History Film / FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning

* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:Anita dies by getting her throat slit by Jason.]]

* CreepyCrows: Random crow flies on the scene after Raymond's death. After Tina and Eddie are dead too, it leaves.

* AbortedArc: The SequelHook [[spoiler:shows that Tommy is wearing a hockey mask and is presumably going to attack Pam]]. This isn't followed on the next film.

Several years have passed after Tommy Jarvis's traumatic encounter with Jason in ''[[Film/FridayThe13thTheFinalChapter The Final Chapter]]'', and he has been spending that time by going through many mental institutes, with no sign of getting better. Now he has been moved to Pinehurst Cottage, a halfway house near Crystal Lake for troubled teenagers. Things don't start well when one of the residents is murdered by another, and soon afterwards a killer starts offing people in the surrounding area. Has Jason Voorhees returned once again?

** Then there's the moment [[spoiler:where a deputy tells Sheriff Tucker that there's a maniac on the loose, and the camera then cuts to Roy giving them a glance]].

* WrongGenreSavvy: After being hit with the tractor, [[spoiler:Roy Burns]] takes a moment to examine the massive wound bleeding heavily on his chest. He gets an even more extreme one inside the barn when Tommy sticks his pocket knife [[GroinAttack between his legs]], causing him to cover his eyes in excruciating pain. [[spoiler: Even though he wears an outfit similar to Jason Voorhees, and follows his modus operandi, he does not gain Jason’s immunity to pain or his fast-healing abilities.]]

* RiddleForTheAges: [[spoiler:Why did Roy never target Victor, the man who ''actually'' killed his son?]]

** When Joey sees Tommy's arrival to Pinehurst, he wonders aloud that "he must be the new kid".

* DaChief: Mayor Cobb comes off like this when his pestering Sheriff Tucker to solve the murders.

** Then there's the moment [[spoiler:where a deputy tells Sheriff Tucker that there's maniac on the loose, and the camera then cuts to Roy giving them a glance]].
** And that bit where [[spoiler:Roy sees Joey's chopped up corpse, his reaction and that little evil musical cue in the background]], in retrospect, should have raised an alarm or two.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:"Jason" is revealed to be [[TheDogWasTheMastermind ambulance driver Roy Burns]], [[JackTheRipoff who donned Jason's costume]] to kill the teenagers (and other random people) because of the death of his illegimate son Joey early in the film.]]

* VertigoEffect: Used when Pam goes looking for the missing persons and camera lingers on those who are staying in the Pinehurst Cottage.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: A bunch of characters (such as the pair of greasers and Lana, the blonde waitress) gets introduced only to be killed almost immediately.
* WhamShot: [[spoiler:Roy is revealed as the killer when the audience gets a closeup on "Jason's" corpse, and see his face instead]].

* WouldntHurtAChild: Tommy has no problem kicking the shit out of two people that startle him, but when Reggie does it, he out scares him with his home made masks.
* WrongGenreSavvy: After being hit with the tractor, [[spoiler:Roy Burns]] takes a moment to examine the massive wound bleeding heavily on his chest. He get an even more extreme one inside the barn when Tommy sticks his pocket knife [[GroinAttack between his legs]], causing him to cover his eyes in excruciating pain. [[spoiler: Even though he wears an outfit similar to Jason Voorhees, and follows his modus operandi, he does not gain Jason’s immunity to pain or his fast-healing abilities.]]

''A New Beginning'' is the fifth film in the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' series.

* DeathBySex: Eddie and Tina.

The now laughable subtitle of the previous film was still somewhat true at the time, as this film was meant to move the series in a new direction beyond Jason Voorhees, but after its poor reception, the producers changed course and brought Jason back in [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives the next installment]].

* TooDumbToLive: Joey. Dear GOD, Joey.