Friday the 13th Part 8 - Jason Takes Manhattan [raymix]

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Original Release Date:
1989
Original Running Time:
100
Fanedit Release Date:
Fanedit Running Time:
83
Time Cut:
18
Time Added:
1
Subtitles Available?
Available in HD?
Brief Synopsis:
Dates changed to keep continuity with the of the rest F13 [raymix] series timeline.
The new dates give Rennie time to age from 6 in her flashback to 18 in the present. Both dates are real Friday the 13ths.
All of Rennie's Jason hallucinations have been removed. The only time we see or hear a young Jason is in her flashback.
There are many cuts made to alter the timeline, remove filler, tighten the editing & improve the overall ambiance.
Intention:
This project aims to bring stronger continuity, tighter editing & improved pacing to all 12 films in the Friday the 13th movie series.
Other Sources:
Friday the 13th Soundtrack (Waxwork Records remaster, 2014)
Friday the 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhattan Soundtrack (Waxwork Records remaster, 2020)
Bop 'Till You Drop by The Ramones (from the album Halfway to Sanity, 1987)
Sound Effects (freesound.org)
Release Information:
Digital
Editing Details:
I tried to stay true to Steve Mirkovich's editing style from the original film. Though my edits are extensive, I didn't want any obvious changes or alterations.
Cuts and Additions:
CHANGES:
PRODUCTION CREDITS-
-added the Fanedit.org logo
-added my production logo.
-scored the production logos & director credit with Overlay of Evil [ray's Ghost mix].
-new "A Rob Hedden Film" credit.
TITLE CARD-
-cut the title card.
-removed the opening credits & New York montage.
ON THE HOUSE BOAT-
-added "Thursday, May 12th 1988" text to the opening shot.
-removed Jason being resurrected by electrocution.
-added an echoing bass hit as Jason's hands grab the ladder.
-added rumble when Jim scares Suzy with the hockey mask & fake knife.
-cut the fake knife stab when Jim scares Suzi with the hockey mask.
-cut Jason loading the speargun.
-cut a shot of Jason after he kills Jim.
TITLE CARD-
-new title card.
-new title music. (The Ghost People [raymix] )
-added sound effects during the new title.
ARRIVING AT THE PIER-
-shortened a shot of Mrs. VanDeusen handing Rennie the gift.
-Mrs. VanDuesen's "Rennie.." begins on the previous shot.
-shortened a shot of Mrs. VanDuesen speaking to Rennie.
-Mrs. VanDuesen's "...it's you." is heard on the following shot of Rennie.
BOARDING THE SHIP-
-added "Friday, May 13th" text to the shot of the graduates arriving at the pier.
-cut Mrs. VanDuesen & Charles discussing what's best for Rennie.
-the boat's horn begins to sound on the shot of Jason climbing out of the lake.
-cut the nameless Deckhand doing the Crazy Ralph routine.
SETTING SAIL-
-cut the shot of guys shooting targets.
-shortened the shot of Rennie walking towards Sean.
-shortened the shot of Sean before he kneels down to pet Toby.
-removed some strange rustling sounds before Sean pets Toby.
-shortened the shot of Sean petting Toby.
-moved Rennie's "We changed our Minds" to make the conversation more natural.
-cut "But I didn't get you one." / "Oh forget it." after Sean give Rennie a gift.
-shortened the shot of Rennie looking at the necklace.
-Rennie's "Sean, I love it" is heard over the following shot.
J.J. ROCKS OUT-
-replaced the music while J.J. shoots her video with a better mix of the track.
-cut Wayne saying "Your parents really came through, huh?"
-shortened the shot of Jason's feet as J.J. goes down to the engine room.
IN RENNIE'S ROOM-
-cut Rennie hallucinating, seeing young Jason out the window.
BELOW DECK-
-cut Tamara calling Renne a "Real space cadet."
-cut Tamara plotting against Rennie.
IN THE SAUNA ROOM-
-cut a few frames to remove the fake torso catching fire during the steam room kill.
RENNIE GOES OVERBOARD-
-cut Rennie hallucinating, seeing young Jason underwater.
-cut Rennie & Mrs. VanDeusen's talk about not being able to swim.
-cut Charles showing up & yelling at everybody.
-cut the Deckhand doing the Crazy Ralph routine, again.
-cut Rennie hallucinating, seeing young Jason in the bathroom mirror.
FRAMING THE PRINCIPAL-
-cut the POV of Wayne walking down the hallway; He's already in place filming.
TAMARA'S DEMISE-
-added a bass rumble as Jason stabs Tamara.
AT THE HELM-
-Jason doesn't take the spear off the wall so slowly.
-cut Admiral Robertson's fatherly advice to Chief Carlson.
-added thunder sounds when Jason appears behind Chief Jim.
-augmented the music during the attack on Jim with part of the track Sayonara Tamara.
-augmented Jason's stabs with rhythmic bass hits.
-added a more realistic thunder sound when Admiral Robertson finds Jim's body.
-added rumble when Jason appears behind Admiral Robertson.
-less slo-mo when Admiral Robertson is killed.
-less slo-mo when Admiral Robertson is dropped.
-added sound effects when the Admiral's body hits the floor.
-added a thunder sound after the Admiral is killed.
-fade-out on the shot of Jason after he drops the Admiral.
RENNE & SEAN SIGNAL THE COAST GUARD-
-cut Sean saying nobody wants him around, or whatever.
-fade-in on the shot of Sean & Renne entering the bridge.
IN THE KITCHEN-
-cut the Deckhand doing the Crazy Ralph thing for the third time.
EVA'S DEMISE-
-added a rumble as Eva finds Tamara's body.
-cut Eva running up stairs.
-music can be heard before Eva opens the danehall doors.
-increased the volume of the music when Eva enters the dancehall.
-improved the EQ of the music in the dancehall.
-Eva doesn't look around the dancehall as long.
-added a neck-break sound effect.
-added an additional sound effect when Eva hit's the ground.
PREPARING TO FIGHT BACK-
-shortened the shot of Jules before he grabs the shotgun.
-new sound effect of the shotgun cocking.
WAYNE'S DEMISE-
-shortened the overhead shot of Wayne looking around.
-cut Wayne going around a corner.
-made Wayne's glasses-less POV shots even more unfocused.
-added some low-end to the sound of Wayne's shotgun blast.
-slight speed-up of the through-the-camera shot.
-cut a shot of Wayne looking through the camera.
-merged the two through-the-camera POV shots into one.
-added some low-end to the sound of the explosion.
MILES'S DEMISE-
-cut a shot of Jason watching Miles climb.
-cut a shot of Miles climbing.
-added a rumble when Julius finds Miles' body & gets thrown overboard.
AT THE HELM AGAIN-
-cut Charles mentioning that he's looking for the Deckhand.
-cut Charles mentioning the Deckhand's "Jason" rumor.
IN RENNIE'S ROOM AGAIN-
-cut Rennie hallucinating, seeing young Jason in her room.
-augmented the music during Jason's attack with the track The Ghost People.
-added an additional squish sound as Jason pulls the pen out of his eye.
FIRE ON THE SHIP-
-cut Shawn saying "it's Jason's fault!"
-cut the lightning striking the mast.
-cut the Deckhand saying "Get back."
ESCAPING THE SINKING SHIP-
-the group get into the lifeboat much faster.
-cut the odd daytime-looking shots during the lifeboat row away.
-cut some of the celebrating at the sight of New York City.
WELCOME TO MANHATTAN-
-cut the thugs injecting Rennie with drugs.
-cut the thug saying "Lay back & enjoy it, baby."
-cut the third shot from the thug's gun.
-cut Rennie's druggy POV visuals.
-cut Charles telling Shawn to "shut up about Jason."
-added bass rumble when Julius' head is found & the cop is grabbed.
-cut Rennie hallucinating, seeing young Jason while she's driving the police car.
-the car passes through Jason instead of hitting him.
RENNIE'S FLASHBACK-
-shortened the shot of the burning puddle as Rennie stares into it.
-added a cross-fade from the burning puddle to Rennie's flashback at Crystal Lake.
-added "Friday, August 13th 1976" text to Rennie's flashback.
-cut Charles mentioning Jason drowning & being at the bottom of the lake.
-Charles' "Time for your first swimming lesson" is over a shot of young Rennie.
ON THE SUBWAY TRAIN-
-cut Rennie yelling for "Help" & people looking at her.
TIMES SQUARE-
-added the track Livin' in the City by King Lou as Rennie & Sean look around Times Square.
-changed the music coming from the punk kids boombox. (Bop 'Till You Drop by The Ramones)
-replaced the sound effects during the 'Punk Boombox' scene. (street traffic, footsteps, car horns, people talking)
-cut the punk kids threatening Jason after he kicks their boombox & getting scared when he takes his mask off.
IN THE SEWER-
-cut a POV shot of Rennie & Sean running.
-shortened a shot of Jason walking in pursuit.
-cut a shot of Rennie & Sean running.
-cut a shot of Jason walking.
-cut the sanitation worker saying the sewers flood with toxic waste "every night at midnight."
-cut two shots of Rennie, Sean & the sanitation worker walking.
-speed-up on the silhouette during the sanitation worker's death.
-cut a shot of Jason in slow pursuit of Rennie.
-cut a shot of Jason's face after Rennie throws toxic waste on him.
-cut a goofy shot of Jason stumbling after being splashed by the toxic waste.
-removed the voice of young Jason as the sewer floods.
-extend a shot of the flooding sewer tunnel.
-cut a shot of the silly Jason puppet in the toxic waste.
-removed the sewer catching on fire.
-cut the Statue of Liberty getting struck by lightning.
-removed the shot of young Jason crying in the sewer.
THE END-
-different music during the final scene. ( Sean & Rennie / Safe At Last )
END CREDITS-
-added the title card before the credits roll.
-different selection of songs. (Jason Breaks It Up & The Darkest Side of the Night [raymix] )
POST-CREDITS-
-added a shot of Camp Crystal Lake to post-credits.
-added my production logo to the end.
-added a cue from the track Overlay of Evil. (F1)

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I'm going to keep these reviews very brief as I'm reviewing numerous films in RayDanger's series -

First off, the Friday the 13th series is not top shelf cinema, but they are a fun set of films. RayDanger does a miraculous job of streamlining the entire series, providing a lovingly curated narrative that is more sensical that the ones that the original producers released.

It terms of visual tone, audio, and overall editing, the experience is greatly improved with greater emphasis on suspense throughout.

All that said, this is my least favorite film in the series and there's only so many that RayDanger can fix. The ending made me less furious than the theatrical cut, but from the dull characters to the hairbrained plot, the dip in quality is severe. Still, for a series to start dipping this bad with installment EIGHT, that's an impressive feat.

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