Tommy Jarvis (Thom
Mathews) escapes from his asylum with his
buddy Allen Pawes (Ron Palillo). Tommy
wants to make sure Jason is dead and
heads out to the Crystal Lake Cemetary
(Everything was changed to Forest Green
cause everyone wants to forget about
Crystal Lake and Jason's legend there) to
dig up his corpse and then the plan was
to pour gasoline on him and burn him to
ashes.
Then Tommy remembers how Jason killed his
mother and friends.
This makes Tommy snap so he takes a metal
poll from a fence and starts stabbing
Jason's corpse.
Suddenly a thunder storm is about to
occur and a flash of lightning bolt
strikes the poll and Jason (C.J. Graham)
awakens.
Jason first kills his friend Allen by
ripping his heart out and then Allens
corpse falls into Jason's coffin.
Then Jason kills two people driving to
Forest Green (aka Crystal Lake).
Jason suddenly makes his way to the woods
of the campground. The campground looks
gloomier than ever.
Tommy tries to get the local Sheriff
Garris (David Kagen) to stop Jason but he
thinks that Tommy is still insane after
the news he heard about him and tries to
chase him out of Forest Green (aka
Crystal Lake) but keeps returning. Then
Garris tries to lock him up until the
asylum comes for him.
A group of teenagers led by the Sheriff's
daughter Megan (Jennifer Cooke) gets
ready to become camp counsellors at Camp
Forest Green (aka Camp Crystal Lake) for
a group of children camping out there.
Meanwhile, some people are training in
the woods to be a combat team. Too bad
ol' Jason was there to finish them off.
Tommy tries to find a way of escaping the
jail with the help of Megan to finish
Jason off once and for all down at the
campground by placing him back into the
lake to where he drowned as a child.
This is a real
improvement and in mine and most people's
books the best sequel ever!
This sequel occasionally played on TV for
the late night movie of the week close to
Halloween usually making this one of the
most watched Friday the 13th
films.
A perfect 80's slasher flick.
Unfortunately as this film was getting to
be really exciting it ended too quick.
This project was shot in Georgia during a
cold seasonal period as you can tell.
The acting is in
average shape. There's not alot of acting
opportunities for actors there as most of
the actors are hired from Hollywood to
travel there to do a show. Many local
Georgia actors get minor roles in films
filmed there.
Cast features cult actor Thom Mathews
who does well with his role as the
menacing Tommy Jarvis showing a tense
attitude with his role.
David Kagen was wonderful as the
aggressive head sherrif who does his job
very well too but looks too young for the
role he plays in the flick even with the
moustache he grew. Years later he became
an acting instructor as people can learn
from him for sure.
Surprise folks, we also have a supporting
role by John Travolta's nephew
Tom Fridley who refuses to fill in
his uncle's boots. He's ok playing a
typical teenager but he's nothing
terrific. Did better in Summer
Camp Nightmare.
Speaking of Travolta, we also
get a treat seeing Horshack actor Ron
Palillo (Welcome Back Kotter)
making a special appearance.
We also have a debut performance by Tony
Goldwyn as someone trying to find
his way with his girlfriend to the
campsite at Crystal Lake in his motorbug.
He seemed fairly impressive throughout
his cameo.
An actor I will never forget is stage
& screen actor Vincent
Guastaferro as the dipstick Deputy.
He was trying to act tough but was a
total goof off. "Wherever the red
dot goes KEBANG!"
Jason punches
someone through the chest
Stabs a man with a fence pole (It is
quick)
Rips a combat trainers arm off
Three trainers are sliced in half
Body parts of another trainer is exposed
A couple on a motorbike is stabbed as
blood comes out of their mouths
A camp counsellors head is twisted off
A sheriff is snapped in half
A room of a counsellors cabin is
slaughtered with blood
Jasons' neck cut cut by the engine of a
motorboat.
Tom McLoughlin
knows how to keep this film at a good
pace for it's low budget but some of his
direction lacks in most spots.
The beginning looks good with the storm
clouds and the foggy Camp Crystal
Lake.
Ron Palillo does well acting
nervous in a truck talking to Thom
Matthews who just has a stern
expression while driving and acting dead
serious which looked good. There's also a
good camera shot on the hockey mask in
the truck.
Nice shots on Matthews and Palillo
walking into the stormy graveyard
Palillo does well by acting
scared and anxious at the graveyard eager
to leave nearly freaking out.
A nice camera shot looking down on Matthews
when he digs up Jason's grave.
Matthews does a good job by
tripping oput and stabbing Jason's corpse
with a metal pole.
A good reaction between Matthews
and Palillo when lightning
strikes down on the metal pole and they
fall along with a nice effects shot on
Jason's corpse lighting up. A perfect
close up camera shot on C.J. Graham's
eye opening up who played Jason.
A good shot on Graham briefly grabbing Matthews
as well as a nice freaked out shot on Palillo
screaming.
A perfect dark shot on Graham
just standing there at the graveyard and
then him putting on his mask wiht a
perfect camera effect closing in on the
mask as well as him holding the metal
object.
A good shot on Graham walking in
the dark night.
Matthews does well by panicking towards David
Kagen who played the head sheriff at
a small police station as you have a
feeling Kagen will take legal
action.
A there's a great shot on Graham
in the forest smashing a car window as
well as a good shot on supporting actress
Nancy McLoughlin scrambling out
of the car door and falling into a puddle
which makes you feel sorry for the poor
gal.
A good speech by Jennifer Cooke
at a cabin in Crystal Lake when she talks
about the Jason legend and what if it's
really true and all that happened at
Crystal Lake with a good camera shot
focused in on her.
A good shot on Graham walking
fast in the woods during the daytime.
A nice quick closing in shot on a
tree with a sharp branch on someone being
slaughtered by Jason.
A good shocking expression on Allen
Blumenfield as a combat trainer in
the woods while encountering Jason.
Nice comedic moments on supporting actor Whitney
Rybeck in combat training trying to
hide in the forest with other silly
moments since dark comedy was being used
in alot of horror films during this time
period. He does well running away and
screaming for help after he encountered
Jason's evil doings.
Kagen does a good job by scolding Cooke
and she gets fresh with him.
Now here's a direction that lacks.
A sex scene between Tom Fridley
and Darcy DeMoss as they have
their clothes on and their reactions by
having sex is not at all believeable due
to the cheesy lines as well when their in
a mobile home out in the woods. But there
is a good camera shot looking up at DeMoss
during this moment.
There is also a good close up shot on Graham
with the hockey mask along with him
staring at the mobile home.
Fridley reacts well by griping
while being manipulated into checking
outside as to why their power went
out.
A great night shot on the tall trees with
mist lying around giving it that creepy
edge to it.
Fridley's work lacks again when
he demands that they should leave now and
wondering if Jason is out there.
Good shots on DeMoss falling
over in the mobile when Fridley goes
nuts by driving it as well as nice
blocking by Graham coming up
from behind her and dragging her in the
mobile washroom. A nice camera shot
looking down on Graham grabbing
onto DeMoss but she doesn't
react all that greatly.
A nice shot on Fridley driving
and Graham slowly walking up
behind him along with a nice shot on his
hockey mask.
A great stunt shot on the mobile turning
over and crashing along with Graham standing
on top of it.
There's a good moment with Renee
Jones trying to see who is outside
at a window sill and Jason leaping up to
grab her.
A nice closing in shot on Kerry Noonan
resting in her bed and a shot of a
machette being held as well as a descent
dialogue between supporting child actress
and Cynthia Kania about being
too scared to sleep in the cabin and Noonan
trying to help her out. and tell her some
of the other counsellors are playing
pranks.
A good shot on Noonan tucking
Kania in and then a good shot up with Graham
staring at them through a window.
A good shot on Noonan walking by
and Graham from outside at a
window following her.
There's a chilling moment with a door
being blown open from a wind storm and
Noonan slowly walks over to try and close
it and bam Graham appears which
makes you jump. Sorry for the spoiler
folks but it had to be reviewed as that
direction scared me a bit the first time
watching it.
A good shot on Graham outside a
window carrying a headless corpse and a
nice shot on Kania rising up
from her bed looking startled.
A terrific adventureous moment with Cooke
speeding away from police cars and Matthews
head is on her lap to try and hide
from the police spotting him as there's
lots of nice takes on this.
There's a nice shot on Graham
approaching Kania and she shuts
her eyes and says a little prayer.
There's some perfect killing moments
outside with Graham on cast who
play police officers like him crushing
someones head or throwing a knife at
someone near a dock.
A good moment with Kagen when he
tries to shoot Graham and he
falls to the ground quickly but quickly
rises up to continue his attack.
Cooke does well when she tries
to call for her Dad and freaking out.
A nice humorous dialogue between two bit
part Georgian kid actors performed by Tommy
& Justin Nowell underneath a
bed convincing that they're dead meat.
A good dark battle between Kagen
and Graham in the dark woods.
There's a terrific shot on Graham
crashing through a cabin wall to outside
along with Matthews calling for
him while being in a boat in the lake
with a boulder.
There's a great battling scene by Matthews
and Graham in the lake as Matthews
tries to wait for him to rise from the
lake to put a chain leading to a boulder
so he can be trapped in the lake as you
wonder if he will succeed.
We have a nice shot on Graham
pulling Matthews into the water
too.
Plus a perfect shot on a boudler
with the chain landing on a Camp Crystal
Lake sign at the bottom of the lake.
McLoughlin also worked in many
other shows including the TV series of Friday
the 13th (No relationship to the
film's) and Freddy's Nightmares.
Harry
Manfredini's music is alot different
in this one than in the past f13th flicks
but it's still great.
The music is very hyped up with trumpets
and other neat cheesy slasher sounding
music for the film. I loved it.
Plus there are songtracks by the original
legendary classic shock rocker Alice
Cooper with the stompin tunes
"Teenage Frankenstein" while Tom
Fridley's character is driving like
a typical wild teenger with his
girlfriend's mobile home, "Hard Rock
Summer" (A song that was never
release until his 1999 box set came out
titled the Life & Crimes of Alice
Cooper) during a car chase from the
police and the theme song "(He's
Back) The Man Behind the Mask."
There is also another songtrack by the
artist "Animal" by the 80's pop
band Felony (Felony
also made a special appearance in another
80's slasher flick titled Graduation
Day performing one of their
songs).
All the songtracks were very 80's like
which I love.
Tommy: I
went to go cremate Jason but I fucked up!
Deputy Rick: You got that right.
Allen Hawes: You just have to see that
Jason's dead, right? Seeing the body
won't stop the hallucinations!
Tommy: Seeing it won't, but destroying it
will. Jason belongs in Hell - and I'm
gonna see to it that he gets there.
Lizabeth: I've seen enough horror movies
to know any weirdo wearing a mask is
never friendly.
Darren: We're going to scare him.
Lizabeth: We're going to scare him?
Darren: That's right just drive towards
him. He'll move. Nobody wants to die.
Lizabeth: Well, that's a freakin' fact.
Least of all us.
Tommy: Don't shoot, please!
Sheriff Garris: You in show business,
kid? You sure know how to make an
entrance.
Tommy: Listen, Jason is alive! He killed
my friend...
Sheriff Garris: You better slow down,
kid. You already almost got your head
blown off.
Tommy: Will you listen, dammit?
Sheriff Garris: Don't piss me off or I
really will repaint this office with your
brains!
Sheriff Garris: That, what we call it in
the books, is screwing the pooch! Iron
this punk!
Deputy Rick: This kid really wants us to
believe his story.
Sheriff Garris: That's not what worries
me. It's how far he'll go to actually
prove it.
[Tommy suddenly turns off road]
Sheriff Garris: Fucking-A! What did I
tell you? Hit the noise and the cherries.
Tommy: Jason isn't in there! Hawes is.
Dig it up! You gotta dig it up! You gotta
dig it up!
Martin: Dig him up? Does he think I'm a
fart-head?
Martin: The bastards couldn't even stick
him back in right. Why'd they have to go
and dig up Jason?
[Looks at the camera]
Martin: Some folks sure got a strange
idea of entertainment.
Martin: [to his liquor bottle] Darling,
you're going to be the death of me. But
what a lovely way to go, huh?
[tosses the bottle behind him - Jason
catches it and stabs Martin with it]
Sheriff Garris: That's my daughter's car.
Officer Pappas: How do you want us to
proceed?
Sheriff Garris: With extreme care,
asshole! If the kid's with her, there's
every good chance he'll try to do
something crazy.
Tommy: [In the car; to Megan] Please
don't do anything crazy.
Tommy: You have me where you want me.
There's no reason...
Sheriff Garris: If I had you where I
wanted you, they'd be pumping your ass
full of formaldehyde.
Deputy Rick: Megan, don't clown around.
Megan: I'm not the one with the funny red
nose.
Tommy: The only way to kill Jason is to
send him back to his original resting
place where he drowned in 1957.
Megan: Lake Forest Green.
Tommy: Crystal Lake.
Tyen: You know what I think? I think
we're dead meat.
[a little later on, after hearing Megan
screaming]
Tyen: REAL dead meat.
Billy: So, what were you gonna be when
you grew up?
Little Girl: Is he killed?
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