rambofanlife-41678 Underrated Friday the 13th: A New Beginning is not a bad slasher film like everyone keeps saying. Melanie Kinnaman was one hot babe and great heroine, she was good and her performance was decent. Melanie Kinnaman is the reason to watch this movie she is my fifth favorite final girl. There is no Jason in here so whatever I like this film. Not really the strongest film in the franchise I found it the weakest one, but still watchable and I found it more enjoyable than Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood. Yes I have enjoyed this movie much more then the last 4 films that come out after Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives. It is not a bad one it is a step down from The Final Chapter but still watchable movie. It is in my 8th rank in the Friday the 13th franchise and I still have fun with this film. The dinner scene was a fantastic death scene. Rebecca Wood as Lana was a good victim and I like the death kill. When the killer beheaded that biker guy Junior it was a good kill I like it. Tom Morga was a fantastic hockey-masked killer. Juliette Cummins as Robin was a hot great sexy babe. I like her as a victim. My favorite death scene is in which masked killer with an axe kills that junkie in front the dinner. Corey Feldman returns in this movie as Tommy Jarvis in the opening scene and I love his performance another reason to watch this movie. I like this film it is an alright slasher film not a bad one at all, like most people are claiming. I am still going to watch this film. Watchable.The film did grown on me but the problem with the film in my opinion Is the lack of story because I don't know what this film has to do with A Friday the 13th when the story is set somewhere else away from Crystal Lake. They screwed up our favorite hero Tommy Jarvis in my opinion John Shepard is incredible lame as Tommy Jarvis and the screenwriter wrote Tommy Jarvis really dull, confused and he looked like he was on drugs in this movie really high.Danny Steinmann R.I.P. who is no longer with us anymore. I respect Mr. Danny Steinmann and his vision of the movie what he was trying to do. Please my remorse goes to his family and rest in peace Danny you are really missed.Friday the 13th: A New Beginning grew on me and I didn't thought it was horrible. 8/10 B+ it is still watchable.

lukem-52760 This is a really fun mystery Thriller that is still very dark & full of creepy atmosphere & i like the fact it's about a copy cat killer, that works really well in showing that Jason Voorhees is such a famous serial killer that other crack pots wanna use his methods & mask to commit their evil crimes. Also franchise favourite Tommy Jarvis is back in this film so he connects this mystery thriller to the friday universe so we know where still in that creepy fun friday Forrest & it all works out very well with fun moments & cool kill scenes so yeah another good film in the franchise

bensonmum2 In the five or so years since his run-in with Jason Vorhees, Tommy Jarvis (played by John Shepherd in this film) returns to Crystal Lake to enter a mental facility. Tommy is still haunted by visions of Jason. Tommy has also developed something of an anger management problem. Not long after Tommy's arrival, Crystal Lake is the scene of a series of gruesome murders. Who could be behind the killings? Is it Jason back from the dead? Is it Tommy? Or is it some other, unknown party? I don't apologize for being a Friday the 13th fan. I've been a fan since 1980. But I'm not blind. Not all Friday the 13th movies are created equal. Some are good and some are not so good. If I made a list of favorites, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning would fall toward the bottom of that list. It's not the worst, but it's close. My issues with the film are many, including:Character development – Never a strength in the series, character development is thrown out the window in Part 5. Unknown characters are introduced just so they can be killed five minutes later. A perfect example are the two greasers killed near the beginning of the movie. Who are these guys? It's hard to care whether a character lives or dies when fodder is all they are.Overacting – Junior and Ethel have to be two of the worst characters ever to appear in a Friday the 13th movie. I know a lot of people list Shelly from Part 3 as the most annoying character in the series, but for me, these two take the prize. They are just so over-the-top and unbelievable. I don't necessarily mind a little humor mixed into a film as heavy as Part 5, but his is way too much. Their actions completely take me out of the film every time they pop-up on screen. They're cringe-inducing. The mental facility – What kind of place is this? You gather together a bunch of troubled youths, but still you have more dangerous and sharp implements than you'll find at a knife show. There seem to be knives, hatchets, and machetes lying around everywhere.Roy Burns – Who? I remember seeing Part 5 in the theater and when the killer was unmasked (Scooby Doo style no less), I wasn't sure who I was looking at. Re-watching last night, I see all the hints and clues to the killer's identity, but Roy Burns is such a nothing character that I still didn't recognize him when he was unmasked. In the list of great slasher villains from the 80s and 90s, I've never seen Roy Burns' name listed alongside Freddy, Jason, and Michael. I don't care that the movie included a copycat killer, but make it someone we'd at least recognize.Outhouse serenade – Has there ever been a more ridiculous scene in a movie? It's another low point in a movie filled with low points. This is another of those lists that I could go on and on with, but, as I often say, what's the point? Friday the 13th: A New Beginning is a bad movie with a lazy script, an instantly forgettable killer, and characters we can't care about because we don't know them. Overall, it's a low point in the series for me. I can't bring myself to rate it any higher than a 3/10.

a_chinn A low point for the the overrated horror franchise is minus Jason for most of the film and doesn't even take place at Crystal Lake. The story picks-up from the previous film with Jason coming back to life and then possessing Corey Feldman's character, Tommy Jarvis. The story then time jumps years later with Tommy now much older, seemingly carrying out Jason's murderous impulses in a story that's attempting to be a psychological horror thriller, but fail miserably. Not that the prior films showed restraint when it came to nudity, but this film was pretty gratuitous in it's overuse of sex and nudity for no really purpose. And although this film probably has the highest body count of any of the films thus far, the killings are not particularly interesting or clever. One star for a kind of interesting opening prologue, but this film is clearly the worst of the series.