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Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

Year:

1989

Duration:

100 min

Genres:

Horror

IMDB rate:

4.5

Director:

Rob Hedden

Awards:

2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1989-07-28

Filming Locations: USA

Earnings

Budget: $5,000,000

Opening Weekend: $6,251,310 (USA) (30 July 1989)

Gross: $14,335,525 (USA) (15 October 1989)

Cast

Actor

Character

Kelly Hu

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

Gordon Currie

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

Todd Caldecott

Jim Miller

Tiffany Paulsen

Suzi Donaldson

Tim Mirkovich

Young Jason

Kane Hodder

Jason Voorhees

Jensen Daggett

Rennie Wickham

Barbara Bingham

Colleen Van Deusen

Alex Diakun

Deck Hand

Peter Mark Richman

Charles McCulloch

Ace

Toby

Warren Munson

Admiral Robertson

Fred Henderson

Chief Engineer

Scott Reeves

Sean Robertson

Saffron Henderson

J.J. Jarrett

Martin Cummins

Wayne Webber

Vincent Craig Dupree

Julius Gaw

Sharlene Martin

Tamara Mason

Sam Sarkar

Gang Banger #1

Michael Benyaer

Gang Banger #2

Roger Barnes

Irish Cop

Amber Pawlick

Young Rennie

Vince Cupone

Street Urchin

Peggy Hedden

New York Waitress

David Longworth

Sanitation Engineer

Jasper Cole

Trainer

David Jacox

Other Boxer

Ken Kirzinger

New York Cook

Did you know?

Trivia

After the disappointing results at the box-office, Paramount decided to sell the Friday the 13th film series to New Line Cinema, making "Jason Takes Manhattan" the last feature produced by Paramount, until the 2009 remake. Only two other sequels were released in between.

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Lowest grossing film in the series.

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The prologue of the film foreshadows all the places that Jason will chase the teenagers: downtown with the gang members, the diner, the alley with the drug addicts, and the subway.

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Goofs

Sean and Rennie round the corner from the left of the subway station and go in, but in the next shot Jason chases them from the right side and busts through the glass.

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We are shown Jason's perspective as he is walking down a hallway towards the sauna. When Jason enters the sauna, we can clearly see there is no hallway across from the door which makes the previous scenes impossible.

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When Jason kills the boxer in the sauna, he rams the hot coal into the boxer's stomach, just above his belly button. But in the overhead shot, the damage appears in the middle of the boxer's chest.

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Quotes

Colleen Van Deusen: We've already thought about that. Nobody could possible see a flare gun in this storm.

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Charles McCulloch: You know, long lady, you've been coming out here every summer for the last three years and you still haven't learned how to swim.

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Jim Miller: Forget about it, Suzi. The guy's dead now, somewhere at the bottom of this lake if you believe the stories.

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Faq

Is this the only time Jason speaks?

No. In a flashback in the original Friday the 13th, to his drowning in the lake, Jason yells "Help me! Help! Help, Mommy! Help! Help, Mommy! Mommy, help!" At the end of this movie, he says 'Don't let me drown, mommy', when he is about to be smothered by a massive wave of toxic waste surging through a sewer. It is unknown if it is the exact same recording, or if it was re-recorded for this film.

How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?

For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan can be found here.

What are the differences between the British BBFC 18 VHS and the Uncut Version?

Only one short scene was censored in the old BBFC 18 VHS: a butterfly knife can be seen. This cut was waived for the DVD release. A detailed comparison can be found here.

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