Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

R

1986

1h 26m

Horror

Crime

Drama

Action

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Years ago, Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews) killed infamous hockey-masked murderer Jason Voorhees (C.J. Graham), and the intensity of the experience has landed him in a mental institution. To end his torment and achieve a level of closure, Tommy escapes from the hospital and heads to the graveyard where Jason is buried, intending to dig up the body and cremate it. But, before this total annihilation can occur, a freak electrical accident resurrects Jason from the dead, and the terror begins anew.

Critics Consensus

Friday the 13th: Part VI - Jason Lives indeed brings back ol' Vorhees, along with a sense of serviceable braindead fun.

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Gene Siskel

Chicago Tribune

01/16/2013

0.5/4

The murderous Jason is back in the latest chapter of the most offensive series in film history, unless Burt Reynolds makes three more Smokey and the Bandit pictures real quick.

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Jeremiah Kipp

Slant Magazine

06/12/2009

2.5/4

While there's a superficial been-there-done-that, why don't-we-just-mock-the-whole-thing quality to this entry in the series, it certainly livens up what has become by this point a stale franchise.

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Variety Staff

Variety

03/26/2009

Writer-director Tom McLoughlin puts comic spin on some of the predictable material and turns in a reasonably slick performance under the circumstances.

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Eric Goldman

IGN Movies

May 11

7/10

The comedy is still an appreciated aspect of the film, and it's nice to finally have a Friday the 13th film where someone says they've seen enough horror movies to drive away from the scary guy in the mask standing in the road.

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Matthew Rozsa

Dread Central

Apr 7

4/4

"Jason Lives" is a movie that earns the right to urge viewers to rock out to its power ballad.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 11

1/5

Even bringing back Jason Voorhees can't salvage this mess.

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Meddy S

@RT51609981 May 25

I love this movie so much. No matter how many times I watch it, it remains terrifying. Jason is a very interesting character, which makes the film even better.

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Alex D.

@RT24918759 May 17

Best Friday the 13th movie ever. I love

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Charles T.

@CharlesGaming1000 May 7

this is the beginning of a new chapter of Jason, a real new beginning by far one of the most creative movies in the series

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Alexandru D

@RT67764378 May 3

The best jason movie, the movie is cool the characters are cool heck even the censored kills were good, overall a fun and good movie movie my 2nd favorite solo jason movie

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Ethan M

@Fnordy Apr 10

This movie is fun to watch

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zaika -

@Zaika Apr 5

Everybody goes nuts for this entry calling it "the best"... blah, blah, blah. Baloney, baloney, baloney. This film certainly is funny, yes, this is a good comedy film but not the best slasher film. It's the black sheep of the Friday series, everyone considers Jason Goes to Hell as it's not really a slasher per se but this is what I consider to be such. I do quite like it still but not as good as many laud it as.

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Synopsis

Years ago, Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews) killed infamous hockey-masked murderer Jason Voorhees (C.J. Graham), and the intensity of the experience has landed him in a mental institution. To end his torment and achieve a level of closure, Tommy escapes from the hospital and heads to the graveyard where Jason is buried, intending to dig up the body and cremate it. But, before this total annihilation can occur, a freak electrical accident resurrects Jason from the dead, and the terror begins anew.

Director: Tom McLoughlin
Producer: Don Behrns
Screenwriter: Tom McLoughlin, Victor Miller
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Terror Inc.
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Crime, Drama, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 1, 1986, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 6, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $19.0M
Runtime: 1h 26m
Sound Mix: Ultra-Stereo, Surround