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Friday The 13th Part 4
''Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter'' is a 1984 American slasher film directed by Joseph Zito, produced by Frank Mancuso Jr., and starring Kimberly Beck, Corey Feldman, Crispin Glover, and Peter Barton. It is the sequel to '' Friday the 13th Part III'' (1982) and the fourth installment in the ''Friday the 13th'' franchise. Picking up immediately after the events of the previous film, the plot follows a presumed-dead Jason Voorhees who escapes from the morgue and returns to Crystal Lake to continue his killing spree. The film marks the debut of the character Tommy Jarvis (Feldman), who would make further appearances in two sequels and related media, establishing him as Jason's archenemy. Much like ''Part III'', the film was originally supposed to be the final installment. Mancuso Jr. wanted to conclude the series as he felt no one respected him for his producing work on it regardless of how much the films earned at the box office, while also wanting to pursue other proje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Zito
Joseph Zito (born May 14, 1946) is an American film director and producer, best known for directing several cult and genre films throughout the 1980s, such as ''Missing in Action'', '' Invasion U.S.A.'', ''Red Scorpion'', '' The Prowler'', and '' Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter''. In 1985–1986, Zito spent a year of pre-production Pre-production is the process of planning some of the elements involved in a film, television show, play, or other performance, as distinct from production and post-production. Pre-production ends when the planning ends and the content starts ... on the Cannon version of ''Spider-Man'' which eventually fell through. Zito left the production due to budgetary constraints. Filmography Film Television Other References External links * Living people Film directors from New York City 1946 births Action film directors Horror film directors {{US-film-director-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Voorhees
Jason Voorhees () is a character (arts), character from the Friday the 13th (franchise), ''Friday the 13th'' series. He first appeared in ''Friday the 13th (1980 film), Friday the 13th'' (1980) as the young son of camp-cook-turned-killer Pamela Voorhees, Mrs. Voorhees, in which he was portrayed by Ari Lehman. Created by Victor Miller (writer), Victor Miller, with contributions by Ron Kurz, Sean S. Cunningham and Tom Savini, Jason was not originally intended to carry the series as the main antagonist. The character has subsequently been represented in various other media, including novels, video games, comic books, and Freddy vs. Jason, a crossover film with another iconic horror film character, Freddy Krueger. The character has primarily been an antagonist in the films, whether by stalking and killing the other characters, or acting as a psychological threat to the protagonist, as in the case of ''Friday the 13th: A New Beginning''. Since Lehman's portrayal, the character has b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |