I love the Jason Takes Manhattan look of Jason. He is the ultimate city nightstalker. Since there has not been an officially licensed figure from this movie, there have been a number of custom figures made within the last year. One’s Customs has produced the best quality 7 inch figure I have seen so far. However, I just found another person who made a custom Jason Takes Manhattan figure and I have to say, I think this looks very good. There is a lot of detail on the figure. The paint job is accurate and and the hockey mask is detailed as well. The bonus with this figure is the base. The city scene will always look good with this figure and it doesn’t hurt to have JJ’s guitar.

Check out the Death By Stereo Youtube channel to see other custom figures that he has made and watch his video below of his well made Jason Takes Manhattan figure.

Jason Lives Japanese Laserdisc
This is the Japan LaserDisc release of Friday The 13th Part VI- Jason Lives! This was released in 1986. A Pioneer/CLC Japan release, spoken in English with Japanese subtitles. It is still in excellent condition with insert. This has one disc

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Jason Takes Manhattan Original Crew Sweat Shirt
UP FOR BID IS AN ORIGINAL~~FRIDAY THE 13th~JASON TAKES MANHATTAN~PART 8~~CREW SWEATSHIRT. AS MOST OF THE PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY WAS SHOT IN VANCOUVER, THE SHIRT HAS A “VANCOUVER” CANCEL STAMP OVER MANHATTAN. A REAL NICE SHOW OF RESPECT BY THE PRODUCERS. THE SHIRT ALSO DEPICTS THE “TWIN TOWERS” AS PART OF THE MANHATTAN SKYLINE.

THIS ITEM WAS ONLY GIVEN TO CREW MEMBERS AND THEREFORE VERY FEW EXIST.

THE SWEATSHIRT IS A SMALL AND IS IN VERY GOOD USED CONDITION

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A New Beginning Selectavision CED Disc
Video Disc is in good condition and was released in 1986

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Hey there horror fans ONE’S Customs back with the long anticipated “Jason Takes Manhattan” custom figure. Out of all the Friday figures i’ve created the part 8 has always been my most requested figure with good reason since company’s have long ignored the film I knew I had took create this bad boy so here it is guys and believe me when I say this is truly a masterpiece and closest thing to a factory made figure you can get. Figure stands at 7.5 inches highly detailed, movie accurate and fully articulated. accessories include signature machete, harpoon gun, axe, JJ’s guitar, spear, pipe wrench, toxic waste melted mask, and of coarse Julius’ severed head, also included is a New York styled display base with brick wall and built in man hole cover and what wall would’nt be complete without 80’s graffiti? which I recreated from the movie see if you recognize it. You guys satisfied yet? no problem winner of the auction will recieve a bonus part 8 mini Jason figure with removable hockey mask and machete this little guy is also highly detailed and accurate and posable he includes a mini trash barrel which Jason used to drown Renni’s uncle notice the dead rat along side the pair of legs like the film lol classic. So if you guys are clamoring to fill a gap in your Friday figures or just adding to your collection or maybe your just starting a collection this set is for you I am very proud of this creation so please give him a good home so what are you waiting for? bid now no reserve or avoid it all and buy it now thank you and Happy Holidays from ONE’S Customs.

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From the marketing campaign came promise, however, as print media, movie trailers, and tv commercials displayed front and center that this Friday was going to take place in the biggest place of all, New York City. From this promise, fans were willing to let go some of the major changes that were taking place in the franchise and gave Paramount at least a chance to have a hit on their hands. Unfortunately, some ill-conceived plot points and lack of funding ultimately tanked this new Friday. The silly dream sequences and back story of Renny and Jason just made no sense in the story of Friday the 13th. The dream sequences came off as desperate attempts to keep up with the franchise’s biggest rival, A Nightmare on Elm Street.

It was the money, in the end, that was the biggest rival of Jason Takes Manhattan. Rob Hedden’s vision was severely excised as he had a grand vision of Jason in Times Square, Madison Square Garden and so forth that would have had Jason in all of the scenarios that the fans were expecting in a Jason Takes Manhattan movie. If you’re putting Jason in Manhattan, why not see him in the craziest, most out there situations. Paramount’s limiting budget forced Rob’s vision to be taken to Canada and Rob, who had already worked on Friday the 13th: The Series, enlisted that shows composer and previous The New Blood collaborator Fred Mollin to commit a completely new score for the franchise.

Fred’s score is a time capsule of the late 80’s with the use of heavy synthesizer and a hard industrial edge. Many part’s of the score work well within this one movie. The new ki ki ki ma ma ma is replaced with a kill kill kill jas jas jason. None more prevelant than in the opening title sequence with the famous Paramount mountain.

What really put the nail in the coffin with this movie is the none to popular and horrendous ending. The idea of Jason drowning in Toxic waste in the sewers of New York is not a bad idea and a perfect way to end the franchise. You eliminate all remnants of Jason and it is done away from Crytal Lake with no chance of Jason returning easily for another sequel. The execution and some questionable makeup ideas were what made the ending almost unbearable to watch. Jason screaming after having toxic waste being thrown on him (Jason is the walking dead) and then young Jason crawling out of undead Jason after succumbing to a toxic waste bath is just the silliest thing imaginable. Fans dump on the 2009 reboot, but look to the ending of Jason Takes Manhattan and rejoice that the ending was nowhere as bad as this.

At the end of the day, Jason Takes Manhattan is a fun romp of a movie. It is definitely different from the rest of the franchise as it tried something different as the 7th sequel of a franchise in the same decade. The concept idea was sound. It was lack of execution in some scenes, some bad plot points and really lack of funding that caused this movie to be a mediocre entry into the franchise. I enjoy it for the fun characters, Kane Hodder’s portrayal of Jason and some great kills. What do you think about this highly debated entry into the franchise.

Martin was born in British Columbia, Canada. He attended the Vancouver Actors Studio where he trained under Mel Tuck, a highly respected pioneer of Canadian theater. He is greatly involved in the local actors organizations.

Martin also wrote his semi-autobiographical film, We All Fall Down. He also produced and directed the independent film, and it was nominated for 3 Leo Awards. Most recently he appeared in one episode of the 2009 ABC series “Defying Gravity” as Dr Eric Sanderson. Martin continues to act in Canada. If you want to find out more about his acting roles, visit this fan made website that has a lot of great information on his career and life.

In television, he has been apart of many pop culture shows from the 80’s, 90’s and today. Such shows include “The Hitchhiker”, “Airwolf”, “Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun “, “Poltergeist: The Legacy”, “Millenium”, “The Dead Zone”, “Andromeda”, and “Supernatural”. As Alex is not known as one of the more major characters in the franchise, and Jason Takes Manhattan has always been looked upon in a bad light, I though it was relevant to point out how accomplished an actor Alex is.

I think it’s great that his career has continued to present day as a lot of alumns from the franchise in the 80’s either stopped acting shortly after their Friday the 13th experience or never acted again, period. Check out our page on Alex and also imdb.com’s page for more information.

This has been long talked about and the photo of the dead boxer with darts in his eyes has appeared in print ever since the release of the film in 1989. The scene itself is pretty long for a cut scene and follows a drunken deck hand stumbling through the bowels of the ship while Jason’s shadow seems to follow him. As the deck hand comes to a set of stairs the boxer bursts through a set of doors and falls down the stairs with the darts already in his eyes.

After Jason stabs Jim in the stomach with the harpoon gun, the camera stays with the shot for an extra 2or 3 seconds and shows a more graphic wound appear with more blood spirting out of the wound.

A wider shot of the dispatched Tamara shows numerous shards of broken glass stabbed into her body.

The scene where Jason prepares to be bombarded by toxic waste, he spits out water. During this sequence, a scene is shot that shows a young Jason trying to crawl out of the mouth of Jason, yelling “mommy, don’t let me drown”. The scene was cut due to technical problems. The end of this movie is the one thing in the franchise that really gets me mad. I hate the ending completely. That being said, with this cut sequence, you do see where the director was tring to go. Rob Hedden even mentions that he wanted a twist on the end of the movie. A way that audiences would think that Jason was really dead. And this does explain why Jason says mommy, “don’ let me drown”. It really isn’t him, it’s some half ass pure essence of Jason trying to escape.

Now, fans that thought Jason Goes to Hell had some crazy ideas, think about what could have been 4 years earlier!

There are some great on-screen interviews with actors that I have never seen outside of being on the big screen so it was very refreshing to see them in the current day discussing the movie and giving their thoughts from the production of the film. If you have not seen this yet, then enjoy my brief rundown. Please make sure to watch this at some point as it is a treat for the fans.

Kane taking a breather inbetween takes with Kelly Hu

Fred describes how working on this movie was more comfortable than Part 7 as he got to score this entire movie himself and also he felt that he built a rapport with the production crew since he had worked on 30 some episodes of Friday the 13th The Series.

Rob Hedden jumps into the shower and gets naked to ease Sharlene Martin’s nerves when preparing to shoot her shower scene. Hedden explains that the dailes of this film actually made it to the Paramount execs!

Sharlene explains how Rob Hedden was great to work for and was gracious in making her feel comfortable on set. Look what he goes through by viewing the above image.

Tiffany explains how her harpoon scene on the boat was a one take situation and that she had to stay completely still as they actually shot the harpoon arrow towards her head. She exclaims that she was genuinely frightened.

V.C. Dupree talks about how he showed up for filming and that Kelly Hu was so excited to be filming a Friday the 13th film. He thought he was filming a movie called Ashes to Ashes and was completely taken back by the revelation.

Tim Mirkovich talks about his time getting the makeup applied for the young Jason character and the time he spent in water. He also describes that scene at the end that was cut from the film. To be shown in another post!

The big question is, of course, why the films (particularly New Blood) are still sans the bloody kills? Buechler says that the negatives for that footage are probably forever lost. “Ours was one of the single fastest movies ever made. I had my signed deal to make the movie in January, and it was in the theaters on May 13th.” Because of the rush to get the film in theaters, the usual careful cataloging and storing was presumably rushed as well, and thus the footage may no longer exist as studios occasionally destroy unclaimed footage rather than sort it out. The DVD (read our review HERE) does have some of the footage courtesy of a low-quality VHS cut of Buechler’s workprint, but even that is incomplete. “It was actually an assembly that I made prior to doing additional photography, so even if it were restored and you found that negative, it still wouldn’t be the whole movie.”

Various other “wish-list” items, such as Manhattan’s hilarious teaser, are also absent, but that is mainly due to a lack of space on the disc (hardly anything to complain about – a full disc is a GOOD thing). Blu-rays for 4-8 have been brought up, but Farrands tells us that nothing is set in stone yet. On the plus side, that means that they weren’t holding back for an eventual double (triple?) dip. Says Farrands: “There would be more room on the Blu-ray discs, so maybe there’s an opportunity to find more material. A lot of this depends on how the DVDs sell, and what the fan reaction is, but there’s always interest in doing more. If there’s more to be found, they will give it to us; I know for a fact they weren’t holding back on, like, let’s reserve this for Blu-ray. They never took that attitude, and if it was there, we put it in.”

Speaking of that teaser (featuring Jason standing on New York harbor, looking at the water while a Sinatra tune plays over shots of screaming yuppies and commuters), Kane drops an interesting tidbit – that’s not even him! “We were shooting in Vancouver when they shot it… I don’t know who it is… he looks kind of small. I don’t know why they didn’t just wait until we got to New York. My Jason wouldn’t turn like that!”

Replacements and stand-ins seemed to be the order of the day for the 8th film. Not only was Vancouver used instead of New York (except for the Times Square scenes, which Kane claims was “the single most amazing thing I’ve ever experienced in film – being in Times Square in the full costume”), but the script sent out to actors was disguised as a generic slasher film to keep fans from raiding the set. VC Dupree tells us that his script was titled “Ashes To Ashes”. Laughing, he tells us about the script’s rather goofy attempts at tricking people. “I guess they had the name changed from Jason Voorhees to Ethan Dearborn; Crystal Lake was changed to something else, just so you could plug the letters in there.” It was co-star Kelly Hu that tipped him off, a tale he recounts on the DVD’s retrospective piece (which features several co-stars, as well as writer/director Rob Hedden, editor Steve Mirkovich, and composer Fred Mollin – read our review HERE).

Dupree and Hodder also waxed nostalgic about their boxing match, easily Manhattan’s highlight and according to Kane, “one of the kills I get asked about the most.” According to Hodder, Dupree was really hitting him through most of the punches (“66 punches”, Hodder claims, using the number provided by a fan), and despite wearing a catcher’s pad, he was pretty bruised up. The scene took a toll on Dupree as well; he tells us his knuckles really were all cut up from punching the hockey mask.

These two films didn’t perform up to par at the box office, resulting in Paramount essentially ending the series and selling the rights to New Line (who gave us Jason Goes To Hell, Jason X, and Freddy Vs. Jason), but it’s clear that they are held in high regard by both fans and their creators. Buechler recalls his film with a big smile on his face: “I’m pretty proud of the film; I think the fact that we had a full-blown subplot of a telekinetic girl kicking Jason’s butt was lots of fun. I got to do a lot of cool stuff with the makeup effects – we designed and engineered something that I thought was unique at the time – that was all just fun stuff that we got to do, and the fact that we got a great guy inside of it to play the role, we both were of a single mind. We wanted this to be a more energetic, more dynamic version of the character than we had seen before, and I think we accomplished that.”

With the new discs giving the films their best representation ever, there has never been a better time to see if you agree. The new discs are in stores; complete your collection and get rid of that old boxed set once and for all!