Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Directed by Tom McLoughlinTommy Jarvis returns to the graveyard to make sure Jason Voorhees is dead and accidentally brings him back to life. Now it's up to Tommy to stop Jason's mindless killing and put him back where he belongs.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives Ratings & Reviews
- kaysharmaApril 5, 2026My favourite of the lot. Brutal and funny at the same time with a rocking soundtrack.
- Mr. DOctober 31, 2025The start of the super madness of Jason Vorhees. Its a good one.
- Tyler SOctober 27, 2025My second favourite Friday movie after The Final Chapter, this is the start of supernatural Jason and he's a motherfucking force to be reckoned with. Jason moves with such strength and persistence the moment he is chasing the nerdy corporate stooge through the woods your first thought is, Jesus I bet Jason could walk through a house and indeed later in the movie he does just that. Filled with tongue and cheek humor but never skimping on the scares or making Jason a joke, Jason Lives rides the line perfectly right until the end. Tons of iconic scenes the crown jewel being Jason standing on the flipped Motor home, in perfect silhouette smoke behind him and fire below. Added bonus we get some awesome 80's Alice Cooper jams thrown in for good measure (I've always loved Teenage Frankenstein). It's for all those reasons and more that the Friday series has always been my fav and why Jason will always be the G.O.A.T. 👍👍 9.5/10
- Carlos IbarraApril 10, 2025Easily one of the best in the series. It's where Jason stops being a scary threat and starts veering into unstoppable badass territory. It's also campy and takes the piss out of the series. Sending up the whole genre a good decade before Scream came along and did it. Jason looks cool, there are some inventive kills and Alice Cooper plays on the soundtrack. This was the height of the series.
- domentedcowJune 27, 2025Easily the best of the Friday the 13th films that I have seen (the first 8). Includes some meta humour long before Scream popularised it in the horror genre.
- Blockbuster Movie PassOctober 15, 2024finally, a good Friday movie
- FishersChillsJune 14, 2025Zombie Jason Rules 🤘🏻
- Jacob O’NealJune 13, 2025There are few things I love more than a fun 80’s slasher film that doesn’t take itself too seriously but knows where the line is. It’s still a horror movie first and foremost, not Freddy’s Dead. Tom McLaughlin did just that with Jason Lives. Sure, there was overtly silly James Bond nod at the beginning, but that was to set a tone. After that, it was humor in tone with the moment. But did he deliver on the scares and kills? Well…yes and no. He did, but the stupid MPAA cut all the fun stuff, like the slice that removed the heads of three paintballers in one stroke. We see the before and after. Thanks to the MPAA, the during has been lost to us. But the kills were creative and fun. Thom Matthews takes his first crack at Tommy Jarvis. He does well. In fact, he’s come back to play Tommy unofficially a few times now in fan films that continue his story. They’re pretty decent. You should check them out. In this film Tommy was just released from the loony bin with Horshack from Welcome Back, Kotter. They go to Jason’s grave and dig him up so Tommy can burn the body. But evil has other plans. Jason’s corpse is revived by a magical bolt of lightning (marking the first official supernatural moment in the film series). Jason starts his killing rampage anew. As for Tommy, well, everyone thinks he’s the killer except for the sheriff’s daughter who has a crush on him…Tommy, not her dad. This isn’t the adult parody version. In fact, there’s no nudity in this film. This is the only one in the franchise without at least a nipple. Here’s what’s cool about the movie - they still kept and built upon the sense of dread that Jason can and will kill kids after seeing him go after Feldman’s child Tommy. This time the summer camp is active. There’s kids sleeping right near the counselors getting murdered. That was a smart move on the film’s part. It helped ramp up the tension. Also, because there was no nudity, they didn’t use the same rules and tropes for the killing the whole time. Sometimes it was just random. Tom McLaughlin made a movie that still feels and fits into Friday The 13th with all the familiar things - summer camp, hot people in peril, cool kills, etc…but what he didn’t do was follow all the rules. He added more humor. It felt more like a Joe Dante movie than Sean Cunningham’s original. Adding in the supernatural element works for Jason. He can’t be killed and comes back infinitely throughout time. That’s scary too. Finally, I have to give it up for Harry Manfredini. I should have mentioned him before now in these reviews. His score had notes of Bernard Herrmann and I heard notes that reminded me of The Shining with a higher musical register. Rather than sounding like the music was coming from a contrabassoon it sounds like a higher pitched synthesizer. There’s not much I don’t like about this movie. If I had to say anything didn’t work were a few jokes that fell flat, some of the performances and maybe the Jason performance. He was walking too fast and smashing through walls. I don’t blame the guy playing Jason. That falls on McLaughlin. But the mask looks awesome in this one. Next time, we will discuss if Weekend At Bernie’s is secretly a sequel to Friday The 13th Part 7. And in the final review I post in a few days for the reboot, I will include my rankings of all 12 official Jason movies.
- Nathan TernanOctober 15, 2024From the dirt back to his roots, camp councillors beware. I love this one with it's frankenstein-esque beginning. This is where the series jumps the supernatural shark and I love it. Over the top strength kills, a badass final girl (I think possibly my favourite of mine series, I wish she appeared in more and had a larger filmography because she's very good), a good soundtrack and a great Tommy Jarvis casting. This is the shock to the system the franchise needed and is proof lightning can strike twice.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives Trivia
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives was released on August 1, 1986.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives was directed by Tom McLoughlin.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives has a runtime of 87m.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives was produced by Don Behrns, Pamela Basker, Debra Rubinstein, Fern Champion, Jennifer Nicholson.
Tommy Jarvis returns to the graveyard to make sure Jason Voorhees is dead and accidentally brings him back to life. Now it's up to Tommy to stop Jason's mindless killing and put him back where he belongs.
The key characters in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives are Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews), Megan Garris (Jennifer Cooke), Sheriff Garris (David Kagen).
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives is rated R.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives is a Horror, Thriller film.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives has an audience rating of 5.4 out of 10.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives had a budget of $3M.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives has made $19.5M at the box office.