Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives(1986)
Paramount Pictures Aug 1, 1986
Tommy Jarvis faces his deepest trauma when he accidentally resurrects Jason Voorhees and must stop the unstoppable killer before he destroys Camp Forest Green, while skeptical authorities complicate every attempt to warn the town.
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Original Release | Aug 1, 1986 | Wide
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Sound Mix: Ultra Stereo
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
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Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
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Plot Summary
- On a stormy night, Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews) drives through the woods with his friend Allen Hawes (Ron Palillo), carrying a hockey mask, digging tools, a lantern, and a can of gasoline. Both men have spent time in a psychiatric institution, and Hawes questions Tommy's plan to destroy Jason Voorhees's remains. Tommy explains that seeing Jason's corpse will not stop his hallucinations, but destroying it might. They reach Jason's grave in Eternal Peace Cemetery, dig down to the coffin, and use a crowbar to open it. Tommy looks at the decomposing corpse, recalls his childhood encounter with Jason, and tears an upright section from a nearby iron fence. He repeatedly drives the metal post into Jason's chest, shouting at the body before throwing the hockey mask into the grave. Tommy leaves the post embedded in the corpse, but lightning strikes the metal during the storm. Jason's eye opens. When Tommy returns to remove the post, Jason grabs him and pulls him toward the grave. Tommy escapes, retrieves the gasoline, and throws it over Jason before attempting to ignite him with a match. Rain extinguishes the match, and Hawes runs forward and strikes Jason with a shovel. Jason turns and punches through Hawes's torso, killing him, then drops his body into the coffin. Tommy flees in the truck as Jason retrieves his hockey mask and begins walking through the cemetery.At the sheriff's station in Forest Green, Tommy bursts inside and warns Sheriff Mike Garris (David Kagen) that Jason is alive and has killed Hawes. Garris recognizes Tommy from the earlier murders and dismisses his account because of his psychiatric history. Deputy Rick Cologne (Vincent Guastaferro) arrives, and Tommy becomes increasingly agitated as he tries to convince the officers that Jason is coming for him. When Tommy reaches for a rifle, the officers restrain him and place him in a holding cell. Garris explains that the town changed its name from Crystal Lake to Forest Green to escape its association with Jason's killings. He refuses Tommy's request to inspect the cemetery and orders him to rest until he can be returned to the institution.Meanwhile, head counselors Lizbeth (Nancy McLoughlin) and Darren (Tony Goldwyn) drive through the woods toward the reopened summer camp. They argue about their route before encountering Jason standing in the road, carrying the iron post. Their car cannot easily turn around because of a gully, so Darren proposes driving toward him to make him move. Jason remains in place and disables the vehicle's horn with the metal post. Darren takes a gun from the car and confronts him, but Jason attacks and kills him. Lizbeth attempts to escape and offers Jason money, but he approaches her and kills her as well. Their bodies remain in the woods.The next morning, Megan Garris (Jennifer Cooke), the sheriff's daughter and a prospective camp counselor, arrives at the station with fellow counselors Cort (Tom Fridley), Sissy (Renee Jones), and Paula (Kerry Noonan). Paula is Lizbeth's sister, and the group is concerned because Lizbeth and Darren have not arrived at camp. Megan asks her father to send someone to search for them, but Garris refuses to treat their disappearance as an emergency. Tommy, still confined, warns the group that Jason has returned and may be heading toward the camp. Sissy recognizes the name from the local legend, while Megan shows interest in Tommy despite her father's objections. Garris sends the counselors to the campsite and decides to escort Tommy out of town instead of investigating his claims.At the cemetery, caretaker Martin (Bob Larkin) drinks from a bottle and worries that he will be blamed for Jason's grave being opened. He fills the grave with dirt, covering the coffin and Hawes's body. Elsewhere, counselors unload supplies at Camp Forest Green as children arrive by bus with their chaperone (Sheri Levinsky). Megan and the others discuss the town's history and Jason's childhood drowning, while the camp prepares to receive the children. Jason continues through the woods toward the lake.Garris drives Tommy toward the town limits, but Tommy persuades him to stop at the cemetery so he can prove that Jason's grave was opened. They return to the burial site and discover that the ground has been covered again. Tommy confronts Martin about the grave, but the caretaker does not provide the confirmation Garris wants. Garris handcuffs Tommy and takes him beyond the town boundary, warning him not to return. Tommy is left without a vehicle or official support, while Jason continues moving through the surrounding woods.In the forest, a group of paintball players, including Larry (Alan Blumenfeld), Stan (Matthew Faison), Katie (Ann Ryerson), Roy (Whitney Rydbeck), and Burt (Wallace Merck), conduct a game among the trees. Jason enters their playing area and attacks them. He kills Larry, Stan, Katie, Roy, and Burt, using their weapons and the surrounding vegetation as he moves through the group. Jason takes supplies from the players and continues toward the lake. Martin later wanders away from the cemetery while drinking and singing. He loses his way along the road and encounters Jason, who kills him with a broken bottle. Nearby, Steven (Roger Rose) and Annette (Cynthia Kania) are having a picnic. After hearing Martin's cries, Steven investigates while Annette urges him to stay with her. They attempt to escape on a motorcycle, but Jason catches them and kills them both.At the camp, Cort leaves to meet Nikki (Darcy DeMoss), a local girl, in the woods. They spend time together in a recreational vehicle and begin having sex. When the power fails, Cort goes outside to reconnect the electrical cord. Jason approaches and kills him. Nikki is also killed. Elsewhere, Jason attacks campers and workers in the woods, leaving bodies along his route. The sheriff's investigation gradually uncovers evidence of the growing death toll, but Garris continues to suspect Tommy because of his warnings about Jason.Tommy obtains books about monsters, the dead, and occultism, hoping to discover how Jason can be stopped. He contacts Megan and explains that Jason must be returned to the place where he drowned. Megan agrees to help him, believing that her father has wrongly dismissed his warning. When she collects Tommy, they encounter a police roadblock. Tommy is arrested, and Megan is taken back to the station to wait for her father. The police attention directed toward Tommy leaves the camp vulnerable.Jason enters Camp Forest Green and cuts the telephone lines. Sissy is in a cabin with Paula, reading while the children sleep nearby. She notices movement outside and investigates, but Jason catches her and kills her. Paula remains unaware of what has happened until Jason attacks her in the cabin. He kills her as well. The children remain in their cabins, unaware of the danger moving through the camp.Megan and Tommy escape the police station with Rick's assistance. They return to Megan's car and drive toward the lake. During the journey, Tommy explains that Jason must be trapped beneath the water where he drowned in 1957. They reach the camp and discover the aftermath of Jason's attacks. Nancy (Courtney Vickery), one of the children, encounters Jason but escapes and alerts the others. Jason approaches her cabin, but the arrival of Garris and his deputies interrupts the attack. The sheriff enters the camp to investigate the missing counselors and finds evidence of the killings. His deputies search the grounds while he attempts to account for the children and the surviving staff.Officer Thornton (Michael Nomad) investigates the dock area and is killed when Jason throws a knife into his forehead. Officer Pappas (Michael Swan) encounters Jason after Nancy runs toward him for help. Pappas fires repeatedly, but Jason continues advancing and crushes the officer's head. Nancy escapes as the sheriff gathers the children and orders them to hide beneath the beds. Garris confronts Jason with a rifle and fires several times. The shots briefly knock Jason down, but he repeatedly rises and resumes his attack. Garris retreats, and Jason kills him.Tommy and Megan reach the lake and prepare their trap. They move a large boulder into a boat and attach a chain to it, intending to use the weight to hold Jason underwater. Megan helps Tommy position the equipment, and they argue about her father's actions before Tommy takes the boat onto the lake. He tells Megan to return to the children, but Jason breaks into their cabin, frightening them. Megan runs toward the screams. Jason catches her, but Tommy calls to him from the water. Jason releases Megan and moves toward Tommy.Tommy taunts Jason from the lake, drawing him farther from shore. Jason wades into the water, and Tommy prepares the chain. When Jason approaches, Tommy attacks and attempts to secure the chain around him. The struggle overturns the boat, sending both men into the lake. The boulder sinks, pulling Jason downward, but Jason grabs Tommy and drags him underwater. Tommy struggles to reach the surface and loses consciousness. Megan swims out to rescue him, but Jason attacks her as well. She reaches the motorboat and starts its engine, driving the propeller into Jason's head. The strike incapacitates him, and Megan pulls Tommy toward shore.On the bank, Megan performs CPR on Tommy while the children gather around them. Tommy revives, coughing up water, and the children celebrate his recovery. Tommy declares that it is finally over and that Jason is home. The film closes on Jason lying underwater at the bottom of the lake, still alive and attached to the boulder, unable to escape.
Storyline
- Tommy Jarvis returns to the graveyard to make sure Jason Voorhees is dead and accidentally brings him back to life. Now it's up to Tommy to stop Jason's mindless killing and put him back where he belongs. — Michael Silva
