Classic Friday : Friday The 13th : A New Beginning (1985) 8/10

Starring : Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, Shavar Ross, Marco St John
Director : Danny Steinmann
Running Time : 93 mins

Jason Voorhees is dead, but Tommy Jarvis (Shepherd) is still haunted by the killings he witnessed at the hands of the hockey mask wearing killer. Years have passed, and Tommy is recovering from the ordeal in a rehab centre when the murders begin again, and Tommy becomes convinced that Jason has returned from the dead to exact his revenge on him.

This is one of the more imaginative instalments of the popular horror series, with the characters being more realistic and the plot itself being actually possible. Sadly from this point onwards things went a little too supernatural and Jason begins to feel too powerful in the instalments to come. Savour this one, it's the last of the great human killer series and sadly leads onto some surreal silliness.

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