Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

The one Friday the 13th fans have been waiting for...

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter is a 1984 slasher film directed by Joseph Zito starring Kimberly Beck, Crispin Glover, Peter Barton, who starred in Hell Night 3 years earlier, Corey Feldman, and Ted White as Jason.

## Plot

After an ax to the head by Chris Higgins, Jason is taken to the morgue and kills the nurse and doctor who work there. A day later, a group of teens are driving down the road to a house in Crystal Lake. The group consists of Paul, his girlfriend Sam, virgin Sara, her boyfriend Doug, awkward Jimmy, and jokester Ted. The teenagers come across a hitchhiker, who is killed by Jason, and Pamela Voorhees's tombstone. Afterwards, the teens meet Trish and Tommy Jarvis, their dog Gordon. The next day, they also meet twins Terri and Tina, then they all go skinny dipping, which the Jarvis kids happen upon. The teens invite Trish to their party taking place that night. The Jarvis family's car breaks and they get help from Rob Dier, who they take to their house to meet their mother. The teens start to party and Tina and Paul flirt with each other, angering and upsetting Sam, who leaves to go out for a swim. Jason impales Sam, similar to what he did to Debbie in *Part III.* After killing Sam, Paul is shot in the groin with a harpoon gun by Jason. Terri leaves the party but before getting on her bike, she is impaled with a spear. Mrs Jarvis makes it home and discovers the kids aren't there and that the power is out. She looks for the kids and Gordon but is killed by Jason offscreen. Trish and Tommy arrive, realizing that their mother is gone. Trish leaves Tommy to turn the power back on and she leaves to find Mrs Jarvis. She runs into Rob Dier, who explains that he is Sandra Dier's brother and came to avenge her death. After sleeping with Tina, Jimmy goes downstairs to get a bottle of wine. Jimmy then gets the corkscrew pinned to his hand and a meat cleaver to the face. Tina noticies Terri's bike and gets grabbed by Jason, who defenestrates Tina. While a stoned Ted watches stag films with a film projector, he gets too close to the projector screen and is stabbed in the head with a kitchen knife from the other side. Jason then goes upstairs where Doug and Sara finish making love in the shower. After Sara leaves, Jason kills Doug by crushing his head against the shower tile. When Sara screams upon finding Doug's body, she tries to escape only for Jason to drive a double-bit axe through her chest. Worried about Tommy, Trish and Rob return to the house, discovering the teens' bodies. While a stoned Ted watches stag films with a film projector, he gets too close to the projector screen and is stabbed in the head with a kitchen knife from the other side. Jason then goes upstairs where Doug and Sara finish making love in the shower. After Sara leaves, Jason kills Doug by crushing his head against the shower tile. When Sara screams upon finding Doug's body, she tries to escape only for Jason to drive a double-bit axe through her chest.

Worried for Tommy's safety, Trish and Rob return to the house. They then go next door to investigate and discover the teens' bodies. Gordon flees, and Rob is killed by Jason in the basement as Trish runs home, taking Rob's machete with her. She and Tommy barricade the house, but Jason breaks in and chases them into Tommy's room. Trish lures Jason out of the house and escapes, then returns home and is devastated to learn that Tommy didn't run away. She senses Jason behind her and tries to fight him off with the machete but is overpowered. Tommy, having disguised himself to look like Jason as a child, distracts him long enough for Trish to hit him with the machete, but she merely whacks off his mask. As Trish stands horrified at Jason's deformed face, Tommy takes the machete and strikes it in the side of his skull, causing him to collapse to the floor and split his head upon impact. When Tommy notices that Jason's fingers are slightly moving, he continues to hack at his body screaming, "Die! Die!" while Trish repeatedly yells out his name.

At the hospital, Trish is visited by Tommy. He rushes in, embraces her, and gives a disturbed look while staring into the camera.

## Notes and Trivia

* This movie marks the defeat of Jason
* **Friday 4**, **The Final Chapter** all redirect here