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Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
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Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

1989
Horror
1h 40m
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Rated 09 Oct 2017
39
27th
The "Friday the 13th" series is synonymous with 80's slashers after releasing eight movies over the decade. The eighth film in the series is a disappointing entry for fans due to the misleading title and marketing about Jason loose in NYC. Instead "Jason Takes a Pleasure Cruise" would be a more appropriate title for this boring slasher. However more than any supernatural/continuity issue in the series, my biggest problem is, how the hell did that boat get from Crystal Lake to NYC? It's a lake...
Rated 03 Sep 2011
50
21st
I like this more than I should simply for the audacity of tricking an audience into thinking that we'll get to see Jason TAKE Manhattan, we're gonna see Jason clean up Harlem or whatever, but nope, Jason takes a budget cruise and walks around New York at the end for about 10ish minutes then gets hit by New York's sewer water which somehow has the powers to turn you back into a kid, HUH
Rated 07 Feb 2019
0
0th
If there were a court of cinema some of the films in this franchise would be convicted of negligence given their "who gives a sh-t" approach to storytelling. This one should be sued for fraud. The producers of this film can go f-ck themselves. Given the chance to have some Cannon-style fun and dig into Manhattan w/ insane gangs, gruff cops & subway massacres, this sticks to its teens formula spending 70 mins on a cruise ship & about 3 mins actually shot in Manhattan. Like I said: F-ck these guys
Rated 10 Nov 2017
45
15th
I liked everything that didn't take place on the boat or in New York.
Rated 26 Aug 2012
20
6th
Jason goes to Queens with his trusty servant Semmi to search for a bride. Hilarity ensues as he discovers that there's also nice slime, and he uses the Statue of Liberty to woo Annie Hall. No, wait, none of that actually happened. In fact nothing interesting happened at all.
Rated 26 Aug 2012
10
1st
Not only is it boring throughout and completely forgettable, on top of these huge problems it commits the cardinal sin: being unnecessarily long.
Rated 25 Sep 2019
75
69th
Jason Kills The Love Boat
Rated 08 Dec 2015
15
2nd
Jason Takes Manhattan, in the same way as part IV was the Final Chapter - he doesn't, it isn't. There's some fun to be had from the absurd antics of the teacher played by Richman (seriously, he's an absolute roaster), but if there's anything else to recommend this I can't remember it. It's just daft, tame, and pretty boring. Watching the last films in the series might finish me, but I have to do it...
Rated 01 Jul 2019
34
4th
A test of the viewer's good humour in relation to this franchise; has some fun elements (the 'seduction' of Richman's bizarre, "Dean Wormer" school teacher is hilarious!), but the skimping on gore is disappointing, not to mention the complete absence of genuine Manhattan action (seedy backstreets don't count!) Some strange, inexplicable story elements (Daggett's sixth sense? supernatural abilities?) don't help matters. A disappointment from someone who enjoyed rediscovering this franchise.
Rated 25 Sep 2010
7
2nd
I was kind of hoping to see Jason lead a full on tactical assault on Manhattan. This does not happen.
Rated 01 Jun 2008
60
15th
The title led me to believe that the headcount in this movie would be somewhere in the tens of thousands, and I would have appreciated that, but it didn't happen. On top of that, it was just plain bad in every way. There was only one thing they got right, people do get killed, but you can't float a whole series on that.
Rated 20 Oct 2014
28
4th
And so, Jason Vorhees meets his ultimate and logical doom: Death by babality. God bless America.
Rated 23 Aug 2007
3
10th
crap
Rated 02 Nov 2008
3
0th
The only reason I would have to recommend this film is to a film student who wants to know explicitly what NOT to do when making a movie. This is simply full of horrendous everything; dialog, story, characters, everything is horrendous. Apparently people were disappointed Jason spent no time in Manhattan but I was disappointed that this movie sucks and I doubt if him being in Manhattan more could've improved it in the slightest.
Rated 02 Aug 2018
20
3rd
In the 8th installment of the messy, sprawling, and seemingly unending "Friday the 13th" franchise, New York finds itself with a new problem: it's mysteriously turned into Vancouver. In what should've been the grand finale of Jason's reign of terror, over an hour is spent on the boat to Manhattan instead of within the city proper, sporting the same gruesome deaths that have long since grown desensitizing, and the same stock characters we've seen time and time again. What a waste.
Rated 17 Dec 2016
1
5th
(2016 Jasonthon #8:) This movie astonishingly manages to have a lazy, stupid, plot hole-ridden story EVEN BY THE STANDARD OF 80'S TEEN SLASHER FLICKS. The change of setting does not help, probably because Jason barely actually takes Manhattan. Should have been called "Jason Takes the Boat." Low quality kills, nudity, tension, characters, you name it. I only give it a 1 instead of a 0 because of the one scene with Jason in Times Square.
Rated 08 Feb 2008
51
1st
Waitasecond. The cruise ship left from Crystal LAKE. Lake--as in surrounded on all sides by land. How did it get to New York? Sadly, this nonsense isn't even CLOSE to being this movie's biggest problem.
Rated 19 Mar 2008
85
81st
He punches that guys head into a dumpster
Rated 18 Oct 2013
30
17th
Friday the 13th: Part VIII -- Jason Takes Manhattan could have been worthwhile if it had stuck to its title and actually set the film in New York. By setting it on a ship, you limit your killer and characters by that setting, which is small and doesn't provide an outlet for creativity. When we get to Manhattan, the film picks up, but it's far too little and way too late to salvage this wreck of a movie.
Rated 27 Jul 2008
3
2nd
Jason is pretty zombie kind of entity. You cannot kill him again (he was killed once that he became a zombie), he does not run but finds you no matter how fast you run or how tricky way you try to escape him. He always finds you. By walking. Jason is not in Manhattan here but the very end. This is a boat horror flick. Very illogical and anoying, not much of nudity (mostly from the back) and lame killings.
Rated 26 Jan 2020
50
26th
Tamer than its predecessors, but Hedden compensates with solid lighting and decent set pieces that distinguish this entry into the tired franchise, even if 2/3's of the film were spent on a boat due to budgetary constraints, which was unfortunate because the idea of unleashing Jason in a big city was a good one. In retrospect, it plays like an 'end of an era' film (i.e. the end of slashers, cock rock and big hair), and it's very silly, but there is a cockeyed charm that is hard to dismiss.
Rated 06 Sep 2013
25
6th
To call this movie "Jason Takes Manhattan" is a misrepresentation. Due to budget issues, only a brief part of the movie takes place in the city. The main setting is a boat, which isn't bad, but it's not what the movie advertises. Beyond that, this movie isn't scary and is very poorly made. The plot threads revolving around Jason are a total disaster, don't make any sense, and leave the movie on a sour note. The characters are boring, with equally boring deaths. It may be the worst in the series.
Rated 16 May 2012
3
56th
What a terrible film.
Rated 30 Dec 2006
40
16th
Jason punches a dude's head into a dumpster. Holy shit!
Rated 30 Aug 2008
4
5th
Only 30 minutes of the film takes place in Manhattan. Horrible. And I guess sewage turns people into little boys.
Rated 23 May 2007
20
1st
One of the ugliest films I have ever seen. The whole affair doesn't even look like direct-to-video quality, it's barely television series quality.
Rated 21 Feb 2009
35
42nd
Kelly Hu as an awkward nerd? WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO FOOL, MOVIE? And it has the Agent for H.A.R.M.! If only he'd spent more time practicing on the Judo range he might have survived! While it has a few entertaining kills, it's still awful, but not completely worthless like most films in the series.
Rated 27 Jan 2012
5
2nd
The worst of the series. Misleading premise, boring plot, I-could-care-less characters and crappy camera work. Feels really forced, but at the same time there's no effort at all to eek out a thrilling slasher.
Rated 29 Aug 2014
25
8th
Really annoying movie, should have been called "Friday the 13th: Jason Goes On A Boat", best part of the movie is when the black boxing guy tries to go Apollo Creed vs Rocky on Jason but ends up being Apollo vs Ivan Drago.
Rated 14 Oct 2018
24
19th
Leave it to the fine people who make Friday the 13th movies to title a film called: Jason Takes Manhattan and have 80% of the run time take place on a boring boat. This entire thing is an exercise in how cheap you can churn out a very unnecessary horror sequel. So credit where its due, this was indeed done very cheap and I'm sure it made a solid return on investment.
Rated 03 Aug 2009
30
3rd
A great horrible movie. When it's not slow, it's so entertaining. But it's slow a lot. Additionally, it's damn stupid.
Rated 20 Jan 2013
30
8th
Jason takes a boat.
Rated 02 Feb 2020
40
18th
More like "Jason Takes a Cruise Ship and then a very small back alley of Manhattan before walking down Times Square". There's a scene where Jason looks up to see an advertisement that has a goalie with the same mask, and he turns around to face the camera. I like reading the Wikipedia of negative reviews for this. I am not sure why a film critic even bothered reviewing this. Like, we are eight deep -- what do you expect to happen?
Rated 09 May 2007
60
17th
This is a horrible move and I like it that way. I think I might be biased because I saw it theatrically when it opened and everybody there was having a blast with it.
Rated 26 Mar 2007
30
19th
Jason decapitates a guy by punching him.
Rated 18 Aug 2011
60
22nd
I fucking love this! You're all snobs!
Rated 23 Aug 2019
30
5th
Lame and forgettable, even if you're able to separate it from any expectations based on the rest of the franchise, but it's even worse as a F13 movie. 1989 was a terrible year for franchise horror between Halloween 5 and Friday VII.
Rated 18 May 2009
39
11th
Sub-soap opera acting, and it wasn't even filmed in New York, but it has a few awesomely horrible moments. My favorite has got to be the decapitation scene.
Rated 10 Jun 2019
30
5th
Alright, some crude humor now and then -- Jason saves the girl from being raped only to try to kill her afterwards -- and a couple of money shots -- Jason spotting his hockey mask on an outdoor, ripping the boxer's head off with a hook punch, being ugly as hell after exposition to chemichal trash -- just don't do the trick. Also, it takes forever to finally see Jason in NY -- that whole boat section sucks --, and once there, he chases the couple in the underground. What a waste.
Rated 10 Sep 2013
45
8th
Docked a point for not taking place in Manhattan. This movie is definitely one of the weakest in the series. There are no scares and the scenes with "child Jason" are pointless, stupid & confusing. The movie DOES, on the other hand, happen to be fairly entertaining with some of the silly choices they make. I found myself laughing a lot at this movie, both when I wasn't supposed to and when I'm sure I was supposed to. The ship is a cool setting but the title is very misleading. Weak entry.
Rated 03 Feb 2013
62
36th
Ok, its totally ridiculous (the 'young Jason' flashbacks/hallucinations are particularly awful) and can get boring at times but the general sleazy Grindhouse/pre-Giuliani New York City-as-hell vibes are TOO AWESOME to ignore. After enduring a cruise ship massacre and getting hunted by Jason, the survivors hop off the boat and immediately get mugged by thugs and the virginal 'final girl' is force-injected with heroin. Hilarious!
Rated 10 Mar 2019
60
12th
In what could be called the first end to the franchise, Jason's reign of terror ends with a whimper. It's a lazy, boring movie that drags for far too long and feels longer than it is. Everything about it, from flat characters (some of whom never even get names) to a teleporting dog, a teleporting Jason, and a young Jason that spends way too much time on screen, is bad. A disappointing end to an up-and-down run for the franchise, until it was resurrected.
Rated 14 Sep 2009
20
13th
Bad Movie
Rated 30 Mar 2008
55
1st
Was in New York when this came out so I was obligated to see it. Never again will I be obligated to see a movie.
Rated 24 Jul 2010
73
36th
Jason might be on the boat pretty much the whole time but this was another fun slasher that i get a kick out of, when Jason finally gets to NY it's great to see him there
Rated 25 Jul 2010
73
47th
Suprisingly entertaining for the 8th part of an essentially dead at 2 franchise!
Rated 20 Sep 2012
20
9th
There are 2 good moments in this movie. The first is Jason standing next to the hockey poster, and the other is the totally awesome scene where he punches a guy's head off. The rest is excruciatingly boring, and 3/4ths of the movie isn't even in Manhattan.
Rated 28 Jul 2020
37
2nd
36.8.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
20
6th
Taking Jason out of Camp Crystal Lake is retarded.
Rated 29 Jun 2015
10
3rd
Oh yeah this one is trash too. While the script feels more like Jason takes a Boat, and stumbles into Manhattan to punch a guy's head off, the actors seem to not realize they aren't in Scary Movie VII. Really, with this title, its exactly what you would expect.
Rated 03 Feb 2023
10
1st
Absolute rock bottom. One good joke and one good scare is all that "Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan" can muster - the rest is ridiculous, lewd in a peeping tom kind of way, and mercilessly boring. It starts off as a shameless parade of cliched characters, and morphs into a shameless collage of cliched murders. The story is almost non-existent, the acting is ludicrous, and the deaths of supposedly important characters carry zero weight. Oh, and Jason can fucking teleport somehow.
Rated 02 Nov 2020
4
52nd
Oh baby, we back on track. Loved the claustrophobic boat setting. Surprisingly inventive kills and characters that while not the best in the series actually don't get on your nerves. I loved the rock chick haha. I must say the connection they try to make between Rennies story and Jason is flimsy at best though. The boat escape is actually thrilling as well, but when they actually get to New York. Grimy as fuck. Great ending third.
Rated 11 Jul 2012
46
28th
This is still a stupid shitty slasher but there are a couple of fun moments and kills.
Rated 08 May 2011
75
25th
Really looked forward to seeing Jason just random offing people on the streets of New York but instead I got Jason takes a cruise.
Rated 04 Nov 2018
80
82nd
Most fun part of the series by a long mile, totally packed with 80s-ness. Recommended viewing for any horror fan even if you don't care about the franchise.
Rated 06 Apr 2024
70
11th
Rated 14 Aug 2007
51
34th
Another soft spot in the series. This installment suffers from some weak overall acting and the false advertising, as only about 20 minutes of the film take place in Manhattan. It's simply OK in comparison to the rest.
Rated 10 Jan 2019
53
23rd
This installment of the slasher series is one of the weakest. The story is rather silly and there is not a lot going on to keep one entertained. There are a few good performances to keep it from being complete dumpster fodder.
Rated 27 Jan 2019
18
9th
D+
Rated 26 Oct 2013
18
2nd
* Casting, Acting : 2 * Script : 1.5 * Directing, Aura : 2 * Ease of Viewing : 2 * Naked Eye : 1.5
Rated 14 Oct 2020
56
9th
Most of the kills occur on the way to Manhattan. Where is this boat, by the way? They get caught in a storm and there's no land anywhere. But... they're travelling from somewhere in the US. Wherever Crystal Lake is. I need to see their map. Anyway, Jason is evenly lit in this because this movie is impossibly bad.
Rated 31 Oct 2020
45
18th
tooo over the top for me but the NY scenes are obviously iconic and had a good chuckle at the "subway" being shot on the Vancouver Skytrain. Seeing Jason would be a welcome reprieve to seeing 38 year olds still holding out hope Ed hardy comes back in style trying to pick up 15 year olds who have been drinking growers for the first time in their lives
Rated 16 Aug 2010
0
15th
The interminable story retold in the standard manner, though with less gore than usual; fans of the series, if any remain, are likely to be disappointed at the way the film cuts away from the action at the many moments of teenage death.
Rated 14 Oct 2017
40
16th
Features even fewer likable characters than Part VII (it's basically just Jason at this point), and the cruise ship stuff definitely takes up way too much time, but this is still a marginal improvement over the previous movie, thanks to some creative kills, good direction, and a sense of humor that "The New Blood" was conspicuously lacking.
Rated 14 Nov 2018
30
1st
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Rated 24 Nov 2008
65
45th
Actually that was rather funny than anything else. Rock/heavy metal kids :D
Rated 22 Sep 2009
80
36th
I love this big dumb movie where Jason is in NYC for 5 minutes. End of an era since the series was sold to New Line after this flick.
Rated 26 Aug 2013
42
5th
42.000
Rated 26 Jun 2014
30
11th
Bad, really bad, but there's a lot of fun to be had in the more over the top moments.
Rated 20 Oct 2023
30
5th
So bad its good, but also so bad its still just bad.
Rated 14 Jun 2011
59
7th
This movie shuda been called Jason takes teenboat or sumtin. Unfortunately most of this movie takes place on a boat, heading towards new York , and we only get Mr.Voorhees stalking teens in the city way at the end. The performances are standard, the gore and action is not that frequent, and the climax is slightl disappointing, even tho the scenes in Manhattan are dope. For the fans
Rated 22 Feb 2014
25
4th
I wouldn't say Jason "takes" Manhattan in this movie. More like he kills about five people there. And according to this movie's image of New York, that probably won't even get any police attention.
Rated 26 Jun 2010
57
46th
Slightly better than the two films preceding it, this has good acting and imaginative direction to dress up its familiar body-count scenario. The title, though, is a cheat, as our boy Jason doesn't even reach the Big Apple until the last half hour.
Rated 05 Jan 2014
14
6th
While not the worst Friday it's definitely a terrible movie. What keeps it watchable is some cool kills, a few characters having personalities, and that it feels more like a classic Friday unlike the previous squeals. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, this movie should be called Jason takes a cruise, safe you from the disappointment (the New York part is terrible anyway).
Rated 16 Apr 2024
55
29th
Rated 10 Nov 2011
59
30th
This is "the one on the boat". Jason hops on a cruise ship and heads for New York. The main problem with this one is that Jason does an awful lot of hiding and waiting, even though his character is past that stage - the last few films were building him up as a straight-forward unstoppable force who locks onto a target and attacks. Some good kills in this one, but the main characters are insipid and the ending is full of confusing suck.
Rated 18 Oct 2010
5
2nd
"Director Rob Hedden may have been onto something: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan, the series itself was always drowning in ****." - Ed Gonzalez
Rated 19 Jul 2020
0
0th
Really bad.
Rated 13 Oct 2016
56
13th
So fucking weird it's charming
Rated 07 Jan 2011
24
0th
23.500
Rated 30 Oct 2015
60
45th
This is somehow the best film in the franchise so far. Jason definitely doesn't take Manhattan, no, but what he does do is ruthlessly kill off some sexy teens on a boat. This is Jason at his peak and he kills these kids off in some new and interesting ways. Then they finally get to Manhattan and he kills off the remainder in some other great ways including probably the best death of the series. Story? Who fucking cares -- this film certainly doesn't, mercifully.
Rated 04 Sep 2023
55
12th
I kinda like the last portion, that actually takes place in New York, but the rest of it is pretty dang boring.
Rated 17 Sep 2007
40
11th
so-so
Rated 14 Aug 2007
40
19th
Like Part VI, this is the closest this series ever gets to actual characters and directorial flair (which, naturally, is still not saying a whole hell of a lot).

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