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Friday the 13th
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Overview

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Director:
Writer:
Victor Miller (written by)
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Release Date:
9 May 1980 (USA) more
Tagline:
On Friday The 13th, They Began To Die Horribly, One......By One (UK - Theatrical Tagline) more
Plot:
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to re-open a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning. full summary | full synopsis
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4 nominations more
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(171 articles)
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Still a classic more (552 total)

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Also Known As:
A Long Night at Camp Blood (USA) (working title)
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95 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Sally Field auditioned for the role of Alice Hardy. more
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Continuity: When Sgt Tierney is giving Steve a ride, he gets a call on the radio. As he replaces the receiver, he flips on the lights. In the next shot, the lights are off and are turned back on again. more
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Pamela Voorhees: She can't hide; no place to hide. more
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Spoofed in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006) (VG) more

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Is it possible Jason could have also killed people in this movie?
Is there a longer version available than the R-rated version?
Why would Brenda walk all the way through the rain to the communal bathrooms only to brush her teeth and wash her face when a sink is clearly shown in her own cabin?
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25 out of 41 people found the following comment useful.
Still a classic, 11 January 2005
8/10
Author: movieman_kev from United States

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

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