Just what I expected

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Underrated Friday the 13th: A New Beginning is not a bad slasher film like everyone keeps saying. Melanie Kinnaman was one hot babe and great heroine, she was good and her performance was decent. Melanie Kinnaman is the reason to watch this movie she is my fifth favorite final girl. There is no Jason in here so whatever I like this film. Not really the strongest film in the franchise I found it the weakest one, but still watchable and I found it more enjoyable than Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood. Yes I have enjoyed this movie much more then the last 4 films that come out after Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives. It is not a bad one it is a step down from The Final Chapter but still watchable movie. It is in my 8th rank in the Friday the 13th franchise and I still have fun with this film. The dinner scene was a fantastic death scene. Rebecca Wood as Lana was a good victim and I like the death kill. When the killer beheaded that biker guy Junior it was a good kill I like it. Tom Morga was a fantastic hockey-masked killer. Juliette Cummins as Robin was a hot great sexy babe. I like her as a victim. My favorite death scene is in which masked killer with an axe kills that junkie in front the dinner. Corey Feldman returns in this movie as Tommy Jarvis in the opening scene and I love his performance another reason to watch this movie. I like this film it is an alright slasher film not a bad one at all, like most people are claiming. I am still going to watch this film. Watchable.The film did grown on me but the problem with the film in my opinion Is the lack of story because I don't know what this film has to do with A Friday the 13th when the story is set somewhere else away from Crystal Lake. They screwed up our favorite hero Tommy Jarvis in my opinion John Shepard is incredible lame as Tommy Jarvis and the screenwriter wrote Tommy Jarvis really dull, confused and he looked like he was on drugs in this movie really high.Danny Steinmann R.I.P. who is no longer with us anymore. I respect Mr. Danny Steinmann and his vision of the movie what he was trying to do. Please my remorse goes to his family and rest in peace Danny you are really missed.Friday the 13th: A New Beginning grew on me and I didn't thought it was horrible. 8/10 B+ it is still watchable.

Within the first 10 minutes of the movie, the acting is shoddy and bad. I mean, the plot and idea of the film is pretty good, but there's a lot of unnecessary scenes. The crazy nasty redneck neighbors did nothing for the movie at all except annoy everyone who watches it, which I guess makes it a little more watchable but its still annoying as heck. You feel bad for Tommy, poor guy just can't catch a break. The biggest part about the movie that has me going "WTF" is the fact that...well, let's just say Jason wasn't quite as involved in the movie as you would think. That's all I can say without spoiling it. The acting and overly horny teenagers really bring my rating waaaay down, but overall, it's not a horrible edition to the film series.

Set in the year, 1989, the film follows the recurring character from 1984's 'Friday the 13th: the Final Chapter', Tommy Jarvis, now played by John Shepherd. All grew up and still constantly afraid that Jason (Tom Morga) would return. Tommy tries to set up a new life, after spending most of his, in mental health institution. However, his sanity begins to slip away again, as new series of brutal murders have been occurring by a mask killer at his halfway house, who seem to want Tommy dead. Is it a copycat killer, or is Jason really back from the dead!? Watch the movie to find out! Without spoiling the movie, too much, while "Friday the 13th: A New Beginning" seem tamer than the other films, it was very surprising to see, how much gratuitous nudity & violence, there were in this film! Honestly, what was the point of the minor character like the waitress, Lana (Rebecca Wood) flashing her boobs at us!? I don't mind it, but be a little cleverer on how you show sex, movie! Also, some of the murders like the punks, doesn't make a lick of sense, after seeing who the killer is, in the end. What did the killer have against Pete Muldrow (Corey Parker) & Vinnie Manalo (Anthony Barrile)!? Does he hates 1950's greasers!? Also, how did the killer find a similar mask with the same axe mark that to Chrissy Higgins (Dana Kimmel) put there in "Friday the 13th: Part III'!? Aside from its violence, the film has become known for notorious production problems with director fighting with actors, MPAA forcing cuts to sex scenes, and backstage frequent drug use. It must had been a stressful movie to film. Still, much contrary to popular belief, 1985's "A New Beginning" was not a box office bomb, as it did well in theaters. However, it was nowhere near as popular as the last four installment. In my opinion, this movie in the 'Friday the 13th' film series was in a no-win situation at the time. Movie critics hates it for its familiar, yet tiresome concept of rebellion teenagers getting murder by a hockey mask assailant, yet die-hard fans of the slasher franchise really hate this movie for departing from the Camp Crystal Lake setting and allowing somebody else to take on the mantle of the killer. It's lose-lose situation. Still, in my opinion, this film directed by Danny Steinmann, is surprising, not that bad as people think it is. I really don't dislike this movie as much as the others. Don't get me wrong, the movie, is nowhere near good, but I do enjoy few horror ideas, it was presenting, like how it was just continuing, what was establish, by 1984's 'Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter' and the previous movies, rather than killing the film series off, with contradiction and film inaccuracies like 1986's 'Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives' did. Another, was adding more suspense and mystery. It wasn't prediction, who the killer was, this film. So, it made it a lot more thrilling to watch. Plus, the murderer was a lot more creative with the kills, in this movie. That was one thing, missing in the previous three installments. It felt like, in those movies, the slash and dices moments were use too repetitive. Also, I know, it's a bit nitpicking, but how in the hell, does the murderer travel around, so fast and knows where everybody is? Does he have teleporting powers, now or something? It's just seem odd. Despite that, the characters/victims in this film, were a lot more likable, as they were given a little more character development here. Seeing some of them, get hack off, left some emotional impact on me. However, I would like to see, more recurring characters like Tommy's older sister, Trish (Kimberly Beck), Chrissy Higgins or better yet, Ginny Field (Amy Steel). After all, 1982's 'Friday the 13th Part 3' was supposed to center around in mental institution to which she'd been committed due to emotional trauma. However, actress Steel declined to return, and the concept was shelved, until now. Yet, the psychological aspect of the film still didn't work for me. All of the flashbacks and dreams used in the film, seem more cheesy than scary. The film was originally written to have Corey Feldman as the star, reprising the role of Tommy Jarvis. However, he was already working on 1986's 'The Goonies', therefore the script was rewritten to have Feldman's appearance limited to a cameo. Still, John Shepard acting was alright for the most part. He really challenge, mentally disturb, well. I also, love the secret changes that they did with the music cords of the 'Friday the 13th' theme song. It was a great nod of foreshadowing. The ending twist of the film was a bit disappointing, but you kinda knew it was coming. Overall: I have to say the movie is mediocre at best. Not awful, but not good. In the end, it's no movie to really die over for.

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)** 1/2 (out of 4) Tommy Jarvis (John Shepherd) is now a teenager and is sent to a home for troubled youths. Once there we learn that he's still suffering major damage from the trauma that he suffered as a child thanks to Jason Voorhees. Before long various people are being killed off and it seems that Tommy's damaged mind might be behind it.Friday THE 13TH: A NEW BEGINNING is probably one of the most hated sequels in the history of cinema but I must say that I think the film is a lot more entertaining than many of the A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET sequels as well as several films from the other major horror series. And yes, this here is a lot better than JASON GOES TO HELL and Friday THE 13TH PART VIII. With that said, on a technical level there's no question that this here is a pretty awful movie. The performances are weak. The death scene are rather lame. The entire mystery is downright stupid. So, why do I still like this movie? To me this fifth film in the series is hated because of who the killer isn't. Yes, by now we all know who the killer is but why can we be mad at the film when the title tells us we're starting something new? I really don't mind the film going off course even if it was a failure. The entire mystery aspect really isn't played out all that well because the screenplay and director never tries to really push it. There are a couple red herrings brought up at the start but the screenplay never bothers to try and build the mystery of who is doing the killings.That's because the majority of the running time is devoted to death scenes. There's a large number of people that are killed off here, which is usually a great thing but sadly the death scenes here are pretty forgettable. The biggest problem is that a lot of the violence happens off screen and that's not something fans of the series wanted. I'm not sure if the producers were fearful of the MPAA or if they were just trying to deliver something different. Either way, the lack of any real kills is rather annoying.With that said, the entire film has a very cheap feel like a direct-to-video film that was trying to rip-off the series. It never really feels like a F13 movie and I'd argue that it almost comes across as some cheap softcore film. There's a lot of nudity here and a terrific sex scene. There are some really annoying characters and a lot of questionable material from the screenplay. You could even argue that the film has more laughs than anything else and especially how the Vic and Joey characters play out. I might even go as far to say that the film was meant to be a comedy. Hell, how to you explain the mother-son redneck characters?