#753 Halloween 2017: Friday the 13th Part VII The New Blood (1988)

I don’t have to tell you that six sequels in seven years to any movie is downright ridiculous. But, here we go..

Friday the 13th Part VII The New Blood starts when Jason, trapped to the bottom of the lake gets freed by a young woman with psychokinetic powers, and is soon on the killing spree once again. Compared to Jason Lives, the Part 7 is a big step back to the generic slasher world – including many obligatory pairs of nude tits – and ends up even much less insignificant than the previously weakest parts 3 and 4. Thanks to MPAA the movie is very low on gore, and the whole cast is so unbelievably trivial I found myself rooting for Jason this time around.

That is, when I wasn’t yawning while the movie dragged on like a sloth on valium.

Gone are the action and the playfulness of the previous movie, replaced by inane, tired clichés like cats giving jump scares, leaving The New Blood a totally irrelevant, piss poor slasher.

80s-o-meter: 81%

Total: 9%