4/10
Okay for a fan film
22 June 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Considering this is a fan film, made without the resources of Hollywood, they made a fair attempt. This apparently takes place after the events of Part IV- The Final Chapter and shows officers burying a still alive Jason Voorhees in a chained shut coffin on the grounds of Camp Crystal Lake. Although the Thom Matthews Tommy Jarvis and Officer Rick Cologne (from Part VI) appeared in the Never Hike Alone contributions to the franchise, they did not appear in this one.

This movie appears to take place in present day, seeing as how modern equipment, including cell phones are so prevalent. So, from that, I infer that after being buried, Jason has remained dormant in the ground for over 30 years. We are left to assume that nobody has trespassed onto the camp property until now. Three escaped female convicts then trespass onto the Camp Crystal Lake Property, pursued by law enforcement.

Due to the trespassers, a decayed and still decapitated Pamela Voorhees rises from her grave, which is also apparently on the grounds of the camp and exhumes and frees Jason. Jason kills the convicts and begins to take out the law enforcement officers. The headless Pamela Voorhees also runs around drawing the fire of officers.

Jason appears to be killed with a chainsaw and the two surviving officer's escape to the work center the convicts escaped from. Mrs. Voorhees, now with her head reattached shows up and attacks. A mystery guest then shows up and decapitates Mrs. Voorhees saying "I never thought I'd have to do that again." Yes....our mystery guest is Alice Hardy, the final girl from the original film. Although the start of Part 2 showed her being killed, we could always dismiss that as a dream sequence. The Jason shows up and Alice kills him too, finishing him off with an ice pick - seemingly the same one we saw her killed with at the start of Part 2.

It is revealed Alice is actually in a witness protection program, but still lives practically right next door to the camp, instead of being somewhere far away like New Mexico. So, that didn't make any sense. We also see Jason's coffin sent into Crystal Lake where it sinks.

The final scene is a little problematic too. Alice Hardy decides to keep Pamela Voorhees' head and puts it in a box.

Now, here is where the best scene of the movie comes in. It was almost a great scene, but it stopped short. As Alice is putting Pamela's head in a box, the camera pans over various bottles of medication, a book on recovering from trauma, and her cell phone. Her phone rings and the face of Ginny from Part 2 shows up on the screen. Ginny leaves a message for Alice as Dr. Ginny Field checking in to see how she was doing. Now, this could have been a fantastic scene if instead of Ginny Field, her name came up as Ginny Holt. Paul and Ginny both survived Part 2. It was left ambiguous at the end of Part 2, but Part 3 reinforced that they both survived. Having Ginny's name come up as Ginny Holt would have been a great ending!
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