Friday the 13th: The New Blood
Directed by John Carl BuechlerJason Voorhees is accidentally freed from his watery prison by a telekinetic teenager. Now, only she can stop him.
Friday the 13th: The New Blood Ratings & Reviews
- domentedcowJune 27, 2025It’s alright. The first Friday the 13th film to go completely off the rails, and it’s not for the better. The censorship boards also absolutely murdered this film and all of its good kills and gore.
- TV watcherDecember 28, 2025Very solid film! One of my favorites out of the franchise. Tina is a great main character and Kane Hodder plays Jason really well and looks fantastic
- Jacob O’NealJune 13, 2025John Carl Buechler takes over as director for the seventh installment in the film series. Best known as a well respected special effects guy who could find ways to make something out of nothing in the low budget horror world. I interviewed him years ago. He talked quite fondly of his time shooting this movie, much more so than the Munchies movie he made. He was very proud of the great Kane Hodder as the new and arguably the best Jason, specifically the fire stunt. Not only was it the longest burn record for a movie at the time, but Hodder had also suffered third degree burns and nearly died from a fire stunt gone wrong when he was younger. Knowing that the man conquered his fears and set a record in the process is a wonderful expression of the triumph of the human spirit. Lar Park Lincoln stars in the film as a telekinetic taken back to the cabin where accidentally killed her father as a child. The therapist, played devilishly by Terry Kiser, was fantastic. In fact, the best part is that he was a villain to Lincoln just as much, but in different ways, as Jason himself. That was a smart move on the writer’s part. And the telekinesis was something that was now on the table since Jason is now supernatural. The other characters in the movie are weak and interchangeable…till they’re killed, anyway. As a director Buechler was very adept as crafting a well made and fun film in this franchise. The script did lack in places, but the good thing is that no one cares that much in a movie with Jason, blood and boobs. Terry Kiser steals the show amongst the mortal cast. He was just a little less sleazy than Bernie in his most famous role in Weekend At Bernie’s. I always thought it would be interesting if he really didn’t die and the government changed his identity and paid him to keep his mouth shut about Jason. He used that money to become the rich businessman in Weekend At Bernie’s only to die and have his body used as a prop by two bumbling idiots. There’s more good news about this film for all straight men or girls who like girls - the boobs are back! More good news - Kane Hodder begins his reign as the man who has played Jason more than anyone. This means he’s played Jason, Michael (short film by Adam Green), Freddy (glove coming through sand in Jason Goes To Hell), Leatherface (video game) and Adam Green’s Victor Crowley since the beginning. He finally got a character that is only his. He deserved it. Hodder will go on to make three more films in the series after this, only to be recast in Freddy Vs. Jason. #KaneDeservedBetter. Join me next time when we discuss the high 80’s hair of Kelly Hu in part 8, where Jason goes to Canada and the Big Apple for a New York minute (see what I did there?). And remember, I will be sharing my rankings of the entire official film series in the review for the reboot. See you there.
- Mr. DOctober 31, 2025While Jasons fast walk is powerful but this episode is trash.
- Carlos IbarraApril 10, 2025For many years this stood as my favorite of the series. It's just fun and the most comic-booky. Stepping back, objectively, it suffers a bit from being overly cheesy and having a stupid conclusion. But none of this matters, I still love it. It has some great, creative kills, a really cool design for Jason and the fun addition of pitting Jason against Carrie.
- Tyler SOctober 28, 2025A good entry in the series, most notably for the first appearance of Kane Hodder as Jason. With JBC's amazing F/X this is the most definitive Jason look. I actually feel bad for JBC every time I watch this knowing how much work he put into the kills for the mpaa to just have him cut them all out. That's not to say there isn't some impressive stuff in here, he was still able to squeeze in the sleeping bag kill and Melissa's much deserved demise. The entire final fight with Tina and Jason is fucking awesome to. All the stunt work Hodder did never disappoints, he literally put his life on the line for our entertainment. 👍👍 7/10
Friday the 13th: The New Blood Trivia
Friday the 13th: The New Blood was released on May 13, 1988.
Friday the 13th: The New Blood was directed by John Carl Buechler.
Friday the 13th: The New Blood has a runtime of 88m.
Friday the 13th: The New Blood was produced by Frank Mancuso Jr., Iain Paterson.
Jason Voorhees is accidentally freed from his watery prison by a telekinetic teenager. Now, only she can stop him.
The key characters in Friday the 13th: The New Blood are Tina Shepard (Lar Park Lincoln), Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder), Dr. Crews (Terry Kiser).
Friday the 13th: The New Blood is rated R.
Friday the 13th: The New Blood is a Horror, Thriller film.
Friday the 13th: The New Blood has an audience rating of 3.7 out of 10.