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Friday the 13th: Part VII - The New Blood Blu-ray delivers great video and audio in this fan-pleasing Blu-ray release
One of this season's happy campers at Crystal Lake has brought along a deadly secret. Tina Shepherd can see the future and levitate objects. Her doctor knows just how dangerous telekinesis can be, but now it's too late. Tina has accidentally unchained Jason from his watery grave, and the bloodbath is underway.
For more about Friday the 13th: Part VII - The New Blood and the Friday the 13th: Part VII - The New Blood Blu-ray release, see Friday the 13th: Part VII - The New Blood Blu-ray Review published by Martin Liebman on October 22, 2020 where this Blu-ray release scored 3.5 out of 5.
Scream Factory via Shout! Factory has released the 1988 Horror franchise film 'Friday the 13th: Part VII - The New Blood' to Blu-ray with a high
quality 1080p transfer and
a pair of lossless soundtrack options. Several supplements are included as well, carrying over the
extras from Warner Brothers' disc found in the 2013 collection and adding a few new ones. It's an excellent Blu-ray. It is
currently only available in the exciting, and limited, Friday the 13th Collection which includes all 12 films featuring killer Jason
Voorhees as well as two bonus discs.
Teenager Tina (Lar Park Lincoln) has long been in therapy with Doctor Crews (Terry Kiser). She's lived with pain for years, first for her father's
alcoholic abuses and for the aftermath of her father's death, which she caused through her telekinetic powers. She has not made much progress at the
hospital, so Crews brings Tina and her mother (Susan Blu) back to the scene of her father's death at Crystal Lake. He's trying to tap into her powers
but she's reluctant to allow him such intimate access to who she truly is, particularly as he's pushing her mentally and emotionally beyond where she
wants to be. When she uses her powers to resurrect her father, she inadvertently rises Jason (Kane
Hodder) from his watery grave instead. And so begins another round of gruesome killing that only someone with supernatural powers can stop.
For a full film review, please see Michael Reuben's writing accompanying the 2013 Blu-ray here.
Friday the 13th: Part VII - The New Blood's 1080p transfer is not quite as attractive as the previous films in the Shout! Factory collection, with
the exception the visually divergent Part III, at least considering its 2-D presentation. Grain is a little less
fine and refined, appearing here more dense
and aggressive. Black levels are lighter, too, lacking that inky depth from pervious outings. It's still a good image, enjoying quality detail and
satisfactory color output. The picture reveals all of Jason's gory details with fine clarity, including his exposed spine, tattered clothes, peeling skin, and
the wear and tear on the famous hockey mask (not to mention the nastiness underneath it). Daytime scenes reveal well-rounded complexity to trees
and fallen leaves, 80s clothes (denim jackets, sweaters), and fine skin details. Colors are healthy, like a blue denim jacket and red blood. The earthy fall
leaves lining the ground also add a distinct tonal flavor to the film. The picture is free of serious source blemish and the encode appears to be
rock-solid. Though the least of the series so far in terms of native 2-D pictures, the quality is still rather good in the
aggregate.
Friday the 13th: Part VII - The New Blood includes a pair of lossless soundtrack options: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 stereo. Much like
the stereo track in Part VI, Part VII's 2.0 track holds its own. It's arguably more
aggressive, but it's also lacking clarity and finesse. Dialogue is a little shrilly and not always perfectly imaged to the center, either. Sound effects likewise
lack the distinction, detail, and definition found in the 5.1 track. The 5.1 track offers some good hard hitting depth and solid detail during some of the
climactic moments when Tina brings down the pain on Jason through various means, including collapsing a structure on top of him. It's not enough to
keep him down, but enough to temporarily disable him and give the characters a reprieve. It's also a good example of the differences between the
tracks, with the 2.0 presentation more boisterous but less detailed, the 5.1 track a little more refined, fuller, and presenting with superior clarity. 5.1
dialogue is clear and center focused. As with all of the other tracks, the multichannel effort comes out on top, but the 2.0 track is a perfectly viable
listen.
Friday the 13th: Part VII - The New Blood includes a blend of new and returning supplements. New content is marked as such. Please click here for coverage of the carryover
content. Note that The Friday the 13th Chronicles and Secrets Galore Behind the Gore were included on the Warner Brothers disc but
appear on the bonus discs for the collection,
not on this film's disc.
NEW! Audio Commentary: Director John Carl Buechler and Actor Kane Hodder. Note that this track is not newly recorded, but new to
Blu-ray.
Audio Commentary: Director John Carl Buechler and Actors Lar Park Lincoln and Kane Hodder.
Jason's Destroyer: The Making of Friday the 13th, Part VII
Mind Over Matter: The Truth About Telekinesis
Makeover by Maddy: Needs a Little Touch-Up Work, My A**
Slashed Scenes with Introduction by Director John Carl Buechler
Theatrical Trailer
NEW! TV Spots (1080i, 1:49 total runtime).
NEW! Posters and Behind the Scenes Gallery (1080i, 3:13): Images and ads from around the world.
NEW! Still Gallery (10801, 4:32): The images advance automatically. There is no musical accompaniment.
NEW! Fangoria Articles: Accessible only via PC Blu-ray drive.
Despite introducing the telekinesis dynamic, the movie is fundamentally the same as is predecessors. Jason stalks a number of teenagers and kills them
in a variety of brutal ways, leading to a showdown with a final girl who is obvious from the outset. It's just familiar enough to be comfortable
and just different enough to stand apart, even if it channels some of the paranormal aspects found in the Nightmare on Elm Street series. Shout!'s Blu-ray is probably the least of
the first seven films, though it's still a solid release. Video is a step down from previous outings, but the audio is fine and supplements are good, even if
there's little here that's new and noteworthy. Recommended.
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