Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives is a 1986 slasher film, the sixth film in the Friday the 13th series. The film was written and directed by Tom McLoughlin. The film opened in 1,610 theaters making $6.7 million its opening weekend. Domestically, the film has made $19.4 million. The film was the first film in Friday the 13th series that didn't gross over $20 million.

Mainstream critics generally reviewed the film less harshly than the other entries. The bulk of reviews, especially among fans of the series, consider it the best or one of the best entries in the franchise. This is largely attributed to the use of humor, though some were put off by this approach. Negative criticism of the movie includes general fatigue with the slasher film genre, and the implausibility of Jason's resurrection. The film however did earn some positive reviews, and received a score of 53% at RottenTomatoes.com (the highest ranking for any of the Friday the 13th sequels).

Jason Voorhees is dead and buried. However, Tommy Jarvis, who successfully killed the murderous Jason as a young boy, is haunted by the memories of Jason and sets out to exorcise his demons once and for all by digging up and finally destroying Jason's body with the help of a fellow mental institution patient. In a fit of rage, Tommy stabs Jason's corpse with a piece of the cemetery's iron fence. Instead of being sent to Hell, Jason is revived via a jolt of electricity when a lightning bolt strikes the metal post. Tommy's companion is murdered by Jason as Tommy flees the cemetery in his pickup truck. Now more unstoppable than ever, Jason moves on a killing spree through the town of Crystal Lake, now renamed Forest Green in an effort to distance itself from the events that earned its campsite the nickname "Camp Blood".

An additional scene that has occasionally made its way onto television airings features deputy Rick locked in the jail cell, banging on the cell window, calling for help, and struggling to reach for the keys left on the floor.