Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Jensen Daggett
Rennie Wickham
Sharlene Martin
Tamara Mason
Scott Reeves
Sean Robertson
Tiffany Paulsen
Suzi Donaldson
Alex Diakun
Deck Hand
Amber Pawlick
Rennie Wickham (young)
Kane Hodder
Jason Voorhees
Kelly Hu
Eva Watanabe
Todd Caldecott
Jim Miller
Ace
Toby the Dog
Peter Mark Richman
Charles McCulloch
Barbara Bingham
Colleen Van Deusen
Warren Munson
Admiral Robertson
Fred Henderson
Chief Engineer Jim Carlson
Arch McCoy
Writer
Saffron Henderson
J.J. Jarrett
Martin Cummins
Wayne Webber
David Longworth
Sanitation Engineer
Vince Cupone
Street Urchin / Stunts
Tim Mirkovich
Jason Voorhees (young)
Gordon Currie
Miles Wolfe
Ted Pryor
Editor
Sam Sarkar
Holmes
Fiona Jackson
CastingDirector
Roger Barnes
Irish Cop
Michael Benyaer
JoJo
Peggy Hedden
New York Waitress
Vincent Craig Dupree
Julius Gaw
David Jacox
Other Boxer (uncredited) / Stunts
Jasper Cole
Trainer (uncredited)
Ken Kirzinger
New York Cook (uncredited) / Stunt Coordinator
Rob Hedden
Director / Screenplay
Randy Cheveldave
Producer
Fred Mollin
Original Music Composer
Bryan England
Director of Photography
Steve Mirkovich
Editor
David Cohn
Casting
Barbara Sachs
Producer
David Fischer
Production Design
Linda Vipond
Set Decoration
Carla Hetland
Costume Design
Laurie Finstad
Makeup Artist
Dale Fay
Visual Effects Supervisor
T.A. Moore Jr.
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jeffrey L. Sandler
Supervising Sound Editor
Melissa R. Stubbs
Stunts
Jim Dunn
Stunts
Dorothy Fehr
Stunts
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 28, 1989
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingR
Budget$5,000,000
Box Office$14,000,000
Filming LocationsNew York City, United States of America · Vancouver, Canada
Genres
Wiki.
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan is a 1989 American slasher film written and directed by Rob Hedden, and starring Jensen Daggett, Scott Reeves, Peter Mark Richman, and Kane Hodder reprising his role as Jason Voorhees. It is a sequel to Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) and the eighth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise. Set one year after the events of The New Blood, the film follows Jason as he stalks a group of high school graduates on a ship en route to New York City. It was the final film in the series to be distributed by Paramount Pictures in the United States until 2009, with the subsequent Friday the 13th installments being distributed by New Line Cinema.
Filming took place primarily in Vancouver, British Columbia, with additional photography in New York City's Times Square and in Los Angeles. At the time of its production, Jason Takes Manhattan was the most expensive film in the series, with a budget of over $5 million. It received substantial attention for its initial marketing campaign, featuring Jason Voorhees slashing through the "I Love New York" logo with a knife, which was later retracted after the New York City tourism committee filed a complaint against Paramount.
Released on July 28, 1989, Jason Takes Manhattan grossed $14.3 million at the domestic box office, making it the poorest-performing film in the Friday the 13th series to date. The film was panned by critics and fans for its plot and the humor, as well as a failure to live up to its premise, as Jason does not arrive in New York City until the final 20 minutes of the film. The next installment in the series, Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, was released in 1993.