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Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter Blu-ray delivers stunning video and great audio in this excellent Blu-ray release
Hockey-masked Jason Voorhees is back, with a vengeance. Picking up directly where 'Part 3' left off, Jason leaves the hospital morgue and sets his sights on yet another group of young people near Crystal Lake.
For more about Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter and the Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter Blu-ray release, see Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter Blu-ray Review published by Martin Liebman on October 22, 2020 where this Blu-ray release scored 4.0 out of 5.
Scream Factory via Shout! Factory has released the 1984 Horror franchise film 'Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter' to Blu-ray with a fresh 4K scan
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.
The film picks up right where the third film ended. Bodies, including Jason's, are strewn all over the place. The
authorities have arrived on-scene to pick up the pieces and carry off the bodies. That includes Jason, who of course wasn't really dead when he was
taken to the hospital. He brutally murders a couple of lovebirds who work in the morgue, setting off yet another killing spree. Jason escapes and
makes his way back to familiar hunting
grounds -- Camp Crystal Lake -- where several new teenagers await a bloody fate.
Meanwhile, a young boy named Tommy Jarvis (Corey Feldman) lives nearby with his sister Trish (Kimberly Beck). With the help of a young man
named Rob (E. Erich Anderson) who has a personal connection to the Crystal Lake killings, Tommy and Trish begin to close in one Jason. As the body
count next door mounts, Tommy, Trish, and
Rob mount a last-ditch effort to fend off Jason and put an end to his madness once and for all.
For a full film review, please see Michael Reuben's writing accompanying the Warner Brothers release here.
The Final Chapter looks every bit as good as Friday the 13th and Friday the 13th Part II. The 1080p picture, also sourced from a fresh 4K
scan, delivers a fine, finessed, filmic presentation that maintains a generally light and even grain structure. It spikes a bit in lower light, as is to be
expected, but the picture is very nice in sum, healthy and naturally sharp while presenting with a very pleasing, accurate cinematic texturing. Details
delight with firm, robust clarity. Facial textures are excellent, clothing is stout, and natural details around the world are crisp, whether outside or, as
much of the film takes place, inside. Kitchens, living rooms, showers...sex and kills take place in various locations throughout the film, and every
environment presents with more than satisfying elemental definition to carry each scene to excellence. Colors are fine with red blood leading the
charge. Period clothes bolster the tonal output -- pinks and teals and the like -- while warmer hues inside the house enjoy quality depth and contrast.
Black levels are excellent. Night skies are the main beneficiary but low light interiors, dark clothes, and the like share in the excellence. There are a few
stray signs of wear, like a brief vertical line seen at the 34:25 mark when Rob is examining one of Tommy's masks. But such are extremely few and far
between. The source is very clean and the encode is strong. Shout!'s done another amazing job with this one.
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter features a pair of audio tracks, one 5.1, the other 2.0 mono, both in the DTS-HD Master Audio lossless
configuration. There's something to be said for the mono track's fidelity to the source but there's also something to be said for the 5.1 track's superior
clarity, greater stage expansion, and more enjoyable robustness. The 5.1 listen showers the stage in well placed music, wide and clear along the front
with appropriate surround wrap and subwoofer engagement as is necessary. Additionally, atmospheric effects -- rain, a running shower, a film projector
whirring in the background -- offer superior presence and clarity in 5.1. The mono track is flatter, less dynamic, struggling to find the same range even
along the front. It's crude, but it's also more representative of the original sound. Dialogue in both versions is fine, with the mono track imaging nicely
enough to the center. It is a little harsh and shrilly in the 26 minute mark in both tracks, but more so in the mono track.
This Blu-ray release of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter includes several supplements, including a pair of audio commentaries. Everything
from the Warner Brothers release carries over, but two of the extras, The Friday the 13th Chronicles, Part IV and Secrets Galore Behind the
Gore, appear on the bonus discs within the larger boxed set. See below for what's included. New material is
marked as such. Please click here for coverage of the carryover content.
As it ships in the Friday the 13th collection box set, no DVD or digital copies are
included and the release does not include a slipcover.
Audio Commentary: Director Joseph Zito, Screenwriter Barney Cohen, and Editor Joel Goodman.
Audio Commentary: Fans/Filmmakers Adam Green and Joe Lynch.
Lost Tales from Camp Blood—Part 4
Slashed Scenes: With optional Director Joseph Zito commentary.
Jason's Unlucky Day: 25 Years After Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
The Lost Ending
The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited, Part I
Jimmy's Dead Dance Moves
Theatrical Trailer
NEW! TV Spot (1080i upscaled, 0:33).
NEW! Radio Spots (1080p, 1:02 total runtime): Audio plays above a static image of the title and the hockey mask.
NEW! Movie Stills Gallery (1080i, 2:43): The images advance automatically. There is no musical accompaniment.
NEW! Posters and Lobby Cards Gallery (1080i, 4:47): Images and ads from around the world.
Fangoria Articles: Accessible only via PC Blu-ray drive.
The Final Chapter was obviously not the final chapter, with no less than six main series films to follow. But it's a good watch
with an unlikely ending (even with the name mostly spoiling what's to come) that does leave fans craving more, even if the movie is in many ways
formulaic to a fault. Shout! Factory's Blu-ray is terrific. Video approaches best case scenario, the 5.1 audio mix delivers, and the disc includes a good
number of extras. Highly recommended.
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