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Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
Friday the 13th Part V - A New Beginning
Credits
Title: Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
Director: Danny Steinmann
Writers: Martin Kitrosser; David Cohen; Danny Steinmann
Producers: Frank Mancuso, Jr.; Timothy Silver
Composer: Harry Manfredini
Cinematography: Stephen L. Posey
Editors: Bruce Green
Production
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures; Georgetown Productions, Inc.
Released: March 22nd, 1985
Rating: R
Running time: 92 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Budget: $2,200,000 [1]
Gross: $21,930,418 (US) [2]
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Friday the 13th: A New Beginning is an American horror film of the slasher subgenre. It is the fifth installment in the growing Friday the 13th film series and follows 1984's Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. It is succeeded in 1986 with Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives. The film was directed by Danny Steinmann with a script written by Steinman, Martin Kitrosser and David Cohen. It was produced by Paramount Pictures and Georgetown Productions, Inc. and released theatrically in the United States on March 22nd, 1985.

Cast[]

Actor Role
Melanie Kinnaman Pam Roberts
John Shepherd Tommy Jarvis
Shavar Ross Reggie
Richard Young Matthew Letter
Marco St. John Sheriff Cal Tucker
Juliette Cummins Robin Brown
Carol Locatell Ethel Hubbard
Vernon Washington George Winter
John Robert Dixon Eddie
Jerry Pavlon Jake Patterson
Caskey Swaim Duke Johnson
Mark Venturini Victor J. Faden
Anthony Barrile Vinnie
Dominick Brascia Joey
Tiffany Helm Violet
Richard Lineback Deputy Dodd
Corey Feldman Tommy Jarvis (Age 12)
Suzanne Bateman Nurse Yates/Receptionist
Bob De Simone Billy Macauley
Jeré Fields Anita
Ric Mancini Mayor Cobb
Miguel A. Núñez, Jr. Demon
Corey Parker Pete Muldrow
Rebecca Wood-Sharkey Lana Ardsley
Ron Sloan Junior Hubbard
Debisue Voorhees Tina
Dick Wieand Roy Burns
Todd Bryant Neil Cooke
Curtis Conaway Les Lancaster
Sonny Shields Raymond
Ed Shinstine Second deputy
Chuck Wells Third deputy
Kimberly Beck Trish Jarvis

Notes & Trivia[]

  • This is the second film in the series where Jason Voorhees is not the primary killer, the first being the original Friday the 13th. Voorhees only appears as an hallucination and in a dream sequence.
  • This film has a higher body count than any other Friday the 13th film to date.
  • One of the notable characteristics distinguishing Roy Burns from Jason Voorhees is the design of the hockey mask. Excluding the machete cut on the Voorhees' mask, Jason's mask also shows an inverted red triangle on the brow. Burns' mask has two blue triangular markings along the cheekbone area on each side.
  • This is Danny Steinmann's final film work as both a director and a writer. He is also known for his work on Spectre in 1977, in which he was an associate producer and on The Unseen in 1980, which he both wrote and directed under the pseudonym Peter Foleg.
  • Coincidentally, actress Debisue Voorhees shares the same surname as the franchise's most infamous killer.
  • Corey Feldman's role in this film is treated as a "special appearance".
  • Child actor Shavar Ross is best known for playing Dudley Ramsey, best friend of Gary Coleman's Arnold Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes.
  • Actor Mark Venturini also plays Suicide in the zombie comedy Return of the Living Dead. Both films were released the same year, with Return of the Living Dead premiering five months after Friday the 13th: A New Beginning.
  • Actor Miguel A. Núñez Jr. also plays Spider in the zombie comedy Return of the Living Dead. Both films were released the same year, with Return of the Living Dead premiering five months after Friday the 13th: A New Beginning.
  • This movie marks the acting debut of Melanie Kinnaman. She also played an unnamed woman in the 1989 movie Best of the Best. Aside from a few television appearances, and the 1985 drama Thunder Alley, this is Melanie's only other film work.
  • Anyone notice that Demon never wipes his ass before getting up from the toilet to go mess with Anita? Oddly, this phenomenon actually happens quite often in horror films. Demon is not the only character to do this in the film. Earlier, the leather-jacketed teen Vinnie goes out into the woods to do number two and never takes any toilet paper with him.

Quotes[]

  • Cal Tucker: Morning, Ethel. My, don't you look lovely today.
  • Ethel Hubbard: Horse shit! Now, Sheriff, you better hear me, and hear me good. I want this looney bin closed down. You hearin' me fella? Now these kids ain't nothing but trouble. They don't respect other's property, and they're all crazy!

Index[]

Recommendations[]

See also[]

Friday the 13th media

The World of Jason Voorhees

External Links[]

References[]

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