They come upon an ambulance only to find Duke's corpse inside. [12] Paramount released it in the United States on DVD on September 25, 2001. After Pam and Reggie leave, Demon and his girlfriend are slaughtered. The film was initially going to set up a new trilogy of films with a different villain for the series but, after a disappointing reception from fans and a steep decline in box-office receipts from Part III and The Final Chapter, Jason Voorhees was brought back for the next installment Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) and has been the main antagonist in the series since. Vinnie tries to fix the car while Pete heads into the surrounding woods to do his business. The killer injures Tommy with his machete, but Tommy stabs the killer in the thigh with his knife and escapes to the loft with Pam and Reggie, but passes out due to his injuries. In short: same as it ever was, same as it ever was.

At this time, Ethel and Junior are killed, as are Jake, Robin and Violet after Reggie falls asleep. Was this review helpful to you?

Lot's of big haired women topless? The killer then murders Robin while she lies on the top bunk of her bed, by shoving a machete through the mattress and into her body. Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis - who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees - wonders if the serial killer is connected to a series of brutal murders occurring in and around the secluded halfway house where he now lives. At the hospital, the Sheriff explains to Pam that Joey, the boy who was killed with an axe by Vic, was Roy's son, thus triggering Roy's seek for revenge. London: Titan Books. The next morning, Tommy sees a hallucination of Jason in his bedroom and gets into a fight with Eddie at breakfast, who uses one of Tommy's masks to scare everyone. Tom Morga as Jason Voorhees (hallucinations) and most Roy Burns (masked) scenes. The next morning, Eddie and Tina disobediently go into the forest and have sex. Tommy Jarvis goes to the graveyard to get rid of Jason Voorhees' body once and for all, but inadvertently brings him back to life instead. Tommy returns and is attacked by Jason, but he manages to defend himself and escape. This film is widely considered to be the worst in the series, mainly because of the twist ending.

The tone is crude, raunchy, and leering, with kill scenes combined with more nudity than usual."[27]. When Tommy is sent to a rural halfway house in New Jersey for mentally disturbed teenagers, a series of grisly murders begin anew as another hockey-masked killer begins killing off all people at and around the residence.

Duke's (the paramedic) line is altered when he sees Joey's body. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985) KILL COUNT - YouTube GOT IT!

I mean, I knew the series' reputation, but you're always hoping that yours is going to come out better", and director Danny Steinmann stated that he "shot a fucking porno in the woods there. After a long chase in which Pam and Reggie find the corpses of Matt and Reggie's grandfather, Jason is lured into a barn where he is struck by a tractor. Pam and Reggie try to flee the house, but encounter the killer, who reveals himself to be a large man in a hockey mask. [18], Friday the 13th: A New Beginning opened on March 22, 1985, on 1,759 screens. Peter Bracke's book Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th details that behind the scenes, the production was plagued with hardcore drug use. While Eddie leaves to go wash off in the creek, Tina is murdered, and the same fate befalls Eddie.

Directed by Danny Steinmann. Pam and Reggie flee the halfway house and run through the woods. When Pam fights off Roy with the chainsaw, she hits him twice in shoulder. Pam goes to search for them, entrusting Reggie to Violet, Jake and Robin. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Tommy witnesses two grave robbers trying to dig up mass murderer Jason Voorhees' body, but before they can do so, Jason arises and murders both of the grave robbers, as Tommy watches in horror. He grabs Reggie by the leg and begins to climb back up, but Tommy musters up enough strength to grab the killer's discarded machete and partially chops his hand off. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning Director Danny Steinmann Producer Timothy Silver Screenplay Martin Kitrosser David Cohen Danny Steinmann Story Martin Kitrosser David Cohen Starring Melanie Kinnaman John Shepherd Shavar Ross Richard Young Dick Wieand Marco St. John Richard Lineback Debi Sue Voorhees Vernon Washington Tom Morga Composer Harry Manfredini Production company Georgetown Productions, Inc. Terror, Inc.

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenage population. It is the fifth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise.

Tommy meets a circle of other teens consisting of lovers Eddie Kelso and Tina McCarthy, the stutterer Jake Patterson, the Goth, Violet Moraine, the serious Robin Brown, the compulsive eater Joey Burns, and the young Reggie Winter, whose grandfather works as the facility's cook. [17] On February 13, 2018, Paramount re-released the film in another box set titled, Friday the 13th: The Ultimate Collection features only the first eight films of the franchise. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Pam checks on Tommy, who appears to be asleep, but suddenly pops up, withdrawing a boning knife, and stabs Pam in the stomach, killing her. Is there a pattern emerging here? "Jason" is unmasked as Roy Burns, one of the paramedics who arrived at the scene of Joey's murder, now revealed to be Joey's loner father who went insane after his son's death and sought revenge. The group is disliked by their neighbor Ethel Hubbard as Eddie and Tina have made a habit of engaging in sexual intercourse on her lawn. Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good. Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis - who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees - wonders if the serial killer is connected to a series of brutal murders occurring in and around the secluded halfway house where he now lives. Vic Faden, another patient in the institute, is gripped by a fit of madness caused by Joey's impertinence and brutally kills him with an axe, leading to his arrest. The two of them investigate the killer's body, who springs to life again and makes a grab for Reggie, but Pam kicks him in the head to fight him off. However, in recent years, some fans seem to have warmed up to this movie and accept it as part of the series. From February 14–16, Friday the 13th earned an additional $24,292,003, making its four-day President's Dayweekend total $43,585,449.

[6] Feldman filmed the inserts of his cameo on a Sunday, as that was his off day of shooting his other film, and the footage was shot in the backyard of his family's home in Los Angeles with a rain machine.

When Tommy is sent to a rural halfway house in New Jersey for mentally disturbed teenagers, a series of grisly murders begin anew as another hockey-masked killer [â ¦] Later that day, while Vic is chopping wood with an axe, Joey begins to unintentionally aggravate Vic to the point where Vic begins to hack Joey with the axe, killing him. Shot in California in 1984 on a budget of $2.2 million, A New Beginning was released theatrically on March 22, 1985, and grossed $22 million at the U.S. box office. While they make love, a drifter named Raymond, hired by Ethel to clean her chicken coop, notices them. Storyline:Five years after killing the goalie hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees, Tommy Jarvis has grown up in various mental hospitals unable to get over the nightmares about Jasonâ s return.

According to the trivia section on the film's IMDB page, A New Beginning had to be submitted to the MPAA nine times before they would issue it an R-rating. [19], Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune criticized the film for a perceived lack of originality, writing: "The new film is not really new. Junior races back to Ethel's house to tell her what Tommy did and is murdered by the killer who decapitates him. That evening, two greasers are murdered by an unseen assailant after their car breaks down, and a diner waitress and her boyfriend are killed the following night. 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. In the original version he says "Bunch of pussies..." while in Version 2 he says "I'll be damned...". ISBN 1845763432.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

After Junior is decapitated there is an alternate angle of Ethel in the kitchen, and her dialog is slightly altered. View production, box office, & company info. However, Tommy has to face his fears when a new hockey-masked killer begins another series of violent murders. matt-282, This is the best Jason to watch drunk, it's almost like a Friday the 13th blooper reel. Has Jason returned from the dead to re-start his killing spree? [14], On September 13, 2013, Paramount and Warner Brothers co-released the Friday the 13th: The Complete Collection Blu-ray box set, featuring each of the twelve films;[15] this marked the first Blu-ray release of A New Beginning. With Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, Anthony Barrile, Suzanne Bateman. He is transferred to the Pinehurst Halfway House, managed by Dr. Matt Letter and his assistant Pam Roberts. Eddie leaves to wash off in the creek, and while Tina lies nude in a clearing, she is suddenly murdered when the killer plunges a pair of hedge clippers into her eyes. For this reason, Matt forbids the group from venturing outside the facility's premises. The Final Chapter) for more gore galore, as gruesome and disgusting as ever.

They are spotted by Ethel's farmhand Raymond Joffroy who is killed soon after. Tommy then runs away into the woods, forcing Pam and Reggie to leave. (1985). Bad acting? When Pam rushes in, Tommy appears from behind the door wearing Roy's hockey mask and wielding a kitchen knife. "[20] Variety wrote: "The fifth Friday the 13th film reiterates a chronicle of butcherings with even less variation than its predecessors. Pam and Reggie seek refuge inside the barn, and Pam fends the killer off with a chainsaw, and then escapes to the loft with Reggie.

Having revived from his wounds, Jason Voorhees takes refuge at a cabin near Crystal Lake. 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. Five years after killing the goalie hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees, Tommy Jarvis has grown up in various mental hospitals unable to get over the nightmares about Jason's return. "Friday the 13th, Part V: A New Beginning", "The Jason Acting Duo Of 'A New Beginning, "The Bloodiest, Most Deranged 'Friday the 13th' Movie", "FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 5: A NEW BEGINNING (1985)", "[13 Days of F13] The Masks of Jason Voorhees! But the killer is still hanging on to the side of the loft. • Bracke, Peter (2006). Violet is murdered next by a machete to the stomach.

While recovering in the hospital, Tommy has another hallucination of Jason, but he faces his fears which makes Jason's hallucination disappear. Mrs. Voorhees is dead, and Camp Crystal Lake is shut down, but a camp next to the infamous place is stalked by an unknown assailant. The following night, a worker at the halfway house, Billy (Bob DeSimone), awaits outside of a local diner in his car for his girlfriend Lana (Rebecca Wood), who works at the diner. [8][9], On January 13, 2012, La-La Land Records released a limited edition 6-CD boxset containing Harry Manfredini's scores from the first six Friday the 13th films.