Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Jason ships out aboard a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New York, which he soon transforms into the ultimate voyage of the damned.
Critics Sentiment
Survivors reach New York as Jason stalks city streets
Jason melted by toxic waste in sewers during midnight flood
The film's biggest swing occurs when survivors finally reach Manhattan, jumping from the sinking ship chaos to the excitement of seeing Jason in an urban environment for the first time.
The film starts with moderate promise during Jason's resurrection but quickly settles into tedious ship-based slaughter that critics found derivative and boring. The arrival in Manhattan provides the film's highlight as reviewers appreciated seeing Jason in a new urban setting, but the momentum crashes with a widely derided toxic waste finale that left audiences frustrated with its poor logic and execution.
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Jensen Daggett
Rennie Wickham
Sharlene Martin
Tamara Mason
Scott Reeves
Sean Robertson
Tiffany Paulsen
Suzi Donaldson
Alex Diakun
Deck Hand
Amber Pawlick
Rennie Wickham (young)
Kane Hodder
Jason Voorhees
Kelly Hu
Eva Watanabe
Todd Caldecott
Jim Miller
Peter Mark Richman
Charles McCulloch
Barbara Bingham
Colleen Van Deusen
Warren Munson
Admiral Robertson
Fred Henderson
Chief Engineer Jim Carlson
Saffron Henderson
J.J. Jarrett
Martin Cummins
Wayne Webber
David Longworth
Sanitation Engineer
Vince Cupone
Street Urchin
Tim Mirkovich
Jason Voorhees (young)
Gordon Currie
Miles Wolfe
Sam Sarkar
Holmes
Crew
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