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1989 · United States

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 100 min
Age rating: R
Language: English
Country: United States
Frights: Strong

Why tonight?

Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.

The story

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

mask
high school
new york city
new jersey
sadism
psychopath
boat
sewerage
times square
sequel

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

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

Directed: Rob Hedden
Written: Rob Hedden

Production

Rating: 4.9 / 10 · 1,240 ratings
Studio: Paramount Pictures

The Collection

The complete story, in order.

1980
Friday the 13th
Where it starts.
Friday the 13th Part 2
1981
Friday the 13th Part III
1982
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
1984
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
1985
Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI
1986
Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood
1988
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
1989 · You’re here
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
1993
Freddy vs. Jason
2003

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.