Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Adam Marcus
Screenplay by	Dean Lorey Jay Huguely
Story by	Jay Huguely Adam Marcus
Based on	Characters by Victor Miller
Produced by	Sean S. Cunningham
Starring	John D. LeMay Kari Keegan Erin Gray Allison Smith Steven Culp Steven Williams
Cinematography	Bill Dill
Edited by	David Handman
Music by	Harry Manfredini
Production company	Sean S. Cunningham Films[1]
Distributed by	New Line Cinema[1]
Release date	August 13, 1993 (1993-08-13)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3 million[2]
Box office	$15.9 million[3]

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday is a 1993 American supernatural slasher film directed by Adam Marcus from a screenplay by Dean Lorey and Jay Huguely, based on a story by Huguely and Marcus. The ninth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise and a sequel to Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989), it stars John D. LeMay, Kari Keegan, Erin Gray, Allison Smith, Steven Culp, Steven Williams, and Kane Hodder as Jason Voorhees, reprising his role from Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) and Jason Takes Manhattan. The film follows Jason's spirit as it possesses various people to continue his killings after his death. To resurrect himself, Jason must find and possess a member of his bloodline, but he can also be permanently killed by one of his surviving relatives using a magical dagger.

The film was conceived by co-writer and director Marcus under Cunningham, producer and director of the first film. After the low box-office returns of Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Paramount Pictures sold the character rights of Jason Voorhees to New Line Cinema.

Jason Goes to Hell was theatrically released on August 13, 1993, and grossed $15.9 million at the box office on a budget of $3 million, becoming the second-worst performing film in the series, after Jason Takes Manhattan. The film was panned by critics and fans alike, criticizing its supernatural elements and elimination of Jason Voorhees as a physical character.^[4]

The next installment in the series, Jason X, was released in 2001, and a narrative sequel/crossover, Freddy vs. Jason, was released in 2003.