Freitag, der 13. Teil V – Ein neuer Anfang (1985)

Freitag, der 13. Teil V – Ein neuer Anfang: Directed by Danny Steinmann. With Anthony Barrile, Suzanne Bateman, Dominick Brascia, Todd Bryant. Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis – who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees – wonders if the serial killer is connected to a series of brutal murders occurring in and around the secluded halfway house where he now lives.

“That wily rascal Jason Voorhees is at it again….or is he? Yes, this is the installment in the interminable u0026quot;Friday the 13thu0026quot; series that thought it would be a good idea to do without its only reason for existence…the hockey-masked Jason. Though you hardly notice the loss, since you donu0026#39;t KNOW itu0026#39;s not Jason until the filmu0026#39;s final moments, and the copycat killer dresses like Jason anyway, so whatu0026#39;s the difference? If youu0026#39;ve seen one axe-wielding psycho in a hockey mask, youu0026#39;ve seen them all.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eActually, I kind of like this entry. It provides the best nudity of the series….no fewer than three gratuitous boob shots, and nice boobs they are. And itu0026#39;s funny, sometimes intentionally so, as when the hillbilly mom calls her dufus son a dildo, sometimes unintentionally, as when the Michael Jackson look alike sings a duet with his girlfriend through an outhouse wall while heu0026#39;s on the crapper.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd the filmmakers outdo themselves with the body count this time around. By the end of the movie, thereu0026#39;s no longer time to show them being killed off. Characters youu0026#39;ve completely forgotten about just pop up as dead bodies. But what do you expect with all that plot to get through? Compared to the other films in the series, this is practically u0026quot;War and Peace,u0026quot; what with the murder mystery story and the Tommy Jarvis plot line, which attempts to add a sense of continuity to the middle batch of movies (o.k. so Part 6 picks up Tommyu0026#39;s storyline in a completely different place and with a different actor, but for a series like this thatu0026#39;s the best you can hope for in the way of consistency).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGrade: C”