Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985) Online

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Anthony Barrile	-	Vinnie
	Suzanne Bateman	-	Nurse Yates / Receptionist
	Dominick Brascia	-	Joey
	Todd Bryant	-	Neil
	Curtis Conaway	-	Les
	Juliette Cummins	-	Robin
	Bob DeSimone	-	Billy / Male Nurse (as Bob De Simone)
	John Robert Dixon	-	Eddie
	Corey Feldman	-	Tommy at 12
	Jere Fields	-	Anita (as Jeré Fields)
	Tiffany Helm	-	Violet
	Melanie Kinnaman	-	Pam
	Richard Lineback	-	Deputy Dodd
	Carol Locatell	-	Ethel
	Ric Mancini	-	Mayor Cobb

Corey Feldman's scenes were shot in the backyard of his house.

Melanie Kinnaman claims her favorite scenes in the film are the ones where she is wearing the wet see through t-shirt. She felt she didn't look good in the film until they turned the sprinklers on.

The film was originally written to have Corey Feldman as the star, reprising the role of Tommy Jarvis. However, he was already working on The Goonies (1985), therefore the script was rewritten to have Feldman's appearance limited to a cameo.

There was originally a 3-minute long sex scene, but the MPAA forced them to cut it to 10 seconds. Deborah Voorhees lost teaching jobs later in life when the schools discovered her sex scene in the film.

Without counting the laughing or yelling, the Tommy Jarvis character only says 24 words throughout the entire film.

Tommy's opening dream was different in the original script, and arguably made him seem more of a suspect later on. It opens as a continuation of the ending of the previous film - Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) - as a young Tommy is taken to the same hospital as Jason's corpse. Then, in a sudden fit of psychotic rage, he winds up attacking half the hospital staff trying to get to the morgue to find Jason's bloodied body. Once he has finally found the body, Jason suddenly rises from the autopsy table. Immediately after this, the adult Tommy wakes up in the van, en route to the Pinehurst house.

This is the first film in the series where Jason is actually referred to by his full name: Jason Voorhees. In Пятница 13-е (1980), Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981), and Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), he is only referred to as Jason, while he is not referred to by name at all in Friday the 13th Part III (1982).

One month prior to the film's release in the United States, the MPAA demanded that sixteen scenes featuring sex or graphic violence be edited in order to merit an "R" rating instead of an "X". The film ultimately required nine trips to the MPAA before finally being granted an "R" rating.

(at around 1h) The film which Jake and Robin watch, A Place in the Sun (1951), revolves around the drowning of one of its characters in a lake, the same fate which Jason meets with in Пятница 13-е (1980).

The film takes place in 1989.

Ted White, who played Jason in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), stated in interviews that he was offered the opportunity to reprise the role in this sequel, but turned it down. White also stated that he regretted that decision.

(at around 35 mins) The moment when Lana (Rebecca Wood) looks into the mirror, bares her breasts and cries "Showtime!" was not in the original script. Wood had recently seen Bob Fosse's Весь этот джаз (1979), in which Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) does something similar. She told director, Danny Steinmann, about her idea, and he loved it.

Contrary to popular belief, "A New Beginning" was a hit at the box office. Producer Frank Mancuso Jr. was so pleased with the take at the box office opening weekend, he called up director Danny Steinmann and claimed the numbers were like "the golden times".

Although "Part V" appears on all promotional material, it does not appear in the actual film. The opening credits simply read: "Friday the 13th: A New Beginning".

Actress Melanie Kinnaman and director Danny Steinmann did not get along during the making of the film. Kinnaman claims Steinmann was hostile and unapproachable as a director.

Deborah Voorhees' original sex scene was much longer and much more graphic. The film's editor, Bruce Green, was told by producer, Frank Mancuso Jr. to trim the scene and make it look "like a Pepsi commercial".

Deborah Voorhees was later fired from jobs as a teacher in two high schools, due to her students discovering her nude scenes in this movie.

Sherilyn Fenn was considered for the role of Violet, but turned it down to do Just One of the Guys (1985).

In order to keep the storyline a secret, the film was originally called "Repetition", after the David Bowie song of the same name. Several of the other Friday the 13th films have used Bowie songs as fake titles.

The scene of Lana (Rebecca Wood) and Billy (Bob DeSimone) was originally written for Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), but for unknown reasons wasn't used and put into this film instead.

John Shepherd researched the role of Tommy by working at a state mental hospital.

John Shepherd wore cowboy boots in order to look taller.

Mark Venturini and Miguel A. Núñez Jr. co-starred in The Return of the Living Dead (1985), another 1985 horror movie.

In her audition for the part of over-the-top hick Ethel, Carol Locatell wore a wig gifted to her by Burt Reynolds for her time playing a prostitute in his movie Sharky's Machine (1981). The 'New Beginning' people loved it, especially the part where she could provide her own wig. That's not really what Locatell was going for (surely they'd get a new wig for the film), but she just went with it. Unfortunately, she temporarily volunteered the wig to the make-up department in the chance they should need it for any re-shoots. They never gave it back to Locatell, perhaps forgetting it was her personal property and not theirs.

Friday the 13th Part III (1982) was originally supposed to center around Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)'s survivor Ginny (Amy Steel), set at a mental institution to which she'd been committed due to emotional trauma. However, Steel declined to return, so the concept was shelved. 'Part III's' screenwriter, Martin Kitrosser, had fleshed out the ideas (Jason survivor as lead character, some setting where troubled teenagers might be) into a written story treatment, which was dusted off and used for 'A New Beginning's' basic story while Danny Steinmann and David Cohen penned the script.

This was the last film directed by Danny Steinmann.

Danny Steinmann was originally going to write and direct a sequel to The Last House on the Left (1972) for Paramount. However, after the project fell through, the producers offered Steinmann this film instead.

'A New Beginning's' editor, Bruce Green, had previously been an assistant editor to future Oscar-winning editor Michael Kahn on Индиана Джонс: В поисках утраченного ковчега (1981) and Индиана Джонс и Храм судьбы (1984). Kahn put his neck on the line for Green, offering to edit 'A New Beginning' for free if the producers didn't like the job Green did.

The opening credits for Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) was originally suppose to feature the hockey mask exploding into the title of the movie, however, due to a time crunch and pressures from director Joseph Zito to release the film by Friday the 13th, work on this opening sequence remained incomplete. The hockey mask, however, is shown exploding through the title of A New Beginning,

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985) was cast under a fake title, Repetition, and many of the actors in the film were not aware it was a Friday the 13th installment until after they were cast in their roles. Among the unaware cast was lead actor John Shepherd, who spent several months volunteering at a state mental hospital to prepare for the role, and that he felt "really disappointed" to discover that Repetition was actually the fifth entry in the Friday the 13th series. Actor Dick Wieand stated that "It wasn't until I saw Part V that I realized what a piece of trash it was. I mean, I knew the series' reputation, but you're always hoping that yours is going to come out better", and director Danny Steinmann stated that he "shot a porno in the woods there. You wouldn't believe the nudity they cut out."

Coincidentally, Deborah Voorhees shares her real surname with Jason.

(at around 1h) The film which Jake and Robin watch is A Place in the Sun (1951).

Rebecca Wood (Lana) had a lot of fun filming her death scene, To the point where she walked down the street with the axe glued to her acting like a zombie, people passing by would freak out not knowing a movie was being filmed up ahead, Rebecca stated that she had a lot of laughs doing it.

In Turkey, this film and its prequel, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) (1984) were released at the same time: People could watch both films back to back. Even the posters for both movies were displayed next to each other.

Final film role for Vernon Washington (George/Gramps).

Director/writer Danny Steinmann was originally offered a two-picture deal to direct a 'Friday the 13th' sequel as well as a The Last House on the Left (1972) sequel, the latter ultimately falling through. At that time, Steinmann had just made his official directorial debut with Savage Streets (1984). However, he'd actually been working in exploitation cinema under various pseudonyms since 1973, starting with the hardcore sex comedy High Rise (1973). That was Steinmann's only adult film, an attempt to make a "better" version of Deep Throat (1972), but it did speak to the sleazy sensibilities he brought to 'A New Beginning'.

Darcy DeMoss was originally hired for the role of Tina, but she was fired after refusing to perform the nude scenes required for the role. DeMoss would appear in the next installment of the franchise, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986).

Gina Gershon and Darcy DeMoss were among actresses considered to play Tina and they both read their parts with producer Frank Mancuso Jr. and actor John Robert Dixon (Eddie).

Mark Venturini was considered for the role of Tommy.

A seminary student talked John Shepherd into playing Tommy.

The 'Friday the 13th' movies didn't actually go by their real titles during production, with this one called "Repetition" (a self-deprecating in-joke on the part of the producer). The actors usually figured this out during the casting process, but some of 'A New Beginning's' hadn't put it together until their first day on set, when stuntman Tom Morga walked by in full Jason Voorhees costume.

After Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985), director Danny Steinmann was lined up to direct a further five movies, but they all fell through. He was involved in a horrible bicycle accident that almost killed him not long after "Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning" was released and he spent years recuperating from it, and never returned to filmmaking, despite many attempts.

(at around 10 mins) A small black and white photo of John Lennon hangs on the wall behind Matt's head in the first scene of them together in his office.

The halfway house pickup truck is a 1964 Ford f-100 custom.

The candy bar that Joey is eating and also the one that he offers Vic both appear to be a Mr. Goodbar made by Hershey.

First Film in the series to feature a killer being arrested.

The movie's title, "A New Beginning", was chosen because it had been decided that Tommy would become the killer after his encounter with Jason in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), which was alluded to at the end of that film. Danny Steinmann was instructed to do two things with this movie: to deliver a shock, scare, or kill every seven or eight minutes, and, more importantly, to turn Tommy into Jason. The ending with Tommy about to kill Pam was not originally meant to be interpreted as a dream, and was instead intended to show that Tommy had gone crazy after his encounters with Jason. However, this plot twist was abandoned when fans demanded Jason's return, and thus he was resurrected in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986). Had this film gone down well with fans, the producers would have brought John Shepherd and Melanie Kinnaman back for a direct sequel.

In the rest of the series and during most of part V, the chant "ki ki ki, ma ma ma" can be heard when the murderer is nearby. This is symbolic of Jason telling Mrs. Vorhees to "Kill, mom, kill." However, in the final scene, you can hear the chant "ki ki ki, taw taw taw", which is symbolic of Tommy's psyche telling him to "Kill, Tommy, kill".

(at around 53 mins) "Victor Faden" can be seen written on the outhouse wall behind Demon. This is the name of the mental patient who hacked Joey to death and was taken away by the police. Many believe this was put there to insinuate the possibility that Victor had escaped and is committing more murders.

The only cast members who knew the killer was Roy the paramedic were Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, stuntman Tom Morga (who played "Jason" for most of the masked scenes) and, of course, Dick Wieand. However, when it came time to film the big reveal, they all knew the twist ending was horrible. In fact, they filmed Roy's death scene twice. No one believed the audience would be able to just see the unmasked man and instantly remember him as the paramedic.

Violet was originally to be killed by being stabbed in the crotch with a machete while exercising; a still photo featuring the make-up effect for that death scene is available online. However, the producers found Violet's original cause of death to be "tasteless" and thus it was changed to the one depicted in the movie.

The scene in which Pam attacks Roy with the chainsaw was shot on Halloween night in 1984.

This is only the second film of the series in which Jason Voorhees is not the killer, the first being the original Friday the 13th (1980). However, not including the dream sequences, this is actually the first and only film in the series where he isn't present, as we do see the flashback of Jason drowning in the original film.

For the screenplay, Danny Steinmann was working under two directives from Phil Scuderi: deliver a shock, scare, or kill every seven or eight minutes, and to turn Tommy into Jason. In fact, Scuderi presented Steinmann with a graph to emphasize his "every eight minute" rule, which meant the film needed to keep introducing new characters and then kill them three or four minutes later. You can evaluate how well Steinmann followed the rule with this minute-by-minute breakdown of the film.

Although actor Dick Wieand is credited for the role of "Roy/Jason Voorhees", it is actually stuntman, Tom Morga, who appears in the scenes featuring the impostor Jason, as well as those with the hallucination of Jason, which haunts Tommy.

Ethel's death scene was originally more graphic. There was a prosthetic head made that showed the machete forcefully destroying her face. It was deemed too graphic by the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and the shot was removed.

Body count: 19 (not including dream sequences). 'A New Beginning' and Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) were tied for the highest body count of the series until Джейсон отправляется в ад: Последняя пятница (1993) surpassed them both with 27 kills.

Three different hockey masks are featured in the film. The first is the one which the Jason impostor, Roy, wears, which has two blue stripes on either side of the mouth. The second is the one the real Jason wears when Tommy sees him in the hospital room at the end, which has one red triangle above the eyes. The third is featured on the poster, and is an entirely different hockey mask, with more breathing holes on it. This one is never used in the film.

Violet was originally supposed to be killed while doing gymnastics.

The big surprise at the end is the reverse of most slasher movies. Instead of being shocked by who the killer is, we're shocked by who the killer isn't.

Anita's death is one of the only kills that is done off screen in the entire Friday the 13th franchise. Tommy's mother in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) was also killed off screen.

(at around 53 mins) The "Faden" graffitied on the outhouse wall was simply the name of a golfing buddy of Danny Steinmann's brother, not a possible red herring as to the killer's identity as many people have assumed.

If you count the dream sequences and visions, Jason only appears in four short scenes that only amount to three minutes of screen time. Otherwise, this is the only film in the series where he doesn't appear.