Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

Jason ships out aboard a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New York, which he soon transforms into the ultimate voyage of the damned.

Cast

Jensen Daggett

as Rennie Wickham

Sharlene Martin

as Tamara Mason

Scott Reeves

as Sean Robertson

Tiffany Paulsen

as Suzi Donaldson

Alex Diakun

as Deck Hand

Amber Pawlick

as Rennie Wickham (young)

Kane Hodder

as Jason Voorhees

Kelly Hu

as Eva Watanabe

Todd Caldecott

as Jim Miller

Peter Mark Richman

as Charles McCulloch

Reviews

John Chard

Friday the 13th VIII: Jason Takes a Boat. Jason Vorhees is once again brought back to life and goes on a kill crazy spree aboard a boat bound for Manhattan. As is the norm with the "Friday 13th" sequels, this one garners scorn and praise in equal measure, so you roll the dice and take your cha...

Gimly

Absolutely ridiculous, and a totally misleading title. Jason still kills stuff, and that's fun I guess, but what a trashfire ending to an already pretty bad movie. _Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._...

Wuchak

***Jason takes a cruise to the big city!*** Released in 1989, "Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan" is a nice change of pace as the series was suffering from banality at this point; the previous installment is a prime example (people complain about Part V but at least it had an inter...

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