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Friday the 13th

  • 19801980
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  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
137K
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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).
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Bloody Beginnings of the Summer Camp Slasher
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  • Thriller
A group of camp counselors trying to reopen a summer camp called Crystal Lake, which has a grim past, are stalked by a mysterious killer.A group of camp counselors trying to reopen a summer camp called Crystal Lake, which has a grim past, are stalked by a mysterious killer.A group of camp counselors trying to reopen a summer camp called Crystal Lake, which has a grim past, are stalked by a mysterious killer.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
137K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,191
95
  • Director
    • Sean S. Cunningham
  • Writers
    • Victor Miller
    • Ron Kurz(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Betsy Palmer
    • Adrienne King
    • Jeannine Taylor
Top credits
  • Director
    • Sean S. Cunningham
  • Writers
    • Victor Miller
    • Ron Kurz(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Betsy Palmer
    • Adrienne King
    • Jeannine Taylor
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 873User reviews
    • 205Critic reviews
    • 22Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 nominations

    Videos4

    Trailer
    Trailer 2:31
    Trailer
    Bloody Beginnings of the Summer Camp Slasher
    Clip 7:00
    Bloody Beginnings of the Summer Camp Slasher
    IMDbrief: Who Owns Jason? LeBron James Eyes 'Friday the 13th' Reboot
    Clip 2:55
    IMDbrief: Who Owns Jason? LeBron James Eyes 'Friday the 13th' Reboot
    Sneak Previews Season 3 Episode 4
    Video 28:34
    Sneak Previews Season 3 Episode 4

    Photos258

    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)
    Rex Everhart in Friday the 13th (1980)
    Adrienne King at an event for Friday the 13th (1980)
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    Irwin Keyes and Dorothy Kobs in Friday the 13th (1980)
    Jeannine Taylor in Friday the 13th (1980)

    Top cast

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    Betsy Palmer
    Betsy Palmer
    • Mrs. Voorhees
    Adrienne King
    Adrienne King
    • Alice
    Jeannine Taylor
    Jeannine Taylor
    • Marcie
    Robbi Morgan
    Robbi Morgan
    • Annie
    Kevin Bacon
    Kevin Bacon
    • Jack
    Harry Crosby
    Harry Crosby
    • Bill
    Laurie Bartram
    Laurie Bartram
    • Brenda
    Mark Nelson
    Mark Nelson
    • Ned
    Peter Brouwer
    Peter Brouwer
    • Steve Christy
    Rex Everhart
    Rex Everhart
    • The Truck Driver
    Ronn Carroll
    Ronn Carroll
    • Sgt. Tierney
    Ron Millkie
    Ron Millkie
    • Officer Dorf
    Walt Gorney
    Walt Gorney
    • Crazy Ralph
    Willie Adams
    Willie Adams
    • Barry
    Debra S. Hayes
    Debra S. Hayes
    • Claudette
    Dorothy Kobs
    Dorothy Kobs
    • Trudy
    Sally Anne Golden
    Sally Anne Golden
    • Sandy
    Mary Rocco
    Mary Rocco
    • Operator
    • Director
      • Sean S. Cunningham
    • Writers
      • Victor Miller
      • Ron Kurz(uncredited)
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • 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

    User reviews873

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    "Then He's Still Out There"
    I'll concede right off that it's very hard to be objective in reviewing this movie. The truth is I've never seen it until today, but it's spawned so many sequels and become such a part of popular culture (for better or worse) that it's stamped into your mind whether you've seen it or not. Trying to be objective I'd say - it's not bad. It's not as good as what I would consider to be the classic of the slasher movies (1978's Halloween) but it has some moments of pretty good suspense and somewhat surprisingly to me I found that it wasn't a "gore-fest." There's violence and blood but the murders, while they're portrayed, tend to be shown quickly and the movie moves on fairly quickly. The setting is used pretty well to create atmosphere - the movie is set in a remote camp about to be re-opened after being closed for over 20 years following the murders of two counsellors in 1958. Those murders kick off the movie. There's some decent camera-work, as the camera serves as the eyes of the killer, and at times that effect is used when the camera isn't being used as the eyes of the killer, so there's a bit of uncertainty for the viewer. It is a bit of a chuckle that this movie uses as its setting the classically bad opening of terrible novels ("it was a dark and stormy night.")

    The performances were OK, if a little bit forced and artificial at times. Adrienne King did a good job near the end of the movie as the terrified Alice. Kevin Bacon had a role in this as Jack, but it wasn't the lead role, and aside from him no one from the movie rose to any significant stature in Hollywood and there was certainly no Jamie Lee Curtis (see Halloween) among the female leads, although there were many shots of young and cute women in various stages of undress!

    Strange to say, but in some ways knowing the basic outline of how the series progresses adds to the suspense at the end of the movie as to the identity of the killer, and does get you wondering how the heck this is going to lead to sequels - or at least to the sequels it led to, although Alice's last line ("then he's still out there") clearly establishes that those responsible for the movie were already looking ahead to the sequels. Not having been really interested in the series before this, I will confess that, having seen the first instalment, I now have a certain curiosity to see how the second instalment is constructed. 7/10
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    FAQ5

    • What is 'Friday the 13th' about?
    • Is "Friday the 13th" based on a book?
    • Why does Camp Crystal Lake have such a bad reputation?

    Details

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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
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Georgetown Productions Inc.
      • Sean S. Cunningham Films
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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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
      • $39,786,892
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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