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Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
New York has a new problem.
( Horror / Thriller )


Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan Poster

MPAA Rating:
R

US Runtime: 100 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Jul 28, 1989   [USA]
 
Director: Rob Hedden   [Director]
 
Writer: Rob Hedden   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Randy Cheveldave   [Producer]
Barbara Sachs   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Bryan England   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Steve Mirkovich   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Fred Mollin   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: David Fischer   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Carla Hetland   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by David Cohn   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Horror Films
Paramount Pictures   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    Jason ships out aboard a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New York, which he soon transforms into the ultimate voyage of the damned.

Cast:

Jensen Daggett
Rennie Wickham
Sharlene Martin
Tamara Mason
Scott Reeves
Sean Robertson
Tiffany Paulsen
Suzi Donaldson
Alex Diakun
Deck Hand
Amber Pawlick
Rennie Wickham (young)
Kane Hodder
Jason Voorhees
Kelly Hu
Eva Watanabe
Todd Caldecott
Jim Miller
Peter Mark Richman
Charles McCulloch
Barbara Bingham
Colleen Van Deusen
Warren Munson
Admiral Robertson
 
Fred Henderson
Chief Engineer Jim Carlson
Saffron Henderson
J.J. Jarrett
Martin Cummins
Wayne Webber
David Longworth
Sanitation Engineer
Vince Cupone
Street Urchin
Tim Mirkovich
Jason Voorhees (young)
Gordon Currie
Miles Wolfe
Sam Sarkar
Holmes
Roger Barnes
Irish Cop
Michael Benyaer
JoJo
Peggy Hedden
New York Waitress
Vincent Craig Dupree
Julius Gaw
 
 

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Special Effects Department:

Cinema Research Corporation
optical effects
Effects Associates Ltd.
special photographic effects
 
Light & Motion
miniature effects
Reel Efx Inc.
special effects
 
 

Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$5,300,000
Revenue:
$14,343,976
Camera:
Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Color Info:
Color (Technicolor)
Laboratory:
Technicolor
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm

Trivia:

  • The original poster for the film featured Jason ripping through an "I Love NY" poster. However, the poster was dropped following a complaint from the New York Tourism Committee.
     
  • Fred Mollin wrote the original music for this film, as he did for Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood.
     
  • 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.
     
  • The last third of the movie is set in Manhattan; however, the only scenes that were actually filmed in Manhattan were the scenes in Times Square. It took three days of shooting to film them.
     


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