The eighth entry in the “Friday The 13th” series is notable for the being first time Jason Voorhees gets to go on a killing spree outside of the woods of Crystal Lake as he takes a trip to New York. If you’ve seen any of the other “Friday The 13th” movies then don’t expect anything ground-breaking here as it’s more of the same slice and dice.

Jason Voorhees escapes the woods and smuggles himself aboard a ship heading for New York. Unfortunately, many moviegoers were disappointed at the lack of time spent in New York as we spent the first two acts aboard the ship. I guess “Jason Takes A Boat Ride” isn’t as marketable.

Jason Voorhees is resurrected and hacks and slashes his way through more teenagers. Easily the funniest of his kills is way he actually manages to knock a guy’s head off with a single punch; we then see the head roll down the side of a building before falling into a dustbin. The other characters somehow manage to have less personality than a killer that doesn’t utter a single word throughout the course of the film and the only character I cared about was the dog.

“Jason Takes Manhattan” probably isn’t the worst “Friday The 13th” movie and I like the fact it clearly doesn’t take itself too seriously but there is so little of interest on offer with a film like this. Slasher movies are so formulaic that you look for any glimmer of originality like changing the location to a city. Fans of the series were disappointed by the fact that this picture didn’t really deliver upon its title and general moviegoers are likely to find it difficult to stomach one “Friday The 13th” film so they certainly aren’t going to want to make their way up to the eighth movie.