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Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

1985
Horror
Mystery
1h 32m
While Jason lies unconscious, a local man decides to use Jason's old M.O. and wreaks havoc at a halfway house for troubled teens. (imdb)
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Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

1985
Horror
Mystery
1h 32m
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Rated 09 Nov 2017
70
65th
It was time to give the audience a wake up call. Jason isn't some supernatural individual. He's a manifestation of the revenge and evil. And the most terrifying thing about it is that he's inside us all. Sorry. Didn't mean to get profound on you. Let me try that again. I always think the same thing whenever I see someone get killed by garden shears: "Ouch!" Yeah, that's more like me.
Rated 16 Oct 2020
85
86th
Come on Roy, get your hands dirty. Many would tout 4 as the best Friday the 13th film (they're right) but tucked in the sticky gooey crack behind it you'll find the secret best one. A cruel insane body count, rockin' patootsies and those damn enchiladas. A New Beginning is that really really really sleazy episode of Scooby-Doo talked of in hushed tones.
Rated 25 Sep 2019
75
69th
Boy Howdy; This film pissed off a bunch of Jason fans to find out it was actually an imposter, but I mean hey people are always saying we want something different the films are too much alike On a more serious note my love of this movie really has nothing to do with the film itself I can honestly say two of the characters reminded me of people I know.... how scary is that ?
Rated 06 Oct 2017
58
48th
The fifth film in the "Friday the 13th" series was the half-assed poor attempt to reboot the franchise away from centering around Jason Voorhees and Camp Crystal Lake. The filmmakers tried to use the Cory Feldman character from the previous film to launch a spin-off not-Jason, but Jason-like new-model version of "Friday the 13th" movies, "A New Beginning" of sorts. However, ironically fans responded to the new Jason the same way they did to the release of "New Coke" later that same year.
Rated 15 Oct 2020
80
74th
My favorite of the series. It's got good kills, a surprise ending (a real one, not that Jason coming out of the water crap), and Tommy Jarvis. And to depict Jarvis as a traumatized teen adds depth and continuity and that's not something that horror sequels usually spend much effort on. This is a really fun movie, but It's all downhill from here.
Rated 15 Oct 2013
60
62nd
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning might just be the movie to endear me to this franchise, assuming that any future chapters are just as strong as this one. It has creative kills, an actual lead character who gets sympathy points because we've seen him go through what has to be a traumatic experience, a supporting cast we can tell apart, dialogue and acting that doesn't seem entirely unnatural, and enough tongue-in-cheek moments to keep things funny. I enjoyed A New Beginning.
Rated 25 Aug 2012
20
4th
Some reviewers advocate that you ought to always start out with something positive. In this case, that's an approach that proves quite difficult. Here goes: This movie shows us the largest pair of tits so far. In all other departments this peculiar, messy instalment is decidedly weaker.
Rated 26 Jun 2019
53
12th
The accommodating bloom is beginning to wear off the rose with this entry, which eschews any semblance of trying to be genuinely scary, instead amping up the oafish comic elements; admittedly in isolation these work well for fleeting chuckles (especially the "Get 'im Maww" rednecks) but can't compete with a certain laboriousness in the horror/suspense scenes (the nonsensical change in the nature of the Jason mythos also doesn't help). An undistinguished cast does a decent enough job.
Rated 12 Dec 2016
6
70th
(2016 Jasonthon #5:) Shocked to find this is regarded as a series low - I find it one of best. I had a schlocky blast with this piece of shit! So many kills, some of them (thinking about the leather belt around the face!) quite clever, and lots of nudity! Seriously, I'm head over heels in love with Debi Sue Voorhees' rare mix of girl-next-door sweetness and huge natural naked tits. The film even has a final plot twist! If you're gonna get drunk and watch a F13 flick, this may be the one.
Rated 08 Feb 2008
50
0th
Just...just total shit.
Rated 19 Oct 2010
13
4th
Let's make a Jason movie without Jason! Brilliant!
Rated 26 Jan 2020
80
75th
Honestly, my second favourite "Friday" after the 2nd. This film features all the aspects I love about the series and amplifies them. Weird townies that are just gross? Check. Someone singing with his girlfriend as he poops? Check. A guy with chocolate all over his mouth and hands as if he just came back from the Willy Wonka factory? Check.
Rated 21 Aug 2019
70
35th
A new beginning indeed. Gone is the gritty realism of parts 1 and 2, and the campy humor of parts 3 and 4. Now we have nothing but coked-out madness. Watching parts 1 and 5 back to back would be a similar tonal shift as Texas Chainsaw 1 to 2. Despite all the sex and violence of the series thus far, part 5 feels exceptionally vulgar and crass and just generally unhinged in comparison. Easily the best in the series since the original. Apparently all the best F13 movies don't have Jason in them.
Rated 26 Mar 2012
73
53rd
Has so bad it's good moments, Good kills, and even with that lame twist you still have the same feeling of Jason, and for a Friday The 13th film it actually has a lot of atmosphere. Also some good Dark comedy. To be honest one of my favs in the series kinda.
Rated 02 Feb 2013
62
36th
Gets a lot of hate and even though its a mess and the unveiling of the killer is disappointing, this entry is fun and underrated. Lots of entertaining sleaze scenes such as a black guy getting killed in a grimy port-a-potty, a slutty waitress snorting coke off a dirty car floor and rampant sex and nudity.
Rated 28 Nov 2018
79
55th
Not sure how to grade this. There are parts of this where it's very clear that the filmmaker is NOT taking any of this seriously (the redneck mother and son who aren't as funny as the other parts; the fat kid who always has chocolate in his hands; the black guy and his girlfriend singing to each other while he's in a port a potty - surely that's deliberate, no?) and multiple parts where things are so bad it's good, so it seems like it may be intentionally trying to be camp. Either way I laughed
Rated 23 Jun 2008
19
15th
This version's got a lot B values (more than any other): story is crap, effects sucks and actors, hmmm... the small black boy was the best actor of them all. And then again story serves a lot nudity: one victim even strips totally naked and shows herself from back and front for a long time. And NONE female actress wears a bra!
Rated 18 Jan 2020
40
7th
Steinmann, a former porn director, wanted to get as much nudity and sex in the film as possible, so it's the raunchiest of the series, and the basic idea of the influence and perpetuation of evil--the passing of the baton from Jason to Tommy--held some promise, but naturally the producers and film makers aren't interested in exploring it at all. It's offbeat and over the top in a mostly annoying and hysterical way, and only a few eccentric turns by veteran actors save it from the dung pile.
Rated 29 Oct 2008
9
4th
Well you can tell they were going for intentionally campy but good Lord this is just badly done in all respects. This is a completely missable movie, even if you do like the Friday the 13th series. I'll admit I've never been a fan of this series and this just takes the horrible movie cake. Yeah there are worse movies out there but not by much.
Rated 22 Aug 2010
45
7th
Probably the weakest in the series. Laughable performances and a very disappointing ending. I would skip this and move on to the better sequels.
Rated 15 Dec 2008
75
38th
a lot of Friday the 13th fans don't like this entry, and yes it's kinda silly, and yes, making Roy the bad guy was just plain foolish, but again I enjoyed the characters a whole lot and despite the really lame ending it was a good little film.
Rated 11 Nov 2011
31
3rd
This is "the one without Jason". Someone thought this would be a good idea, but it turns out... not so much. The kills are pretty plain and are for the most part PG-13 (despite plenty of nudity). The replacement killer has a fascination with removing peoples eyes, but it never happens onscreen. The ending was extremely stupid and Tommy Jarvis is a suck character.
Rated 07 Dec 2015
10
1st
Probable score 1? Yikes. It's not that bad, but it isn't far off. The tone veers all over the place (is it supposed to be campy?), and it feels like it has very little connection with the rest of the series. Pretty much every aspect of this is terrible - the acting and plot are particularly poor, there's absolutely no tension, and the death scenes are dull. Stupid and boring. I'm going to plough on with the rest of these, for reasons I don't fully understand.
Rated 28 Jan 2009
50
14th
I'm sorry, but I won't give these movies high scores despite their legend and the fact that I've seen each one numerous times.
Rated 17 Oct 2013
6
2nd
Boobs.
Rated 23 Jun 2015
10
3rd
While the other main movies have some highlights of things that make them good movies, this one does not. Nothing here at all is impressive, the acting is awful, and the story feels like a stereotypical slasher, not a Friday movie. Doesn't deserve to be a part of the franchise.
Rated 23 Aug 2013
30
7th
Intended to start Friday the 13th anew, this movie should be given some credit. It tried to keep Jason dead and move on with a new killer using plot points built up in the previous film. However, despite good intentions, A New Beginning sadly crumbles. The writing and characters hit an all time low in this one. Plus, the deaths are lacking in creativity, a selling point of the first four movies, and it's devoid of scares. The concept had potential and was interesting, but it was executed poorly.
Rated 26 Mar 2007
21
16th
Just bad.
Rated 06 Aug 2011
30
6th
Why wasn't it Jason?! Who's fucking idea was that?! Every other Friday the 13th film I've seen has had a little something to make it worth watching (Crispin Glover for example) but this is just awful.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
29
4th
The fifth part of Friday the 13th series. Not very entertaining and focuses on Tommy Jarvis, a survivor of Jason's last massacre who is not much of an interesting character.
Rated 02 Oct 2023
50
27th
-"crap my ass" -"you big dildo, eat your fucking slop" -"you'll feel a lot better after you shit" -"nothing can come of nothing" -"it's full of shit, come back here when you got all the shit out" Four of those quotes are from this movie and one is from King Lear. Bet you can't guess which one was King Lear (it's "crapmy ass")
Rated 28 May 2007
29
15th
So bad it's good? Not quite, but this does have some great unintentionally hilarious moments that make it good to watch with friends and laugh at.
Rated 17 May 2009
59
25th
One of the most infamously "bad" in the series. But there is plenty of ridiculous nonsense in this, which is the reason I love the series. The axe murder in the beginning is absolutely hilarious.
Rated 12 Apr 2019
45
23rd
So, the franchise finally embraces weird self-parody -- the third act -- as we don't even have a "real" Jason anymore, but a copycat -- the head of a mental institution -- avenging his estranged son by killing off his athletic and hot crazy patients. Some fun deaths -- mama's head being part of her stew -- and gory zooming bring some joy, but the film's stupidity just takes to approach Tommy's annoying arch -- gosh, after so many nightmares, he's gonna be the new JV! (in patient clothing).
Rated 10 Nov 2013
52
20th
Well they made "Jason" less interesting this time around. All through the movie he seems to just be killing people at random with no kind of motive, then at the end of the movie when they explain his motive, it makes even less sense. He also goes for people's eyes in like 3 or 4 kills, with no real explanation for that either. They try to make it look like the kid from the 4th movie is supposed to be the protagonist this time, but we all know Reckless is the real hero here.
Rated 26 Jun 2010
57
46th
This _Psycho II_-influenced sequel has a spunky heroine in Kinnaman and a very high corpse count but is often needlessly mean-spirited. And your baby sister could guess the "mystery" killer's identity.
Rated 10 Sep 2013
55
25th
Jump scares include: a spider, a rabbit and a cat.
Rated 23 Aug 2013
50
11th
This is the point in the series where it gets undeniably bad. While its predecessors were low grade exploitation films they still had some style when it came to interesting death scenes and some well set up scares. "A New Beginning" on the other hand is about as low as it gets in the series. It's full of awful characters who don't even get an introduction before being slaughtered, bad acting, boring death scenes, and a predictable ending. It is enjoyably bad though, to give it some credit.
Rated 18 Oct 2010
20
41st
"The spiciest entry in the series, it boasts the most T&A, an incredible double homicide, a witty reference to A Place in the Sun, and yokels chopping chickens." - Ed Gonzalez
Rated 29 Oct 2008
5
6th
Whoa, I know this was played for laughs, but this is probably the cheesiest movie I've ever seen. Just completely awful and disgusting to look at. Why should we care about all of those characters? Why is Jason a fake in this one? Why does the series only consist of crap?
Rated 01 Jul 2008
20
13th
bad movie
Rated 21 Oct 2020
55
47th
This movie has more going for it than other entries in this series. Characters actually have personalities, there's some atmosphere (which is, unfortunately, undercut by goofiness), some of the kills are interesting (while the rest are dull), and there's plenty of nudity. It's still not a good movie because it doesn't hit the story beats it needs to in order to feel emotionally satisfying but it's at least more substantial than the rest.
Rated 24 Jul 2010
70
27th
underrated sequel in the series that i've grown to like more and more, it was just another fun slasher
Rated 14 Aug 2007
5
2nd
Actually manages to be worse than the ones that came before. Why should we care about Tommy Jarvis? Why did this series decide that kids needed to be heroes? Why is there a goalie mask on the original box art?
Rated 17 Apr 2014
9
0th
reckless is a good kid, and the best boobs in the best series show up here (bit of a buzzkill when her eyes are gouged out soon after tho...)
Rated 28 Jul 2020
37
2nd
37.3.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
30
11th
Fake Jason sucks balls.
Rated 06 Nov 2022
20
3rd
"A New Beginning" marks a steep decline for the franchise. The plot twist avoids the obvious, ridiculous amendment of the dead end signified by "The Final Chapter" but replaces it with a really idiotic alternative of little importance; the characters (except Reggie) are hollow and stereotypical; the script feels like a random arrangement of inconsequential moments; and if you're in it just for the suspense, there is none here: the action is totally devoid of any menace, tension or originality.
Rated 24 Nov 2012
35
7th
Predictable and stupid
Rated 26 Oct 2020
4
52nd
Good fun
Rated 11 Jul 2012
59
47th
This is a pretty stupid movie but it still gets point for being self aware.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
32
20th
Absolute low point of the series. Watch only if you are a completist, and simply need to see this to say you saw all the Friday the 13th films.
Rated 27 Jan 2019
65
32nd
B-
Rated 26 Oct 2013
41
12th
* Casting, Acting : 3.5 * Script : 4.5 * Directing, Aura : 4 * Ease of Viewing : 4 * Naked Eye : 4.5
Rated 21 Oct 2018
61
11th
I appreciated this for trying to break the franchise into a new direction. Nobody likes it because Jason isn't in it, but so what? He's not in the first film either; you know, the franchise that spawned him? The blandness it evokes is present throughout the whole franchise up to this point -- the bad acting, the even lighting, the ineffective scares -- so stop trying to levy those against this one alone.
Rated 31 Oct 2020
69
50th
When it doesn't grate on me I live for this sort of 80's sleezy shlock. Showtime!
Rated 16 Aug 2010
0
15th
Gory return of a series that could only offer a repetition of its previous killings, poverty-stricken in imagination and everything else.
Rated 29 Oct 2015
10
0th
This was so dumb. I like this franchise, but Part V deserves the bad reputation it gets, for all the reasons everyone says it does. Uncreative, inept, straight-up bad.
Rated 11 Nov 2018
65
39th
rvw. even cut off my mini review within the limit lol
Rated 25 Aug 2012
30
13th
Corey Feldman has turned into a screwy Richard Thomas, roaming mental institutions in a world that surely belongs in one. Only, somehow Jason is back. OR IS HE? *Dam-Dam-Daaaaaa* As with every franchise, when you reach these stages, the plot is nearly non-existent, but sadly so too the explicitly violent murders. It ain't all bad, though. Boobies are still on display. Oh yes. Mmm.
Rated 10 Nov 2014
10
0th
Muligens den dårligste filmen i serien så langt. Henger ikke på greip og Jason er juks. Buu.
Rated 26 Aug 2013
44
6th
44.000
Rated 15 Oct 2023
13
2nd
Very terrible, no thought given to the structure at all. I did somewhat like the ending though.
Rated 30 Dec 2013
15
6th
Well at least it broke free from the friday the 13th formula, to bad it's basically just a connection of scenes with barely any connection to one another and no real motive with the killings. Also that ending, if we're going to end every one of these movies with a dream sequence, can we at least make it clear whats a dream and whats not, makes marathoning this series painful.
Rated 07 Sep 2014
10
89th
I can't justify this as a good movie, I just love the hell out of it. Ethel and Junior are awesome!
Rated 30 Oct 2023
22
0th
There's nothing more I love about Jason movies than a bunch of off-screen kills, a fake Jason, and a return to the barn.... NOT! Absolute trash
Rated 03 Mar 2019
60
12th
It's bland, it's boring, it's really just bad. I enjoyed Shavar Ross' performance, as well as Miguel A. Nunez Jr.'s appearance. But what very few positives it has don't manage to save it. It's a mess of a movie, and definitely among the worst of the franchise.
Rated 19 Jul 2020
5
0th
More silly stuff.
Rated 20 Feb 2009
5
12th
Well at least there finally wasn't nine hours of recap before the movie started. 5 points for the flare kill.
Rated 07 Jan 2011
34
3rd
34.250
Rated 10 Oct 2015
55
30th
Well... what? That was surprisingly almost decent. Fed up with killing socially normal teens, Jason decides to start slaughtering antisocial teens. The kills are better (thought not more much), the characters don't act like inhumans, and the writing is not cringeworthy. Not a big fan of the summary giving away the, err, twist, though. I don't mind it not being Jason 'cause the guy kills better than Jason.
Rated 26 Aug 2014
35
14th
Thank you sheriff for explaining everything to me at the end, otherwise I would not have been able to piece it all together.
Rated 19 Aug 2020
20
2nd
A New Beginning, tıpkı Halloween'ın Season of the Witch'i gibi bir spin-off tadında ama bu film, tamamen anlamsız. Tommy'nin gelecekte yaşadığı sorunların büyüklüğünü başka bir filmde referans olarak öğrenmek benim için yeterli olurdu. Berbat bir senaryo, tamamen zaman kaybı. The Final Chapter gibi harika bir filmin ardından, çok büyük bir düşüş.
Rated 13 Oct 2023
18
4th
Q: What's duller than Jason Voorhees? A: Not Jason Voorhees. You know, the basic idea isn't necessarily awful. Hurt people hurting people, trauma passing on, etc. But the twist is so dumb, the acting is so poor, the tits are so gratuitous, and the kills are (with one or two exceptions) so dull.
Rated 25 Aug 2012
20
4th
Unintentional campy and in many ways a better watch than the last one, but still almost unbearable.
Rated 01 Sep 2023
75
57th
I was never really a big fan of the twist ending on this one, but it has certainly grown on me.
Rated 01 Feb 2007
35
6th
This was pretty horrible. No interesting characters whatsoever; apart from perhaps Melanie Kinnaman's Pam. It's as if they tried to collect all the annoying comedic sidekicks in one film. The tone is so over the place that I can't decide if it was actually meant as a comedy or not, but it does not work as either horror or comedy. I didn't actually mind that there was no "real" Jason, especially remembering the 1st entry, but the motivation for the killer is ridiculous.
Rated 02 Oct 2008
40
27th
Certainly one of the worst Friday 13th. Dont have Jason (only a fake Jason), Crystal Lake and the tense plot of the previous ones.

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