Friday the 13th VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

227-poster
release date July 28 1989
studio Paramount
director Rob Hedden
writer Rob Hedden
starring Jensen Daggett, Todd Shaffer, Kane Hodder
rating
R
tagline New York has a new problem
site fridaythe13thfilms.com

Synopsis

A passing boat bound for New York pulls Jason along for the ride. Look out New York, here comes hell in a hockey mask.

Official Review

It was the end of a decade, and a last-ditch effort to keep an ailing franchise from sputtering out. The producers of the FRIDAY THE 13TH series had given us a decade of mass murder and gratuitous nudity courtesy of one Jason Voorhees and a little vacationing spot called Camp Blood. But seven films later apparently camp was old-hat, and it was time to take the series to a whole new level. The producers’ solution to this was sending our beloved mongoloid to New York City for FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN. …Read More

Official Score: 2.5 / 5