4/5 friday part 4 deluxe edition review
  by Yann Pauziere
Excellent item, fast packed, shiped with all others, good deal! Thank you, see you soon for more shop!

5/5 The Best One.
  by A. D. Webster (Heartland USA)
Released in 1984, "The Final Chapter" (aka Part 4) was arguably the darkest and scariest of the Jason Voorhees slasher atrocities. *Many fans like Part 2 better, finding it more creepy. Whatever. It's a toss up, imo.

STORY:
Picking up where Part 3 ended.... Presumed dead when found in a barn, the huge masked killer is carted away to a hospital morgue. Pity two employees there that night. Jason escapes and walks back towards his stomping grounds, Crystal Lake, and he murders anyone he sees on his way back home.

The Jarvis Family of three lives near the lake and the son Tommy (played by Corey Feldman) is an amateur maker of horror masks. (A shame that doesn't figure in better with the plot).

Six teenagers come to a nearby house for a weekend party, and among them is Jimbo (played by Crispin Glover, son of Bond villain Bruce Glover) and Crispin's dance scene is hilarious! The other guy who turns off the rock record, interrupting that funny dance, well, for that he deserves to die ...and he does.

Tommy and his big sister Trish take on Jason when the horror hits too close to home.

Note: There is nudity and f words.

- Oh, and JASON RUNS!

Reasonably, this film rates as an 8. Whereas the creative kill effects are a 10.






5/5 Review for the DVD
  by Dave. K (Staten Island, Ny)
FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER DVD

***** Out of 5

In recent years DVD releases have started to get really lame; so called SE DVDs is anything, but that. Even Blu-ray releases aren't always so excellent either. Of all the DVDs and Blu-ray's I own most of the weakest releases are always from Paramount and their releases of the Friday the 13th movies are terrible. With the Deluxe Edition DVDs and Blu-ray releases, Paramount has slightly made up for their horrible releases of the series. But The Final Chapter was an excellent release and quite honestly one of my favorite DVDs that I own.

AUDIO COMMENTARY- Joseph Zito, Barney Cohen, Joel Goodman
Solid track, which is the standard commentary track, but it is informative and a good listen, but the 2nd audio track was better; but like I said this was a good track.

AUDIO COMMENTARY- Adam Green & Joe Lynch
Adam Green is of course the writer/director of Hatchet and Joe Lynch the director of Wrong Turn 2 and these two are truly a blast to listen to. Like all of us they are fans of the movie and it's just a blast listening to these guys talk about the movie; they have fun with the movie and have a few jokes about the movie, but not in an insulting way. Like I said, like all of us Green and Lynch are fans and it's sort of like hanging out with a couple of friends and watching the movie. I wasn't sure if I liked the idea of a fan commentary, but it turned out to be possibly the best part of the disc. Both Green and Lynch are horror geeks and it's so much fun listening to them go on about the movie.

LOST TALES FROM CAMP BLOOD PART IV 6:19
Directed by Andrew Ceperley and like the others I found this enjoyable; while it's nothing amazing, it is fun for the most part. This may not be the strongest feature on the disc, but makes for a decent filler.

SLASHED SCENES 15:17
This is a collection of alternate footage that features extra gore, but you can see the cast and crew so it's not the typical alternate footage. There is also no audio, since the track was lost, but director Joseph Zito provides commentary on it. This was an excellent feature and this alone makes the disc more than worth a purchase.

JASONS UNLUCKY DAY: 25-YEARS AFTER FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER- 11:02
This features interviews with many members of the cast and crew and while it's pretty much the same stuff we've heard in the past it's still a very solid feature.

THE LOST ENDING 3:19
Like Slashed Scenes there is no audio, but commentary is provided by Joseph Zito and Kimberly Beck; despite no audio there are subtitles provided. This was really great to finally see; I'm not sure if it would have worked in the film itself. But once again this disc provides the goods.

THE CRYSTAL LAKE MASSACRE REVISITED PART 1 18:05
This is a really fun feature, which is a spoof on the series; it centers on people who live around Crystal Lake and they discuss the legend of Jason; this feature is rather silly, but it's also very funny; keep a watch for the names horror fans and Friday fans should pick up on them; Director Stuart Gordon appears as Shelly' father; Shelly of course being from Friday the 13th Part 3. This one is just silly fun and another excellent feature. This was directed by Daniel Farrands the writer of Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers.

JIMMY'S DEAD DANCE MOVES 2:06
Commentary is provided by Joseph Zito and once again we have another winner; this was a really fun feature and I'm sure fans of this movie will love it.

THEATRICAL TRALIER 1:54
No need to explain this.

TRANSFER
All the prior releases of The Final Chapter were quite poor with a lot of grain and dirt; to be honest the past DVD releases were slightly better than a re-mastered VHS and at times the quality was no better than a VHS. To be honest the only reason to buy the DVD is for the Widescreen; if not for that the DVD wasn't an upgrade over the VHS for the most part.

Of all the DVD release for the Friday the 13th movies The Final Chapter was the worst transfer. Forget the features for a moment the picture quality alone is worth the price of the disc. This transfer is far better than the lousy releases in the past; while there is still obviously some grain and dirt this transfer looks amazing and far sharper than the prior releases.

The colors are sharp and the movie looks brand new. This DVD was re-mastered in High Definition and it just looks amazing. Sometimes these movies are too cleaned up and they lose their low budget charm, but that doesn't happen here. But the picture is sharp and spot on; the past releases were horrible, but this DVD is top notch.

The scene where Jason kills Doug was horrible in the original release; the POV shots are so grainy and it just simply looked horrible and plus the light was turned off, but yet it was still bright in the room. That problem is gone on this transfer. The original release the picture quality was terrible, but this new DVD gets it all right and the movie looks amazing and brings a new layer to the movie;

AUDIO

The new 5.1 Surround sound was alright; to be honest on this release and the Blu-ray releases for the first 3 I have preferred the original Mono track. The 5.1 sounds great in terms of music, but I wasn't too fond of the dialogue. It didn't sound bad or anything, but I didn't really like it all that much. Again it sounds good, but I preferred the original Mono track.

FINAL WORDS ON THE DISC
I'm sure many will wait for a Blu-ray release, but the DVD is very worthy. Due to the age of the film and the Blu-ray will be taken from the same source when the Blu-ray does come out it really won't look that much better and odds are the extras will be the same. But if anyone is hesitant on picking this up due to Paramount's track record I can faithfully say Paramount did right this time; this is one of the few releases that is worthy of being called a Special Edition (or in this case Deluxe Edition). The only thing really missing is the TV scenes that were included on the Crystal Lake to Manhattan set. But it's really not a big deal. This disc is jam packed with solid extras and has a great transfer and is highly worth the upgrade.

5/5 Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (Deluxe Edition)
  by Derek Cosgrove (Livingston, Scotland)
This DVD is an essential buy for any FT13 fan simply just for the cut scenes on it.

There is almost 20 minutes of deleted scenes and effects test footage in the DVD - and the previously lost ending. This is what the FT13 box set should of had on it.

4/5 A Surprisingly Better Entry in the "Friday the 13th" Series
  by Joshua Miller (Coeur d'Alene,ID)
After going 3D, Jason Voorhees returned for what was supposed to be a final killing spree. Tom Savini, the makeup master who created the original look of Jason, returned for this film reportedly so he could actually kill his famed creation. With a new director, Joseph Zito, at the helm we also get a new cast with two familiar faces surprisingly (Crispin Glover and Corey Feldman in case you were wondering).

The movie begins with a blissfully short, 3-minute recap of the first three films. Then, keeping in mind that Jason took an axe to the head at the finale of the previous film, we see police and emergency personnel at work gathering the bodies of victims from the last film. Jason's apparently lifeless body is taken to the morgue, but it doesn't take long for Jason to rise again.

As usual, a group of kids drive out to a house where you know Jason will eventually find them. Next-door to said house is Tommy Jarvis' (Feldman) house. Tommy is a young boy who is remarkably good at making masks, which is basically a ploy for Savini to unveil some of his creations.

One of the most impressive things about The Final Chapter is how much time is spent on character development. There's the usual amount of bloodshed; but the writers allow the audience to meet characters and get to know them a lot more than we're used to. They're far from being 3-dimensional, but there is depth there that hasn't previously existed.

With that, The Final Chapter still doesn't bring anything new to the series, but it's more stylish than previous entries. It does however have one of the most hilariously bad death scenes I've seen in one of these films ("Oh my God, he's killing me! He's killing me!").

Looking past that flaw, Savini did a really terrific job on the makeup. Jason unmasked looks more frightening than he ever has before. Not very realistic, but the entire concept of Jason isn't very realistic so we can ignore that.

Yes, it's flawed; yes, it's familiar. But The Final Chapter has enough going for it that I can call it the best of the first four movies.

GRADE: B+