October Horror Reviews: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)

Jason [Kane Hodder] finds himself a stowaway on a cruise ship full of high school seniors bound for New York City. He slaughters his way around the ship, and when it ends up docking, he hunts down the final few survivors around New York.

The movie's setting is based on the boat ride until the last 10, maybe 15, minutes of the movie when Jason finally sets foot on Manhattan Island.

Before the cruise ship, he kills a couple having sex on an boat; during the ride to Manhattan, Jason kills about 11 people throughout the cruise ship, and then he kills 8 more people in Manhattan. Thus the official Body Count for this film is set at: 21.

Overall this movie kind of sucks, BUT there's still a lot of blood and gore to go around. The death scenes were filled with creativity. Jason basically utilized anything he could find in the immediate area which, if you've seen enough slasher flicks, you know makes for a good time.

There's even a guy that gets thrown head first into a vat of toxic waste. [I've never seen that before]



If you have time to kill, watch it... there's plenty of blood and gore for everyone.



Starring: Todd Shaffer, Tiffany Paulsen, Tim Mirkovich, Kane Hodder
Directed by: Rob Hedden
Writers: Victor Miller (characters), Rob Hedden (written by)
MPAA Rating: Uncut
Running Time: 100 minutes

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