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title: 'Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rob Hedden'
released: '1989-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/friday-the-13th-part-viii-jason-takes-manhattan-1989'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097388/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)

1989 · 96 min · Horror · United States

Part of: Friday the 13th

## Synopsis

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan is a 1989 American slasher film written and directed by Rob Hedden. The eighth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise and a sequel to Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), it stars Jensen Daggett, Scott Reeves, Peter Mark Richman, and Kane Hodder reprising his role as Jason Voorhees from the previous film. Set one year after the events of The New Blood, the film follows Jason as he stalks a group of teenagers on a boat to New York City. It was the final film in the series to be distributed by Paramount Pictures in the United States until 2009, with the subsequent Friday the 13th installments being distributed by New Line Cinema.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rob Hedden](https://cinepixo.com/people/rob-hedden)
- **Screenplay:** [Rob Hedden](https://cinepixo.com/people/rob-hedden)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Fred Mollin](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-mollin)
- **Producer:** [Randy Cheveldave](https://cinepixo.com/people/randy-cheveldave)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bryan England](https://cinepixo.com/people/bryan-england)
- **Editor:** [Steve Mirkovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-mirkovich)

## Cast

- [Sharlene Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sharlene-martin)
- [Gordon Currie](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-currie)
- [Scott Reeves](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-reeves)
- [Kane Hodder](https://cinepixo.com/people/kane-hodder) as Jason Voorhees
- [Jensen Daggett](https://cinepixo.com/people/jensen-daggett)
- [Martin Cummins](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-cummins)
- [Michael Benyaer](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-benyaer)
- [Kelly Hu](https://cinepixo.com/people/kelly-hu)
- [Ken Kirzinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-kirzinger)
- [Peter Mark Richman](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-mark-richman)

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