Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter is an American horror film of the slasher subgenre. It is the fourth film in the Friday the 13th film series, but despite its title, it is hardly the "final chapter". The movie was directed by Joseph Zito with a script written by Barney Cohen and Bruce Hidemi Sakow. It premiered in the United States on Friday, April 13th, 1984.
The tagline for this film is, "This is the one you'll be dying for...".
Principal filming on Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter began in October, 1983 and concluded in January, 1984.
Released on Friday the 13th, a common release date amongst the Friday films.
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter was released to DVD by Paramount Home Entertainment on October 17th, 2000. It is also included as disc four on the Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan DVD boxset collection, released by Paramount on October 5th, 2004.
There are a total of twenty-eight credited cast members in this film.
There are exactly thirteen victims of Jason Voorhees in this film.
The police officer shown on the TV in Axel's morgue is identified as J. Jameson. In the credits however, the character's surname is spelled as Jamison.
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This is director Joseph Zito's second horror movie as a director. He previously directed the 1981 film The Prowler.
Judie Aronson is also known for playing Hilly, one of the teen love interests of Gary & Wyatt in the 1985 sci-fi/comedy Weird Science. She will go on to play a news reporter in the 2001 film Hannibal.