Lack of good storyline.

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Ok so while this definitely isn't a favourite of mine in this film series, I wouldn't exactly lump it with the worst ones either - has nobody seen Jason Goes to Hell around here?! For the most part it plays like your basic Friday the 13th outing, but it's decidedly dull and off-putting somewhere too, and doesn't have any real suspense of horror ambiance to it, it just has a strangely offbeat and obnoxious tone running through it that really doesn't gel with the overall feel of the previous four movies. I was never particularly bothered by the whole imposter Jason thing that so divided a lot of fans on this one, I don't think the idea worked out very well but I do think it made for a nice change of pace in the, by this point tired Jason formula and if nothing else, made for a unique entry in the series. I find it a bit of a creepy notion that someone could take on the murderous spectre of Jason in the depths of their rage and grief, and there are similarities between Jason and Joey, although I doubt very much the director was aware of them. There are some things about the shaky plot that just don't add up though, like why didn't bland boring Roy the killer medic masquerading as Jason just immediately go after Vic who he knew had killed his backward son, instead of killing the other innocent housemates and random people who had nothing to do with anything? I never loved these pictures for their logic but it's just plain nonsensical. It's strewn with really weird, tacky touches, like the overly voyeuristic sex scene in the woods, and the two 50s looking greaser boys on their way to god knows what, a poor guy getting offed while taking a dump, and especially the horribly over the top grubby hillbillies who are so cartoony that they feel like they're from a different movie and really bring this one down, I hate those two! The old bag was mildly amusing because of her potty mouth, but the 'actor' who played Junior was unbelievably annoying, you'll never be happier to see a man get his head lopped off while riding a motorbike in a horror movie! And I'm afraid that I really never liked the actor who played Tommy, he just seems stuck up and cold to me, I think the guy believed he was doing shakespeare or something.. Shepherd was intense and everything, but he was also dead boring, he's meant to be the lead but he barely stands out. At least the other actors looked like they were having something of a good time with it. His Tommy isn't a memorable one and is just a strange transitional period between Corey Feldman and Thom Matthews. Now little Reggie the Reckless was a character that I did like and was rooting for, what a cool energetic kid, he brought a lot of fun to the movie, and that goes for Miguel Nunez Jr who was so effortlessly entertaining to watch that he so deserved a bigger part than what he got. And I know it's par for the course with all Friday movies, but with this one it's quite glaringly obvious that people are showing up purely to die and up the kill count, with the most gruesome one being when the beautiful naked girl gets the shears shoved into her head and snapped shut, which is one of the most viscerally brutal kills out of all these movie, bravo on that one! And for whatever reason one of the scenes that always stuck with me was when the waitress is killed outside the diner. I don't like how she gets an axe to the gut but I love that shot! The way she's lying there with the neon lights on her looks really cool and stylish to me, very 80s.. One of the best kills doesn't even involve Jason, it's right at the beginning when poor dumb and hilariously oblivious Joey gets an axe in the back just for trying to be nice! It's funny but also tense and chilling. The whole killing spree kicks off because of a chocolate bar but it still all makes for some fun schlocky 80s slasher goodness in its own right, just not as much fun as a lot of the others. It was an oddball stepping stone between the strong finish of part 4 and the tongue in cheek undead shot in the arm the series needed with part 6, and it's 7 damn enchiladas out of 10 for me yo! X

This film is one of the worst films I've ever seen, but after watching it with friends, I can confidently say: "This is one of the most fun experiences I've ever had while watching a film."Fun = 9.5/10

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning is very underrated and a really good horror film. It is my sixth favorite Friday the 13th film. It grew on me Friday the 13th Part III 3D and this one really grow on me and they become my favorite films. I am big Friday the 13th Fan and I love mostly of the films. This is the good movie. I know it get's a lot of hate because it doesn't have a Jason in it, but Tom Morga who played the hockey-masked killer was fantastic. It has good kill's and it is really my favorite 80's horror film. This movie reminds me on The Blob (1988) the diner scene my favorite horror sci-fi film.I love this film this time around the fourth time in the row it become guilty pleasure of mine. Melanie Kinnaman was a good bad-ass heroine, she was good and her performance was decent. The dinner scene was a fantastic death scene. Rebecca Wood as Lana was a good victim and I like the death kill. When the killer beheaded that biker guy Junior it was a good kill I like it. Tom Morga was a fantastic hockey-masked killer. Juliette Cummins as Robin was a hot great sexy babe. I like her as a victim. I like this film it is an alright slasher film not that bad. Danny Steinmann R.I.P. who is no longer with us anymore. I respect Mr. Danny Steinmann and his vision of the movie what he was trying to do. Please my remorse goes to his family and rest in peace Danny you are really missed. You have my respect Danny Steinmann you were great director and your direction of this movie was solid and your writing ability for the screenplay was talented. Melanie Kinnaman as the blond Pam was good excellent heroin I loved her. I love that in this movie the hockey mask design in this movie fro the killer was blue. I love in which Pam fights off The Killer with a chainsaw really awesome climatic battle fight scene. I have enjoy this film and however I feel now it is better then Friday the 13th Part 2 because the killer wasn't so clumsy and the chainsaw worked in this movie. Just like the first movie it ravels about revenge. In the original film is Mrs. Voorhees and this movie has Roy paramedic the killer. I still love Part 2 to death but it does have confusing plot. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning grew on me and I didn't thought it was horrible. I still don't like John Shepard as Tommy Jarvis but the movie more revolves around Pam and Reggie which I like. It is a good horror film. A 10/10

This movie is the fifth sequel to "Friday the 13th" and another junk movie for the long list of the worst movies ever made. Jason follows unstoppable, impossible to kill despite the hundreds of attempts already registered, and the same can be said of the franchise, to the sadness of those who like good cinema. It is a bad movie, very amateurish, unnecessary and probably made only for box office.