Review of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) by Foreverfinalgir — 20 Dec 2021

Friday the 13th Part 6 Jason Lives feels like a step up from the previous movie. Other than Corey Feldman as a kid, Thom Mathews is my favorite Tommy. I felt like his version was more enjoyable to watch. Having said that though, Tommy is at fault for bringing Jason back to life. One needs to learn to leave things alone.

PLOT.

Tommy Jarvis digs up Jason’s body to make sure he’s still dead, inadvertently bringing him back to life. Now Tommy must stop Jason from killing a new group of teens, children, and even paintballers from getting killed. He must convince an unbelieving Sheriff that Jason is back and killing people.

MY THOUGHTS.

I liked this movie more than Friday the 13th: A New Beginning. Yes, Friday the 13th Part 6 Jason Lives has no nudity and only one sex scene. But there are at least 18 kills. This is the first of the Friday movies that someone actually shoots Jason. How does it take nearly 6 movies before someone shoots him? At least he didn’t kill the children. Though, I think that did increase the scare factor on whether or not he would kill them.

This is the third movie in the “Tommy Jarvis Trilogy”. And I have to say, I like Thom Mathews as the adult Tommy more than John Shepherd’s version of Tommy. He just seems more realistic or more enjoyable as Tommy. I’m not sure how old Megan (Jennifer Cooke) is supposed to be but she was a bit annoying for me. Unless she’s a teenager, who just helps a criminal they just met? Just because he’s cute. I don’t know. It doesn’t make sense.

The music is pretty good. Alice Cooper has three songs playing in the movie: Teenage Frankenstein, Hard Rock Summer, and He’s Back (the Man Behind the Mask). So, any movie with an Alice Cooper song has to be good, right?

At 86 minutes this is the shortest Friday the 13th movie.

Thom Mathews, who plays Tommy here, is equally well known to genre fans as Freddy from Return of the Living Dead.

If you want to see my other Friday the 13th reviews, click here: Friday the 13th Franchise.

Let’s get into the rankings:

Kills/Blood/Gore: 3/5.

Scare factor: 3/5.

Enjoyment factor: 3.5/5.

My Rank: 3.16/5.

IMDB: 6/10.

Rotten Tomatoes: critics: 4.6/10 audience: 5.2/10.

Letterboxd: 3.