Story Line
Jason ships out aboard a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New York, which he soon transforms into the ultimate voyage of the damned.
“New York has a new problem.”
Top Cast
Jensen Daggett
Rennie
Scott Reeves
Sean Robertson
Barbara Bingham
Colleen Van Deusen
Peter Mark Richman
Charles McCulloch
Martin Cummins
Wayne
Gordon Currie
Miles Wolfe
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Rating
4.9/ 10
Release Date
1989-07-28
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Horror
Part of the Series
Friday the 13th Collection
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User Reviews (4)
John Chard
5/10
•1/29/2017Friday the 13th VIII: Jason Takes a Boat.
Jason Vorhees is once again brought back to life and goes on a kill crazy spree aboard a boat bound for Manhattan.
As is the norm with the "Friday 13th" sequels, this one garners scorn and praise in equ...
Gimly
4/10
•9/16/2018Absolutely ridiculous, and a totally misleading title. Jason still kills stuff, and that's fun I guess, but what a trashfire ending to an already pretty bad movie.
_Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._
Wuchak
6/10
•7/17/2019***Jason takes a cruise to the big city!***
Released in 1989, "Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan" is a nice change of pace as the series was suffering from banality at this point; the previous installment is a prime example (people ...
Sierbahnn
5/10
•5/5/2026It's Jason. It's a Jason-movie
This isn't the best, but it is not the worst. It is Jason, he does his Jason-thing. The people around him are likable enough to be mourned when they inevitably get chopped up. There is a side-plot, which does not actua...