The ways of bringing Jason back just get crazier by the sequel, but this is the absolute craziest. Crazy is too light a word; ludicrous is more like it. The opening sequence is really cool. A woman's taking a bath, she flees from Jason, he chases her through the woods and BAM!!! Beams of light surround him. That's when we find out she's really an agent and a SWAT team jumps down and shoots him to bits. Now, Jason's body has literally fallen apart. Ain't nothing we can now, right?
Jason is taken to the coroner's office, the coroner gives him an autopsy and suddenly Jason's heart starts beating. Then, out of the freakin' blue, the coroner grabs the heart and devours it like a sandwich! Then supposedly, Jason's soul enters his body and every time he looks in the mirror, he sees Jason's reflection. Now, once we got to the heart-devouring scene, I was ready to puke--not because it's disgusting, but because of how idiotic it is.
Now, this isn't a terrible movie, but it's only watchable on an entertainment level. The story just gets dumber by the minute. Hell, the previous Jason sequels weren't heavy on logic, but they allowed the audience to suspend a fair deal of disbelief. Besides, it sucks that we hardly get to see Jason--mask and all--throughout the movie.
"Jason Goes to Hell" also lacks a certain charm that the other movies had. I'm guessing this was made on a higher budget and the director and producers were actually trying to accomplish things that weren't accomplished in the previous movies. But this is no more than B-horror trying to disguise itself as A-horror. There's only one cool death scene that will stick in my mind and that's when the girl is in the tent having sex, she goes on top and her body is sliced in half by Jason. Not to sound like a sadist, but that was freakin' awesome!
My score: 5 (out of 10)
Jason is taken to the coroner's office, the coroner gives him an autopsy and suddenly Jason's heart starts beating. Then, out of the freakin' blue, the coroner grabs the heart and devours it like a sandwich! Then supposedly, Jason's soul enters his body and every time he looks in the mirror, he sees Jason's reflection. Now, once we got to the heart-devouring scene, I was ready to puke--not because it's disgusting, but because of how idiotic it is.
Now, this isn't a terrible movie, but it's only watchable on an entertainment level. The story just gets dumber by the minute. Hell, the previous Jason sequels weren't heavy on logic, but they allowed the audience to suspend a fair deal of disbelief. Besides, it sucks that we hardly get to see Jason--mask and all--throughout the movie.
"Jason Goes to Hell" also lacks a certain charm that the other movies had. I'm guessing this was made on a higher budget and the director and producers were actually trying to accomplish things that weren't accomplished in the previous movies. But this is no more than B-horror trying to disguise itself as A-horror. There's only one cool death scene that will stick in my mind and that's when the girl is in the tent having sex, she goes on top and her body is sliced in half by Jason. Not to sound like a sadist, but that was freakin' awesome!
My score: 5 (out of 10)