# Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

> A traumatized teenager in a rural halfway house faces a new masked-killer spree that may be connected to his own fractured psyche.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/4898

## Facts

- Runtime: 92 min
- Genres: Horror, Thriller
- Director: Danny Steinmann
- Cast: John Shepherd, Tiffany Helm, John Robert Dixon, Juliette Cummins, Melanie Kinnaman, Richard Young, Deborah Voorhees, Mark Venturini
- TMDB rating: 5.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089173/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: gruesome, paranoid, crude, late night horror marathon, halloween viewing

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