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Starring: Kimberly Beck, Corey Feldman, E. Erich Anderson Directed by: Joseph Zito Screenplay by: Barney Cohen Story by: Bruce Hidemi Sakow Produced by: Frank Mancuso, Jr. Co-Producer: Tony Bishop Editor: Joel Goodman Music by: Harry Manfredini Make-Up Effects by: Tom Savini Casting by: Fern Champion, Pamela Basker Director of Photography: Joao Fernades MPAA Rating: R Theatrical Release Year: 1984 Running Time: 90 minutes Soundtrack: Mono Aspect Ratio 1.85:1 |
Jason's back, and this is the one you've been screaming for. |
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THE STORY |
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There has been a savage bloodbath at Crystal Lake. The police who
have arrived at the lakeside where the violent rampage has taken place
have discovered the bodies of ten people, each one gruesomely murdered. The perpetrator of these killings, the demonic Jason (TED WHITE), lies still amidst the debris and blood in the barn, his face still covered by a grimy plastic hockey mask, cracked when an axe was imbedded in his head by the sole survivor of the recent ordeal. One by one, Jason had slaughtered seven week-end campers and three tough-talking motorcyclists. Two ambulance drivers, Vincent (ANTONY PONZINI) and Lainie (FRANKIE HILL), arrive to take some of the bodies to the morgue. They put the body of Jason on a gurney and strap it in, then trail the convoy of official cars leaving the area. At the hospital, morgue attendant Axel (BRUCE MAHLER) cares more about a tryst with Nurse Morgan (LISA FREEMAN) than he does about the last body brought to hLa by the late-arriving ambulance drivers. While Axel watches television in the morgue room, he is suddenly grabbed by his hair and his neck pulled back as a surgical hacksaw is ripped across his throat. Jason's two huge hands then grab his head on either side and twist it full circle. In another part of the hospital, Nurse Morgan is taking inventory in the supply closet when she is grabbed from the back by her hair and lifted off the floor. Jason plunges a surgical instrument right between her breasts, ripping the length of her body, gutting her like an animal. Jason is not dead; he hungers for revenge. At their summer house by the lake, Mrs. Jarvis (JOAN FREEMAN) and her 18-year-old daughter, Trish (KIMBERLY BECK), return from jogging, to be greeted by the young Tommy (COREY FELDMAN), a horror enthusiast who is wearing an alien mask. Their tranquility is soon disrupted by six teen-agers who have rented the house next door: Paul (ALAN HAYES), Doug (PETER BARTON), Samantha (JUDIE ARANSON), Sara (BARBARA HOWARD), Jimmy (CRISPIN GLOVER) and Ted (LAWRENCE MONOSON). On their way to the lakeside house, they have played a prank on a fat girl (BONNIE HELLMAN) who was hitchhiking. The girl is soon dispatched when a huge hunting knife rips right through her throat. Arriving at the lake, the teen-agers are in a festive mood, a spirit shared by two twins on bicycles who are also staying at a summer house, Tina (CAMILLA MORE) and Terri (CAREY MORE). Part of the group decides to go skinny-dipping at the lake. A stranger appears at the lake: Rob Dyer (E. ERICH ANDERSON), wearing a backpack; he befriends Trish and young Tommy. Tommy proudly shows off his room to Rob, and it is quite a place, adorned with incredible and horrific masks, many of which Tommy has created. At the lakeside, Samantha has gotten mad because her boyfriend Paul has been flirting with Tina; Sam decides to go for a swim by her- self. As she floats on the lake in a rubber raft, a huge bowie knife rips through the boat and slowly comes out of her back. Elsewhere in the woods where he has set up a tent, Rob realizes that someone has been intruding in the area: his rifle has been snapped in two and his oscilloscope smashed. Concerned that Samantha has not returned to the party, Paul goes to the lake looking for her. He spots her legs dangling from the raft, but when he swims up to investigate, he discovers her dead body. Before he is able to get back on land, a spear punctures his mid-section. The party inside the summer house now includes the viewing of vintage stag flicks; outside, the rain has begun. Leaving the party, Terri I gets harpooned. Mrs. Jarvis, who has been jogging, returns to her house because of the oncoming storm, but she is confronted by a frightening sight. When Tommy and Trish get home, they worry that their mother is not there. Trish decides to go to look for her and encounters Rob in the woods. Suspecting she is an intruder, Rob accidentally grazes her arm through the tent with a machete. Rob has come to these woods to avenge his sister's death. After making love to Tina, Jimmy goes to the kitchen searching for a corkscrew to open a bottle of wine. He gets a hacksaw slammed into his face. Upstairs, Tina is looking through the window when hands grab her face by the eye sockets; she is violently pulled through the window and dropped two stories onto the roof of a station wagon. Still watching the blue movies inside, Ted is terrified when a huge kitchen knife comes ripping through the screen right into his head. Sara and Doug are inside a steaming shower making love. Sara returns to the bunk bed while Doug continues to wash. Two hands crush through the glass of the shower and grab Doug by the hair; he is murdered. Sara discovers Doug in the bathroom. She screams, then realizes she is alone. As she grabs for the doorknob, an axe crashes through the door, ripping right into her chest. Rob has returned to Trish's house with her. They find Tommy is safe, but there is still no sign of Mrs. Jarvis. Going next door, Trish goes upstairs. She follows a trail of blood to discover Doug nailed to the bathroom door. Rob falls through a crack in the stairs, dropping his knife. Trying to retrieve it, he is confronted by Jason. Trying to escape, Trish's foot is grabbed by Jason, who begins to pull her down. She whacks him in the arm with a machete and he lets go. She runs back to her house to protect Tommy. Jason rips their front door off its hinges. A furious and bloody battle begins; Trish repeatedly urges Tommy to hide. He does, locking himself in the up- stairs bathroom. He has his make-up kit with him as well as the news- paper clippings about Jason from Rob's duffel bag. Trish, who has been battling Jason, takes the machete and splits his hand in two. Jason grabs her and begins to strangle when he views a strange apparition: Tommy has transformed his face so that he looks just like Jason as a young boy. Trish seizes this opportunity while Jason is confused to drive a machete straight down on the side of his neck. Tommy whacks the machete on Jason's head, splitting his skull in two, lengthwise. Tommy continues to rip the machete down into Jason, again and again, whack after whack after whack... |
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