Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood

 

 

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A must see for fans of jason voorhees,he has never looked better than this in any film..excellent special effects..to describe the story..it's pretty well carrie meets jason..I love this installment..it's my favorite of the series next to part 3 and part 6..it's a true 80s slasher at its best..even though it was cut to the max by the MPAA..but that aside i love this film..and its well worth the watch..i can't count how many times i watched it.

it seems like it.but(as usual)he certainly leaves a lot of carnage in
his wake before that point.will this be the end for our psycho in the
hockey mask?maybe,maybe not.after all,Jason is an unstoppable killing
machine.this 7th installment is decent enough,but slower than the other
6.Terry Kiser is in this one in a serious role,which he does very
well.Lar park Lincoln also stars.there is one really unlikable
character here who i couldn't wait to see killed.as for Jason,it's nice
for him to have an adversary who might be his equal or more
powerful.did i like this installment?sure,i did.the only thing i didn't
like was the slow pace,like i mentioned.it's pretty much that way
through most of the movie.but it's not quite boring.all in all,i give
Friday the 13th Part 7 a 3/5

There's just no two ways about it - Kane Hodder was born to play Jason, and he is flat-out awesome in Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood. Thank goodness for that because the story itself is pieced together with spit and gum, the ending is a little north of over the top, and virtually every death scene was mercilessly cut to satisfy the infernal blowhards at the MPAA. I can understand the necessity for this cinematic butchery in terms of the theatrical release, as an X rating would have seriously cut into box office returns - I don't like it one bit, but I can understand it. What I don't understand is why an unrated version of this film in all of its gory unrated glory has never been released on DVD. What really sticks in my craw, though, is the fact that the VHS and DVD versions of the film have been cut even more than the theatrical release. What Jason fan doesn't love the infamous sleeping bag kill (lovingly recreated in Friday The 13th: Jason X)? In the theatrical release, Jason whacked his victim six times against a tree; on the DVD, though, we only see one whack. That's even more ridiculous than all of the heavy editing that had to be done to begin with. You can go up to the very point of pornography on television now, yet all our fragile little minds supposedly can't handle watching a fictitious killer slam a body (encased in a sleeping bag, no less) six times against a tree. What a total crock. We really ought to be organizing protests against this type of nanny government censorship tyranny. Fortunately, we can finally see some of these deleted scenes (including the complete sleeping bag kill), with commentary, on the Bonus Features disk that comes with the Friday the 13th Box Set, but all we get are the raw cuts sans music, post-editing, etc. (and that's a long way away from the real thing).

As I'm sure everyone remembers, Friday the 13th, Part 6: Jason Lives (Widescreen), ended with Jason weighted down in the depths of Crystal Lake. An indeterminate amount of time has passed since then (director John Carl Buechler has stated elsewhere that it was ten years) - enough for a little girl who sort of accidentally on purpose killed her abusive father there at the lake to mature into a fairly attractive yet messed-up-in-the-head teenager and for the town to dump Green Forest and revert back to the name Crystal Lake. Jason is remarkably well-preserved - sure his clothes are pretty ragged and he does have several areas of exposed ribs and spine - but he's still in one piece. After all this time, though, nothing's going to bring him back to life short of a troubled teenager with telekinetic powers who does it accidentally - and, amazingly enough, that's just what happens. Enter Tina Shepard (Lar Park-Lincoln), whose doctor has brought her back to the site in an effort to release her of the pent-up guilt she has been dealing with ever since her father's death (which pretty much was her fault). Dr. Crews (Terry Kiser) apparently took the Hypocritical Oath rather than the Hippocratic Oath, however, as he is more interested in exploiting her for her powers than in helping her - she can move things with her mind in moments of extreme stress.

So, basically, Jason is freed from his watery grave and quickly sets out killing everyone in sight, with a houseful of partying teenagers making for particular good pickings. Nothing new, and certainly nothing extraordinary there - except this time it's Kane Hodder behind the mask, taking Jason to new heights of amoral evil. The final scenes of this movie move dangerously close to being just plain silly - but at least they do demonstrate Hodder's Jason's "never say die" attitude. His quest for blood now knows no bounds, and he really puts his heart into all the carnage like never before. The old Jason killed because that is what he was put on this earth to do; Kane Hodder's Jason kills because he freakin' gets off on it. Once he got his hands on a machete, the old Jason would start using it immediately. When the new Jason lays hold of a machete, he chooses to kill his next victim with his bare hands - and when he decides to throw someone through a window, he forever more hurls them through it, and he does it with just one hand. That is dedication, my friends. That's the hands-own kind of personal responsibility that made this country great. This is the Jason that might - might, I say - give Michael Myers a good fight (although my money's still on Michael) - and that's why this is probably my second favorite Friday the 13th film.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Crazy !
This film is crazy with scares,suspense,gore,and jason.
The first thing you got to know is if really strong or really nice ,if your not the main character your are going to... Read more

Published on Aug 10 2005

2.0 out of 5 stars Looks like the same OLD blood to me...
Good God... what am I doing to myself by watching this nonsense?! I mean, really-is this 'blood' really all that new?! Read more

Published on July 16 2004 by Zagnorch

5.0 out of 5 stars Yup :-)
SuperPowers vs immortality. One of the best mixes I.E someone who can actually fight back in a fun way makes this one of the Gems of the Friday the 13th series of movies :-)

Published on April 7 2004 by hippychrome

3.0 out of 5 stars 5th best Jason movie.
When Tina killed her father in Camp Crystal Lake.She is now a teen and travels with her mom and seedy doctor. Read more

Published on Jan 3 2004 by Rich

2.0 out of 5 stars Corny
The movie was pretty good but the whole phychic power thing is pretty corny.

Published on Dec 21 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars newbloodreview
As we all know this movie was something new in the friday the 13th series. The audience was introduced to a girl with telekenetic powers, which in my opinion was not a bad idea... Read more

Published on Sep 14 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY GOOD
VERY GOOD, THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. IT IS JASON VS CARRIE. VERY EXCITING. GET IT

Published on July 28 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars GOOD SEQUEL
more suspensful pretty gorey and the makeups great

Published on July 7 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Hey If it weren't for Tina's powers she could have died!!!!!
Jason Lives was so much better, The new blood is good, but not as
good as Jason Lives, yeah, yeah we remember Carrie! Read more

Published on Jun 27 2003 by Max Sadowski

5.0 out of 5 stars CARRIE VS. JASON!!
Now before I say anything els, let me just tell this
to the reviewers out there, that have been giving
this film negative reviews-"THIS IS A JASON MOVIE!! Read more

Published on Jun 13 2003

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