Director(s): Joseph Zito

Writer(s): Barney Cohen, Frank Mancuso Jr. 

Cast: Kimberly Beck, Peter Barton, Corey Feldman, Erich Anderson, Crispin Glover, Alan Hayes

Synopsis: Following the events in Part Three, Jason returns again to another portion of Crystal Lake.  This time, the Jarvis Family and a group of vacationing teens meet Jason and fall prey to his continued revenge.  Though, it appears that Jason has met an adversary this time in a 12-year-old Tommy Jarvis.

My Review: The return of Tom Savini as makeup artist only adds to the grand horror that is fitting for this title.  Though, unlike his first outing, a lot of his work isn’t butchered by the MPAA, but it still effective in every way. 

The film does feature many moments of where you can tell that they were striving for so much more, but it just doesn’t come through.  The interactions with much of the cast with one another teeter from either annoying or almost bittersweet, such as with the Jarvis family. 

The film does feature some nice kills, but they do seem like the director was well aware of what the film would befall should the MPAA get a hold of it. 

Ted White as Jason delivers a fine performance.  He serves as being horrific and effective in the role. 

Overall:  The film does work as a great entry in the series, despite some of the numerous problems with it.

Again, alternate versions of the film do exist, but they contain character development only.  Thankful the film wasn’t the ‘Final’ Jason film as it was tagged, but was just a time for Paramount to reassess their interest.