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The probable answer is that, since virtually every film in the series is made by a completely different cast and crew, no one bothered to keep up with the continuity of the previous film. In recent years, industrious fans manipulating the lighting in screen captures have discovered that, in fact, the shirt and pants are a very dark green, similar to the color of shirt Jason wore in previous entries. Jason is being seen almost solely at night and saturated with water is what lends his clothing a navy blue appearance. If a viewer wants to rationalize the discrepancies, Part VII takes place several years after Part VI. It's possible that the gloves and belt rotted away beneath the water, and that Jason's clothes were likewise discolored. In fact, the beginning of this film shows Jason with the gloves on, when Tina's father dies. Then when the film jumps ahead to the "present day". Jason's gloves are missing and his clothes and flesh are more rotted.

The camp's maintainers decided to capitalize on the notoriety of Jason Voorhees and changed the name back.

So far, there are 12 movies in the Friday the 13th series. Beginning with Friday the 13th (1980) , following are Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981), Friday the 13th: Part 3 (1982), Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985), Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), Friday the 13th: The New Blood (1988), Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989), Jason Goes to Hell (1993), Jason X (2001), Freddy vs. Jason (2003), and Friday the 13th (2009).

Two shots of a naked butt were too much for the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) and had to be censored for the old VHS release. All cuts were waived for the DVD release.