Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)

★ 6.3 1h 26m 1,335 votes IMDb
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Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI

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Cast

Thom Mathews
Thom Mathews as Tommy Jarvis Age 67 · Los Angeles, California ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thom Mathews (born November 28, 1958 in Los Angeles, California) is an actor who is perhaps best known for his appearance in the horror films Return of the Livi...
Jennifer Cooke
Jennifer Cooke as Megan Garris Age 61 · New York City, New York, USA ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jennifer Cooke (born September 19, 1964) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as the "Star Child", Elizabeth, who is half Human/half...
David Kagen
David Kagen as Sheriff Garris Age 77 · Somers Point, New Jersey, USA ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Kagen (born September 27, 1948) is an American film and television actor, best known for playing Sheriff Michael Garris in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason...
Renée Jones
Renée Jones as Sissy Age 67 · Opa-Locka, Florida, USA ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Renée Jones (born October 15, 1958) is an American dramatic actress. Jones is best known for playing Lexie Carver on NBC's long running dramatic series Days of...
Kerry Noonan
Kerry Noonan as Paula Mott Age 66 Kerry Noonan was born on January 25, 1960. She is an actress, known for Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), Misfits of Science (1985) and The Twilight Zone (1985). She is married to Steve Weh...
Darcy DeMoss
Darcy DeMoss as Nikki Age 62 · Los Angeles, California, USA Darcy DeMoss was born on August 19, 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Can't Buy Me Love (1987), Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) and Clown Fear (2020). She...

Audience Reviews

John Chard 6/10 Jan 15, 2017
Jason 6: Welcome To Camp Blood!

An absolute hoot of a addition to the Friday 13th franchise. As is often the way with the "Friday" sequels, you can talk to one horror fan and this is the worst of the bunch, talk to another and it's the best etc etc. There's a more airy touch here and it serves the formula well, which if the series' fans are honest, is a formula that was getting stale quite early in the chain, so any sort of new ideas or direction is most welcome.

After a glorious James Bond parody opens the credits sequence, accompanied by Harry Manfredini's superbly thunderous musical score, we get long running tormented character Tommy, here played by Thom Matthews, digging up Jason Voorhees' corpse so as to make sure the evil one is dead - oh and to kill him again. Enter a glorious Frankenstein homage (cheeky steal if you like) that sets us up for another round of stalk and dismember as Jason heads back to Camp Crystal Lake, which is now called Camp Forest Green!

The kills are not particularly inventive, but there's a real thud of humour about much of them. From an American Express Card to a bloody smiley face imprint, it's clear the makers have a glint in their eyes. We even get an early appearance from Tony Goldwyn, some four years before Ghost would make him a known name. Adding to the quality score, which BTW rattles around home cinema speakers lie a supernatural entity, is Jon Kranhouse's cinematography, which is gorgeous in colour lens selections. All that and you get an Alice Cooper soundtrack as well.

From joyful reanimation to a suitably watery finale, this part 6 delivers more than enough to almost make you rush out to rent part 7. Almost... 6.5/10
Gimly 5/10 Sep 15, 2018
_Jason Lives_ is the _Friday the 13th_ movie that starts injecting comedy into the franchise, which after 5 movies of more or less the same tone, is understandable. Prior entires have still had fun, but _Part VI_ has multiple, actual jokes. This bugs a lot of people, but me? Not so much. It's definitely not the high point of the franchise, but I still would never skip this one during a marathon.

_Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._
Wuchak 7/10 Jul 15, 2019
***Jason lives again as a horrific zombie, plus Megan (Jennifer Cooke)***

Released in 1986, "Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI" is notable for being the premiere of the zombie Jason as his rotting corpse is resurrected in the prologue indirectly through the actions of Tommy Jarvis and a friend who recently got out of a mental institution. This prologue also shows that Tommy didn't murder Pam at the end of Part V and that he was simply experiencing hallucinations from his trauma with the diabolic Voorhees spirit. Another difference with Part VI is that we finally get to see a busload of kids, children, at Crystal Lake, although they changed the name to Forest Green. Tommy runs to the local police to inform them that Jason has been resurrected but the sheriff, of course, doesn't believe him (would you?). His hot daughter, Megan, is attracted to Tommy and, when the bloody body count rises, the sheriff realizes that Jason is indeed alive.

Tommy Jarvis is played by Thom Mathews rather than John Shepherd, who was excellent in Part V. Thom is a worthy replacement, but I prefer Shepherd's brooding charisma.

The film features one of the best Friday girls in Megan, played by Jennifer Cooke, although Pam from the previous film is my favorite. Other than that, though, the females in Part VI are rather weak, although the redhead in the Volkswagen is notable (Nancy McLoughlin).

The campiness of Part III and Part V returns for this installment, particularly with the goofy paintball warriors and the graveyard caretaker. But “Jason Lives” is noticeably superior to Part III and shares the kinetic vibe of Part V.

As far as locations go, Part VI returns to the East for filming, being shot roughly 40 miles East of Atlanta in Covington & Rutledge .

BOTTOM LINE: You either like the Friday the 13th series or you don't. Part VI is another retread of the same Friday formula with the entertaining spirit of Part V and the distinction of Jason now being totally inhuman, a horrific zombie; not to mention the addition of children at the camp. It also has a better story than parts III and IV with the sheriff and his daughter & Tommy going after Jason, plus Megan is one of the top Friday girls in the series.

The film runs 91 minutes and the cut version 86 minutes.

GRADE: B/B-
JPV852 6/10 Nov 17, 2020
Going through the F13 franchise again, skipping Part V since I just watched an online review (and remembered not caring for it much), and this one was... odd. Went full on with the cheese which makes sense since Jason is brought back to life through the dumb ass decision by Tommy Jarvis to not only dig up the grave but stabbing the corpse with an iron post, he was just asking for trouble (and running into the sheriff's office yelling like a psycho didn't help). I did like the female lead but everyone else, including Thom Matthews, was a bit bland. **2.75/5**

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