Friday the 13th (1980)

Director:

Sean S. Cunningham

Writer:

Victor Miller (written by)

Release Date:

9 May 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

On Friday The 13th, They Began To Die Horribly, One......By One (UK - Theatrical Tagline)

Plot:

At Camp Crystal Lake, a group of young counselors begin to get ready to lead guests in the summer. Unfortunately for the counselors...

Plot Keywords:

Crystal Lake | Blood | Orchestral Music Score | Female Nudity | Nipples Visible Through Clothing

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Betsy Palmer	...	Mrs. Pamela Voorhees
Adrienne King	...	Alice Hardy
Harry Crosby	...	Bill
Laurie Bartram	...	Brenda
Jeannine Taylor	...	Marcie Cunningham
Kevin Bacon	...	Jack Burrell
Mark Nelson	...	Ned Rubenstein
Robbi Morgan	...	Annie
Peter Brouwer	...	Steve Christy
Rex Everhart	...	Enos the Truck Driver
Ronn Carroll	...	Sergeant Tierney
Ron Millkie	...	Officer Dorf
Walt Gorney	...	Crazy Ralph
Willie Adams	...	Barry
Debra S. Hayes	...	Claudette

Also Known As:

A Long Night at Camp Blood (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Hungary:18 | Finland:K-18 (2002) | Finland:(Banned) (1980) | Portugal:M/16 (re-rating) | New Zealand:R16 | Portugal:M/18 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Canada:R | France:-16 | Iceland:(Banned) | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM18 | Mexico:C | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 (DVD rating) | Norway:16 (heavily cut) | Norway:18 | South Korea:15 (DVD uncut version) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (video rating) (1987) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Blairstown, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Georgetown Productions Inc.

Trivia:

Jason's mom was 16 when she gave birth to him.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Outside the diner, it is obviously a fire hose being sprayed back and forth to create the "rain."

Quotes:

Pamela Voorhees: You let him drown. You never paid any attention. Look what you did to him. Look what you did to him.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Remake (2006)

Still a classic

A group of camp counselors, a young Kevin Bacon among them, are busy trying to re-open Camp Crystal Lake years after multiple murders shut it down, despite the ravings of Crazy Ralph. They are dispatched one by one by an unseen killer. This IS a classic and always will be. Don't get me wrong as it's not perfect. But it's far from "merely a Halloween" clone which some people say. The original Halloween is a perfect classic, but let this film stand on it's own legs as it has every right to. Although I'm saddened about how shoddily Paramount seemed to put out their recent box set. Hell when New Line acquired the rights to the series, yes their Jason films suck, but at least they do right by the fans DVD-wise.Paramount could have done a great service to us by looking back at New Lin's Nightmare on Elm Street box set. It's a shame they didn't.

My Grade: A-

Eye Candy: Jeannine Taylor shows ta-tas and ass cleavage