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Friday the 13th is a 1980 slasher film directed by Sean S. Cunningham and written by Victor Miller, admittedly made to cash in on the success of Halloween
, the film's theme was to take "mom and apple pie and turn it on its head."

Although the film was poorly received by most, if not all, mainstream film critics, it became one of the most popular slasher films in history. The film's box office success led to a long series of sequels.

Plot summary

A group of teenagers return to a summer camp, Camp Crystal Lake, to prepare it for reopening. Many years earlier, a young boy named Jason Voorhees had drowned at the camp, and shortly thereafter, the two counselors responsible were murdered by an unknown assailant, after which the camp was closed. The camp is finally reopened after several unsuccessful attempts. One by one, the new counselors are brutally murdered by Jason's mother, Pamela Voorhees.

In 1958 two teenagers snuck off to make out but were brutally murdered, first the male consellor then the woman. Nearly twenty years later the camp is reopened. What they do not know, however, is that they are being stalked. One camper, trying to leave the camp, is picked up by the murderer and subsequently killed. Later, one of the counsellors encounters the killer and seemingly recognises her before being slain. The last counsellor is freaked out by the murders and runs into the killer. The killer is able to stay calm for a moment and reveal herself name to be Mrs. Voorhees (with her first name, Pamela being revealed later), and tells the girl the story of her son who drowned at the camp, blaming the counsellors. Suddenly Mrs Voorhees starts hearing her son's voice, pleading with her to kill the girl. To avenge her son she chases the counsellor through the woods of the camp and attacks her. The girl manages to decapitate her, saving her own life. After killing Mrs Voorhees she takes a boat out into the lake to rest, reasoning it to be the safest place. When morning arrives a body rises out of the water and grabs her. She wakes up, finding the attack in the boat to be a dream. The film ends with her asking if they found a boy in the lake. When it is revealed that no body was over found the girl proclaims: "Then he's still out there"

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

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Movies - Friday the 13th

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