While I like both Alice and Ginny and would gladly have watched another movie with either of them (still would, too), I think it was ultimately better for the series that both films brought in new casts. The biggest advantage is that it let those movies keep its characters in the dark; Ginny would have known if Jason were chasing her and Alice (after her encounter at the very end of the first movie) would have at least suspected it, giving them time to prepare and escape. To Chris and the Jarvis family, who are in what they consider a safe place, the murders are still something that happened to someone else. They could be kept oblivious to the danger until it’s almost become inescapable.
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