He's Back (The Man Behind The Mask)

Album: Constrictor (1986)
Charted: 61
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Songfacts®:

  • Cooper, who is known for Shock Rock, recorded this for use as the theme song of Friday The 13th Part VI: Jason Lives. The song follows the plot of the movie: the return of Jason Voorhees, who was killed in the fourth film, and absent from the fifth installment, Friday The 13th: A New Beginning.
  • Two other songs from Cooper also appeared in the movie: "Teenage Frankenstein" and "Hard Rock Summer."
  • C.J. Graham, who portrays Jason in the film, appeared as the character in the video for this song where he terrorizes people watching the movie at a midnight show. >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Donovan Berry - El Dorado, AR, for all above

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  • Dale from Dugger Indiana great song
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