Friday The 13th Part 8: Jason Takes Manhatten

Rob Hedden 1989

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097388/

A boatful of graduating high school students headed to Manhattan accidentally pull Jason Voorhees along for the ride.

	FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN

	Written by Rob Hedden


	FADE IN:

	EXT. CRYSTAL LAKE - NIGHT

	A dark, rumbling sky. Haze clings to the lake as we float 
	across it, clearing to bring the opposite shoreline into 
	view. A few scattered streetlights. Dilapidated cabins. 
	An abandoned campsite. CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE. 

	We continue to drift towards it, hearing the faint sound 
	of seductive music and an occasional giggle. A small 
	HOUSEBOAT floats into our foreground, its interior light 
	flickering as TWO BODIES move around inside.

	INT. HOUSEBOAT - NIGHT

	A teenage boy and girl, JIM and SUZY, are slow-dancing. 
	Jim's lips softly touch her lissome shoulders.

				JIM
		Well...how do you feel?

				SUZY
		Ask me in about five minutes.

	She bites his ear, giggles, then kisses him fully..

				JIM
		I'm talking about graduation. Being 
		totally free to do whatever we want 
		now.

	Her hands slip inside his Pendleton shirt. He sighs.

				SUZY
		It feels excellent.

	Her mouth finds his again. After a long kiss, he gently 
	pulls away from her with a teasing smile.

				JIM
		Gotta throw the anchor over.

	He leaves the cabin. She slips under the bed sheets.

	EXT. HOUSEBOAT DECK - NIGHT

	as Jim tosses a small anchor overboard.

	TIGHT ON WATER SURFACE

	as the weighty object splashes, sinking into black 
	oblivion, pulling its cable down with it. 

	JIM 

	glances at the lake, at their eerie su