1986
Tom McLoughlin
Tom McLoughlin
Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews) despite being driven crazy,
having family and friends killed, and nearly getting sliced up himself, decides
he really needs to disturb the grave of Jason Vorhees. This goes about as well
as you would expect. Thanks to a metal pole and some lightning, Jason is
back in action. Jason, who is now an unstoppable zombie, punches the hearts out
of victims and tears the arms off of paintball enthusiasts. Naturally, the sheriff
blames Tommy for the killings. Tommy and
a camp counselor named, Megan (Jennifer Cooke), come up with a plan to trap Jason at
the bottom of Crystal Lake forever (or at least until Part VII).
From opening credits that parody the opening credits of
James Bond films, to kills that are deliberately played for grotesque laughs,
and a resurrection scene that dares you to take it seriously, this is the
tipping point where the Friday the 13th
series begins to engage in more and more self-awareness and postmodern humor. It provides a huge infusion of energy in the first half of the film,
at least until things settle down into a more of standard series of events. It’s
humorous, inventive, and playful in a way that hasn’t really been
evident since Part 3. This is also
probably the first film in the series where the actors appear to be having fun
(Crispin Glover notwithstanding). Jason
Lives conjures up silliness to sustain the series, but at the cost of the horror.
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