Review of Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) by Kyler D — 16 Sep 2012

Good: Like the one before this, the only good side is the comedic value. There is one really good joke in the movie when Jason looks at a billboard, but I won't spoil it.

Bad: Where to start. Bad acting, bad writing, bad story, bad setting, they only spend a small amount of time in New York, and what is up with teleporting ghost Jason and the girl that can see him in the past?

One of my least favorite in the series. This, like the one before it, has the only appeal of the fact that it is so bad it is funny, and there are some good deaths, but none that were memorable. There is one joke in particular that made me laugh when Jason looks at a billboard, but that could not save the film.

I don't even know where to start with the down sides of this film. The entire plot is just bad. The main character once again has some kind of mind power, although in this one it is really subtle and cannot be used as a weapon. Did they not notice that it didn't work the last time? Included with this Jason is has become almost like a ghost, haunting the memory of the main character and disappearing in the blink of an eye. That just isn't Jason to me, I really didn't like that. All of the acting is really bad, the story is bad, the dialogue is bad, the setting is bad. Maybe if they had stayed in New York for a longer time it would have been better, but the last part is the only part in which they are. I suggest this only to people that enjoy the series.