12. Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
Jason isn’t exactly a world traveller. He was born and raised in the town of Crystal Lake; he died there, and for the past nine years has rinse and repeated. But this time, he has his eyes set on the city that never sleeps. Jason Takes Manhattan acts as both the final film for Paramount – shifting over to New Line with Jason Goes to Hell – and the longest entry in the series. Clocking in at 100 minutes, our decrepit killer spends a heft of that time actually getting to the Big Apple.
When he does finally drop anchor, we almost wish he went with it. There’s a memorable boxing match on a city rooftop that proves Jason knows his Fatalities, and witnessing Jason toss a man across a Greasy spoon is something to behold, but it all feels superfluous. Then again, like much of the city, maybe that’s the point.