Trivia

Director John Carl Buechler has publicly fumed many times over the years about the number of edits required by the MPAA to avoid an "X" rating. The film had to be submitted nine times to the Motion Picture Association of America before being granted an "R" rating, and it stands as arguably the most heavily censored entry in the 'Friday the 13th' series.

During filming, Kane Hodder's dressing room was a quarter of a mile down a dirt road. One night filming ended at 2 a.m. and while still in the Jason costume he decided to walk through the woods on a path to his dressing room. As he was walking someone approached him and asked if he was with the movie. He didn't reply, because he thought it was a pretty stupid question to ask, as he was standing there in full Jason costume. When the man asked again, Kane took a little lunge at him and grunted. The guy took off, tripping and running. The next day director John Carl Buechler told Kane that the local sheriff was supposed to stop by, but he never showed.

In Kane Hodder's book "Unmasked: The True Story of the World's Most Prolific Cinematic Killer," he notes that one of his fondest memories of the Part VII shoot was the film's costume department making his mother a custom "Jason's Mom!" crew member's jacket, which he found very amusing. He says that she would wear it during the whole final two decades up until her passing. He noted that It would be over 90°F in his hometown of Sparks, Nevada, but she would still proudly wear it to the grocery store, hoping someone would say something. In case they inquired, her purse was loaded with signed autographs that he would send to her that were leftovers from his convention appearances. He noted that at times it got "playfully embarrassing" but because it made her beam with pride, he also oddly loved it and holds onto it as a positive memory.

This film was originally intended to bring horror icons Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger together onscreen for the first time. However, when Paramount Pictures (which at the time held the rights to the "Friday the 13th" series) and New Line Cinema (which holds the rights to the "Nightmare On Elm Street" series) couldn't agree behind the scenes, the script was rewritten to pit Jason up against the telekinetic Tina Shepard instead. The cross-over wouldn't happen for another 15 years, until Freddy vs. Jason (2003) was finally produced.

Kerry Noonan, who played Paula in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), read for the role of Tina when she thought the title was "Birthday Bash." She quickly realized that it was a Friday the 13th film and confessed that she'd starred in the last movie, so John Carl Buechler decided not to cast her.

Walt Gorney: the veteran actor who played Crazy Ralph in the original Friday the 13th (1980) and in Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) returns as the voice of the narrator during the opening of this film. It is possible that the narrator could be Crazy Ralph telling the story from beyond the grave.

John Carl Buechler: (at around 1h 24 mins) the firefighter who picks up Jason's broken mask at the end.