
In 1957, a young boy named Jason drowns in a lake near Camp Crystal Lake. The next year, two counselors are murdered. In 1980, a descendant of the original owners reopens Camp Crystal Lake with some counselors' help. The counselors gets killed one by one by a mysterious person. Could it be Jason, out for revenge?... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1957, a young boy named Jason drowns in a lake near Camp Crystal Lake. The next year, two counselors are murdered. In 1980, a descendant of the original owners reopens Camp Crystal Lake with some counselors' help. The counselors gets killed one by one by a mysterious person. Could it be Jason, out for revenge?
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| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliFriday the 13th is neither tense nor frightening (although, to be fair, it is at times creepy and atmospheric, due in part to budgetary limitations that led to a low-key style). |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrThe crude technique of director Sean Cunningham borrows whatever sophistication it has from Halloween's precise and elegant point-of-view shots of the killer, though Cunningham often cheats by using the ploy inconsistently. For all its shoddiness, the film manages, just barely, to achieve its ignoble goals--it delivers what it promises. |
| EmpireKim NewmanAs the bodies pile up amongst this testy crowd of horny teens, there remains a vacant hole were someone scary should be. In a strange way, this film stands unique amongst all slasher films as one where the killer is nearly intangible. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenA woefully bad low-budget slasher flick, complete with a requisitely inept cast (including Kevin Bacon in uncomfortably tight shorts); laborious pacing; and an interminable catfight climax. |
| The Hollywood ReporterRon PenningtonGruesome violence, in which throats are slashed and heads are split open in realistic detail, is the sum content of Friday the 13th, a sick and sickening low budget feature that is being released by Paramount. It’s blatant exploitation of the lowest order. |
| User ReviewDailyFreddyI love this movie, straight masterpiece, alice hardy is my number 1 fav final girl and pamela voorhees is much better than Jason also the ending scene is one of my favourites. |
| User ReviewMichael THey Guys We'll Have reviews, profile, Catagories, interviews and stuff coming in the next few weeks plus more ratings! Thanks for visiting the Page! Sam/Pete. |
| User ReviewFunkycriticGreat thrilling action and great cast members with memorable kills, god rest your soul Betsy Palmer. |
| User Reviewkevinswag95Suspense and lots of thrills to say about this slasher film that the mystery of the killer keeps killing people to get out of Camp Crystal Lake. Cummingham's film is one one of the best slasher films of the 1980s. |
| User ReviewJ0eIt is a great and scary movie it has good acting good death scenes and unlike most horror games and movie has good jump scares and it has Kevin Bacon. Overall it is a amazing horror movie and is a classic even though it can be obvious at times but is still one of my favorite movies ever. |