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 body count continues...

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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

Mark's football shirt has the number "81" on it, the year of this film's release.

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Goofs

(at around 46 mins) When Terri is undressing to go skinny-dipping, she changes out of her clothes and her hair is dry. In the very next shot, she is entering the water and her hair is moist and slicked back.

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Quotes

[last lines]
Ginny Field: Paul? Paul? Where's Paul?

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Crazy Credits

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

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Connections

Followed by Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)

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Soundtracks

Itsy Bitsy Spider
(uncredited)

User Reviews

Arguably the best of all nine sequels.

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.