Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (also known as Friday the 13th Part IV or Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter) is a 1984 slasher film directed by Joseph Zito, and the fourth installment in the Friday the 13th film series. Following the events of Friday the 13th Part III, Jason Voorhees returns to Crystal Lake and continues his killing spree on a family and a group of neighboring teenagers after being revived from his mortal wound. The film stars Corey Feldman, Ted White, Kimberly Beck, and Crispin Glover.
Like its predecessors, the film was a commercial success, despite the film's received negative reviews. Much like Part III, the film was initially supposed to end the series and was billed as "The Final Chapter", however the film's success produced a sequel, Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985). Over the years, the film has obtained a cult following, with many fans of the series praising the film for Ted White's portrayal of Jason, the brutal gore effects from Tom Savini, and the film's dark atmosphere.
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter opened on Friday, April 13, 1984 on 1,594 screens to a then record-breaking weekend box office gross of $11,183,148. The film would ultimately take in a total of $32,980,880 at the U.S. box office.