Friday the 13th, Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (Deluxe Edition) |  | Director: Rob Hedden
Actors: Barbara Bingham, Vinnie Capone, Gordon Currie, Jensen Daggett, Alex Diakun
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 072374
UPC: 097360723748
EAN: 0097360723748
ASIN: B002DMJLVC
Theatrical Release Date: 1989
Release Date: September 15, 2009
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Start spreadin' the news... Jason Voorhees, the cleaver-hoisting man in the hockey mask, has finally left Crystal Lake behind and taken his vagabond shoes to the Big Apple. Actually, Jason spends most of his time on a cruise ship bound for Manhattan, carving up the unluckiest high school graduation party ever. You'd think the change of scenery might breathe new life, or death, into the series, but chapter 8 is standard stalk 'em and slash 'em fare, albeit with a nautical slant. The title hints at a comic tone, but except for the one-joke idea that Jason fits right into the menacing urban scene, forget it. (The comedy would wait until the surprisingly entertaining Jason X.) This one does have a pretty leading lady, Jensen Daggett, whose visions of the young drowned Jason are occasionally creepy. The grown-up Jason, like "these little-town blues," is melting away. --Robert Horton
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 09/15/2009 Run time: 100 minutes Rating: R
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 DVD Review January 13, 2010
Dave. K (Staten Island, Ny)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN DVD REVIEW
*** ½
Release Date- September 15th, 2009
Paramount never really gave the Friday the 13th movies very good DVD releases, which upset a lot of fans. When you look at the films Paramount has produced it's easy to understand why the Friday the 13th flicks weren't top priority, but these films also made a lot of money for Paramount and they should have done a little something instead of just the trailer, which they stopped with The New Blood; after the success of Freddy Vs Jason, Paramount, put out a decent boxed set, and now with the 2009 Friday the 13th reboot, Paramount has given Deluxe Edition releases.
The Deluxe Editions feature new transfers and features and overall has been alright with the exception of The Final Chapter, which might be the best release of 2009. Jason Takes Manhattan the last of the Paramount series now gets it due with a Deluxe Edition Release.
THE MOVIE
Often seen as one of the weakest of the Paramount series and it's not hard to understand, but overall I quite enjoyed this part. By no means is this a classic of the genre and nowhere near as good as the first 4 or the 6th, but with that said it's simply a fun movie that gets far too much heat.
PACKAGE DESIGN
I would have preferred the original cover art with the I Love Ny poster, but this one is pretty good and is sort of like the alternate poster, with a couple of changes, but it looks good and isn't made to look too modern and the slipcase is 3-D, which is really cool.
AUDIO COMMENTARY- Jensen Daggett, Scott Reeves, Kane Hodder
Entertaining track, but not the best I've heard, but fans should enjoy this one.
NEW YORK HAS A BIG PROBLEM: THE MAKING OF JASON TAKES MANHATTAN- 17:57
Top notch making of feature that covers all aspects of the film; the one thing clear is everyone involved had a lot of fun making this movie and are all proud of it; while there is nothing really major here it's still a solid feature that fans should very much enjoy and a lot of the people involved with the film appear as well; interviews with Rob Hedden, Kane Hodder, V.C. Dupree, Jensen Daggett, Scott Reeves, Peter Mark Richman, Tim Mirkovich, Steve Mirkovich, Tiffany Paulsen, Sharlene Martin, Fred Mollin
SLASHED SCENES- 12:20 16 scenes
Here we have 16 scenes that were cut from the final cut of the movie; most of the footage are just extended scenes and they were cut for a reason; while some of the footage is interesting, but inserting them back into the movie would slow the pace down; we get a couple of scenes that feature a bit more gore, but it wasn't much actually; Jason Takes Manhattan is probably the least goriest of the series and apparently there are more scene with gore that were cut, but for what ever reason weren't on the release; my guess is the footage wasn't found; originally this movie was hit with an X rating and based on the gore scenes included I really don't understand why; the 80s were very tough for horror flicks in particular slasher flicks; I suppose they were seen as nothing more than exploitation flicks and thus far the MPAA came down really tough on them, but yeah based on the gore seen here I don't get why at all; overall this was an interesting feature, but nothing here is all that great.
GAG REEL- 4:52
Nice filler feature, which was fun, but nothing great, but with that said the last shot in the gag reel is hysterical! It's too good to spoil.
TRANSFER
The new transfer is mastered in High-Definition and looks far better than the original release; all the transfers for the Deluxe Editions look a lot better than the original DVD releases and while the transfers add a lot more detail that was lost on the previous releases so far the only one that really enhances the movie was The Final Chapter, which had a pathetic transfer that looks more high quality VHS than DVD. Like I said the Blu-ray's and DVDs do add a lot more detail they don't enhance the movies all that much with the exception of a few details here and there that weren't present on the old DVDs; Jason Takes Manhattan at the time was 20-years old and the print looks excellent and fresh; also the new transfer also opens up the screen more and we see more than we did on the original DVD release; dirt and grain are pretty much gone and Jason Takes Manhattan looks very good.
AUDIO
5.1 Surround
2.1 Surround
The new sound mix is strong, but doesn't really enhance the movie at least I didn't think so, but the sound is very good besides that.
FINAL WORDS ON THE DISC
Overall Jason Takes Manhattan was a solid release, but I would have liked it more if some of the features were carried over from the boxed set; the features are cool and transfer is very good, but like I said it doesn't enhance the movie the way The Final Chapter's new transfer did. While I wouldn't say this is a must have I would recommend it seeing as it's a decent release that fans should enjoy; this may not be one of the best Deluxe Editions, but it' a solid one.
 Pathetic. Heres why: January 4, 2010
Troy Setina
My god, i dont even know where to start. Lets see here, we've got gut wrenching bad acting, horendous plot, unrealstic stupid script, god afaul special effects, (the original fridays effects were better) and just boring downright uninteresting kills. First off, im still wondering why they titled it "Jason takes manhatten," when they should have titled it, "Jason takes a cruise ship." the movie is 1:40 long, and the last twenty minutes of it take place in new york. SERIOUSLY. i understand this movies a comedy, but come on. Be realistic. i mean, why is jason chasing them down a subway train in front of tons of people, and no on even takes time to even look up and notice that someones trying to kill some ppl??!?!!?? and when they FINALLY reach NYC, they were on a row boat, and jason was on the ship. And somehow, he manages to swim and follow their boat from under water!!?!???! WTF!!!!!!!!!!! This movie is boring and downright stupid. Dont watch unless you want to commit suicide the next day.
And DONT YOU EVEN GET ME STARTED ON HOW BAD THE ENDING WAS.
Bottom line: this movie sucks. id rate it no stars if i could.
 jason takes manhattan part.8 November 2, 2009
Roger J. Martinez (CA USA)
I totaly love this movie my favorite two parts in the movie was when jason picks up the needle from the ground and he shove it trow the guys back...ahh ahh.and the second part is when the black guy is up in the roof fighting jason and at last he get tierd and jason knocks his head off and it goes in the trash ben.
Friday part 8 deluxe edition review November 1, 2009
Yann Pauziere
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Excellent item, fast packed, shiped with all others, good deal! Thank you, see you soon for more shop!
Fairly fun installment made better on DVD! October 12, 2009
John Lindsey (Socorro, New Mexico USA.)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A year after Tina Sheperd sent Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder) to his watery grave in Camp Crystal Lake, he's been resurrected for more murdering. A beautiful senior student named Reenie (Jensen Daggett) with her teacher uncle Charles (Peter Mark Richman)and a fellow teacher Colleen (Barbara Bingham) are boarding a cruise boat to New York City with a class of students (Saffron Henderson, David Jacox, Kelly Hu, Scott Reeves, Sharelene Martin, VC Dupree, Martin Cummins, and Tiffany Paulson) to their graduation over there as Jason becomes a stowaway as he brings bloodshed to a ship of nightmares but later on Reenie with Charles, Colleen and two survivors escape to New York as they think they are safe for the mean undead goalie is gonna take over the big apple with any weapon or kill in a game of killer hide and go seek.
Very entertaining installment is one of the weaker entries of the neverending Friday The 13th saga. This movie does have some creative kills like a Sauna Rock through the chest, Syringe stabbing and some other sick killings that will make you feel almost dirty. The film does take first part on a boat then second half in New York like the title promised as i like the alright performances and atmosphere of this film. It did bad at the box-office as it was the final movie for Paramount to do a Friday The 13th movie before New Line Cinema took over the series in 1991 when they bought the rights.
This DVD has terrific remastered sound and picture with nice extras like audio commentary, a featurette, slashed scenes featuring gory violence that was cut to avoid X rating and gag reel.
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