"Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning"

A new beginning. And why shouldn't there be, especially with Halloween milking the proverbial cash cow? Now we all know that Tommy Jarvis (portrayed by the young Corey Feldman) hacked Jason to shit at the end of the fourth installment. It seems that doing so basically fucked Tommy's head up so badly that he needs to go to a "facility for the nervous" deep in the woods. Tommy arrives here at the beginning of the movie, after a vivid flashback (complete with cameo from young Corey) where Jason is busted out of his grave. The problem is that Tommy still has hallucinations of Jason and is a tad obsessed. Tommy still has a penchant for making and carrying around monster masks, something that delights the young "Reggie the Reckless", grandson of the facility's cook portrayed by Dudley from "Diff'rent Strokes". This setting provides a plethora of suitable victims including the other half-crazy teenagers at said looney bin, the weird neighbor lady and her ignorant son, Reggie's brother and his girlfriend, some douchebags wearing S&M gear, and the lucky family that lives right next door to Tommy's new digs.

Some observations about this movie:

1) Who the fuck decided to give the most crazy, pissed off teenager (although he looks 30) an axe to chop wood? The retarded kid that started bothering him was guaranteed hamburger meat.

2) This sequel contains some original and inventive death scenes. My personal favorite was the lit flare to the mouth. Also featured are the leather garrote to the forehead and Dudley's brother (who looks like the bastard child of Lionel Richie and a "Thriller"-era Michael Jackson) getting skewered while taking a shit in the metal outhouse (shouldn't have had those enchiladas!!).

3) Is it just me, or did the two guys whose car broke down look like a cross between the T-Birds from "Grease" and the clientele of the Blue Oyster Bar in "Police Academy"?

4) This flick contains the best line of the whole franchise, when Junior's mother exclaims, "You big dildo, eat your fuckin' slop!". Pure white-trash heaven!!

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5) While this sequel features a killer in a hockey mask, it is not Jason Voorhees!! In a rare showing of originality, our murderer is a local paramedic named Roy whose son is the afore-mentioned half-retarded kid who is chopped up at the beginning of the flick. Roy goes on a homicidal rampage to avenge his son, using the Voorhees legend to cover his murderous tracks. Due in part to this reason, this is my favorite sequel in the series.

Bottom Line: A surprisingly inventive plot and plenty of gore make this a not-to-miss sequel.

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 maggots.