“Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday” is the ninth instalment in the “Friday The 13th” franchise and was intended to be the last. There are a few minor changes to the formula as we see some more supernatural elements added into the mix but for the most part, this is the same old slasher stuff.

Jason Voorhees is blow to smithereens before the opening credits by the F.B.I. but it isn’t long before he transfers his essence into a new body. He spends the film swapping bodies as he cuts his way back to Crystal Lake. Meanwhile, the only ‘true’ means of destroying Jason are revealed as the story becomes more detailed than it needed to.

The costume design for Jason this time around is actually really good but it’s one of the few positives that I could find in the movie. I’m also aware that having Jason body swapping irritated “Friday The 13th” purists but I don’t really have a problem with it. None of the other characters are remotely interesting, which is not remotely surprising for these movies, but there is a certain cameo right at the end of the picture that sparked a lot of debate about a crossover follow-up.

“Jason Goes To Hell” isn’t going to convert any of the people that didn’t care for the other “Friday The 13th” movies but if you are one of those people that desperately needs to see another movie with a killer in a hockey mask then this is a film for you. The supernatural elements are mildly interesting but they don’t go far enough to deviate from the very predictable formula that plagues slasher movies in general. The filmmakers of the “Friday The 13th” series must have an easy life knowing that they need only put some blood and breasts in front of the camera and they have an audience.