Clayton George Wickham - final thesis

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Jason-style murders begin occurring, and a man wearing a hockey mask is seen
perpetrating these acts of violence. Although he is suspected, Tommy, it transpires,
is innocent, and in the climax confronts the killer and despatches him. It is revealed
that the killer was Roy, one of the paramedics sent to recover the body of Joey. Roy
is said to have secretly been Joey’s father, and was driven mad by the knowledge of
his son’s death. At the conclusion, Tommy is shown wearing the hockey mask and
wielding a knife, again implying his violent potential.
Jason Lives! Friday the 13 th Part VI (1986; dir. McLoughlin)
Jason Lives! again centres on Tommy. In the opening sequence, Tommy and
a friend from the current institution where he resides covertly escape to see the grave
of Jason. Tommy wants to make sure that Jason is, in fact, dead, and he proceeds to
exhume Jason’s body. The body is indeed still in the grave, rotting, and in a fit of
rage, Tommy repeatedly stabs Jason with a metal fencepost. Lightning strikes the
post, and Jason returns to life, immediately killing Tommy’s friend. Tommy
attempts to warn the local sheriff, who believes Tommy is either insane or playing a
prank. Meanwhile, the sheriff’s daughter is a counsellor at the recently re-opened
Camp Crystal Lake. Jason attacks and kills locals as well as the camp counsellors.
In the climax, Tommy attaches one end of a chain to a heavy rock and the other
around Jason’s neck, and proceeds to sink him to the bottom of Crystal Lake.
Although Jason appears to struggle and drown, the final shot captures? shows Jason
opening his eye.