Friday the 13th Part 5tries to make it a mystery whether Jason has returned or not , but a flyspeck point gives away that the killer is a aper . InFriday the 13th Part 4 : The Final Chapter , Jason Voorheeswas quite definitively belt down off , being hacked up with a machete by a immature Tommy Jarvis . Jason had never been depicted as a supernatural being up to that pointedness , so when he go , it seemed real . The problem was , The Final Chaptermade a net ton of money , making Paramount reconsider its determination to conclude the enfranchisement .

Thus , the following class sawFriday the 13th Part 5 : A New Beginninghit dramatics . However , it would n’t make any sentience for Jason to just be alive again with no account , so they opted to write around that trouble by introducing a killer whale that attempted to emulate Jason . Of course , producers bonk advertising the fact that Jason would n’t be in the pic would keep fan away , so instead they tried to turn it into a mystery . Was Jason back from the beat ? Had Tommy gone insane and taken up his mantle ? lamentably , the answer was much stupider .

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Friday the 13th Part 5 ’s new killer was Roy Burns , a paramedic find shortly early on on in the film , bring revenge for the end of a son that the audience did n’t even cognise was his . It felt like a halt cheater to devotee , and well , it sort of was . However , those paying aid could spot a cue right out that the slayer was n’t actually Jason .

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The clue toFriday the thirteenth Part 5 ’s killer not really being Jason Voorhees is in some ways so obvious that it really should ’ve been notice straight off . Then again , in 1985 , the internet did n’t exist to admit everyone to obsess over their favorite movies , make it more likely audience would n’t be looking that severely . Anyway , said clue involves Jason ’s trademarkhockey mask . InFriday the 13th Part 3,Part 4 , and generally , Jason ’s masque has three red triangles on it , one above his eyes point down and two on the side of his face manoeuver up .

When Roy Burns is pretending to be Jason inFriday the 13th Part 5 , his masque has only two profane triangle on the sides , both show down . This mask design was never used before , and never used again afterA New kickoff , and is a dead game show to any dedicated Jason fan that the killer is n’t Mr. Voorhees . Interestingly , the filmmakers seem to have inserted this clew on function , as in scenes whereTommy Jarvisdreams of or hallucinate Jason , he has the sure-enough three red triangles masquerade look . Friday the 13thmovies are seldom extol for their continuity , but that ’s actually a pretty coolheaded touch .

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