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Overview

User Rating:
5.5/10   11,507 votes
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Director:
Steve Miner
Writer:
Ron Kurz (writer)
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Release Date:
1 May 1981 (USA) more
Tagline:
The body count continues... more
Plot:
Mrs. Voorhees is dead, and Camp Crystal Lake is shut down, but a camp next to the imfamous place is stalked by an unknown assailant. Is it Mrs. Voorhee's son Jason who didn't drown in the lake some 30 years before? full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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(22 articles)
Friday The 13th Parts 1-3 (Blu-ray Reviews)
 (From Fangoria. 17 June 2009, 8:14 PM, PDT)

Fangoria Week in review 6/14/2009
 (From Fangoria. 13 June 2009, 10:00 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Arguably the best of all nine sequels. more

Cast

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Friday the 13th Part II (USA) (trailer title)
Jason (USA) (original script title)
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Runtime:
87 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:PG (heavily cut) | Netherlands:16 | UK:15 (re-rating) | UK:15 (re-rating) (2008) | Brazil:14 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Canada:R | Finland:(Banned) | France:-16 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Italy:VM14 | Mexico:C | Finland:K-18 (re-rating) (2002) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Norway:18 (1985) (cut version) | Norway:(Banned) (1981-2003) (cinema release)

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Trivia:
When the filmmakers asked Adrienne King to reprise her role as Alice, she said that she wanted to be on screen for a short period of time because there was an obsessive fan who was stalking her, broke into her apartment, and she feared for her life. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Paul and Ginny return from the bar, Paul turns off the car and the windshield wipers are pointing straight up. Later when Ginny returns to the car, they are down. more
Quotes:
Crazy Ralph: [to Jeff and Sandra] I told the others, they didn't believe me. You're all doomed. You're all doomed. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) more

FAQ

Paul picks Ginny up after she falls in the creek, and her head is resting on his left arm. Why is it that in the next shot it shows them coming around the cabin and her head is now resting on his right arm?
Jason was still 11 at the end of the original when he emerged from the lake. If there were only five years in between the first and second films, how could Jason have become full grown - especially since he hadn't grown at all while in the lake?
What happened to the rest of the counselors at the bar? Did they stay out the entire night? Not one of them is seen at the camp in the morning.
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12 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
Arguably the best of all nine sequels., 2 September 2002
Author: Noel Bailey (uds3@hotmail.com) from Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia

So many refer to this as the debut of Jason Voorhees. It wasn't...simply the debut of him killing people. He left that to his mom in part one! Steve Miner didn't mess around too much with Sean Cunninham's successful formula simply adding some quite inventive kills and bloodletting.

No-one could be accused of using method-acting here, truth is its all pretty embarrassing. The high-school script though probably isn't that much out of place - they are schoolkids after all.

Jason himself, though still slightly diminished of stature is one creepy little dude, still without his hockey mask but wearing a burlap sack with holes cut out for his eyes. What appears to be his demise is of course anything but...as parts 3 to 10 will attest. The final 15 minutes are quite tension-filled and better than anything in the original.

A must-see for devotees of the series.

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