In this fifth instalment of the FRIDAY THE 13TH series, Tommy (John Shepherd), the young boy who finally killed hockey-masked murderer Jason Voorhees in the previous film, has grown up and is now spending time in a home for the mentally fragile. Not long after Tommy checks in though, someone starts killing the patients one-by-one. Has Tommy picked up where the legendary serial killer left off or has Jason come back from beyond the grave to kill again.