Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood 1988

As a young girl, Tina Shepard (Tina) was forced to confront the harsh realities of her tumultuous home life when she witnessed her father’s brutal behavior towards her mother. Seeking refuge from the chaos, she fled to Crystal Lake by boat, only to inadvertently unleash her dormant telekinetic abilities as her father attempted to stop her. The catastrophic consequences of this event would haunt Tina for years to come.

Now a teenager, Tina is still grappling with the weight of her father’s tragic demise and its devastating impact on her psyche. Her mother, Amanda, seeks help from Dr. Crews (Tina’s psychiatrist), who subjecting her to verbal attacks designed to exacerbate her emotional distress and tap into her telekinetic abilities. Unbeknownst to Tina, this manipulation is merely a precursor to exploiting her powers for his own sinister purposes.

As the memories of her father’s passing continue to torment Tina, she finds herself drawn to the same lakeside setting where tragedy unfolded. Her thoughts become increasingly consumed by her father’s memory, and in a moment of anguish, she unwittingly awakens Jason Voorhees (Jason), the notorious mass murderer who had been chained at the bottom of Crystal Lake at the end of Part 6. The resurrected killer emerges from the depths to wreak havoc on the unsuspecting campers.

Meanwhile, next door to the Shepard residence, a group of teenagers is celebrating Michael’s birthday with a raucous party. This motley crew includes Michael’s cousin Nick (Nick), preppy Russell and his girlfriend Sandra, Ben and his girlfriend Kate, science-fiction writer Eddie, stoner David, perky Robin, shy Maddy, and snobbish socialite Melissa. As the festivities rage on, Nick finds himself drawn to Tina, much to Melissa’s chagrin. Despite her best efforts to sabotage their budding connection by kissing Eddie, her schemes ultimately backfire, leaving Eddie feeling spurned.

Tina confides in Nick about Jason’s resurrection and shares a haunting vision of Michael’s demise at the hands of the monstrous killer. Tragedy strikes when Jason claims the lives of Michael and his girlfriend Jane, as well as another unsuspecting couple camping in the woods. As the body count rises, Tina’s telekinetic abilities grow stronger, hinting at a catastrophic showdown between her powers and Jason’s malevolent force.

As Tina ventures off with Nick to locate her mother, a gruesome onslaught ensues, leaving a trail of carnage in their wake. Unbeknownst to them, Jason unleashes a reign of terror, systematically slaughtering one teenager after another. Russell and Sandra decide to take a leisurely swim at the lake, but their idyllic moment is brutally shattered when Sandra discovers Russell’s lifeless body, his face axed beyond recognition. Her subsequent screams are drowned out by the water as she too meets her maker.

Meanwhile, Maddy sets out to find David, only to stumble upon Russell’s mutilated corpse. In a desperate bid for help, she flees towards the nearby barn, but Jason is hot on her heels, claiming her life with a deadly sickle blow. The slaughter continues unabated as Ben succumbs to a crushed skull and Kate meets her demise via a party horn lodged in her eye.

Inside the house, chaos erupts as Jason wreaks havoc: David falls victim to a stabbing attack, while Eddie’s neck is viciously sliced open. Robin, upstairs, stumbles upon David’s severed head and is summarily flung out the window to her death.

As the mayhem reaches its crescendo, Dr. Crews finds himself under siege by Jason, only managing to save his own life by using Amanda as a human shield. However, even this temporary reprieve is short-lived, as Jason ultimately dispatches him with a gruesome chainsaw attack. Tina, still reeling from her discovery of her mother’s lifeless body, unleashes her powers, electrocuting Jason and toppling a portion of the house onto his prone form.

As Nick and Tina attempt to convey the horrors they’ve witnessed to Melissa, she dismissively labels them as crazy, attempting to flee. However, Jason has other plans, striking her with an axe blow that shatters her face.

Nick valiantly attempts to fend off Jason, but is swiftly subdued. Tina, channeling her powers once more, rips away Jason’s mask, exposing the grotesque visage beneath. As the battle rages on, the Shepard lakeside cabin succumbs to a devastating inferno, and the attack spills onto the dock.

Tina, though unable to vanquish Jason, unwittingly summons the spirit of her father, who rises from the lake’s depths, dragging Jason back down with him into the abyss. As the serial killer’s struggles subside, the camera pans out to reveal Tina and Nick being whisked away in an ambulance, while a lingering sense of unease settles over the wreckage.

In the aftermath, as the sun rises on the morrow, it becomes apparent that Tina has unwittingly chained Jason once more, his malevolent presence echoing through the screen’s fade-to-black, accompanied by whispers that hint at his continued existence.