Jason Voorhees home phone. In order to survive, she must answer the man's trivia questions. One question is "name the killer in "Friday the 13th"." She incorrectly guesses Jason, who did not become the killer for the film series until "Part 2". Writer Kevin Williamson claimed his inspiration for this scene came when he asked this question in a bar while a group was playing a movie trivia quiz game. He received a free drink, because nobody got the answer right. In another Wes Craven film, "Cursed", a wax sculpture of Jason, from "Jason Goes to Hell", can be seen in a
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan committee filed a complaint against Paramount Pictures. Released on July 28, 1989, the film grossed $14.3 million at the U.S. box office, which was the lowest gross of the series at that time, second-lowest U.S. gross in the series to date. The film received both criticism and praise from critics for its implementation of humor, while others deemed it the worst film in the series thus far. It was followed by "", released in 1993. Two graduating high school students are aboard a houseboat on Crystal Lake. Jim tells his girlfriend Suzy the legend of Jason Voorhees, before playing a