Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood

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

  • 24% of critics liked it
    (17 reviews)

  • 50% of users liked it
    (58,416 ratings)

Directed by makeup effects artist John Carl Buechler, the seventh in the long-running, grisly horror series was far from the last, although the climactic fate of its antagonist would seem to suggest a final send-off. Lar Park Lincoln stars as Tina Shepard, a teenager with uncontrolled telekinetic… More

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R, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By
John Carl Buechler
Written By
Daryl Haney, Manuel Fidello
Genres
Horror
In Theaters
May 13, 1988 Wide
On DVD
Sep 3, 2002
Paramount Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton, Dread Central

    This new cleaner-looking version of The New Blood is miles ahead of what fans had access to previously on DVD

  • Steve Biodrowski, Cinefantastique

    You cannot really take the results seriously, but they are fun, offering both...something never really shown in a

  • Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is

    A more supernatural turn for the series.

  • Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

    By this seventh entry in the series, being different just for the sake of it really is justification enough.

  • Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine

    The anxieties suffered by Tina throughout the film are well thought-out by the franchise's typically one-dimensional standards.

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  • Tim S


    Jason VS. Carrie - that would make a good alternate title for this entry. This time around in Friday the 13th Part 7: The New Blood, Jason has to contend not only with his usual victims, but a young woman with psychokinetic powers. Originally this film was written to be the… More

  • Coxxie M


    oh ok. yea this might have a local crazy in it, but i think hes a just an old guy working the graveyard who probably saw the Grateful Dead back when they were called the Warlocks, and he discovers Jason's empty grave, and then BAM!, grave aint empty no more. then the opening… More

  • Conner R


    Jason vs. Carrie basically. While this is the 7th movie in the series, in many ways it's the birth of the Jason we all know and love. Kane Hodder will always be the one who made the character a full blown superstar; his acting ability under the suit is incredible. No one hacks,… More

  • jd c


    The New Blood wasn't that good. Lousy acting and lousy story line. Bloody, but not too bloody. Part 7 felt more like a waste of time. But, it still manages to be slightly entertaining.

  • Jeff "


    In this seventh Friday installment, the screenwriters basically copied the Carrie White approach to the story. A girl name Tina Sheppard has telekinetic powers awakens Jason and begins yet another series of grisly murders. Of all the Friday films, this one of the weaker ones, but is… More

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