Jason got killed in the third movie and is brought to a coroner, but obviously he's not dead. So he rises, kills a couple of people at the morgue and makes it back to his favourite place, Camp Crystal Lake. This time a bunch of clueless teens go there to have some fun, meaning to drink some beers, lay in the sun and have sex with each other. The teens also meet the Jarvis family who are residents to Crystal Lake, and they all have to meet Jason who's having a bad day and wanting to kill as many people as humanly, well unhumanly, possible.
I saw all of the movies in the series quite long ago, and watching them all over again sure has it's ups and downs. While the first movie dealt with Jason's mother, the second dealt with Jason, and the third one dealt with Jason again, but being more brutal than the two earlier movies and also that he got his hockey mask in the third installment. This fourth movie is somewhat just like the third one, there's really nothing new to it at all which is quite boring as the three earlier movie at least had something different to them.
It's just as basic as it can get, a few teens arrive at the same place we've seen a bunch of times now and gets killed. The murders in this movie are pretty cool at times though. For instance when this hitchiking fat hippie chick gets some sharp object through her throat, and squeezes the banana that she holds in her hand. It adds a little extra and is sure fun to watch. But even if there are some pretty cool killings at times, it's still nothing that special.
The teens in this fourth movie are the most annoying and retarded teens in the series so far. Not that you felt anything for the previous killed teens, but this time you can't wait for them to get whacked. Other than that it's the usual type of stuff, everyone's clueless and horny and just have sex on their minds. At one scene in the movie when the teens are in their cabin and start to dance to some 80's stuff, it's especially one guy to watch out for. His dance is the most ridiculous looking thing ever, but it's quite hilarious to watch, although it's pretty embarrassing at the same time.
The acting's not top-notch in any of the movies, but this one carries the crappiest actors so far as well. We get to see a very young Corey Feldman, and I guess he's doing an ok job together with some of the other people. I was actually referring to the teens when I said this movie carries the crappiest actors so far as they are just plain lousy. The others do an ok job, and since it's a Friday the 13th movie, you just have to take it for what it is.
The movie's never slow, but it's just so darn predictable so it tends to get a bit boring at times. Although, some of the killings make up for that and some of the killings sure don't. It's also quite a drag when Jason's chasing after Tommy's (Corey Feldman) big sister in the end of the movie. She keeps hitting him with stuff and it just goes on and on, when he could've easily finished her off almost straight away. What the hell?!
Only reason for watching this movie is for the killings which are sometimes quite cool and inventive, but in the end nothing that special. And of course you might wanna see it too if you've been watching the previous movies. But don't expect anything and make sure to turn off your brain before you start watching.
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ALTERNATIVE TITLE: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
MOVIE YEAR: 1984
DIRECTOR: Joseph Zito
WRITING CREDITS: Barney Cohen, Bruce Hidemi Sakow
GENRE: Horror, Slasher
CAST: Corey Feldman, Kimberly Beck, Erich Anderson
COUNTRY: USA
RUNTIME: 97 min
RATING: 3/10
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