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Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan is a slasher film. It was released in July 28 1989. It is the eighth film in the Friday the 13th film series. It is also the last film in the series to have been distributed by Paramount, and remains one of the most ridiculed films in the franchise, although it has its fans. The film's tagline was, "New York has a new problem."

Plot summary

After being resurrected once again, this time in the form of a cable tow, Jason rises from Crystal Lake to board the Lazarus. On its way to New York and full of high school graduates, Jason has plenty of time and people to kill before he eventually chases his prey into the streets of the Big Apple.

Reception

The film is lambasted among some fans of the series for obvious plot holes and noticeable gaffes in production. Examples would be the sewers of New York flooding with toxic waste, or Jason's ability to move from one location to a distant other in only a few seconds span of time. This all culminated in what many see as a very confusing ending that is a topic of debate among fans. The film even placed on IMDb's Bottom 100 (though it has since risen out of the list). But perhaps the biggest complaint was in the film's faulty promise of letting Jason take Manhattan. On his commentary track for the film in the box-set, Hedden acknowledges the faults and even agrees that more of the film should have been set in Manhattan (see Trivia section). The film's failure to generate a substantial amount of money at the box office, which continued the decline in grosses the series had been suffering, may have been the deciding factor in Paramount selling the franchise to New Line Cinema soon afterwards.

In 2006, Entertainment Weekly ranked it #8 among its list of the 25 Worst Sequels Ever Made.

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