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Friday the 13th Part VII:
The New Blood (1988)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 6/06, 11/14

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6/06: The new blood.

What the hell are they talking about? It's still the same old shit. Jason finds new tools, kills idiotic characters, wimps out with the final two, and is temporarily put away at the end.

The filmmakers decided to spruce it up a bit in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood by including a girl with telekinetic powers. Well, the formula has been beaten so many times to death that I suppose adding something new can't hurt.

Having seen seven films by now is like knowing what happens by a mile ahead before it actually happens. The father coming out of the water after fifteen years of being sunk is what has my head shaking.

All in all, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood shouldn't have been made in the first place.

11/14: Yep, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood is the film when Jason dukes it out with the girl with telekinetic powers.

It needs to be seen to believe. These Friday the 13th pictures are usually quick, but this seventh part drags. Jason is literally everywhere. One minute, he is at the woods. The next minute, he's in the house. Then, he's back to the woods before he's at the house again. He does it all so conveniently well that he should run in the Boston Marathon.

Never have the killings been so routine. Apparently, nothing stops Jason. As popular as the machete has been for the franchise, I'