Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

Mrs. Voorhees is dead, and Camp Crystal Lake is shut down, but a camp next to the infamous place is stalked by an unknown assailant. Is it Mrs. Voorhees' son Jason, who did not really drown in the lake some 30 years before?

Director:

Steve Miner

Writers:

Ron Kurz, Victor Miller (characters)

Stars:

Betsy Palmer, Amy Steel, John Furey

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Amy Steel	...	Ginny
John Furey	...	Paul
Adrienne King	...	Alice
Kirsten Baker	...	Terry
Stuart Charno	...	Ted (as Stu Charno)
Warrington Gillette	...	Jason
Walt Gorney	...	Crazy Ralph
Marta Kober	...	Sandra
Tom McBride	...	Mark
Bill Randolph	...	Jeff
Lauren-Marie Taylor	...	Vickie
Russell Todd	...	Scott
Betsy Palmer	...	Mrs. Voorhees
Cliff Cudney	...	Max
Jack Marks	...	The Cop

Storyline

After killing Mrs. Voorhees, who was avenging her son Jason's death, Alice Hardy can finally sigh with relief. But there is just one problem. Jason never drowned at Camp Crystal Lake and lived in the nearby woods as a hermit all this time. The day that Alice beheaded his mother, Jason saw everything and his heart filled with thirst for revenge. Two months later, Alice gets stabbed by an ice pick in the temple and disappears. Is Jason behind this? Five years later, a camp next do to Camp Crystal Lake is built and the counselors start snooping around the old, abandoned camp ruins. This makes Jason very upset, since his shack is next to the remains of Camp Crystal Lake and what is inside the shack shall be kept secret forever, even if it means killing nine people!

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Plot Keywords:

jason voorhees | pitchfork | ice pick | lake | shack | 

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Taglines:

The day you count on for terror is not over

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 May 1981 (USA)

Also Known As:

Friday the 13th Part II

Filming Locations:

Connecticut, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,250,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$19,100,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Georgetown Productions Inc., Sean S. Cunningham Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the biggest mysteries of the "Friday the 13th" series is if Jason Voorhees didn't drown in the first movie and actually hid in the forest, or if he did and he rose from the dead to avenge the deaths of his mother and himself.

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Goofs

When the camera tracks into the bathroom for Alice's "gotcha" moment, the shadow of the camera is visible on the shower curtain right before she snatches it open.

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Quotes

Ginny Field: Please help me!

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Crazy Credits

In the end credits, Shaun Curran is credited "Constuction Coordinator"

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Connections

Referenced in South Park: Kyle Sucks Cartman's Balls - The Trilogy (2008)

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Soundtracks

Itsy Bitsy Spider
(uncredited)

User Reviews

Simple horror at its best.

Friday the 13th part 2 is a great horror film and is the best in the series. Has its share of sex drugs and blood easy to follow with a great opening. Amy Steel gives a good performance as our heroine and the rest of the cast is fine as well.

This film moves at a nice pace has its jump scares and builds up nicely to the final chase. I think this film has stood the test of time nicely does not ever seem too dated in anyway no crazy hillbilly music score (such as in the Burning, Bloody Valentine from the same time}.

Simple horror at its best.