Alas, as the 1990's arrived, it was cheaper to hire soap and television actors to be in horror movies. Before Scream, (Wes Craven, 1996), arrived, Sean S. Cunningham returned to the "Friday the 13th" franchise to produce "Jason goes to Hell: The Final Friday" in 1993. It was 1991 when Freddy Krueger, (Robert Englund), made the last "A nightmare on Elm Street" movie, and The Silence of the Lambs, (Jonathan Demme), won five Academy Awards. The return to Crystal Lake, directed by Adam Marcus, was supposed to be The End of the series. It wasn't. The movie begins with a female FBI Agent Elizabeth Marcus, (Julie Michaels), who uses a lot of firepower to shoot Jason Voorhees, (Kane Hodder), to hell and back. When his body is taken to the Morgue, his spirit is transferred to an African-American coroner, (Richard Gant). The 'body swapping' theme isn't new. The movie is similar to Jack Sholder's 1987 cult science fiction/action-thriller hybrid classic "The Hidden". Then the new campers arrive at Camp Crystal Lake: Joey B. (Rusty Schwimmer); Josh, (Andrew Bloch); Ward, (Adam Crammer); and Vicki, (Allison Smith). Part 9 has its mix of sex and violence. The other part of the story concerns Steven Freeman, (John D. LeMay), who is involved with Jessica Kimble, (Kari Keegan), and Diana Kimble, (Erin Gray), who is related to Jason Voorhees. Steven then meets an African-American bounty hunter named Creighton Duke, (Steven Williams), who breaks his fingers to force information out of him concerning Jason Voorhees.
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Jason Voorhees, (Kane Hodder), returns for the last "Friday the 13th" horror movie in 1993. Sadly, he was proved wrong, with another sequel ten or so year's later, and a re-make in 2009.***
Steven meets Sheriff Ed Landis, (Billy Green Bush), and Officer Randy Parker, (Kipp Marcus), who has to deal with more people who are invaded by the spirit of Jason Voorhees, including Robert Campbell, (Steven Culp), three-quarters through the movie. Sean S. Cunningham enlisted Harry Manfredini to do the music, as he produced the successful "House" horror-comedy series with Steve Miner in the nineteen eighties, and nineteen nineties, and other films. Lastly, Jason Voorhees' body is released from the 'bodies', and he is dragged to Hell in the exploding finale, as the movie ends.
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The horror of the simple titled "House", 1986, re-united Sean S. Cunningham and Steve Miner, in the mid-1980's, that wasn't as extreme as "Last house on the Left", (written and directed by Wes Craven), 1972; and "Friday the 13th", (1980), (produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham).
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