In Part Five the viewer wondered whether Jason was back from the dead for most of the film... in this one there is no doubt. Tommy Jarvis and a friend go to the cemetery to dig up Jason in the belief that seeing his body will end Tommy's nightmares... unfortunately a lightning strike reanimates Jason. Tommy's friend is killed but he escapes and alerts the local sheriff. Not surprisingly he isn't believed and when Jason starts killing again it is believed that Tommy is doing it so he will be believed. Around about the same time the first group of children and councillors arrive at Camp Forest Green, not realising that area was renamed from Crystal Lake. Tommy, with the help of the sheriff's daughter, determines to defeat Jason again... but before they confront each other many unsuspected people will die.
It becomes clear from early on that even though this is still pretty gory it is also being played for laughs much of the time. This film also gets rid of the gratuitous nudity that the last couple featured; probably a good choice as it didn't add anything to the story. I know many don't like the previous film because it wasn't really Jason, and I can understand that, I preferred that to the unstoppable zombie we have now. That said the way he returned, in the manner of Frankenstein's Monster was rather fun. The vast majority of the characters served little purpose other than to be killed by Jason, and in one case provide him with a new machete. Having children at the camp was a bit of a distraction; even though everybody else was fair game nobody watching is likely to think the children are likely to be harmed... even the kids talking about their expected deaths don't seem scared. Overall I was a bit disappointed in this; although I confess that might be because the friend who lent me the disc said it was 'awesome' leading to too high expectations. Anyway if you enjoyed previous instalments give this a go... you might agree with my friend.
It becomes clear from early on that even though this is still pretty gory it is also being played for laughs much of the time. This film also gets rid of the gratuitous nudity that the last couple featured; probably a good choice as it didn't add anything to the story. I know many don't like the previous film because it wasn't really Jason, and I can understand that, I preferred that to the unstoppable zombie we have now. That said the way he returned, in the manner of Frankenstein's Monster was rather fun. The vast majority of the characters served little purpose other than to be killed by Jason, and in one case provide him with a new machete. Having children at the camp was a bit of a distraction; even though everybody else was fair game nobody watching is likely to think the children are likely to be harmed... even the kids talking about their expected deaths don't seem scared. Overall I was a bit disappointed in this; although I confess that might be because the friend who lent me the disc said it was 'awesome' leading to too high expectations. Anyway if you enjoyed previous instalments give this a go... you might agree with my friend.