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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Synopsis
This impressive entry in the popular horror series brings back the relentless killer Jason Voorhees, this time as a supernatural zombie. Tommy Jarvis, now played by Thom Matthews, accidentally resurrects Jason when he impales the killer's corpse with a metal pole during a lightning storm. Numerous murders follow, beginning with Tommy's friend (Ron Palillo) having his heart torn out of his chest by the zombie killer. Implicated in the crimes by a mean-spirited sheriff (David Kagen), Tommy is freed from jail by the sheriff's daughter, spunky Megan (Jennifer Cooke). The cast converges on Camp Crystal Lake, which has been renamed Camp Forest Green by superstitious locals, in time for Tommy to send Jason back to the bottom of the lake, if only temporarily. Harry Manfredini's score is among his best, and the makeup by Martin Becker, Gabe Bartalos, R. Chris Biggs, and others is outstanding. Cooke makes an appealing heroine as Megan, although Matthews' Tommy has lost the interesting mental disturbances of previous entries and becomes just another bland hero. Tom McLoughlin's direction is effective, and the film has a memorably funny supporting turn by Bob Larkin as a grumpy drunken caretaker. Alice Cooper sings the title song, He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask). Although no classic, this is a solid horror film with a witty script and engaging characters. Jason would rise again to face a telekinetic teen in the disappointing Friday the 13th, Part VII: The New Blood.~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
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Full Credits
  • Director:
    Tom McLoughlin,
  • Writer:
    Tom McLoughlin,
  • Producer:
    Don Behrns,
  • Cinematographer:
    Jon Kranhouse,
  • Editor:
    Bruce Green,
  • Cast:
    Tom Fridley, Renée Jones, Kerry Noonan, Thom Mathews, David Kagen, Jennifer Cooke, Darcy DeMoss, Ann Ryerson,
  • Associate Producer:
    Ian McVey,
  • Assistant Editor:
    Jonas Thaler,
  • First Assistant Director:
    Martin Walters,
  • Second Assistant Director:
    Cathy Gesualdo,
  • Second Second Assistant Director:
    Anthony Smoller,
  • Supervising Sound Editor:
    Dane A. Davis, Blake Leyh,
  • Camera Operator:
    James 'Brandy' Spear,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Connie Papineau,
  • Boom Operator:
    Stephen Halbert,
  • First Assistant Camera:
    John Allen,
  • Production Coordinator:
    Vikki Williams,
  • Property Master:
    Guy H. Tuttle,
  • Set Dresser:
    Wayne Frost,
  • Sound Effects Editor:
    Steve Shearsby,
  • Production Accountant:
    Jennifer Zolten Freed, Connie Talley-Sherman,
  • Transportation Coordinator:
    Perry Husman,
  • Driver:
    James Neilan, Darla Judd, Dennis Jorgenson, Derrick Lumpkin, John P. MacQuilliam, Joel Stout, James Reeves, Dale Johnson,
  • Key Grip:
    J. Patrick Daily,
  • Gaffer:
    James R. Tynes,
  • Mechanical Designer:
    Ken Sher, David Wells,
  • Dolly Grip:
    Kent H. Jorgensen,
  • Title Designer:
    Cinema Research Corp.,
  • Special Effects:
    Martin Becker,
  • Props:
    Irby Langley,
  • Sound Engineer:
    Ron Capone,
  • Leadman:
    Robert Lucas,
  • Art Direction:
    Pat Tagliaferro,
  • Foley Artist:
    Gregg Barbanell, Jerry Trent, Joan Rowe,
  • Stunt Coordinator:
    Bettie Kauffman, Michael Nomad,
  • Theme Song Performance:
    Alice Cooper,
  • Electrician:
    Ronald J. Pure Jr., Brett Laumann, David Pence, Chuck McIntyre, Irl Dixon, John L. Demps Jr.,
  • Carpenter:
    Patrick Graham, Charles Armstrong, David Jennings, Angela Riserbato, Robert Klander, Ken Deubel III,
  • Production Supervisor:
    Don Behrns,
  • Set Decoration:
    Jerie Kelter,
  • Special Effects Makeup Artist:
    R. Christopher Biggs, Chris Swift, Jim McLoughlin, Steven Sommers, William Stoneham, Gabriel Bartolos, Barbara Bock, Gail Taylor, John Blake, Bill Forsche, Jim Gill, Richard Mayone, Thomas Floutz, Brian Wade,
  • Second Assistant Camera:
    Lane Russell,
  • Screenplay:
    Tom McLoughlin,
  • Underwater Camera:
    J. Barry Herron,
  • Casting Associate:
    Debra Rubinstein,
  • Steadicam Operator:
    Randy Nolen,
  • Production Manager:
    Iya Labunka,
  • Main Title Designer:
    Dan Curry,
  • Foley Editor:
    Margaret Carlton,
  • Assistant Costume Designer:
    Melissa Gleason,
  • Genetator Operator:
    James Neilan,
  • Lighting Design:
    William Wysock,
  • Production Consultant:
    Jennifer Nicholson, Pam O'Har,
  • Stunts:
    Perry Husman, Lonnie R. Smith Jr., Diane Hetfield, James Reeves,
  • Additional Photography:
    J. Patrick Daily,
  • Best Boy Electric:
    John 'Fest' Sandau,
  • Rigging Gaffer:
    Hugh Esco,
  • Costume Designer:
    Maria Mancuso,
  • Still Photographer:
    James H. Armfield,
  • Casting:
    Pamela Basker, Fern Champion,
  • Craft Service:
    Gretchen Armstrong, Beth Lilly,
  • Sound Recordist:
    Gregory Steele,
  • Costumer:
    Donna O'Neal,
  • Sound Mixer:
    James Thornton,
  • Seamstress:
    Shari Griffin,
  • Best Boy Grip:
    Tom West,
  • Set Medic:
    Hank McGill,
  • Production Assistant:
    Andrew L. Sherman, Jim Randall,
  • Grip:
    Eric Whitehead, Dan Aguar,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Harry Manfredini,
  • Makeup & Hair:
    Denise Can Arsdale,
  • Dialogue Editor:
    Greg Jacobs, Barbara Barnaby,
  • Color Timer:
    Stephen R. Sheridan,
  • Transportation Captain:
    James T. Keefe,
  • Makeup & Hair Assistant:
    Phyllis Temple,
  • Extras Casting Coordinator:
    Kay Allison,
  • Rigging Grip:
    David Holt,
  • Assistant Sound Editor:
    Laura Graham,
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    Matthew Iadarola, Wayne Heitman,
  • Special Effects Assistant:
    Steve Jordon, Gary Crawford, Thomas K. Hartigan,
  • Studio Teacher:
    Wanda Shaw,
  • Catering:
    Alfredo Gabrielli, Paul Nickel,
  • Production Design:
    Joseph T. Garrity,
  • Apprentice Sound Editor:
    Susan Kurtz,

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