Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

Timing: 1:32 (92 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1985-03-22

Country

United States

Production

Paramount, Sean S. Cunningham Films, Georgetown Productions Inc., Terror, Inc.

Genre

Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Budget

$2 200 000

Revenue

$21 930 418

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Director

Danny Steinmann

Actors

John Shepherd, Tiffany Helm, John Robert Dixon, Juliette Cummins, Melanie Kinnaman, Richard Young, Deborah Voorhees, Mark Venturini, Shavar Ross, Marco St. John
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Scenario

John Shepherd

Producer

Timothy Silver, Frank Mancuso Jr.

Operator

Stephen L. Posey

Composer

Harry Manfredini

Artist

Audition

Fern Champion, Pamela Basker

Editing

Bruce Green
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• One month before the film's release in the US, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) demanded that 16 scenes depicting sexual or graphic violence be edited to earn an 'R' rating instead of an 'X' rating. The film required nine 'visits' to the MPAA before receiving an 'R' rating.
• Actress Melanie Kinnaman and director Danny Steinmann did not get along during the making of the film. Kinnaman claims Steinmann was a hostile and inaccessible director.
• The film takes place in 1989.
• Mark Venturini and Miguel A. Núñez Jr. starred in another horror film released in the same year, 1985 – "Return of the Living Dead".
• Initially, the sex scene with Debby Sue Woorhees was much longer, but the film's producer, Frank Mancuso Jr., ordered the editor, Bruce Green, to shorten the scene and make it look “like a Pepsi commercial.”
• John Shepherd researched the role of Tommy by working in a psychiatric hospital.
• John Shepherd wore cowboy boots to appear taller.
• Debby Sue Woorhees was later fired from teaching positions at two middle schools when students discovered her nude scene in this film.
• Mark Venturini was considered for the role of Tommy.
• Coincidentally, Debbie Sue Wuerch shares her real last name with Jason.
• A month before the film's release in the US, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) demanded that 16 scenes depicting sexual or graphic violence be edited to earn an “R” rating instead of an “X.” The film required nine “visits” to the MPAA before receiving an “R” rating.
• Originally, the sex scene with Debi Sue Wuerth was much longer, but film producer Frank Mancuso Jr. ordered editor Bruce Green to shorten it and make it look “like a Pepsi commercial.”