Friday the 13th

19801980
RR
1h 35min

Kevin Bacon, Adrienne King, Ari Lehman, Robbi Morgan, Betsy Palmer, and Jeannine Taylor in Friday the 13th (1980)

Through 13 Watchlist picks, we resurrect the bloody roots of the prototypical summer camp slasher: 'Friday the 13th' (1980).

Bloody Beginnings of the Summer Camp Slasher

Horror Mystery Thriller

A group of camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp which was the site of a child's drowning and a grisly double murder years bef... Read allA group of camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp which was the site of a child's drowning and a grisly double murder years before.A group of camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp which was the site of a child's drowning and a grisly double murder years before.

Director
- Sean S. Cunningham
Writers
- Victor Miller
- Ron Kurz(uncredited)
Stars

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Awards
- 6 nominations

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Trailer

Bloody Beginnings of the Summer Camp Slasher

Bloody Beginnings of the Summer Camp Slasher

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Betsy Palmer in Friday the 13th (1980)

Kevin Bacon, Laurie Bartram, Harry Crosby, Adrienne King, Mark Nelson, and Jeannine Taylor in Friday the 13th (1980)

Adrienne King in Friday the 13th (1980)

Adrienne King at an event for Friday the 13th (1980)

Friday the 13th (1980)

Friday the 13th (1980)

Friday the 13th (1980)

Friday the 13th (1980)

Friday the 13th (1980)

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Jeannine Taylor in Friday the 13th (1980)

In 1957, a young boy named Jason drowns in a lake near Camp Crystal Lake. The next year, two counselors are murdered. In 1980, a descendant of the original owners reopens Camp Crystal Lake with some counselors' help. The counselors gets killed one by one by a mysterious person. Could it be Jason, out for revenge? —RedJames99

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Taglines
- On Friday The 13th, They Began To Die Horribly, One......By One (UK - Theatrical Tagline)
Genres
Certificate
- R
Parents guide

Trivia
The movie was filmed at Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco in New Jersey. The camp is still in operation, and it has a wall of Friday the 13th (1980) memorabilia to honor that the movie was set there.

Goofs
(at around 2 mins) When Claudette and the counselors are singing in the beginning, the music continues after she stops strumming the guitar strings.

Quotes
[last lines]
Alice: The boy. Is he dead, too?
Tierney: Who?
Alice: The boy. Jason.
Tierney: Jason?
Alice: In the lake, the one... the one who attacked me. The one who pulled me underneath the water.
Tierney: Ma'am, we didn't find any boy.
Alice: But... then he's still there.

Crazy credits
We see giant letters proclaiming 'Friday the 13th' moving toward the screen, and crashing into and smashing a pane of glass.

Alternate versions
As of the 11/09/2003, the BBFC passed "Friday the 13th" completely uncut, and Warner Bros. has restored the original gory version for release on Region-2 DVD with a total of 34 seconds of footage restored. Much of the extra running time comprises different opening logos and about 11 seconds of gore has been restored to the death scenes of Annie, Marcie, Jack, and Pamela Voorhees.

Connections
Edited into Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

Soundtracks
Sail Away, Tiny Sparrow
(uncredited)
Written by Harry Manfredini and John R. Briggs
Performed by Angela Rotella

Top review

10/10

The OG summer camp slasher

The sub-genre of horror, often hit or miss, has divided horror movie lovers ever since it became mainstream in 1970s. Personally, slashers can be really good if they're done right, with a good story, scares, nice atmosphere, and memorable scenes. This one has it all, and that's why it is so popular even today.

Along with other influential slasher classics of the 1970s, like Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween and Black Christmas, they created iconic horror villains many TV shows and films try to copy or spoof.

I've watched this one a couple of times, when I was a kid, teenager, young adult, all with different people, and it never gets old or boring. The atmosphere of summer camp in the late 1970s is perfect and nostalgic. Music to create tension is great. Acting is okay, with majority of actors being surprisingly good, if you consider time it was released.

Friday the 13th franchise is perfect fun for summer nights, or to watch through month of Halloween!

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Release date
- May 9, 1980 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- A Long Night at Camp Blood
Filming locations
- Camp Nobebosco - 11 Sand Pond Road, Blairstown, New Jersey, USA
Production companies
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Budget
- $550,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $39,754,601
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,816,321
- May 11, 1980
Gross worldwide
- $39,754,601

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Runtime
- 1h 35min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Mono
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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