Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan Poster

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

R 07/28/1989 Horror, Thriller 1h 40m
49%
User
Score
4.5/10
11%
14/100

New York has a new problem.

Overview

Jason ships out aboard a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New York, which he soon transforms into the ultimate voyage of the damned.

Rob Hedden

Director

Part of the Friday the 13th Collection

Includes Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan and other great movies.

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Rennie Wickham

Sharlene Martin

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Tamara Mason

Scott Reeves

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Sean Robertson

Tiffany Paulsen

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Suzi Donaldson

Alex Diakun

Alex Diakun

Deck Hand

Amber Pawlick

Amber Pawlick

Rennie Wickham (young)

Kane Hodder

Kane Hodder

Jason Voorhees

Kelly Hu

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Eva Watanabe

Todd Caldecott

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Jim Miller

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on January 29, 2017

Friday the 13th VIII: Jason Takes a Boat.

Jason Vorhees is once again brought back to life and goes on a kill crazy spree aboard a boat bound for Manhattan.

As is the norm with the "Friday 13th" sequels, this one garners scorn and praise in equal measure, so you roll the dice and take your chance really. By now the makers were trying to come up with new ideas to keep the series afloat, here the gimmick is to take Vorhees out of his Camp Crystal Lake "comfort" zone, and pitch him on a boat - a boat which naturally is full of ripe high schoolers who are ripe for killing in variously gruesome ways.

The presence of Manhattan in the title is not wholly accurate since three quarters of the pic is set on the said boat, with standard series rules applying, though Vorhees seems to have at...

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A review by Gimly

Written on September 16, 2018

Absolutely ridiculous, and a totally misleading title. Jason still kills stuff, and that's fun I guess, but what a trashfire ending to an already pretty bad movie.

_Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._...

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A review by Wuchak

Written on July 17, 2019

***Jason takes a cruise to the big city!***

Released in 1989, "Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan" is a nice change of pace as the series was suffering from banality at this point; the previous installment is a prime example (people complain about Part V but at least it had an interesting new story angle with Tommy Jarvis going to the halfway house in the woods seeking succor for his psychological trauma, etc.). Part VII tried something new with the Carrie-like protagonist, and that entry has a great finale, but it was hampered by a subpar, amateurish script.

Part VIII changes things up by switching the normal location of Crystal Lake (and surrounding area) to a ship going to Manhattan with a group of high school kids and adults aboard. Of course, Jason also gets on th...

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