Overview:
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.| Status: | Released (1980-05-09) |
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| Awards: | 6 nominations |
| BoxOffice: | $39,754,601 |
| Screen: | Victor Miller, Ron Kurz |
| Productions: | Sean S. Cunningham Films, Paramount Pictures, Georgetown Productions Inc. |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 37469: Betsy Palmer - Mrs. Voorhees
- 37470: Adrienne King - Alice
- 37473: Jeannine Taylor - Marcie
- 1011510: Robbi Morgan - Annie
- 4724: Kevin Bacon - Jack
- 37471: Harry Crosby - Bill
- 37472: Laurie Bartram - Brenda
Crews
- 11161: Tom Savini - Stunts - Crew
- 1206164: Katharine Vickers - Hairstylist - Costume & Make-Up
- 35475: Sean S. Cunningham - Director - Directing
- 1011611: Bill Freda - Editor - Editing
- 1011593: Cecilia Verardi - Makeup Artist - Costume & Make-Up
- 35475: Sean S. Cunningham - Producer - Production
- 38688: Caron Coplan - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
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Reviews
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Clearly, the team behind “Friday the 13th” expected at least to make a reasonable profit out of it, but I seriously doubt that anyone involved in the making of this film even considered the possibility of it becoming the cult classic that it is today. Victor Miller, who wrote the sto ....
Continue reading ->inaneswine
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Some films benefit with time, maturing and holding a nostalgic charm. Others rot like a bad apple, like _Friday the 13th_. Perhaps I had to be alive in 1980 to actually appreciate this one, but it is really not as groundbreaking as some people like to think it is, rather another spin ....
Continue reading ->Gimly
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Certainly not the first slasher movie, but arguably the most influential. This original film stands alongside _Part V: A New Beginning_ as the only two movies in a 12 film long franchise where they play the killer as a mystery, I think that premise would wear thin had they tried i ....
Continue reading ->Wuchak
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***The beginning of the most successful slasher franchise*** Released in May, 1980, "Friday the 13th" was produced in the wake of the success of 1978's "Halloween" and also shares elements of "Carrie" (1976) and "A Bay of Blood" (1971). The story revolves around a cursed summer va ....
Continue reading ->JPV852
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Seems only fitting to watch this today and still holds up really well and Betsy Palmer was really creepy. Have to think a newer generation of teens or those in their early 20s probably would find this mild compared with other horror movies, but I kind of like the simplicity of the st ....
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