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Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

New York has a new problem.

5.0 / 10

100 minutes

1989-07-28

English

US

Actors :

Jensen Daggett, Sharlene Martin, Scott Reeves, Tiffany Paulsen, Alex Diakun, Amber Pawlick, Kane Hodder, Kelly Hu, Todd Caldecott, Peter Mark Richman, Barbara Bingham, Warren Munson, Fred Henderson, Saffron Henderson, Martin Cummins

Description

Jason ships out aboard a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New York, which he soon transforms into the ultimate voyage of the damned.

Reviews

John Chard

John Chard

5/16/2024, 3:22:15 PM

Friday the 13th VIII: Jason Takes a Boat. Jason Vorhees is once again brought back to life and goes on a kill crazy spree aboard a boat bound for Manhattan. As is the norm with the "Friday 13th" sequels, this one garners scorn and praise in equal measure, so you roll the dice and take your chance really. By now the makers were trying to come up with new ideas to keep the series afloat, here ...

Gimly

Gimly

6/23/2021, 3:58:12 PM

Absolutely ridiculous, and a totally misleading title. Jason still kills stuff, and that's fun I guess, but what a trashfire ending to an already pretty bad movie. _Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._

Wuchak

Wuchak

6/23/2021, 3:58:24 PM

***Jason takes a cruise to the big city!*** Released in 1989, "Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan" is a nice change of pace as the series was suffering from banality at this point; the previous installment is a prime example (people complain about Part V but at least it had an interesting new story angle with Tommy Jarvis going to the halfway house in the woods seeking succor for ...