Welcome to Satanists on Cinema. We are your hosts Satanist Cameron John and Reverend Campbell. Satanists on Cinema is a film review and commentary series that wears their balls for earrings and stalks campgrounds for teenagers to introduce only the finest, uncut horror films, that will terrify them and possibly even turn them on… to share frightful experiences with us, in the dark… in the night. This is our review of Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives!
Discussion
- Log Line: 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. The newly revived killer once again seeks revenge, and Tommy may be the only one who can defeat him.
- Written and Directed – Tom McLoughlin
- Music by Harry Manfredini
- Cinematography – Jon Kranhouse
- Budget – $3 million
- Box office – $19.4 million
- Release date – August 1, 1986
- The original concept called for Tommy Jarvis, the protagonist of The Final Chapter and A New Beginning, to become the new villain, but after the poor fan reception of A New Beginning, the producers brought Jason Voorhees back as the series’ antagonist.
- In resurrecting Jason, McLoughlin made him an explicitly supernatural force for the first time in the series.
- introduced metahumor and action film elements, including shootouts and car chases, into the series.
- McLoughlin decided to take the film in the direction of an old Universal Monsters movie
- retcon the ending of the fifth film, where Tommy Jarvis was a serial killer.
- In the “Tommy Tapes” for Friday the 13th: The Game (2017) written by Adam Green, it’s explained that the ending of the fifth film was Tommy’s dream.
- the role of Jason was given to a stuntman, Dan Bradley. Bradley, however, was replaced shortly thereafter by C. J. Graham. Bradley’s involvement during the paintball scene is kept.
- Jason Lives would become notable for being the only film in the franchise to contain no nudity, but we got some wicked sweet camel toe action
- Camp Crystal Lake has been renamed Lake Forest Green.
- the movie was supposed to have concluded in the graveyard, with Martin the gravedigger meeting Jason’s father, Elias—a heretofore unseen character in the series—with the implication that Elias knows Jason has been resurrected and has come looking for him. The studio balked at the scene, as they did not want the responsibility of having to introduce Elias’ backstory in the next installment.
- This ending would have tied up a continuity error from A New Beginning, when it is mentioned that Jason was cremated
- The Shining score was very similar to this productions original score.
The Cast
- C.J. Graham – Jason
- Thom Mathews – Tommy
- Jennifer Cooke – Megan
- David Kagen – Sheriff Garris
Links
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091080/
- 6/10 stars
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_Part_VI:_Jason_Lives
- https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/friday_the_13th_part_6_jason_lives
- 50% Rotten with a 52% audience score
Ratings
Satanist Cameron John
Reverend Campbell