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Friday the 13th
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One summer at Camp Crystal Lake, a group of young counselors begin to get ready to lead campers. Unfortunately for the former, someone isn't happy about what's going on in the camp and enjoys playing Kill the Counselor. As bodies fall to the ground in the camp, no one is safe. Written by FilmFanUK

Many years after a boy drowns one summer and two camp counselors are killed the subsequent summer at Camp Crystal Lake, a new owner decides to reopen, which sparks a series of grisly murders. Written by Anonymous

In 1957, at Camp Crystal Lake, a young boy named Jason Voorhees drowned. In 1958, two camp counselors were murdered. In 1962, fires and bad water thwarted the camp's reopening. Now, in 1979, Steve Christy finally reopens Camp Crystal Lake with the help of a few new counselors. Ignoring the warnings from a local wacko, the murders start once again while a mysterious stalker prowls the area. Is it Revenge that the killer is looking for? Who will survive the nightmare and live to tell the story? Written by josec_2001

Teens go to the one and only Camp Crystal Lake for a Camp out in cabin 13 but what they don't know is that a little boy drowned there because the councilors weren't paying attention and his name was Jason Vorhees and now he comes back for revenge on his birthday "Friday The 13th"! to kill the councilors. Beware - the teens don't know that a Machete Slaughtering Maniac is out to get them ! Written by HorrorFlickLuva13


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In a brief prologue set in 1958, two summer camp counselors at Camp Crystal Lake sneak away from a camp fire sing-along to have sex... more (warning! contains spoilers)

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