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Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood (1988) poster

1988 · horror · thriller · slasher

Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood

Directed by John Carl Buechler1h 28m1988

Tina Shepard, a telekinetic teenage girl, accidentally unchains Jason from his watery grave, allowing him to go on another killing spree in the area.

Our read: Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood (1988) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · thriller · slasher entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

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Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.

ElsewhereIMDb5.247kRT31%Metacritic13
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • extreme
  • bleak
  • cold
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How Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want late-series Jason mayhem with telekinetic girl-power absurdity.”

ends bittersweetyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 12attention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencegorejump scareschild peril

Skip it tonight — Skip if slasher gore, lake-house stalking, or eighties cheese already sounds too silly.

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