statement or great art. What these films are is entertainment." Serious about doing the movie justice, Lincoln took it upon herself to study with real life psychics. She explains, "I knew how important Tina's telekinetic powers were to the character so I went out and met with real psychics and learned about psychic visions and the way that psychics can relate their visions because it's one thing to have a vision and another to be able to explain it." Lincoln admits she does not know how genuine the psychics she met were, but claims it was an interesting experience. Another area of Tina's characterization the actress took interest in was her guilt over her father's death; "It gets worse by the end of the story because so many people die, including her mother, and it's really her fault because she brought Jason back." Tommy Jarvis Portrayed by Corey Feldman (The Final Chapter, A New Beginning; young), John Shepherd (A New Beginning), Thom Mathews (Part VI) Appears in: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood Status: Alive Thomas "Tommy" Jarvis is one of the series' most frequently recurring characters, and is Jason's nemesis. He made his first appearance in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter as a young boy with an affinity for making his own masks and make-up effects. When Jason arrives at the Jarvis cabin, Tommy is forced to fight for his life along with his sister Trish. To trick Jason, Tommy shaves his head to make himself appear as Jason did when he was young. As Jason is distracted by his appearance, Jarvis attacks with a machete, leaving him apparently dead. While embracing Trish, Tommy notices Jason beginning to stir and proceeds to go into a maniacal state, brutally attacking Jason with his machete and ignoring Trish's protests for him to stop. The film ends with Tommy visiting Trish at a hospital an unspecified time later. While hugging her, he stares emotionlessly at the camera. Tommy returns in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning as a teenager/adult, now living in a halfway house, having spent the last five years in a mental institution. When Roy Burns begins committing murders in the style of Jason Voorhees, Tommy's sanity begins to slip away again and he starts suffering hallucinations and