Once again, just like with Jason Goes to Hell (1993), New Line Cinema used their rights to the Jason Voorhees character to make another sequel, but was unable to legally include 'Friday the 13th' in the film's title, as Paramount Pictures still owned the trademarked title.
While this film was a critical and financial failure in its initial release in theaters, it made more than triple the cost of production in DVD and post-theater sales. Statistically, It is one of the most successful 'Friday the 13th' films. Despite initial negative critical feedback, over time it has become more popular among younger fans of the franchise, mainly for its self-deprecating humor and inventive death scenes.
The film only suffered a couple seconds of cuts/alterations to earn an "R" rating, making it the least censored entry in the entire 'Friday the 13th' series.
Jason Voorhees' eyes never blink when they are shown.
According to Noel Cunningham, the crew's children visited the set as a tour, Kane Hodder was still in the frozen-Jason makeup and lay on the floor next to a life sized frozen-Jason dummy. The crew and the kids would enter the set Kane was in and surrounded the two Jasons, amazed how real they looked. Kane would suddenly lunge at them, screaming, causing the kids to scatter in terror.