Friday the 13th Part V A New Beginning (1985)***.

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Friday the 13th Part IV The Final Chapter, (1984), was supposed to be the End of the series with Jason killed by Tommy Jarvis. But, to everyone's surprise, writers David Cohen, Danny Steinmann, (who also directed), and Martin Kitrosser, continued the franchise. This time Tommy Jarvis, (Corey Feldman), watches a group of teenagers heading towards the cemetery where Jason Voorhees is buried. When Jason attacks them from the grave, Tommy, who was getting therapy, flees in horror...and the movie begins yet again.
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The movie cuts to several years' later, when an older Tommy Jarvis, (John Shepard), is taken to Pinehurst Mental Health facility, (a camp for teenagers), owned by Matt, (Richard Young), and Pam, (Melanie Kinnaman); Tommy is forced out of the van by Billy, (Bob De Simone). Once the van leaves, they try to get Tommy to feel better when he relates to other campers: Vinnie, (Anthony Barrile); Joey, (Dominick Brascia)-the overweight teen who loves eating chocolate; Robin, (Juliette Cummins); Violet, (Tiffany Helm); and Neil, (Todd Bryant)-who stutters; Duke, (Caskey Swaim); and Tina, (Debisue Voorhees). With them are Reggie, (Shavar Ross); and his Grandfather George, (Vernon Washington), are characters who live and die during the movie.
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The horror begins with Joey irritating the girls. Then he is killed by Victor, (Mark Venturini). In the end, he is taken away by Sheriff Cal Tucker, (Marco St. John), and the Second Deputy, (Ed Shinstine). One of the ambulance man named Roy, (Dick Wiend), is related to Joey. He then hides his anger...and vanishes, as the Third Deputy, (Chuck Wells), deals with the death. Like the previous Friday the 13th movies, a woman named Ethel, (Carol Locatell), and her son Junior, (Ron Sloan), appear to tell the Sheriff that some of the campers are making out in the woods. After he stresses that they would be dealt with, two of the campers get out of the Sheriff's car...and they know they're in deep trouble.
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In 1985, there were other horror movies: Tom Holland's "Fright Night", (a teen vampire movie); and "A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge", (Jack Sholder). The two movies were hits; Friday the 13th Part V A New Beginning was considered weak when it is shown against the other horror movies.
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Scene from A nightmare on Elm Street Part 2 Freddy's Revenge, as Freddy gets revenge by possessing Jessie Walsh, (Mark Patton). Both movies suffered from bad reviews upon their release.
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