Friday The 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan(1989) RANT 3/3

The third and final part of my rant of the lame ass slasher sequel, Friday The 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan(1989) starring Jensen Daggett, Scott Reeves, Barbara Bingham, Peter Mark Richman, Martin Cummins, Gordon Currie, Alex Diakun, Vincent Craig Dupree, Kelly Hu, Kane Hodder, Todd Shaffer, Sharlene Martin, Tiffany Paulsen, and Tim Mirkovich.

Directed by Rob Hedden.

Trivia

In the original script, when Jason makes it to the dock, a dog starts barking at him and he kicked it. Kane Hodder, who was playing Jason, felt that kicking the dog was going too far and so the scene was dropped.

Kane Hodder says that one of the most fun parts of his tenure as Jason was the scenes in Times Square. He says that spectators were lined up and down the block watching the filming, and he didn't want to take off the mask to destroy their illusion of Jason. He said that every once in awhile, he'd turn his head and look at them, and watch them all go crazy.

Peggy Hedden, the New York waitress, is the director's sister.

In one shot, the subway bears graffiti reading "Quayton lives". Quayton was part of the name of a high school band that director Rob Hedden was in.

According to an interview in Fangoria Magazine (August 1989), Kane Hodder vomited on cue in the final scene after drinking several pitchers of water. This was not a special effect.

Elizabeth Berkley and Dedee Pfeiffer auditioned for the role of Rennie

This is the feature film debt of Kelly Hu, who plays Eve.

Despite the nature of the film and adverse filming conditions, Kane Hodder provided several moments of levity which were appreciated by the cast. Following several death scenes, for example, once director Rob Hedden called "cut," Hodder would do a brief disco dance in full makeup, making the cast laugh.

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• Friday The 13th Part VIII
• Jason Takes Manhattan
• Movie Review
• Jensen Daggett
• Scott Reeves
• Barbara Bingham
• Peter Mark Richman
• Martin Cummins
• Gordon Currie
• Alex Diakun
• Vincent Craig Dupree
• Kelly Hu
• Kane Hodder
• Todd Shaffer
• Sharlene Martin
• Tiffany Paulsen
• Tim Mirkovich
• Rob Hedden
• 80's
• Horror
• Slasher Film
• Rant

[kentuckycunctator]

Jason in an urban environment could have been epic. With the right art direction, you can give a city a New York feel. It is the most disappointing slasher I've ever encountered.

I'd love to see this remade properly.

[marioradium2]

this has the weirdest ending in the whole series. how does toxic waste turn an undead killer into a little kid?? that's why I view it as being another think that main heroine's mind. makes a little more sense to me

good rant overall mike. they should have gone with another idea instead of this one

[ILiveAgain1]

3:30-3:40 ROFL! I agree with you all the way about this horrorible sequel that could've been good but ''THEY BLEW IT!''LOL. 8:12 actually Mike ''J.C.B'' did say in a interview on the new dvd for ''The New Blood'' he had a follow up in mind involving Tina being at a mental hospital and Jason coming back after her killing a lot of people there but thanks to the troubles with that bitch producer&the MPAA it didn't happen. Thumbs up Mike on a very funny rant!

[ramboraph4life]

3:30 to 3:40 lmao perfect and hilarious reaction. Awesome job on the rant Mike, it isn't that good of a movie.