Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Kill or be killed.
Country
Production
Budget
$3 000 000
Box office
$19 472 057
Director
Actors
Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cooke, David Kagen, Renée Jones, Kerry Noonan, Darcy DeMoss, Tom Fridley, Alan Blumenfeld, Matthew Faison, Ann Ryerson
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Don Behrns
Camera operator
Jon Kranhouse
Composer
Artist
Joseph T. Garrity
Audition
Fern Champion, Pamela Basker
Editing
Bruce Green, Don Behrns
Whole Team (127)
Whole Team (127)
Short description
Tommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.
What's left behind the scenes
- Alice Cooper wrote three songs for the film: “Teenage Frankenstein,” “Hard Rock Summer,” and “Man Behind The Mask.”
- C. J. Graham, who played Jason, was not an actor, but a night club manager who was casually noticed by someone from the film crew and invited to play Voorhees. The film was his acting debut.
- The initial script featured a scene with Jason's father visiting the graves of his wife and son. This plot twist did not make it into the film, but appeared in the "book" version of the series.
- According to the script, the town council renamed the lake and Crystal Lake camp to Forest Green, but the creators of subsequent films persistently ignored this fact and restored both the lake and the camp to their "original" names.
- The store from which Tommy calls Megan is called Karloff's General Store—a way for the filmmakers to express their respect for the legendary horror and thriller actor Boris Karloff.
- The film depicts a total of eighteen corpses.
- S.J. Graham, who played Jason, was not an actor, but a nightclub manager who was spotted by someone from the film crew by chance.
- On the first day of filming, Jason was played by Dan Bradley, one of the film's creative team, but it was then decided to cast someone less heavyset. The role ultimately went to a certain S.J. Graham, a restaurant manager who had no prior experience with film, and had started working at the restaurant immediately after leaving the army. In other words, he was accustomed to following orders. The scenes already filmed with Bradley were not reshot (they accounted for only a small portion of the screen time), so Jason was played by both Bradley and Graham.
- Having turned to faith, John Shepherd declined an offer to reprise his role as Tommy – a character he embodied in Danny Steinmann’s horror film *Friday the 13th: A New Beginning* (1985) – and the role went to Tom Matthews.
- Tom McLoughlin was initially hired for the project as a screenwriter, but producer Don Burns insisted that McLoughlin also be allowed to direct. Burns later stated that, otherwise, the studio would likely have given the position to Danny Steinmann, who directed the previous film in the franchise, *Friday the 13th: A New Beginning* (1985), and Burns strongly did not want to work with Steinmann due to disagreements that plagued their collaboration on the horror film *The Invisible* (1980).
- Director Tom McLoughlin was extremely dissatisfied with producer Don Burns due to his penchant for saving money and habit of making changes to the script without informing the director beforehand. Some of Burns' shortcomings can be found, if not justification, then at least explanation: he had made several agreements with the studio, one of which stipulated a bonus if filming was completed exactly on schedule. McLoughlin learned of this over time. He also found out that Burns had arranged to take the cooler installed on the roof of the truck after filming (it was claimed that the cooler and its installation cost the film’s budget a substantial sum). In retaliation, McLoughlin ordered the fasteners holding the cooler on the roof to be unscrewed before filming the truck crash scene, so that when the truck flipped over, the cooler flew off the roof and shattered upon impact.
- The scene of the cemetery caretaker's and the couple’s deaths was filmed and added to the film after the main shooting period had ended – all because one of the producers felt there weren't enough deaths shown in the film.
- He wasn’t credited in the credits as a stunt performer, but S.J. Graham performed all the stunts for the role of Jason himself, even in scenes where his character was shot and when he was set on fire.
- The scene where Jennifer Cook's character attacks Jason with an outboard motor was filmed in three locations – underwater shots were taken in a special tank in Los Angeles, where the water temperature could be controlled; shots above the water surface were filmed on a deserted, and therefore seemingly gloomy, lake in the state of Georgia; and the shots of the motor propeller cutting through Jason’s mask were filmed in the swimming pool of Tom McLaughlin’s father (during filming, the pool’s filtration system was hopelessly damaged).
- The scene involving the overturning of the RV was filmed last. Director Tom McLaughlin was very afraid to begin it, because everything had to be filmed in one take, and the crash scene itself was extremely dangerous for S. J. Graham. Why McLaughlin was so worried remains unknown, since Graham’s character isn’t even shown when the RV flips, so the actor could easily have not been placed in the RV at all.
- The opening credits of the sixth "Friday" are stylized after the opening credits of early James Bond films.
- The opening credits of the sixth 'Friday' are styled after the opening credits of the early James Bond films.
- S.J. Graham, who played Jason, was not an actor but a night club manager, where he was accidentally noticed by someone from the film crew.
- On the first day of filming, Jason was played by Dan Bradley, a member of the film's creative team, but it was later decided to cast someone less heavyset for the role. Ultimately, the role went to a certain S.J. Graham, a restaurant manager who had no prior connection to cinema and had started working at the restaurant immediately after leaving the army. In other words, he was accustomed to following orders. They decided not to reshoot the scenes already filmed with Bradley (as they made up only a small portion of the screen time), so it turned out that Jason was played by both Bradley and Graham.
- Having turned to faith, John Shepherd refused the offer to play Tommy again—a character he had portrayed in Danny Steinmann's horror film 'Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning' (1985)—and the role was given to Tom Matthews.
- Tom McLoughlin was initially brought onto the project as a screenwriter, but producer Don Burns insisted that McLoughlin also be allowed to direct. Burns later stated that otherwise, studio management would likely have hired Danny Steinmann, who had directed the previous film in the franchise, 'Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning' (1985); Burns adamantly did not want to work with Steinmann due to the conflicts that had plagued their collaboration on the horror film 'The Invisible' (1980).
- Director Tom McLoughlin was extremely dissatisfied with producer Don Burns because of his penchant for budget-cutting and his habit of making changes to the script without notifying the director in advance. If not a justification, there is at least an explanation for some of Burns' shortcomings: he had entered into several agreements with the studio, one of which entitled him to a bonus if filming was completed exactly on schedule. McLoughlin eventually found out about this. He also learned that Burns had arranged to keep the cooler installed on the roof of the van after filming (it was claimed that the cooler itself and its installation had cost the film's budget a significant sum). In retaliation, before filming the van crash scene, McLoughlin ordered that the fasteners holding the cooler to the roof be loosened, so that when the van flipped over, the cooler flew off and shattered upon impact.
- Although he was not credited as a stuntman, S. J. Graham performed all the stunts for the role of Jason himself, even in scenes where his character was shot or set on fire.
- The scene in which Jennifer Cook's character attacks Jason with an outboard boat motor was filmed at three different locations: the underwater shots were filmed in a special tank in Los Angeles where the water temperature could be controlled; the shots above the water were filmed on a deserted and therefore gloomy-looking lake in Georgia; and the shots showing the motor's propeller slicing through Jason's mask were filmed in Tom McLoughlin's father's swimming pool (during filming, the pool's filtration system was irreparably damaged).
- The van crash scene was filmed last. Director Tom McLoughlin was very anxious about starting it because everything had to be captured in a single take, and the crash itself was extremely dangerous for S. J. Graham. Why McLoughlin was so worried remains unknown, as Graham's character wasn't even shown when the van flipped, meaning the actor could easily have been left out of the vehicle entirely.
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