Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) (USA)

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Mopey telekinetic teenager Tina tries using her powers to bring back her drowned daddy (she accidentally Carrie’d his ass when she was a wee lass) but only succeeds in resurrecting the dormant Voorhees from the lake where the much-missed Tommy Jarvis left his lumbering corpse in the previous installment. A house full of partying teens occupying the place next door to Tina’s lake house, where her scuzzy psychiatrist and poodle-haired mother have taken her to fix her brain, are there to fill out the body count. Kane Hodder makes one imposing Jason, the victims are easy on the eyes but don’t leave much of an impression, J.V. manages to get his decaying mitts on an assortment of killing implements and Dr. Crews (played with gusto by Terry Kiser) is one enjoyable scumbag. Tina gets sweet on the boy next door and the murders are nowhere near as graphic thanks to the forever unwelcome presence of studio censors. Still, the psychic powers versus psycho slasher angle is fun and I rarely regret any time spent watching a slasher do what they do best... especially one that ends with a zombie papa assisted victory.