Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood(1988)
1988 · John Carl Buechler · 88 min
Tina Shepard, a telekinetic teenage girl, accidentally unchains Jason from his watery grave, allowing him to go on another killing spree in the area.
Horror · Thriller
5.51.3k votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood scares
Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood is a body-count slasher where a hulking, unkillable killer stalks a group of teens near a lake and picks them off one by one. The fear here is simple and physical: sudden attacks, chases, and a growing pile of kills rather than anything that gets under your skin emotionally. There's a supernatural twist to how the killer keeps coming back and how one character fights back, but it plays more like a monster movie than a ghost story. It's the kind of horror movie you watch for fun with friends, enjoying the kills and jumps rather than walking away shaken.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood rates psychological 1/5, visceral 4/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 1 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 75 of 100 — leans Jump scares
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 15 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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A slow-building slasher that starts with brooding setup and teen drama, then ramps into steady kill-scene spikes before a hard, violent final push.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood rates 3/5 — solidly scary, delivering its fear through jump scares more than lingering dread. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be heavy on gore and fun-first. The dread fades once the credits roll.
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