Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Carl Buechler
Written by
Based onCharacters
by Victor Miller
Produced by
  • Iain Paterson
Starring
CinematographyPaul Elliott
Edited by
  • Maureen O'Connell
  • Martin Jay Sadoff
  • Barry Zetlin
Music by
Production
companies
Friday Four, Inc.[1]
Distributed byParamount Pictures[1]
Release date
  • May 13, 1988 (1988-05-13)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.8 million[2]
Box office$19.2 million[2]

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood is a 1988 American supernatural slasher film directed by John Carl Buechler and starring Lar Park Lincoln, Kevin Blair, Susan Blu, Terry Kiser, and Kane Hodder in his first appearance as Jason Voorhees, a role he would reprise in three subsequent films. It is a sequel to Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) and the seventh installment in the Friday the 13th franchise. Set seven years after the events of the previous film, the plot follows a psychokinetic teenage girl (Lincoln) who unwittingly releases Jason from his tomb at the bottom of Crystal Lake, allowing him to go on another killing spree in the area.

The New Blood was intended to have a higher standard of quality than that of the previous installments, with high-profile directors being considered to helm the project. Paramount Pictures sought a partnership with New Line Cinema to create a crossover film between the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street series which would not come to fruition until New Line bought the rights to the franchise, releasing Freddy vs. Jason in 2003. After several failed concepts, screenwriter Daryl Haney suggested an idea akin to "Jason vs. Carrie", in which Jason would battle a teenage girl with psychokinetic abilities.

The film was released on May 13, 1988, to mostly negative reviews from critics, and grossed $19.2 million at the U.S. box office on a budget of $2.8 million. It was followed by Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan one year later.

  1. ^ a b "Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.