Popular but boring sequel in which Tommy Jarvis visits the grave of Jason
Vorhees and a freak lightning bolt resurrects him (Tommy’s buddy, by the
way is played- badly- by Horshack himself Ron Palillo). Anyway, now Jason
sets his sights on Camp Crystal Lake, now renamed Mangrove Fairy Forest or
some other tree-hugging fruity name. Renee Jones, the foxy Lexi from ‘Days
of Our Lives’ plays the one hot chick, and the only one to remain fully
clothed. The rest do get naked but aren’t worth bothering about, save for
the enjoyable scenery-chewing of David Kagan as the hard-ass sheriff.
Everyone seemed to hate the previous film, which I thought was one of the
better films in this lame series (along with parts and , the rest are
expendable, save maybe ‘Jason Goes to Hell’, if only for Steven Williams),
and not even an appearance by Tony ‘Sleazy Guy From Ghost’ Goldwyn could
save this tedious effort.
Forget Thom Mathews as Jarvis, bring back Corey, dammit! The opening ten
minutes are OK and one or two of the deaths are decent, but I’ve never
been a fan of the series, really. Alice Cooper contributes two songs – one
good (‘Teenage Frankenstein’) and one rather dorky (‘He’s Back – The Man
Behind the Mask’).
OVERALL SUMMARY
Supposedly tongue-in-cheek, but I wasn’t laughing, aside from the opening
scenes. The rest is Jason is as Jason does, only even less entertaining
than usual.
