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Friday the 13th, Part VII: The New Blood (Deluxe Edition)
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DVD detailsActor: Kane Hodder, Kevin Blair, Lar Park-Lincoln, Susan Jennifer Sullivan, Terry Kiser Brand: Paramount Cinematographer: Paul Elliott DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed) Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, Surround Sound, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.78:1 Running Time: 88 minutes DVD Release Date: 1988-09-15 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of Friday the 13th, Part VII: The New Blood (Deluxe Edition)DVD Review: Best of the entire series Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is actually rather endearing...a sci fi bent, combining Stephen King's Carrie with the slasher movie template given by John Carpenter's Halloween.
This is easily the most entertaining of the entire Friday the 13th series. Cool killer death scenes, a telekinetic sub plot where for once the good in this series (Tina) is actually as interesting and exciting as the bad (Jason Voorhies).....
Terry Kiser (Weekend at Bernies) adds just enough of a comedy bent to keep it interesting.
The Melissa girl in this movie is a snob, compared to the stereotypical good girl Tina (who also just happens to be able to move objects with her mind).
Just a "fun" horror movie. The totally unbelievability of this movie makes it that much more entertaining.
I've heard that the scares in this movie are supposed to be that much better in the uncut versions, but I've never seen it, and a movie with this much odd horror charm, I am really excited for it.
My personal Friday the 13th in order from fave to least (I'm only counting those first 8, though I have seen all but the latest re-release)...
1) Friday the 13th part 7 (4 stars out of 5, most entertaining in horror interest and sci fi).
2) Friday the 13th part 2. (4 stars) Pre mask Jason, real Jason debut....has some real scares, bad acting, and horror charm....also incidentally with a little strange bent/twist....I swap between which of these 2 I prefer, but I think overall it's #7 first. Not masterpiece's but good revisions of the slasher template....far better than any of the post Halloween *sans maybe H20 where it's comparable* sequels and post Nightmare on Elmstreet sequels..
3) Friday the 13th part 4, the Corey Feldman one (main Corey Feldman one). Far from great, but for a series not a bad one either. It does have a very young Crispin H. Glover debut a bit of his eventual strange/weird genius in an awkward nerd-dance scene too and that probably adds a bit (Glover from Back to the Future, Rivers Edge, Willard, the Doors, Like Mike, etc antifame, a strange yet oddly always entertaining actor).... 2.5 stars.
4) Friday the 13th, Friday the 13th (part 1). 2.5 stars. Maybe if I was alive when this came out I would have appreciated it more. Not bad, but a bit dated and very poorly lit which keeps it hard to see at times....and takes some of the maybe scares out.... The best thing about this though is the special effects (done by the guy who directed the very solid, underrated remake of Night of the Living Dead, can't remember his name off hand), but the Kevin Bacon scene is still a really awesome trick almost 30 years later...
5) Friday the 13th part 3 in 3d. a low 2.5 stars The best opening scenes of this series, it starts to drag though a bit. Still it's the debut of the mask.... and when that annoying mask guy gets his, it's really awesome...
6) Friday the 13th part 5 the "Dudley" movie (Dudley from Diff'rent Strokes). THere is some cool scenes around the barn, but it takes too long to get there. 2 stars.
7) Friday the 13th part 6. This of the first 8 has the best effects and production and actually the heart of the story is more developed that really all but perhaps parts 1, 2, and 7 of the series (this story is on par with those at least--not that any are Shakespeare) but oddly I just don't like this one much at all. Maybe the acting is even worse than in some of the above, but something's rather cool in this, it lost a lot of that very unbelievable charm that makes the others odd guilty pleasures...2 stars.
8) Friday the 13th part 8. Again high production quality (similar to part 6 in that regard), a really really really bad movie though. 1 star.
I would avoid Jason Goes to Hell just as bad as part 8, yet because it bears little resemblance to the series, it's best thought as another movie with the Jason character....not part of that series.
Jason X actually is kind of funny, but more a strange Sci Fi movie and not in that series.
Oh well, as a series, the Friday the 13th is better as a whole really than individual parts (it gets a 3.5 stars as a series, and in horror a series like this is worth the fame, it's good). It doesn't have a classic like Nightmare on Elmstreet (part 1) or of course Halloween (the original is a masterpiece) but it's sequels are more consistently interesting.....
Oh well.
I'll be probably picking up this revised part 7....at some point, I won't buy likely the other expanded editions cuz I have that Crystal Lake to Manhattan set, but Part 7 always left me wanting more behind the scenes talk, one of my top 30 horror movies ever made--I tend to hate the realistic ones and love the more comic strippy types...
You should check this one out...
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Description of Friday the 13th, Part VII: The New Blood (Deluxe Edition)What chance does a teenage girl have against a maniacal maniac with a machete? Pack your bags and return to Crystal Lake to find out for yourself . . . if you dare! In Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood - Deluxe Edition, young Tina Shepard possesses the gift of telekinesis, allowing her to move things and see the future, using the power of her mind. But when a devious doctor tries to exploit her ability, the gift becomes a hellish curse. Tina unwittingly unchains the merciless, bloodthirsty Jason Voorhees from his watery grave, igniting a bloodbath that ends in the ultimate showdown in strength of mind versus pure evil matter. Experience the legacy of unrelenting terror that never dies! Special Features: Killer Commentary by director John Carl Buechler and actors Lar Park Lincoln and Kane Hodder Jason's Destroyer: The Making of Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood Mind Over Matter: The Truth about Telekinesis Slashed Scenes Intro Slashed Scenes Makeover by Maddy: Need a Little Touch-Up Work, My A** A philosophical quandary: when we truly get a glimpse behind the mask, do we like what we see? This eternal question is directly addressed in chapter 7 of the famed Friday the 13th gross-out series. Here, indestructible killing machine Jason meets his match in the form of a telekinetic teenage girl. Yes, it's "Carrie Goes Camping," although the young lady with special powers might have picked a better vacation spot than Crystal Lake, which has an awful track record for young blondes in tight jeans. This installment is exactly no better or worse than the previous Jason-o-ramas, with the added bonus of a climax in which the imperturbable Mr. Voorhees actually duels someone with supernatural gifts to rival his own. Yes, he does lose his hockey mask (the heroine mind-wills it to pop off), and the results ain't pretty--but then, neither is the Friday the 13th franchise. --Robert Horton
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