] The gang escapes with the loot from the hold-up after murdering four railway men.In a broadcast booth, a radio announcer (Terry O""Sullivan) reads a report of the heist into a microphone:A week has passed since bandits jumped a mail train coming out of the High Sierra tunnel and fled with three hundred housand dollars in federal currency, leaving four dead.Voorhees"" severed and mummified head (plus sweater and pants) on a makeshift candle-lit table-altar.The identify of the camp""s grotesquely-deformed stalker-killer was revealed o be Jason Voorhees (Steve Daskawitz) who had survived the drowning and had maintained the shrine to revere his beloved mother.Sweet Sue (Joan Shawlee), milquetoast manager Beinstock (Dave Barry) and her Society Syncopaters, an all-girl jazz band traveling to Miami, Florida have an engagement booked at the Seminole Ritz but the music leader is in turmoil over the predicament ("The saxophone runs off with a Bible salesman and the bass fiddle gets herself pregnant") - her demand for two musicians must be met by the departure time of the eight o""clock train:Inside Sig""s office, Joe and Jerry are told that they don""t fulfill the requirements for the Florida job:Poliakoff: The instruments are right but you""re not.You are urged to see it from the beginning.Be prepared for the macabre and the terrifying.We ask your pledge to keep the shocking climax a secret.When the tension begins to build, remember it""s just a movie.The film received five Academy Award nominations including Best Actress (Bette Davis), Best Supporting Actor (Victor Buono), Best B/W Cinematography, and Best Sound, with one win for Best B/W Costume Design.Anna: I know.I""ve wondered about it a hundred times, if it really was an accident.What difference does it make? He""s dead isn""t he?...Holly: The Porter saw it happen.Anna: Then why worry?Up to this point, Holly had never really considered murder as the cause of the accident, but now suspects that all the evidence points in that direction.