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Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan: Directed by Rob Hedden. With Todd Caldecott, Tiffany Paulsen, Tim Mirkovich, Kane Hodder. Jason Voorhees is accidentally awakened from his watery grave and ends up stalking a ship full of graduating high-school students headed to Manhattan, New York.
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- Adventure, Horror, Thriller
- Rob Hedden
- 1989-07-28
A 1989 slasher film and the eighth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise. Jason Voorhees stalks a group of high school graduates on a ship to New York City, where he faces a toxic waste-induced death.
From Paramount Pictures. The original theatrical trailer for "Friday The 13th, Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan." Starring Jensen Daggett, Scott Reeves, Ba...
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Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. Mass murderer Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder) is resurrected from the bottom of Crystal Lake. After he kills a passing boat's...
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- Jensen Daggett
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Two teenagers, Jim Miller and his girlfriend, Suzi Donaldson, are sailing Jim's boat on Crystal Lake when they pass by the abandoned camp. As Jim tells Suzi the legend of Jason Voorhees, the boat's anchor catches onto a power cable which it drags onto the comatose body of Jason, shocking him back to life. After scaring Suzi with a replica of Jason'...
Jensen Daggett - Rennie WickhamScott Reeves - Sean RobertsonBarbara Bingham - Colleen Van DeusenPeter Mark Richman - Charles McCullochJason as an 11-year-old child looks different in this film (excluding the scene where he tries to drown Rennie in her flashback) than in the other films. In this film, he has hair and no facial def...The ending of this film is slightly similar to that of A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, as both villains are turned into a child, yet return through unexplained resurrection in the fol...The New York cook who Jason throws into the mirror behind the counter in the diner scene is portrayed by Ken Kirzinger, who would play Jason in Freddy vs. Jason.According to the Crystal Lake Memories book; Ken Kirzinger actually doubled as Jason in a couple of shots of this film technically making him the 2nd person to play Jason in more than one film.Jim Miller: Stabbed in the stomach - 9 mins inSuzi Donaldson: Stabbed in chest - 11 mins inJ.J. Jarrett: Bashed in head - 22 mins inBoxing Guy: Sauna rock through chest - 30 mins inBox office
In July 1989, the film opened in 1,683 theaters across the United States, making $6.2 million on its opening weekend. Domestically, the film made only $14.3 million, becoming the lowest-grossing film of the Friday the 13thfilm series.
Critical response
On his commentary track for the film in the box set, director Rob Hedden acknowledges the faults and even agrees that more of the film should have been set in Manhattan, citing budgetary and schedule problems. The film failed to generate a substantial amount of money at the box office, which continued the decline in grosses the series had been suffering, and Paramount sold the franchise to New Line Cinema soon afterward (they would later distribute the 2009 reboot together). Rotten Tomatoes d...
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan at the Internet Movie DatabaseA summary of the eighth Friday the 13th film, where Jason Voorhees stalks a group of students on a cruise to New York City. Learn about the plot, cast, deaths, reception and trivia of this slasher classic.
Oct 24, 2022 · Check out the official Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) Trailer/Theatrical starring Kane Hodder! Watch on Vudu: https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/d...
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Jason Voorhees stalks and kills a high-school graduation cruise to New York City. Rennie and Sean, the only survivors, must stop Jason before he kills more people in the Big Apple.