After the low box-office returns of Jason Takes Manhattan, Paramount Pictures decided that enough was enough and sold the character rights of Jason Voorhees to New Line Cinema. Now, it would make the most sense to any sane person that New Line would reboot the franchise, but instead, they made a Friday the 13th movie without Jason Voorhees.
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Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) – Review
Right off the top it should be mentioned that at no point is Manhattan taken, Jason Voorhees does eventually make it to the Big Apple but not only does he fail to take the city it barely gets a bite taken out of it. So rest easy dear viewer, for when the end credits roll…
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) – Review
The one thing that could be considered missing in the Friday the 13th franchise is a credible antagonist for Jason to fight, especially once he reached the stage where he was an undead supernatural monster, and this was something they intended to fix with the seventh installment in the franchise, a movie that would pit…
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) – Review
With fans not all that keen on the idea of a Jason imposter, as seen in the last installment, the studio immediately course-corrected and not only brought back Jason as the franchise’s chief antagonist but they also amped up his power level by making him an explicitly supernatural and nigh-unstoppable force, and this undead powerhouse…
The New Mutants (2020) – Review
What if The Breakfast Club had superpowers and were trapped inside the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest? This was basically the concept behind writer/director Josh Boone’s foray into the X-Men universe but due to Disney’s purchase of Fox, which resulted in re-shoots being cancelled and multiple delays to its eventual release, the bigger…