Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)

Timing: 1:28 (88 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1993-08-13

Country

United States

Production

Sean S. Cunningham Films

Genre

Horror, Thriller

Budget

$3 000 000

Revenue

$15 935 068

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Director

Adam Marcus

Actors

Kane Hodder, John D. LeMay, Kari Keegan, Steven Williams, Steven Culp, Erin Gray, Rusty Schwimmer, Richard Gant, Leslie Jordan, Billy Green Bush
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Scenario

Producer

Sean S. Cunningham, Debbie Hayn-Cass

Operator

Bill Dill

Composer

Harry Manfredini

Artist

Audition

Editing

David Handman
All team (33)

• A total of 141 people died in nine films.
• Betsy Palmer (Jason's mother) was offered a small role in this film, but she declined.
• The film's premiere date (Friday, August 13, 1993) was chosen deliberately – that day marked exactly 13 years since the release of the first installment of the saga.
• The film debuted at number two at the box office during its opening weekend (ceding the top spot only to "Rising Sun" (1993) starring Sean Connery). Ultimately, the film became the highest-grossing American horror film of 1993.
• The film's director, Adam Marcus, worked as a production assistant for Sean Cunningham on the set of the first film in the series when he was 12 years old.
• Originally, the film was to be directed by Tobe Hooper.
• Tony Todd was considered for the role of Duke.
• The heart eaten by the pathologist was made of gelatin and filled with grape jelly.
• The creators added scenes with tourists only after the first screening.
• Director Adam Marcus and lead actress Kari Keegan had a major falling out during filming, particularly due to Marcus's insistent demands that she appear nude in a bathroom scene, despite Keegan stating she had refused from the beginning. Furthermore, the water was so hot that the actress cried out in pain. At one point, Keegan simply left the set, and franchise creator Sean S. Cunningham had to remove Marcus and personally oversee the final days of filming to get Keegan to return.
• The original script featured Jason's brother, Elias, as the killer. This plotline was rejected, but the name Elias was given to Jason's father.