Director: Adam Marcus
Writers: Dean Lorey and Jay Huguely (story by Huguely and Adam Marcus)
Starring: Kane Hodder
Body Count: 21
Review: This was a really admirable attempt to bring some closure to the series (much like New Line had done previously with Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare. Unfortunately, the makers of the film went about it all wrong.
Sean S. Cunningham, the producer, directed the first Friday the 13th, and therefore kinda sorta knew what needed to be in this movie: lots of gore, lots of teenagers in peril, and lots of creative killings. He put all of those things in it, but forgot that he needed a good killer--namely Jason. Within the opening moments of the film, Jason is killed by the F.B.I. Throughout the rest of the film, his spirit bounces around from body to body in a ridiculous fashion, until he finally meets his demise at the hands of his sister. There's some great moments in the film--wonderful gore (especially in the unrated director's cut) and lots of gratuitous violence and nudity--but the movie is ultimately disappointing.
Read the Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday script !
Trivia: Jason Goes to Hell has some cool references to other horror movies. When bounty hunter Creighton Duke claims he can kill Jason for a fee of $1 million, he says, "For that you get the mask, the machete, the whole damn thing." This is a homage to Jaws. And when the news anchor is thrown through the floor of the Voorhees house, he lands next to a box marked "Arctic Expedition". This is the same box from the "The Crate" segment of the film Creepshow.
New Line Cinema, owners of the Nightmare on Elm Street Series, purchased the Friday the 13th rights from Paramount and made Jason Goes to Hell as a prelude to the much-anticipated Freddy Vs. Jason film. At the very end of Jason Goes to Hell, Freddy's gloved hand reaches out and grabs Jason's mask, giving viewers a taste of what's to come. Also, Jason is killed by his sister in Jason Goes to Hell, but this is impossible according to the continuity of the series, considering that Jason's mother claimed Jason was her "only child" in the first Friday the 13th.
