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This June is \\u201cVHS Cover Art\\u201d month at Catching Up On Cinema!

Every week we\'ll be reviewing films with incredible cover art from the VHS era.

This week, Kyle and Trevor review Adam Marcus\', Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)!

Oft regarded as the black sheep of the franchise, Jason Goes to Hell is the 9th installment of the Friday the 13thseries of slasher films.

Originally conceived by franchise shepherd Sean S. Cunningham as an opportunity to crossover his Friday the 13th series with A Nightmare on Elm Street in the form of a Freddy vs. Jason project (a decade before that film would actually be produced), Jason Goes to Hell would be the first Friday film to be distributed by \\u201cThe House that Freddy Built," New Line Cinema.

Directed by 23 year old Adam Marcus, and apparently shot from a fragmented and indecipherable script, Jason Goes to Hell is a largely maligned chapter in the franchise that represents perhaps the most dramatic deviation from the standard narrative formulae and established tropes of the series.

Despite franchise favorite, Kane Hodder, donning the hockey mask and machete in the film, Jason Goes to Hell is a difficult pill to swallow for Jason fans, with the character being unceremoniously executed within the first 5 minutes of the film, and only returning (in proper) for it\'s closing moments.

While the film is commendable for trying something new, the clumsy pacing, baffling and overly complicated plot/mythology, and deeply unsatisfying body hopping gimmick that denies viewers the opportunity to see their favorite slasher in action, results in a clunky mess that completely fails to make it to the fireworks factory.

Produced by Sean S. Cunningham, and possessed of some solid effects from Greg Nicotero and KNB EFX, as well as a (sadly lackluster) score by franchise stalwart Harry Manfredini, Jason Goes to Hell had good people involved that were attempting to do good work, however every story has to have a lowest point, and Jason Goes to Hell may just be that for the Friday the 13th films.

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