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

Scott Reeves

as Sean Robertson

Barbara Bingham

as Colleen Van Deusen

Peter Mark Richman

as Charles McCulloch

Martin Cummins

as Wayne

Gordon Currie

as Miles Wolfe

Alex Diakun

as Deck Hand

Vincent Craig Dupree

as Julius

Saffron Henderson

as J.J.

Kelly Hu

as Eva Watanabe

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...

Sierbahnn

It's Jason. It's a Jason-movie This isn't the best, but it is not the worst. It is Jason, he does his Jason-thing. The people around him are likable enough to be mourned when they inevitably get chopped up. There is a side-plot, which does not actually amount to very much. It is ok, we're not here ...

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