After his absence in the fifth entry, Jason Voorhees is back in “Friday The 13th Part VI: Jason Lives”. This movie has a few moderately enjoyable moments but for the most part, it’s the same old, tired formula. About the most inventive thing you will see here is a spoof of the gun barrel sequences from the “James Bond” films.

Tommy Jarvis (Thom Matthews “The Return of the Living Dead”) goes to destroy Jason’s corpse but he accidentally ends up resurrecting the killer. Now, Jason is on his way back to Camp Crystal Lake where a bunch of new campers and counsellors have just arrived. However, nobody will believe Tommy that Jason has returned from the grave and is out for blood.

I’m sure devout fans will be delighted to see Jason return after not featuring in the fifth one. I didn’t really care either way because we still got a guy in a hockey mask. He kills a ton of people in this movie and a couple of the kills are mildly creative. One of the minor characters actually knows to avoid Jason because she’s seen enough horror movies to know to get away from a creepy guy in a mask. Finally, a horror film character that isn’t a complete idiot. Still, most of them are as dumb as can be. The Tommy character is not remotely likeable.

“Jason Lives” is not the best nor the worst entry in the rather mundane “Friday The 13th” franchise. If you like these movies then you will like this one. However, I just find them all so bland. The bad acting, the pointless story, the lack of true suspense and the awful dialog are all just staples of an oversaturated slasher market. Really, the only thing anybody remembers about these films is a big guy in a hockey mask.