12. Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)

New Line Cinema

Directed by: Adam Marcus

Written by: Jay Huguely and Dean Lorey

The entire Friday the 13th series is plagued by faulty mythology, but Jason Goes to Hell is the most flagrant example — and not just because it's far from "the final Friday." This is the one in which Jason (Kane Hodder) dies, then possesses a coroner (Richard Gant), who is compelled to eat Jason's heart during his autopsy. There is very little actual Jason in this movie, and a lot instead of Jason's spirit moving from person to person, with ever-shifting rules as to how the transference takes place. The Final Girl, Jessica (Kari Keegan), turns out to be the daughter of Jason's long-lost sister, a twist shamelessly influenced by Halloween. (Nightmare on Elm Street also tried this. It was a bad idea.) The film as a whole feels like a parody of itself with scenes that both approach humor, intentionally or otherwise, and fall flat. The only truly great moment is the cameo by Freddy Krueger's claw, dragging Jason down into hell. If only their promised showdown hadn't been stuck in development hell for another decade.