Trivia: The crew hated producer Don Behrns, who was (allegedly) a total cheapskate who would rush the production and often refuse to rent equipment to save money. But the crew got their revenge. When they filmed the RV flip, Behrns demanded the crew remove the expensive swamp cooler attached to the RV so he could keep it and put it on his RV. Director Tom MacLaughlin and the crew left it on, and you can see it get utterly destroyed in the film. Behrns was furious while everyone else was deeply amused.
Trivia: As an homage to a certain legendary horror actor, the cornershop at which Tommy phones Megan Garris (Jennifer Cooke) is called Karloff's General Store, after Boris Karloff.
Trivia: In the original script, there was a scene where Jason's father visits the empty grave. It was shot, but removed from the final version of the movie.
Trivia: Director Tom McLoughlin revealed in a 2017 interview that he was approached at one point to write and direct the seventh installment of the series after "Jason Lives" proved popular. Knowing the studio wanted to make "Freddy VS Jason" at that point but couldn't due to legal rights, McLoughlin pitched another crossover idea - "Cheech and Chong Meet Jason", a farcical comedy starring the stoner comedy-duo in the vein of the old Universal "Abbot and Costello Meet..." films. The producer thought the film would do well with comedy audiences and was entertained by the idea, but ultimately decided it would alienate horror fans too much and it never moved forward.
Trivia: There's a strong resemblance to the opening of the James Bond films after Jason puts on the mask and picks up the spear. He walks from right to left, stops mid screen and turns to face the camera, and blood fills up the screen.
Trivia: This film was the first in the Friday the 13th series that didn't gross over $20 million.