New Blood is a GREAT friday sequel & a great supernatural Thriller in it's own right.This 1988 film has possibly the best looking Jason of the franchise!!! Jason looks like a half decomposed zombie with his spine showing & wet slimey ripped up clothes,looks Scary. Also a good performance by Lar parc Lincoln as Tina Shepard the troubled main character who has some kinda psychic powers & a great Hero to go up against Jason.All the other characters are just ok & are only there to be killed by Jason lol. NEW BLOOD is an exciting & supernatural Mystery with a dark gloomy Atmosphere & a good musical score,this is one of the best sequels it's great fun,exciting & really well directed.

This film is the seventh sequel to "Friday the 13th" and finally features a novelty: a young woman who looks too much like Carrie White, the young woman who in other films is unable to master her telekinetic powers. At this point, the director was already appealing to the unhealthy imagination in order to keep the franchise alive. The result, however, does not differ much from previous films and remains a disaster.

When one thinks about it, given its place in the "Friday the 13th" saga, it makes sense that "The New Blood" gets so overlooked and underrated by fans of the franchise. The films that followed it; "Jason Takes Manhattan" (A personal guilty pleasure), "Jason Goes To Hell" and "Jason X" are often regarded as the 3 worst movies in the series. In contrast, the film that preceded it, "Jason Lives" is often regarded as the best film in the series. So, it's safe to assume that "The New Blood" was the turning point in which the "Friday the 13th" franchise, pun intended, went to Hell. Only, it wasn't. In fact, behind "Jason Lives", I'd say it's the second best "Friday" film to date.The tone of "New Blood" is an excellent mix of dark and light. The self satirical, comedic, light hearted nature of "Jason Lives" (Jeff Bennett as Eddie is particularly hilarious, taking already witty comedic dialogue and making it gold.) is most certainly here, but the film is not without is certainly not without its darker and more serious moments. Tina herself is a character going through some very real, very tragic personal problems regarding her self loathing over her father's death, and the kills are more painful and visceral (Creative too and memorable too. The "sleeping bag" kill might be my all-time favorite kill in ANY "Jason" film. Just so blunt and shocking.) On top of that, this is one of the few installments in the series where I never got the feeling that the main characters were safe just because they were the main characters; this is a film that has no problems torturing its protagonist and it wasn't too much of a stretch to think that would extend to actually killing her. This makes the final 1/3 of the movie much more suspenseful than any of the other "Friday the 13th" films.Lar Park Lincoln is fantastic as Tina Shepard, easily one of the best characters in the "Friday the 13th" saga. With her friendly yet haunted delivery and adorable shyness, Lincoln grabs both my sympathy and my attention from beginning to end. Tina is a character who is wracked by loneliness and guilt throughout "The New Blood", horrified at the prospect of being responsible for her father's death and with nobody to trust or open up to emotionally. To see such a shy and passive character develop and grow to the point where she can go toe to toe with Jason himself makes for a very satisfying and investing final showdown. Terry Kiser is clearly having a ton of fun as the secondary villain Dr. Crews, and it really shows. He brings an unexpected subtlety to his performance, never going over the top or venturing into the realm of camp. Instead, Kiser focuses on the character's manipulative and sinister charm. Dr. Crews offers an excellent contrast to Jason; with Jason being a very blatant, aggressive "in your face" kind of evil whereas Dr. Crews is a much more subtle, charismatic villain. Of course, the most iconic and legendary performance in the movie has to be Kane Hodder as the terror of Crystal Lake himself, Jason Voorhees. Hodder brings a real violent edge to his performance. His movements, his walk, his facial expressions when his face is revealed all have a very primal, animalistic nature to them. Make no mistake, Hodder is the scariest and most brutal Jason to date by far.All of the effects for this movie are just perfect. Director John Carl Buechler's monster makeup for Jason Voorhees is some of my favorite practical effects works of the 80s and his gore effects are equally impressive and realistic (Though sadly largely cut by the MPAA, many of it now only available through deleted scenes on the DVD), but underrated are the sets and cinematography in the film. Camp Crystal Lake has a much grimer, nastier look to it than in the other "Friday the 13th" films. The fog, the forests, the general lack of light; it just FEELS like this evil, unnatural and scary place.It will always confuse me as to how this film doesn't get more credit among the "Friday the 13th" fandom as one of the best the franchise had to offer. It had a great protagonist, great villains, great effects, a great tone, great cinematography...Truly an underrated gem of the genre.

I am actually surprised with this one, it's actually quite good. This film picks up were Jason Lives left off supposedly. In this movie Jason meets Tina, a girl with Telekinesis. When she was very young she got so mad at her father, she caused his death, and released Jason from his watery grave. It's about 10 years later and Tina has returned to Crystal Lake with her Mother. There she is to undergo therapy with her Dr.. Her doctor is Dr. Crews(Terry Kiser) who is a sleaze. He doesn't tend to help her, only to keep her thinking she is crazy. She refers to her Dr. as Bad News Crews, which is fitting. When she arrives back at the cabin strange images begin. The cabin is where it all started, with her father and Jason. Once there she meets Nick, who befriends her. He is really nice and could care less about her past. The some of the others, like Melissa hate her; and are really mean to her. Nick and Tina form a bond, she tells him about her past and he tells her his. To him those so called friends aren't his. He is just there for is brother's surprise birthday party. Tina begins seeing visions of his friends getting murdered by Jason. One of the first is the vision of Nicks brother, and she tells Nick. Then she sees Jason with a type of spike impaled into her mother's cabin. She tells Crews, he doesn't believe her, and wants her re-committed. Even though he knows the truth, it really happened. Her visions are real and Jason is back She is the only one who can stop him with her powers. This film is pretty good, and I can't believe it took me forever to see it. In fact I bought it through Ebay 4 5 bucks. I also got part 8 with came with it, but that one SUX. It's not the best of the Friday series, but The New Blood delivers. The best and will always be the best is part 1 and 2. This one is definitely worth Ur 1 hr 40 minutes, if U like it it's a great buy. I will let you be the judge, but for a sequel I like it. THX, Kris L. CocKayne