.)

Of course, in true F13 fashion, the cabin next door to Tina's is well stocked with the usual assortment of potential teenage victims, each representing a time-honored slasher film stereotype -- the rich babe, the nerd, the stoner, the yuppies, the tough but sensitive nice guy, etc. All of them are ripe for the picking when Tina has a fight with her doctor and stomps off to the lake on an emotional burn. Her powers accidentally awaken Jason Voorhees, who you might remember has been slumbering at the bottom of Crystal Lake since the end of "Part VI." Our boy Jason naturally gets right back to work, grabbing the nearest sharp objects and knocking off the occupants of the "party animal" cabin one by one, until sure enough, the lone survivors of the carnage are Tina and the hunky Nick (aka the "sensitive nice guy"). When Jason and Tina meet face-to-hockey mask, she uses her mental powers to put him through the wringer!. My favorite scenes are mostly the dark scenes at night in which Jason kills with a tool Mrs. Amanda Shepard and takes a chainsaw and kills Dr. Crews in a bad-ass way. The death scenes were cut but those we

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood fmovies. I've always been fascinated by the Friday THE 13TH films. Sequel after sequel, unknown cast after unknown cast, limited budget after limited budget, they still manage to be pretty good horror movies. And incredibly, this sixth sequel tops the series . In fact, it's one of the best horror movies of the 1980s.

Again resurrected from his watery grave (didn't he open his eyes at the very end of the last one? Nah, I guess not), the zombified Jason is ready to hack and slash his way through another group of innocent (though quite naughty) teens. But this time ol' maggot head may have met his match in the form of Tina Shepard, a teen gifted with the ability to move objects with her mind. She is, it turns out, our only hope to stop the monster.

The fun concept of Friday THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD paves the way for legitimate chills and thrills. This fierce, spine-bearing Jason is a much more frightening being than before as he paces through the woods, chases skinny dippers and employs weapons of terror I have never seen before (what was that thing with the spinning blade?). This is a serious frightfest that in no way tries to carry on the humorous overtone of its immediate predecessor. Director John Carl Buechler deserves a lot of credit for respecting continuity and sticking to the formula while squeezing out another great film from the well-worn slasher-in-the-woods concept.

The film would work well enough without the heroine of Tina. The pretty blonde (played by Lar Park-Lincoln) is just icing on the cake, helping to create (dare I say it?) one of the most memorable horror movie finales of all-time. The showdown, complete with telepathically-propelled lamps and electrical wires, also showcases some very impressive special effects (how many Friday films can you say that about?). Of course we all know who will prevail in this clash of good and evil, but we also know it's just a matter of time before Jason pulls another Lazarus.

Even if you're not a fan of the series or think it's too campy, you'll be pleasantly surprised. Give Friday THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD a whirl. Jason would have wanted it that way.

The popular, money-making slasher series continues with Lar Park Lincoln (the best leading actress in the Friday films) as Tina Shepherd, a pretty teen with telekinetic abilities who accidentally uses her powers to release Jason (Kane Hodder) from his underwater grave. He lurks around (with exposed spine) and sets his sights on a group of young people who rent a cabin for a birthday party. To justify some of the murders, many of the characters, like shrink Terry Kiser (who plots to exploit Tina) and Susan Jennifer Sullivan (great blonde bitch) obviously deserve to die.

Gore-wise we have a decapitation, a hand thrust through a chest, a party horn stuck in an eyeball, an axe to the face (twice), a drowning, a body thrown out a window and, the best murder, well I won't ruin it by saying it involves a sleeping bag and a tree, but it's a hoot.

The make-up FX are great, the women look good (and several of them have nude scenes) and there's a surprise ending you may not expect, but still not much plot. Kane Hodder went on to become the only actor who played Jason to receive a little fame for this thankless role. This was the number one box office draw at movie theaters the week it debuted.

Friday the 13th Part VII is one of best of the sequels because it's different to the previous films even though they are good to watch. Some people have called this film Carrie VS Jason and I can see why, Tina's powers are similar to Carrie's in the fact that her emotions control her power.

Kane Hodder stars as Jason for the first time before playing him again in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhatten, Jason goes to Hell: The Final Friday and Jason X.

The killings are good and gory in parts and Jason's make up with and without the mask look great and grotesque.

A must for Friday the 13th fans. 10/10