Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Year:

1984

Duration:

91 min | USA:97 min (uncut version)

Genres:

Horror | Thriller

IMDB rate:

5.9

Director:

Joseph Zito

Awards:

2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1984-04-13

Filming Locations: Santa Clarita, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $1,800,000

Opening Weekend: $11,183,148 (USA) (15 April 1984)

Gross: $30,393,007 (USA) (20 May 1984)

Cast

Actor

Character

Antony Ponzini

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

Erich Anderson

Rob

Judie Aronson

Samantha

Peter Barton

Doug

Kimberly Beck

Trish

Tom Everett

Flashlight Man

Crispin Glover

Jimmy Mortimer

Corey Feldman

Tommy

Joan Freeman

Mrs. Jarvis

Lisa Freeman

Nurse Morgan

Thad Geer

Running Man

Wayne Grace

Officer Jamison

Clyde Hayes

Paul

Bonnie Hellman

Hitchhiker

Frankie Hill

Lainie

Barbara Howard

Sara

William Irby

Helicopter Pilot

Paul Lukather

Doctor

Bruce Mahler

Axel

Lawrence Monoson

Ted

Arnie Moore

Medic

Camilla More

Tina

Carey More

Terri

Robert Perault

Medic

Gene Ross

Cop

Abigail Shelton

Woman

John Walsh

TV Newscaster

Robyn Woods

Girl in Shower

Kirsten Baker

Terri

Richard Brooker

Jason

Peter Brouwer

Steve Christy

Ronn Carroll

Sgt. Tierney

Steve Dash

Jason

Rex Everhart

Enos

John Furey

Paul

Walt Gorney

Crazy Ralph

Dana Kimmell

Chris

Adrienne King

Alice

Marta Kober

Sandra

Jack Marks

Deputy Winslow

Tom McBride

Mark

Betsy Palmer

Mrs. Pamela Voorhees

Jaime Perry

Counselor

Jeffrey Rogers

Andy

Nick Savage

Ali

Amy Steel

Ginny

Lauren-Marie Taylor

Vicky

Russell Todd

Scott

Terry Ballard

State Trooper

Mark Stuart Lane

Cop (uncredited)

Ari Lehman

Young Jason

Tom Savini

Jason (Hitchhiker Murder Scene)

Ted White

Jason

Did you know?

Trivia

Camilla More actually read for the role of Samantha, but when the producers discovered she had a twin, they offered both sisters the roles of Tina and Terri.

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In an attempt at Method acting, Lawrence Monoson decided that since his character, Ted, is smoking pot when he dies, he would try smoking pot for real in order to film the scene. However, he soon found that in his intoxicated state, it was too difficult to fully concentrate on filming.

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Joseph Zito based Rob's death scene - in which he screams "He's killing me!" as Jason attacks him - on a newspaper article he had read about a murder victim in New York City, who begged his attacker to stop stabbing him. Zito had intended the sequence to be particularly gut-wrenching, as Rob had been established as a capable opponent for Jason. Upon viewing screenings of the film, however, Zito realized that the way in which the scene was filmed made Rob seem pathetic and impotent rather than making Jason appear merciless, and often caused audiences to burst out laughing.

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Goofs

Pamela Voorhees' tombstone reads "1930-1979". But Part I shows her death taking place on Friday, June 13th, and June 13 1979 was a Wednesday. (The year of her death should be 1980, as the first film was released in that year, and June 13th was indeed a Friday that year.)

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Tommy isn't wearing glasses while he is playing his computer game, so it can be assume that he needs them for distance. However, in the scene were he is watching Paul and Sam he doesn't have his glasses on but he can still see what is going on.

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When Jason chases Trish to the neighbors house she jumps over Tina's body and stares at Jason. You can clearly see the red marks on the cheek part of the hockey mask, but when he chases her upstairs before she breaks out the window you can see the marks are gone.

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Quotes

Ted: [to hitchhiker] Hey, honey, you got a sister? Ruff, ruff!

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Jimmy: He thinks that's funny. He thinks that's a funny thing he's doing.

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Doctor: [to Trish] Under extreme duress, people are capable of extraordinary behavior. That's what happened when your brother violently attacked the killer. At that moment, it was perfectly normal for him to act to protect himself.

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Faq

Q

What is 'Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter' about?

A

Unaware that mass murderer Jason Vorhees has escaped from the Wessex County morgue where his supposedly dead body was taken, six teenagers -- Paul (Clyde Hayes), Doug (Peter Barton), Ted (Lawrence Monoson), Jimmy (Crispin Glover), Sara (Barbara Howard), and Samantha (Judie Aronson) -- arrive at the cottage they have rented on Crystal Lake not far from the cottage where 17-year-old Trish Jarvis (Kimberly Beck), her 12-year-old brother Tommy (Corey Feldman), and their mother (Joan Freeman) are staying. While the teens are planning of night of partying, Jason is planning something entirely different.

Q

A Note Regarding Spoilers

A

The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

Q

What happened to Tommy's mother?

A

In the movie, she stumbles out into the rainstorm and her fate is left ambiguous. In the original script, however, she is found by one of the characters drowned in the bathtub

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