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5/10
Jason meets his match... again.
AwesomeWolf19 January 2005
Jason has met his match before, going down two-nil to Tommy Jarvis. However, this one is different! Her name is Carrie, but for some reason she uses the name Tina Shepard.

Camp Crystal Lake has been operating peacefully for years, ever since Tommy Jarvis chained Jason to the bottom of the lake. But, you see, in horror movies, any peace is bound to be interrupted eventually. Enter Tina Shephard. Years ago the Shephard family was on vacation at Crystal Lake, when Tina's father drowned under some bizarre circumstances. At the age of 17, Tina and her mother return to Crystal Lake with Tina's psychiatrist, Dr. Crews. Dr. Crews isn't what he seems, he is obviously more interested in exploiting Tina's psychic abilities rather than helping her. This isn't very important, because it isn't very long before Tina accidentally releases Jason from what should have been his watery-grave...

Yeah, this is your average slasher movie. All the characters are obvious stereotypes. Except for the sci-fi nerd sporting a mullet. I can honestly say I've never seen that before. Tina Shephard is basically a re-work of Carrie from... 'Carrie', but she is the films saving grace. Jason against a psychic made for a nice showdown. Other than that, I'm still wondering why people keeping going to Crystal Lake, only to be surprised when maniac wearing a hockey mask tries to kill them.

Apparently this was heavily censored. Kane Hodder makes a good Jason, and there are kills aplenty, but not much gore. Oh well, it had a nice musical score if that makes up for anything...

Not too bad entry in the series - 5/10
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5/10
Friday the 13th Part VII The New Blood: Jason vs Psychic
Platypuschow6 October 2017
After Tommy Jarvis left Jason to rot chained at the bottom of the lake we thought we'd seen the last of Mr Voorhees, but no a psychic girl accidentally frees him and you know the rest.

That's right Jason Voorhees goes on another rampage indiscriminately killing more 20 somethings with very little story actually present.

This however marked the first time Kane Hodder took on the hockey mask and as ridiculous as it sounds you can really tell and new life is breathed into Jason.

Now rotted, chain around his neck and looking seven shades of undead Jason looks amazing and scarier than ever before. Sadly the death sequences in New Blood are more cutaway poorly constructed nonsense and considering this is the 7th movie in the franchise there really is no excuse.

New Bloods greatest weakness is the finale, the movie builds up to the final battle really well, draws it out into a lengthy encounter but then hits you with a moronic unexplained baffling twist just before the credits.

New Blood isn't bad and it marks a real turning point for Jason, but as a standalone film it's not the strongest part of the franchise.

The Good:

Jason looks amazing

Kane Hodder

The Bad:

Weak death scenes

Awful finale
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5/10
The new blood...
Amityville1511 May 2014
Warning: Spoilers
Ever since homicidal maniac Jason Voorhees got trapped in chains at the bottom of Crystal Lake, the nearby summer camp has operated without a Hitch... without a murder. But one of this season's happy campers isn't there to have a good time.

Tina Shepherd can see the future and levitate objects. Her doctor knows just how dangerous telekinesis can be, but he's out to exploit her, not help her. And now it's too late. Tina has accidentally unchained Jason Voorhees from the bottom of his watery grave and the bloodbath is underway.

Tina's special powers are her only hope for survival. But what chance does a teenage girl have against an axe-wielding killer.

This film starred: Kane Hodder, Lar Park Lincoln & Susan Blu.

This 7th entry in the Friday the 13th saga is another poor one in my opinion. It's not a very good plot and has a bunch of 1 dimensional characters hat you jut don't care about. Not recommended but check it out if you want to watch the full series.

**/***** Poor
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1/10
Probably the worst sequel
ontheis8 October 2020
They should have stopped at part VI. This one has the worst plot, acting and along with part IX the most boring. I love this franchise, but this one was over the top, in a bad way. Telekinesis, really? The movie has to be exceptionally good to pull that off. Also, the worst ending of all ten movies.
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5/10
A bit more imaginative than others in this series.
capkronos9 July 2003
The popular, money-making slasher series continues with Lar Park Lincoln (the best leading actress in the Friday films) as Tina Shepherd, a pretty teen with telekinetic abilities who accidentally uses her powers to release Jason (Kane Hodder) from his underwater grave. He lurks around (with exposed spine) and sets his sights on a group of young people who rent a cabin for a birthday party. To justify some of the murders, many of the characters, like shrink Terry Kiser (who plots to exploit Tina) and Susan Jennifer Sullivan (great blonde bitch) obviously deserve to die.

Gore-wise we have a decapitation, a hand thrust through a chest, a party horn stuck in an eyeball, an axe to the face (twice), a drowning, a body thrown out a window and, the best murder, well I won't ruin it by saying it involves a sleeping bag and a tree, but it's a hoot.

The make-up FX are great, the women look good (and several of them have nude scenes) and there's a surprise ending you may not expect, but still not much plot. Kane Hodder went on to become the only actor who played Jason to receive a little fame for this thankless role. This was the number one box office draw at movie theaters the week it debuted.
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5/10
A really awesome final girl
BandSAboutMovies13 April 2018
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Originally intended as a crossover with Freddy Krueger, the logline for this film was, "What if Carrie fought Jason?" What ended up happening was one of Becca's favorite films in the series.

Directed by John Carl Buechler (Troll, The Dungeonmaster), who also contributed to the special effects, this film establishes the definitive Jason. This is also because it's the first appearance of Kane Hodder in the role.

Jason is still at the bottom of Crystal Lake, but as Tina Shepard watches her alcoholic father abuse her mother, her mental powers emerge and she drowns her father.

Fast forward and she's a teenager (Lar Park Lincoln, House II) whose mother (voiceover artist Susan Blu) and Dr. Crews (Terry Kiser, Bernie from Weekend at Bernie's!) have taken her back to that house to study (exploit) her powers.

Dr. Crews bedside manner is, in a word, the shits. He screams at Tina until her powers start working. She gets upset and runs outside, wishing that she could bring her father back from the dead. The only problem? She brings Jason back instead.

There is also - can you even be surprised at this point - a house of teens throwing a party for Michael (William Butler, 1990's Night of the Living Dead). They include Russell, Sandra (Heidi Kozak, Slumber Party Massacre 2), Kate, Ben, Eddie (Jeff Bennett, the voice of Johnny Bravo), David, Maddy, Robin (Elizabeth Kaitan, who was in the Vice Academy movies), Nick and Melissa.

Tina can foresee that they will all die and Jason lives up to her visions. She's the Final Girl and has to lose everything, even her mother. As she fights back with her powers, she pulls the mask off his face, revealing it to be decayed and near demonic. Finally, her father rises from the dead and drags Jason back underwater. Yet even after all of that, we can still hear the theme song as someone finds the killer's mask.

The working title for this film was Birthday Bash, but the original script was even titled Jason's Destroyer. There were 9 different cuts sent to the MPAA to avoid an X rating, which is still amazing to me. Even more upsetting is that Paramount threw away all of the cut footage, so there's little to no chance that an uncut version will ever be seen. I still think that the rumored 1989 Dutch release on VHS, which includes all the gore, is an urban legend.
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7/10
Introducing "Kane Hodder" as a bigger and better Jason Vorhees!!
kclipper19 August 2014
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The "Friday" saga continues stronger than ever now that the twisted minds of angst-ridden teenagers have become fine-tuned to the popular slasher genre and its stylish display of murder and bloodletting. A long two year wait after the previous "Jason Lives" only perpetuated this seventh chapter to new heights with a larger budget and some new ideas and of course, it introduces the towering figure of Kane Hodder who is without a doubt the most menacing Jason Vorhees to ever grace the screen.

Writers try a new tactic (hence, The New Blood) by giving the pretty and sympathetic lead heroin telekinetic powers to fight off Jason, She is tormented and ostracized by her peers which makes audiences happier to see them meet their grisly endings at the hands of a scarier than ever zombie-like Jason. Throw in a self-centered psychiatrist, concerned Mommy and hunky new boyfriend and you have a somewhat structured storyline to guide you through ninety minutes of senseless violence and death. You can also thank the producers for further pleasing fans by providing Jason with a variety of weapons and tools including his trusty trademark machete.

Our very large and versatile body count includes: Tent spike through neck, tent spike hurled and stuck in back, torso fisting, the notorious girl in sleeping bag smashed off of tree (personal favorite), ax to the face, garden sickle slashing, jaw crushing, party horn through the eye, chef's knife into gut, knife through neck, girl tossed out window, impaling by pruner, circular saw to the gut, ax through girl's head.

Believe it or not, the blood and kill scenes are kept to a minimum to retain the theatrical R rating. Director, John Carl Buechler never ceases to insult the intelligence of the audience not to mention the actors, who play some of the dumbest characters in movie history, and the action is laughable and unconvincing. Nevertheless, Kane Hodder's make-up and sheer presence make this worthwhile. Followed by "Jason Takes Manhattan"
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4/10
Not very good
ODDBear27 September 2005
This seventh entry in the series is a letdown, especially after the lively 6th installment. This time around we have a telekinetic girl who proves to be Jason's match but they don't meet until after Jason has already hacked a few teenagers to bits.

This proves to be quite the stupid affair. This kills are downright boring (though not the fault of it's director, the MPAA was especially prudish when downsizing the film's gore), it's got no suspense, the humor misses big time (unlike part 6) and the Carrie inspired twist is awfully handled. Couple that with extreme bad acting and a ridiculous finale (even that was taken out of the director's hands) you end up with a disappointing entry in this long running franchise.

But not all is bad. Kane Hodder is great as Jason, there's a decent showdown between "Carrie" and Jason near the end and it's got good production values. If an ultimate cut would surface, leaving all the gore intact this film would easily be a lot better, that is after all what we want from these films. This film reportedly had a lot of gore cut out, some of which can be seen on the Friday Box Set in a rough cut.

Hate those blasted MPAA a-holes.
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7/10
Best In The Series!!
ReelCheese11 May 2006
I've always been fascinated by the Friday THE 13TH films. Sequel after sequel, unknown cast after unknown cast, limited budget after limited budget, they still manage to be pretty good horror movies. And incredibly, this sixth sequel tops the series . In fact, it's one of the best horror movies of the 1980s.

Again resurrected from his watery grave (didn't he open his eyes at the very end of the last one? Nah, I guess not), the zombified Jason is ready to hack and slash his way through another group of innocent (though quite naughty) teens. But this time ol' maggot head may have met his match in the form of Tina Shepard, a teen gifted with the ability to move objects with her mind. She is, it turns out, our only hope to stop the monster.

The fun concept of Friday THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD paves the way for legitimate chills and thrills. This fierce, spine-bearing Jason is a much more frightening being than before as he paces through the woods, chases skinny dippers and employs weapons of terror I have never seen before (what was that thing with the spinning blade?). This is a serious frightfest that in no way tries to carry on the humorous overtone of its immediate predecessor. Director John Carl Buechler deserves a lot of credit for respecting continuity and sticking to the formula while squeezing out another great film from the well-worn slasher-in-the-woods concept.

The film would work well enough without the heroine of Tina. The pretty blonde (played by Lar Park-Lincoln) is just icing on the cake, helping to create (dare I say it?) one of the most memorable horror movie finales of all-time. The showdown, complete with telepathically-propelled lamps and electrical wires, also showcases some very impressive special effects (how many Friday films can you say that about?). Of course we all know who will prevail in this clash of good and evil, but we also know it's just a matter of time before Jason pulls another Lazarus.

Even if you're not a fan of the series or think it's too campy, you'll be pleasantly surprised. Give Friday THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD a whirl. Jason would have wanted it that way.
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1/10
The worst in the series. Boring and ridiculous.
theshadow90811 May 2006
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood was originally supposed to be Freddy Vs. Jason. However, when they couldn't come up with an agreement on how to do it, they changed it to the 7th entry in the Friday series. Apparently the writers were so lazy and stupid that they couldn't get their minds off the idea of Jason fighting someone, so they came up with the appallingly bad plot of a telekinetic girl(like Carrie), raising Jason from his watery grave and subsequently having to fight him off.

This must've been the movie where they realized no one cared anymore, because everything was done so sloppily it's not even funny. The acting is REALLY bad. I mean, it's not supposed to be great in an 80's slasher film, but they at least could have shot for soap opera level. The climatic battle between Jason and the freak girl is so ridiculous that you'll be laughing your way through it. You would think that this would at least be a good popcorn flick, but no...It's also boring as hell. Try sitting around waiting for something to actually happen. It's not that great. The only reason to watch this movie is to see Kane Hodder's first appearance as Jason (He played Jason in 7,8,9, and 10, and is considered to be the best). Also to watch Jason brutally murder (in completely unrealistic ways) the terrible cast. If you ever sit down for one of those Friday the 13th marathons they play from time to time, take this 2 hours to go do something fun until the 8th movie starts.

1/10
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10/10
Carrie VS Jason, my favorite underrated flick Lar Park-Lincoln is the best of this film
ivo-cobra824 September 2017
Carrie VS Jason my all time favorite film in the franchise it is my number five favorite Jason film in Friday the 13th. I just love this movie to death. It is one of my personal favorite horror movies. Lar Park-Lincoln was excellent as Tina Shepard she is my all time final girl in the Friday the 13th movies she is great and excellent I love this film to death. Kane Hodder was the best Jason Voorhees in my opinion he was excellent, he played a menacing character as well. John Carl Buechler designed a great Jason costume and the music score for Jason was excellent.

I love Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood is the best one in the series in my opinion it is way better movie then all 4 Carrie movies. In Stephen King's Carrie movie we have a character Carrie White when she is pushed to far she kills everyone with her telekinetic powers in her school and goes on a revenge. They were three movies about that character telling the same story with the different versions. I am just tired of Carrie movies so the writers make a character Tina that is a good person in which she accidentally release Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder) from his prison in which Tommy chained him in previous installment.

This one is unique because there's actually development given to its heroine, Tina, and how she gradually learns the extent of her powers. As a horror movie, there's little to no suspense because we know where Jason is at all times: he just moves from decimating one person to decimating another. The final showdown is pretty bad-ass, though.

This movie to me is awesome and excellent because of Lar Park-Lincoln as Tina Shepard and Kane Hodder as Jason Voorhees. I love this movie it is my number one favorite film in Friday the 13th movies and it is in my top 5 best one's Friday the 13th films.

The director was John Carl Buechler who made an excellent job directing the seventh installment the problem with the film was with MPAA ratings, the MPAA where assholes this movie is the most uncut film in horror film history I ever saw. I want to see the uncut version of this film like any else fans want's to see. All the gory and blood was cut out because of MPAA assholes.

I love the music composer for this film by Harry Manfredini and Fred Mollin. I love the theme song for Tina The New Blood by Fred Mollin I have heard that soundtrack so many times. I love the soundtracks that they used for this film: Essence of You by Eye Eye really my favorite song for this film. Dream Girl by FM, Magic (In Your Eyes) by FM they are good songs for this film.

I love the new cast in this movie I love this girl Susan Jennifer Sullivan as Melissa to death she was evil but really great hot sexy girl that was killed from Jason. I liked Kevin Blair as Nick I thought he was good. I like Jennifer Banko as Young Tina Shepard she di d a good job. I like that girl Robin (Elizabeth Kaitan) who was so kind that we see liking her a cat. It was really awful that she was killed by Jason. I love Susan Blu as Mrs. Amanda Shepard she was excellent mom I love her in this movie.

I really miss this kind a films today I just got whole Blu-ray collection of Friday the 13th movies and I wanted to see this movie Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives so damn much whole summer I wished this movies to have in my Blu-ray collection. I love Jason movies and this one is the one I will still watch.

Director John Carl Buechler sees similarities between Tina and Alice Johnson, the protagonist of A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. "Both films are about heroines who take on special powers which they use to fight the monster. In The New Blood, Tina's able to fully harness her telekinetic powers by the end of the film and she uses the powers to defeat Jason which is what happened, more or less, in The Dream Master.

Buechler was disappointed that the film did not explore Tina's powers more, Composer Fred Mollin came up with theme music for Tina "because she was a psychic.

This movie is the best but so underrated and cut out which got rating x and the movie was cut. It is in my top 5 favorite Friday the 13th films and this movie get's my favorite Bad-Ass Seal Of Approval 10/10 I love this movie to death not that much as I love Jason Lives.
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7/10
Jason really gets his this time around.
Hey_Sweden2 November 2011
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Back in 1988, when the attempts to do a Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees title fight just weren't paying off, Jason ended up doing battle with a different foe: an unstable teenage girl with psychic visions and telekinetic abilities, and as many fans have pointed out, this may just as well have been subtitled "Jason vs. Carrie". This high concept pays off pretty well in a very amusing finale wherein Jason, like never before, is subjected to extended physical punishment. But before we get there, we get mostly the same tried and true formula, as a typical assortment of none too bright young adults meet their maker by coming to the woods intending to party.

What helps in this case is the reasonably compelling story of the very troubled Tina (the sexy Lar Park Lincoln, displaying a convincing amount of vulnerability), at war with her own inner demons and with her despicable psychiatrist, Dr. Crews (played by top character actor Terry Kiser), who's far more interested in her abilities than her mental health.

This would actually be a pretty good story with or without Jason's involvement. But our favourite hockey masked psychopath still adds a great bit of sadistic flair to the proceedings. The kills unfortunately are not everything they could be with the inventive and barbaric murders devised by effects expert / director John Carl Buechler whittled down to practically nothing in order to satisfy the MPAA. As a result, this respectably entertaining entry in the series isn't altogether satisfying, although it definitely has its moments. Lots of people, including this reviewer, do love that sleeping bag kill.

Making his debut as Jason after working with Buechler on "Prison", Kane Hodder invests Jason with genuine physical menace and a sense of incredible rage. This is a guy aching to do some serious damage. Jason has a great look this time around, face and body alike, with Buechler doing an admirable job of creating a sort of "damage continuity". It leads up to an engaging finale where Tina throws everything at Jason that she can.

The first entry not entirely scored by Harry Manfredini, it uses some of his earlier compositions as well as new ones from Fred Mollin, the composer for the 'Friday the 13th' TV series. Some of the supporting performances are good, with Susan Jennifer Sullivan a perfect ice queen as the snooty Melissa who has her eyes on local hunk Nick. Nick is played by the likeable Kevin Spirtas, who understandably prefers the much nicer Tina. Kiser, best known as Bernie in the "Weekend at Bernie's" movies, is superb as the psychiatrist who's just as much a villain as Jason himself.

Overall, pretty enjoyable stuff.

Seven out of 10.
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5/10
A good concept doesn't make it a good Friday.
MovieCritic33-63 May 2011
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Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, is nothing original but nonetheless clever. The idea of having Jason Vorhees(the supernatural evil entity) and Tina Shepard (the gifted telekinetic) battling against each other on a pretty even playing field is a really good concept. However having said that, a good concept doesn't necessarily make this film a strong entry in the franchise. The film did not seem to have a storyline which matched up with the ending of part 6, even though there is some stock footage at the beginning. Camp Crystal Lake is nowhere to be seen, and how Jason ended up in front of Tina's family cottage while chained to a boulder is illogical. Also there is a lack of reason with Dr. Crews, Tina's psychiatrist, intentions and motivations. The escalating climatic battle between both Jason and Tina was good, but more of Tina's abilities should have been used and the battle should have been much more creative and slightly prolonged. Unfortunately the climatic ending was a great disappointment, and it seems as though the writers just thought of the easiest and most predictable ending to go to. The biggest question I have for this ending is, "What was Tina's dad still doing at the bottom of the lake, after 10 years?"--> "Tina and Amanda you've got some explaining to do."

-MovieCritic33-6
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5/10
Nice Theory Falls Flat in Practice
bh_tafe312 December 2008
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Putting Jason up against a slightly less screwed up, blonde version of Carrie probably sounded like an amazing idea when they pitched this movie. Sadly it doesn't come off as well as hoped.

Part VI was the film where the producers gave in and made a fun little gorefest, in this film they go back the other way, with not a lot of laughs. The characters in this are slightly more engaging characters than we're used to, well the mains anyway. I actually found myself caring, if only slightly, about both Tina (The Carrie character) and Nick (the love interest).

The story here is that Tina is telekinetic and became so angry at her alcoholic father years earlier that she caused a boardwalk at Crystal Lake to collapse and killed him. She returns there years later with a sleazy, self serving therapist and her mother, and her power causes Jason to awaken from the dead again.

They have a final showdown where Tina is able to raise her father, looking pretty chipper for a guy who's been dead for a decade, from the dead and he saves the day.

This isn't a bad film, seems to be more sex scenes in this one than most of the others. But there are some grating scenes, like the ones where Tina uses her telekinesis. But hey, maybe those scenes will work for someone else, I found them a bit corny.

Not bad, there is nudity though.
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5/10
Illogical and Dumb
domino100323 July 2005
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They should have called this "When Jason Met Low Grade Carrie." Tina (Lar Park-Lincoln) returns back to her home in the woods with her mother and her doctor in tow. Tina really doesn't want to be here, but Dr. Crews (Terry Kiser) thinks that it would be therapeutic for her. Seems that when Tina was a little girl, she used her psychic powers to punish her father who was beating up her mother, causing him to drown in the lake. Tina's guilt has caused her to have (All together folks!) emotional issues. But the good doctor's motives are far from professional: seems he just wants to document her psychic powers to become (all together folks!)famous! Filled with guilt, Tina sits by the lake and wishes for her father to return. Unfortunately, she raises Jason instead (Last seen taking a LONG bath in Part VI).

And so Jason is back. AGAIN.

Meanwhile, in the cabin next door, there is your typical group of teens (In other words, horny, drugged out and mean)that are there for a birthday party, waiting for the guest of honor. And of course, they get bumped off in creative ways (My favorite is the sleeping bag!). Soon, only Tina and Nick (Kevin Spirtas)remain to fight off Jason.

And this is when things get weird. Tina uses her psychic powers to fight off Jason. And they are weak at best. And the ending? Only one word: STUPID!!!! Not the worst of the series, but damn near close.
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5/10
Jason Vorhees fighting against a young woman with psychic powers
ma-cortes2 February 2009
Again Jason Vorhees (Kane Hodder who did his own stunts) lurking and killing teens and mask wearing executing uncountable body-count . The film begins with flashbacks from previous part ; then Tina Shepard (Park Lincoln) kills accidentally his daddy on the docks in Crystal Lake . Years later , she returns with her mother (Susan Blue) and a psychiatrist who wishes to exploit her . Then , Tina with her telekinesis (Carrie-alike) power rises Jason from under lagoon with fateful consequences . Jason does a cruel massacre on young people (the B-star Elizabeth Kaitan , among them) using axe , cleaver and his supernatural force.

This seventh following contains horror , suspense , terrifying scenes , grisly killing , shocks and lots of blood . The storyline remains similar happenings and characters as well as predecessor entries and successive chapters . The flick takes accent as the thrills and chills , as well as the guts , gore and blood . John Carl Buechler was so impressed with Kane Hodder when he ate live worms on the set of Prison (1987) , that he pushed for Paramount Pictures to let him cast Hodder in the role of Jason . Atmospheric and creaking musical score by the usual Harry Manfredini . The motion picture was middlingly directed by John Carl Buechler , habitual make-up craftsman.

Followed by ¨Jason takes Manhattan Part VII (1989), ¨Jason goes to hell : The final Friday (1993)¨ ,Jason X (2002, James Isaac)¨, the final chapter is ¨Freddie vs. Jason (2003,Ronni Yu)¨, where again Jason emerges from Crystal Lake and confronting Freddie Kruger . And in production ¨Friday, the 13th¨ by Marcus Nispel with Jared Padelecki, Danielle Panabaker and produced by Michael Bay . The tale will appeal to Friday 13 series fans.
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7/10
A GREAT FRIDAY FILM & A GREAT SUPERNATURAL THRILLER
lukem-5276027 July 2018
New Blood is a GREAT friday sequel & a great supernatural Thriller in it's own right.This 1988 film has possibly the best looking Jason of the franchise!!! Jason looks like a half decomposed zombie with his spine showing & wet slimey ripped up clothes,looks Scary. Also a good performance by Lar parc Lincoln as Tina Shepard the troubled main character who has some kinda psychic powers & a great Hero to go up against Jason.All the other characters are just ok & are only there to be killed by Jason lol. NEW BLOOD is an exciting & supernatural Mystery with a dark gloomy Atmosphere & a good musical score,this is one of the best sequels it's great fun,exciting & really well directed.
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4/10
A Ho-Hum Entry
Lucianivision30 June 2014
The New Blood is the second worst installment in the Paramount era Friday the 13th movies - edged out, ever-so-slightly by Jason Takes Manhattan.

I'm always perplexed by how many fans embrace this entry. Truthfully, Kane Hodder's portrayal of Jason Voorhees, and the Jason make up design are the best things about part 7.

From the lackluster sound design, insipid script (which seemingly can't even rip off The Final Chapter well), forgettable characters, turtle pacing, and practically non-existent gore effects, almost everything about this entry is pi$$ poor!

Maybe, if the movie was available uncut (something that will unfortunately never exist), that would boost my rating and enjoyment slightly. But as it stands, the sleeping bag kill sequence remains one of the only highlights in this dismal Friday.

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7/10
Jason Vs. Carrie...sort of
Gafke11 February 2006
Weepy Tina Shepard arrives at Crystal Lake with her mom and her doctor. Tina is a wreck of a girl - plagued by a powerful telekinetic ability, Tina killed her drunken and abusive father in a fit of rage many years ago and has been trying to deal with her guilt ever since. Unfortunately, her sadistic doctor wants only to exploit Tina's powers and drives Tina to the breaking point with his cruelty. In yet another emotional fit, Tina attempts to raise her dead father from the depths of Crystal Lake, but instead raises the rotting carcass of Jason Voorhees instead, who emerges with his hockey mask intact and his bloodlust stronger than ever. Jason immediately heads into the woods and starts killing, gradually working his way to the house next door to Tina's, filled with vacuous partying teens. Tina, who is also precognitive, tries to warn those around her of impending death, but no one will believe the stressed out girl. Finally, Tina must battle Jason herself is she hopes to save her new boyfriend and herself from death.

This is Kane Hodder's first outing as Jason Voorhees and its a really great one. Jason is a hulking killing machine of pure, cold rage and the deaths the accrue have never been more vicious or grimly satisfying. The now-famous sleeping bag bludgeon makes its first appearance in this 6th installment, and its one of my favorites - really nasty and brutally hilarious. Lar Park Lincoln is great as Tina - perhaps a bit too weepy, but almost as angry as Jason and erupting in great displays of rage, both verbal and telekinetic. Lincoln did a lot of her own stunts in this one too, which is always impressive.

The make-up effects in this movie are my absolute favorite. Jason is a wet, rotting cadaver, his spinal cord clearly visible through the shredded remains of his clothes, his ribcage poking out, his flesh dark with rot. The unmasking scene is a truly shocking and "wow!" inspiring awesome moment, as Jason's face is revealed to be little more than an animated skull - but animated it truly is! Beneath the hideous make-up, Hodder impressively expresses the evil wrath of Jason with one empty eye socket and half a mouthful of teeth. The telekinetic effects are a lot of fun as Tina "throws" every weapon at her disposal at Jason: a couch, a jar full of nails, a light fixture and finally a can of gasoline and the flames from the basement furnace. It was great to see someone give Jason a run for his money instead of just screaming and running away.

All in all, one of the better sequels to follow the original Friday the 13th. 7 out of 10.
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5/10
"There's a legend around here..."
utgard1414 April 2014
Jason is stuck at the bottom of Crystal Lake after the events of the last movie. Luckily for him there's a telekinetic girl (Lar Park-Lincoln) who cries a lot and has Carrie fits. She inadvertently frees Jason, thinking he's her dead father! Jason immediately starts killing people, naturally. The series was clearly trying to move in a new direction here with more of a focus on the paranormal and supernatural. Terry Kiser from Weekend at Bernie's plays a shrink in this. He's better with comedy. Lar Park-Lincoln's performance consists of crying or being on the verge of crying at all times. My sister used to love this entry in the series because of the angle with the telekinetic girl and the handsome guy who looks like he belongs at a Superman audition.

First movie in the series where Kane Hodder plays Jason. He would be the longest-running Jason, playing him for the rest of the series. Frankly, I'm not a big fan of Hodder's Jason. He's too big and bulky, like a football player or pro wrestler. Plus they put him in some kind of suit where you are supposed to be able to see his exposed spine and ribcage. It's incredibly cheesy and just makes Jason cartoonish instead of intimidating.

Most of the people Jason kills in this one aren't particularly annoying or bad. The first couple seemed quite nice, actually. The whole vibe to this sequel seems off but it's still a watchable movie. Not the best of the series but far from the worst. There would only be one more decent one after this then it was downhill.
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8/10
The best Jason has ever looked.
THEPIPEMAN645 August 2003
This is one of the better sequals. One reason is that because it is the first appearence of Kane Hodder as Jason and is the one actor to were the costume more than once. Mostly anyone who knows anythinf about this series will tell you that Kane is the best Jason there ever was. Although the movie is trying to some like the film "Carrie" it does a pretty good job of pulling it off. The film is basically about this teenage girl who thinks she killed her dad during a dispute and come to the Crystal Lake with her mom and shrienk to work things out because everytime she gets angry her teleconises goes off the charts which just so happens to wake Jason. Close to were she is staying are a group of teenagers who of course get slaughtered in some pretty grissley scenes. I must this film is one of the better sequals of the series and is also a good slasher for the genera.
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6/10
Series is winding down.
OllieSuave-00712 August 2014
I really don't remember much from this film, so it is evident that this movie didn't stand out much in the series, which is winding down by this time. Jason Voorhees is like a case of the bad plague, always returning and menacing people over and over again. This time around, he was inadvertently released from his watery prison in Camp Crystal Lake by a guilt-ridden teenage psychic and begins another rampage on a group of unsuspecting teens at the camp.

It's more of the screams, stalking, mangling with some campy and amateurish acting. There is nothing you really haven't seen before in the previous Friday the 13th entries, save for the psychic girl who uses her powers to fight against Jason, which I thought was a pretty clever plot device.

The script is pretty basic but for a movie at 88 minutes, there is really no room for boring fillers and you might find yourself at least mildly entertained if you don't mind watching the usual Jason chases teens stuff.

Grade C
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5/10
...And you thought the previous films were a stretch...
LebowskiT100017 November 2002
Wow! They were really reaching for a new idea for this one! This film could have easily been shortened to about 30 minutes or so. There are numerous chunks in this film that are utterly useless and simply to show yet another death.

I didn't think this film was very good at all. The whole girl with telekinesis sub-plot thing was a bit much for me. Although, it did make for an interesting fight between her and Jason towards the end of the film. ...But the actual end of the film was just atrocious! I nearly burst into laughter! I will give it this though, there were some pretty nice make-up effects at the end of the film and Jason did have a very sinister and disgusting look to him throughout the film. I thought it was odd that Jason seemed to use a new weapon every time he made a kill, and it was hilarious when he busted out that electric long-reach saw.

If you like the Friday the 13th films, then go ahead and watch this one, you might like it. If you didn't like the previous films I can't imagine you would like this one, but I have been wrong before...so do what you will. Anyhow, if you do see the film, I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for reading,

-Chris
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5/10
Okay, this is where things began to get weird.
au_law200114 January 2005
Another Jason movie, ah yes,takes place years after Tommy Jarvis, and it seems like he's gone, guess again, a girl with telekinetic powers tries to get her dad back, but because she wasn't aware of her power, and didn't know how to control it properly, she accidentally brings Jason back, and oh no he's at it again. Well there's something you don't get everyday, man. Why did they put someone like that in? Someone who is like Carrie, please, Jason does typical murders, while she figures out how to control her powers, and tries to find out who is this Jsaon person. And the way she fights him is kind of pathetic, she just throws stuff at him and rips off his mask, can't she do something better, like smash him or send him flying to space? But then again that would be too weird, and it wasn't that exciting either. But I'll stop there. It did have everything else you'd expect in a slasher film, but I wish they could have done something else instead of a telekinetic person. Watch it if you're into it, or if you would still watch it even though it's like that.
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5/10
Average with a kick-ass final
jhigginbotham15110 May 2014
Warning: Spoilers
OK blah blah blah, Jason's back, blah blah blah, he kills a lot of people, blah blah blah, telekinetic girl named Tina who brings Jason back blah blah blah and now we can start.

Basically yes there are some cool deaths in this film, yes there is also some actual tension at some points. But really, screw all of that because the final blows everything else in the film away. Its a full on battle between the telekinetic Tina and Jason, shes tossing stuff at him with her mind and he's constantly getting back up, she's running and he's chasing her while she's still tossing stuff at him. His mask comes off and he is one terrifying motherf#@ker, like you don't want this guy in you dreams, then she sticks him with nails, sets him on fire and... he still gets up! and then get this, are you ready... her dead father comes up and yanks Jason into the lake, yes that really happens.

That final made this film for me. The final was more entertaining that Jason Takes Manhattan and Jason Goes To Hell combined. I recommend you see this installment even if its only to see the final because it is awesome.
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