The Films: Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

Starring: Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cooke, David Kagen
Written and Directed by: Tom McLoughlin
Produced by: Don Behrns
Editor: Bruce Green
Music by: Harry Manfredini
Casting by: Pamela Basker, Fern Champion
Director of Photography: Jon R. Kranhouse
Production Design: Joseph T. Garrity
Art Director: Pat Tagliaferro
Special Make-Up Effects: Brian Wade
MPAA Rating: R
Theatrical Release Year: 1986
Running Time: 86 minutes
Soundtrack: Ultra Stereo
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Kill or be killed.

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

Jason Vorhees is dead.

The town of Forest Green has returned to normal. A forced normalcy, yes; one that has caused the name of the once-notorious community of Crystal Lake to be changed to its current identity of Forest Green, but normal nonetheless. Shopkeepers sell their wares, schoolteachers expound on the mysteries of life, children play their childhood games. Life goes on, and few try to remember the ghastly series of events which focused the attention of the entire nation on this small East Coast community.

The seemingly unstoppable force that was Jason has been snuffed out for- ever; just as the demonic Jason had snuffed out the lives of scores of victims in a bloody rampage through this unremarkable community. The adults who mourned the loss of their children and friends no longer speak of Jason. To the children now playing in the streets and whispering around campfires, Jason Voorhees is but a legend. A bogeyman.

Jason is dead because Tommy Jarvis, a young boy with more courage than most men, killed him. Grown now, Tommy (THOM MATHEWS) is haunted by the memor- ies of his boyhood encounter with the maniacal killer who slaughtered his friends. Determined to rid himself of the anguish of these memories, Tommy re- turns to the former town of Crystal Lake to see, with his own eyes, the grave of Jason Vorhees. He will exhume the body and know once and for all that the killer in the goalie mask rots in the earth.

As a storm rages overhead, Tommy breaks the earth of the grave and easily finds the object of his search. He wrenches open the coffin and stares into the blackened pits which form the eyes of the plastic face mask...

SYNOPSIS

Jason Vorhees, the maniacal hockey-masked killer who once terrorized Crystal Lake, is dead. He was murdered by a boy named Tommy Jarvis, who in the years since killing Jason, has grown into a handsome man. The town of Crystal Lake, in an attempt to forget its horrifying past, has changed its name to Forest Green. But now, to rid himself of the haunting memories of his childhood encounter with Jason, Tommy (THOM MATHEWS) returns to town -- and the grave of Jason Vorhees.

Joined by his friend Allen (RON PALILLO), Tommy exhumes Jason's body to see for himself that the mass murderer is really dead. The sight of Jason's rotting body sends Tommy into a fury -- he grabs a steel rod and drives it into the corpse. But just then, a bolt of lightning strikes the rod and brings Jason back to life. Allen is killed trying to save Tommy, who manages to escape.

The terrified young man rushes to Sheriff Garris' (DAVID KAGEN) office and warns him that Jason is alive. But the lawman recognizes Tommy and knowing that he has been under psychiatric care since killing Jason, Garris ignores Tommy's ravings and throws him in jail.

Meanwhile, Jason has already begun to raise the body count by killing two counselors en route to Camp Forest Green. Worried when the counselors don't show up at camp, the sheriff's daughter Megan (JENNIFER COOKE) and her fellow camp counselors Paula (KERRY NOONAN), Sissy (RENEE JONES) and Cort (TOM FRIDLEY) go to Garris' office and report them missing.

In the woods nearby, the blood-thirsty Jason claims four more victims, but the police are too busy escorting Tommy out of town to notice. As the sheriff and his deputy, Rick Cologne (VINCENT GUASTAFERRO), drive Tommy by the cemetery, he escapes and rushes to Jason's gravesite. Unfortunately, the drunken caretaker has hidden any evidence that Tommy dug up the grave and the police begin to suspect that Tommy is performing copycat murders and blaming them on Jason.

At camp, Sissy and Paula comfort a little girl named Nancy (COURTNEY VICKERY) who claims she's seen "a monster." Nearby, Cort is partying in a Winnebago with a girl named Nikki (DARCY DE MOSS) when they hear noises outside. Finding nothing suspicious, they drive away, but Jason murders both of them and escapes just before the Winnebago explodes in a ball of fire.

While at her father's office, Megan befriends Tommy and believes his story. She agrees to help him -- especially after Garris and Cologne begin discovering body after body and accuse Tommy of performing the grisly crimes. But Jason's still on his bloody rampage, claiming the lives of Sissy and Paula.

Certain that Tommy's behind the murders, Garris arrests him, but Megan helps Tommy escape. To stop the bloodbath, Tommy insists that they return to the site where the Jason Vorbees nightmare began -- Camp Crystal Lake, now Camp Forest Green.

After discovering more bodies, the police head for the camp. Investigating the area, two police officers are killed by Jason. Garris finds Nancy and the other chlidren and puts them in a safe place while he goes looking for Jason. Shortly thereafter, Garris meets Jason and is no match for the crazed killer. Tommy and Megan arrive, and while Megan comforts the terrified children, Tommy takes a boat out into the middle of the lake -- the site where Jason was drowned 20 years earlier.

To save the children, Tommy lures Jason out to the lake. Jason wades out to Tommy, who surrounds his boat with a ring of fire. Although Tommy attaches a boulder with a chain around Jason, the killer overpowers Tommy and strangles him.

Megan, watching the scene, dives into the lake to rescue Tommy. She fights for her life against the maniacal Jason and only escapes by turning the boat's engine onto Jason's body, tearing it to shreds.

Megan swims back to shore with Tommy, and is able to resuscitate him. The children are safe. Tommy and Megan have survived. Jason is finally dead...or is he?