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This is the best Jason to watch drunk, it's almost like a Friday the 13th blooper reel. I love the singing on the crapper part, the mod chick doing the robot, the "just wanna earn a meal" guy, Crazy Ethel and Junior, Billy and Llana, that kid from Diff'rent Strokes, the stupid arse ending, and the excessive nudity.

It's a time capsule of sorts, it captures all the bad 80's slasher films in a hour and a half. Bad acting? GOT IT! Ridiculous costumes? GOT IT! Lot's of big haired women topless? GOT IT! No name stars obviously coked out of they're mind? OH THIS MOVIE HAS GOT PLENTY OF THAT! Watch it and laugh, preferably with some friends

I honestly wish they would've ended this series after the 4th installment, which was a pretty good note to end on. However, studios are money hungry in Hollywood, and they wanted to continue to cash in on the horror craze that was still in full swing in the 80's. In order to put some life into an aging series they decided to do something different with the 5th installment of this series. For the most part this works and in my opinon it works a hell of a lot better than the zombie jason featured in 6-10.

I honestly don't know why fans hate this entry so much. It's slightly and i do mean slightly more original than most of the sequels in the series and they had to do something fresh to make the series interesting again. This is an interesting shift and i appreciate the attempt to make something different.

In that aspect i appreciate the film and it's probably the last Friday the 13th film i liked for more than its making fun of it value. However, in the end this is more of the same. Bad acting, characters just in it to be killed, and the same stalk/chase scenes to be presented in all films of this sort. The only thing original about the film is the concept, and that's about it.

The only performance worth mentioning is the lead. His acting goes beyond that of a horror film. He should be in better movies, not in something like this. Other than this performance all the rest are just there for the kill and bring nothing interesting to there characters. The setting in the institution is a nice touch but it's handled so unrealisticly that it becomes hilarious to watch. Jason is a bit of a threat in this film only because the new direction the character takes in this film.

I appreciate this film for the new idea alone. I think the filmmakers knew what they had to do to make something after a 4th film called THE FINAL CHAPTER. The same slasher antics are used which prevent the film from becoming a really good horror film but it wasn't a bad way to waste 90 minutes, unlike the next sequels that followed it.

Young Tommy, the kid who defeated Jason in The Final Chapter, has grown into a troubled young man who is haunted by nightmares and visions of his nemesis. His arrival at a home for troubled teens coincides with the start of a series of bloody murders which suggest that he might have somehow inherited Jason's bloodlust. There are so many characters in this edition of the long-running horror franchise that director Danny Steinmann doesn't even get time to show all their murders on screen, and the rate at which the bodies pile up becomes a little farcical by the final reel.

The "Friday the 13th" series is no ground-breaker, but this one isn't even as good as one of its innumerable rip-offs.

"A New Beginning" basically tells how the tormented teen Tommy (grown up from "The Final (uh-huh) Chapter") is shipped off to a place where other mentally challenged teens are staying to rest and relax...in a camp in the middle of the woods. This is bad sign #1.

Bad sign #2 is the show of all the weaponry around this place: the knives in the kitchen, the axe out in the back yard, pitchforks, machetes...I know, all these places have them but when you linger on them for so long without any purpose but to show them, you know SOMETHING'S gonna happen.

It's no spoiler to say that a lot of teens are going to die and yes, there is someone who at least LOOKS an awful lot like Jason slashing and slicing. But is it Tommy? Is it Jason reborn? If not, who? The answer, I'm afraid, isn't really all that interesting. Angela Lansbury would have had it all figured out blindfolded in less than an hour.

This is even less worth seeing than the others. In fact, if you're a fan, don't even bother: just skip to "Part VI".

You ever notice that the lousier the sequels are, the more apt they are to use Roman Numerals for the numbers to at least make them LOOK classy?

Boy, I noticed.

No stars.

The killings were unimaginative and "kid-friendly" and I didn't like the time jump, it wasn't really necessary, takes away from the 80s vibe. But overall this sequel isn't so bad as it's rating. It is very entertaining, and has some memorable characters. Although the setting isn't a camp, the acting of many was very campy.

There are a few "Friday" fans out there that can actually enjoy this film for what it is instead of complaining about what it's not.

Yes, the plot is a big departure from the previous films, but once you get over it, it's a pretty fun '80s slasher film with plenty of creative kills and some great chase sequences.

The acting is surprisingly solid for a series' fifth entry as well. I really never understood the complaints about the acting in these films, as to me it's always been passable and certainly above most of the slasher rip-offs the decade was littered with.

This time, the action takes place at a halfway house in the sticks where Tommy Jarvis, survivor of the previous bloodbath, comes to stay after an undetermined amount of time in a mental hospital. But Tommy can't seem to catch a break, as the bodies of the troubled kids soon begin piling up after his arrival. Is it Jason? Tommy? One of the locals who has a grudge against the disturbed kids? I won't spoil that here.

This film has the highest body count in the series, with barely enough time to breathe before the next murder is set up. Thankfully, the series retains its creative flair when it comes to dispatching the victims. Some highlights include a head crushed against a tree with a leather strap, a road flare being improperly used, and a death in an outhouse. There's also a nice moment you can only get in '80s horror involving a girl doing the Robot dance in her bedroom to Pseudo Echo's catchy song "His Eyes." Terrific.

If there's anything that sets this sequel apart from its brothers and sisters, it's the overall tone of the film, which is much darker this time around. This can be good or bad, depending on what you prefer: a fun slasher sequel like part 3, this is not.

The final 20 minutes really get the action going as well. Fans of nudity will also rejoice, as this has the most pair of breasts shown in a "Friday the 13th" film to date.

I found this better than part four, which I realize puts me on a chopping block with other fans. But I call it like I see it.

This takes place about 10 years after "The Final (right) Chapter" (which places it in the mid 1990s!). Tommy Jarvis (John Shepherd) is basically mentally disturbed and is being sent to an institution called Pinehurst. As soon as he arrives there people start getting murdered by Jason--but Jason was cremated after he was killed. Is it Tommy finally being driven crazy or is it somebody else?

This actually differs from the other sequels--it actually has a story! Also it has an astronomical body count--20! Most of them were cut down by the MPAA to get an R rating however. For those curious--14 men are killed and 6 women.

This has all the same problems as earlier movies and then some--there are continuity errors left and right; some truly terrible acting (Melanie Kinnaman as Pam was the worst); bad dialogue; Jason being able to seemingly teleport to magically appear wherever he wants; gratuitous female nudity; two extremely annoying hillbillies and characters so stupid you want them dead! But it has some good points--this is the first Friday the 13th to have black characters; it's never boring; there are very few character scenes (considering how bad they were in the past this is a very good thing) and there is actually some good acting from Shavar Ross, Jerry Pavlon and John Shepherd. The sequence where Shepherd single-handedly knocks the hillbilly cold is a highlight.

A lot of fans hate this--it's dismissed as "the film without Jason" and considered (along with part 3) as the worst of the series. I disagree. It's no masterpiece by any means but I was always entertained. I give it a 7.

This fifth installment in the series is without a doubt the absolute worst. Not a single moment induces suspense at all, I doubt seriously the director knew at all how to direct (this is his last effort listed, not surprisingly), it's got none of the Friday spirit, it's horribly acted, incredibly predictable but yes, it does have a surprise ending, THAT SUCKS.

Granted, these Friday films are no masterpieces of cinema, but at least they entertain. Some are reasonably suspenseful and you can basically count on some gore and nudity. There's none here at all. Although the series has it's fair share of idiotic characters, this one is beyond belief. There's one actor who seems to be good, so what to do; use him as little as possible.

I really don't like this film, it's without a doubt the worst in the series and should be avoided by anyone except completists.

Though not impressed with the iconic Friday 13th franchise I've not found any of the films "Bad" up until now. New Beginning however has sadly changed that.

Following on from 1984's Final Chapter we see Tommy Jarvis all grown up and loonier than a loony toon on the looniest day of their life with an electrified looney machine! Traumatised by his butchering Jason 10yrs before he is now in a home for similar mentally broken individuals and as you can imagine they start getting picked off one by one.

The movie teases a twist, doesn't deliver but then tacts it on the end anyway for good measure and it simply doesn't work.

Know what else doesn't work? The film! After Final Chapters competent delivery and excellent death sequences this feels like a huge step backwards. I'm not sure if the budget was cut, the director was poor or they just couldn't be bothered anymore 5 movies in but this was granny pants.

The Good:

Follows directly on from the events of Final Chapter

Couple of decent characters

The Bad:

Death scenes have taken a step backwards

Film simply isn't very good

Ending is really bad

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

When a movie advertises itself as a final chapter, maybe they should stick to their word

It really doesn't take much to make you snap and become mask wearing machete swinging serial killer.

In the five or so years since his run-in with Jason Vorhees, Tommy Jarvis (played by John Shepherd in this film) returns to Crystal Lake to enter a mental facility. Tommy is still haunted by visions of Jason. Tommy has also developed something of an anger management problem. Not long after Tommy's arrival, Crystal Lake is the scene of a series of gruesome murders. Who could be behind the killings? Is it Jason back from the dead? Is it Tommy? Or is it some other, unknown party?

I don't apologize for being a Friday the 13th fan. I've been a fan since 1980. But I'm not blind. Not all Friday the 13th movies are created equal. Some are good and some are not so good. If I made a list of favorites, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning would fall toward the bottom of that list. It's not the worst, but it's close. My issues with the film are many, including:

• Character development - Never a strength in the series, character development is thrown out the window in Part 5. Unknown characters are introduced just so they can be killed five minutes later. A perfect example are the two greasers killed near the beginning of the movie. Who are these guys? It's hard to care whether a character lives or dies when fodder is all they are.

• Overacting - Junior and Ethel have to be two of the worst characters ever to appear in a Friday the 13th movie. I know a lot of people list Shelly from Part 3 as the most annoying character in the series, but for me, these two take the prize. They are just so over-the-top and unbelievable. I don't necessarily mind a little humor mixed into a film as heavy as Part 5, but his is way too much. Their actions completely take me out of the film every time they pop-up on screen. They're cringe-inducing.

• The mental facility - What kind of place is this? You gather together a bunch of troubled youths, but still you have more dangerous and sharp implements than you'll find at a knife show. There seem to be knives, hatchets, and machetes lying around everywhere.

• Roy Burns - Who? I remember seeing Part 5 in the theater and when the killer was unmasked (Scooby Doo style no less), I wasn't sure who I was looking at. Re-watching last night, I see all the hints and clues to the killer's identity, but Roy Burns is such a nothing character that I still didn't recognize him when he was unmasked. In the list of great slasher villains from the 80s and 90s, I've never seen Roy Burns' name listed alongside Freddy, Jason, and Michael. I don't care that the movie included a copycat killer, but make it someone we'd at least recognize.

• Outhouse serenade - Has there ever been a more ridiculous scene in a movie? It's another low point in a movie filled with low points. This is another of those lists that I could go on and on with, but, as I often say, what's the point?

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning is a bad movie with a lazy script, an instantly forgettable killer, and characters we can't care about because we don't know them. Overall, it's a low point in the series for me. I can't bring myself to rate it any higher than a 3/10.

This movie is bad, but for some reason I watch it over and over again. It seems more like a made for TV movie, but it's still good. It's at the bottom of my list as one of my favorites right above Jason Goes To Hell. The story isn't all that bad, it's just the lack of blood when someone gets their head split open and the acting is pretty bad. Don't get me wrong it's still part of the series and it's not that bad, give it a chance.

This is a really fun mystery Thriller that is still very dark & full of creepy atmosphere & i like the fact it's about a copy cat killer, that works really well in showing that Jason Voorhees is such a famous serial killer that other crack pots wanna use his methods & mask to commit their evil crimes. Also franchise favourite Tommy Jarvis is back in this film so he connects this mystery thriller to the friday universe so we know where still in that creepy fun friday Forrest & it all works out very well with fun moments & cool kill scenes so yeah another good film in the franchise

This movie has impeccable performances from the chubby candy bar kid, the hysterical mayor, the hillbilly mom and son (both give Oscar caliber performances), the horny stuttering guy, the 2 Marlon Brando wannabes with leather jackets who hate eachother, the porno-reading cokehead ambulance driver, the ugly drifter, the Michael Jackson looking black guy, the pudgy new wave breakdancer, the list goes on and on.

Meryl Streep and Laurence Olivier can only wish they were this good.

What a waste of a film. This was more like the Scooby-Doo type of movie where Fred says "let's see who this really is, behind the Jason mask". For those who have not seen this could watch it for interest, but Ii must say that it was a waste of a film. If you pay close attention to the film, the killer practically gives himself away.

I can already start by saying that this is just another film in this franchise. He is not the worst of the entire saga, but he is of such a low level of quality that he almost causes you depression. All the dumb choices that are made during this movie irritate in an inexplicable way. The worst part of the whole movie is in the characters, where in addition to being uninteresting, they are very forced. The actors manage to be so insufferable playing the characters that you get annoyed with them all. The way they try to act crazy becomes comical, but not in a way that makes you laugh, a humor you'd rather pierce your own eyes with than rewatch those scenes. Don't watch this movie if you're having a good day, it could ruin your day.

Greetings And Salutations, and welcome to my review of Friday The 13th Part V - A New Beginning; here's the breakdown of my ratings:

Story: 1.25 Direction: 1.25 Pace: 1.50 Acting: 1.00 Enjoyment: 1.25

TOTAL: 6.25 out of 10.00.

Okay, so this instalment of Jason Voorhees's saga is a suck-it-and-see film. In many ways, it's like marmite; you're either going to love it or hate it - and with good reason.

Writers Martin Kitrosser, David Cohen, and Danny Steinmann continue the tale from the ending of Part IV, one of the best or the best Jason Friday 13th. Tommy is still suffering from the onslaught he witnessed years before and his own course of vicious action required to survive and save his sister. Jason is finally dead and buried...or is he? Tommy finds himself at a last-stop halfway house in the countryside after being in and out of foster care. He's a quiet kid who likes to keep to himself but still possesses the survival instincts that saved him from Jason's killing spree. Pam and Matt manage the house and try to help the kids to adapt and settle. But as is usual with end-of-the-line establishments, the kids are the broken ones, the misbehaved, the angry, the violent, the disabled - the ones people don't want or can't handle. No sooner has Tommy thrown his bag on his bunk than the kids and the surrounding neighbours start to kark it in horrid style. Of, course, Tommy believes his long-dead nemesis has arisen from the grave to exact revenge. Is it in his mind - or worse? What the writers do splendidly is cast aspersions here, there, and everywhere. These insinuations keep the audience guessing as to the killer's identity. The downfall, though, is the characterisations. They're not brilliant. Tommy comes across unsatisfactorily because he's a tad too flat. I know he's been affected by that Friday 13th long ago, but it would've made the story more powerful if he'd kept some of his previous spirit. Then we have the over-the-top characters only written for laughs - the redneck mother and son who hate the kids and the institution. But worst are the two-dimensional extras like the kids who can't quit playing hide the salami. You know they're cannon fodder, and it's a shame that the writers treat them as such. Particularly considering the two lads having car trouble get better lines and character construction than them and end up being the killer's first two slays. I still can't understand why they're dressed like T-Bird rejects from Grease. I can't remember that ever being a fashion thing in the mid-eighties, and that was my era. At least they weren't decked out in Pink Lady's garb. The disjointedness of the individuals mar the story and diminishes its power because you don't relate or feel for the characters. The only one I could associate with was the axe murderer. I can't say that if I were in his shoes, I wouldn't have carved up the chocolate muncher. But the one element that deters from the whodunnit is the bolt-on ending. It's the moment everybody decides if they loved the movie or not. For me, the film should've ended with the previous scene. Had it done so, it wouldn't have been too awful. But the last segment appears like a rush job and is merely spliced on to promote a further chapter. The writers don't even try to explain the hockey mask's sudden appearance in the hospital room's bedside drawer. In fact, it's the only thing in the drawer. Don't get me wrong, I loved the idea that the finale represented, but the way the writers bring it to the viewers' attention is pure dung - and it stinks up everything that went before because that wasn't great. The writers should've incorporated the notion from the start. They could've employed it as another red herring while growing the idea into maturity for the climax. Moreover, it would've considerably strengthened the story.

Danny Steinmann's direction is better than his scribbling, which is respectable as it helps keep the film's head above the waterline in the sea of yuckiness. He even has some good ideas, such as borrowing the Police Squad opening. He sits a camera behind the red light of an ambulance as it wails its way into the yard to collect the chopped-up chocolate muncher. It's simple but effective, and Steinmann employs it flawlessly. In fact, his cinematography isn't too bad. Yes, it could've been better, but he keeps everything in focus, has good composition, and lights everything impeccably. This Friday 13th is the fourth film he directed and his last, and I think that was a shame; I wouldn't have minded seeing more of his work. The redneck mother and son wouldn't have been so amusing had it not been for his direction. I would've liked to see him direct a comedy because the timing and pacing of the picture are sound.

The cast is okay: They're nothing to write home about, but they give their performances with heart. It's a shame the writers didn't offer them more scope. The stand-out performance is the redneck mommy, Ethel. Carol Locatell effortlessly instils her character with that down-home, under-the-surface, country insanity. She likes nothing better than to babble to herself about everything wrong in her world, not just her life: Especially when you consider everyone is out to get her, not exclude her son. Another convincing performance comes from a young Shavar Ross as Reggie, who's like Tommy was as a youngster.

Apart from the terrible ending, the movie isn't an unpleasant whodunnit. I would happily recommend it to everyone who likes their mysteries with a hack'n'slash of gore and body parts. Just hit the stop button when you see Tommy lying in the hospital bed at the end. You won't be missing anything because the next movie doesn't continue the concept this one leaves behind like a slug trail.

Now, where did I put that darned hockey mask? Bugger! I think I left it in the hospital when I strained my humourous muscle. While I go and buy another, please check out my IMDb lists - Killer Thriller Chillers and The Game Is Afoot. To see where I ranked Friday The 13th Part V - A New Beginning.

Take Care & Stay Well.

'Friday the 13th' may have been panned by critics when first released but since then it is one of the most famous and influential horror films, the franchise containing one of horror's most iconic villains. The film is popular enough to become a franchise and spawn several sequels of varying quality and generally inferior to the one that started it all of.

The fifth film in the series 'A New Beginning' is the most maligned 'Friday the 13th' film by critics and fans, although it has garnered a cult following and its fair share of defence over time. To me, 'A New Beginning' is better than its reputation and that it tries to do something different is laudable. Also do not think it's the worst 'Friday the 13th' film. Having said that, the disappointment is understandable. There are good merits here, but it also did fall short to me.

Starting with 'A New Beginning's' strengths, the best things about it are the as ever haunting music score and the terrific performance, both disturbing and moving, of John Shepherd. There are a few darkly funny moments, a few creepy ones and some of the death scenes are creative.

The nightmare sequences are stylish and as nightmarish as one would hope. It's a pretty decent looking film, not cinematic art (but in all honesty that can never be expected from a 'Friday the 13th' film) but not amateurish.

However, there are things that work against 'A New Beginning'. From my understanding, It is not that the film is different in the lack of Jason (this didn't bother me at all and is an insignificant issue), the more tongue-in-cheek tone and the idea it tried to introduce that irked fans, but the generally misguided way it was executed.

More problematic are the problems as a standalone. The acting is not good (Shepherd is the sole exception), Melanie Kinnaman being awful, and the clumsy and far too simple dialogue, that slips more into vulgar camp than darkly tongue-and-cheek, and the mostly annoying and dull stereotypes passing for characters fare worse (the only one to be interesting and get proper development is Tommy).

'A New Beginning' has the highest body count, and while there are some creative and unsettling deaths (others less so, hurt by gratuity and predictability) it was almost as if there were too many death scenes that gives one not that much time to compose themselves after each one. There is not enough suspense, the creepiness is too far and between and the story is thin and very hackneyed, with one of the series' silliest endings. The mystery elements don't work, being far too obvious, and neither does the identity of the killer, the killings committed by somebody that is not in it much in their real guise and doesn't have much presence.

In summation, not that bad and not deserving of its black sheep reputation but a long way from being great. 5/10 Bethany Cox