The endless stream of unimaginative Friday 13th sequels finally pays of with Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI .

The movie starts strong right off the bat with an atmospheric cemetery scene showing maggot ridden Jason resurrecting from the grave. The following events that unravel throughout the night aren’t necessarily scarier than before, but at least they’re told in a very entertaining fashion in formula that feels refreshingly different from the previous movies. Even the obligatory stream of nude tits are gone in this sequel and the undead Jason now feels a stronger character than ever before and gets a decent amount of well deserved screentime.

There’s a whole lot more of action this time around with actual fire fights and car chases not unlike some of the Halloween movies. The humor is also more apparent here – and it’s luckily of the sort that doesn’t feel out of place or distracting at all.

Jason lives was the first Friday the 13th after the original one that I really felt being entertained by and remains the only one in the series I would definitely watch again.

80s-o-meter: 87%

Total: 82%