
A group of young adults set up tent near the abandoned summer camp where a series of gruesome murders are said to have taken place back in 1980. The perpetrator was a grieving mother, driven insane by the drowning of her child, Jason, whom she believed was neglected by the camp counselors. As legend has it, the last survivor of the attacks beheaded the woman. But then Jason came back, and now he is a vengeful and inexorable killer, wielding crossbows, swords, axes and other s... (Full plot summary below)
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A group of young adults set up tent near the abandoned summer camp where a series of gruesome murders are said to have taken place back in 1980. The perpetrator was a grieving mother, driven insane by the drowning of her child, Jason, whom she believed was neglected by the camp counselors. As legend has it, the last survivor of the attacks beheaded the woman. But then Jason came back, and now he is a vengeful and inexorable killer, wielding crossbows, swords, axes and other sharp instruments. The legend proves horribly true, as these campers quickly discover. Six weeks later, the brother of one of those campers distributes posters of his missing sister. The police believe she took off with her boyfriend; but he knows better. The brother crosses paths with an uptight young rich guy who is having his girlfriend and friends over at his parents' cabin. The brother ends up at the cabin himself just before his sister's attacker sets upon them all.
Leave your thoughts about Friday the 13th.
| Bryant Frazer's Deep FocusBryant FrazerMost of the space between sex scenes and bloody murders is padded, condescendingly, with 110-decibel phony shock effects. |
| Projection BoothRob HumanickThe year is young and we already have a contender for worst film. |
| Philadelphia WeeklySean BurnsThe fact that Travis Van Winkle's smarmy rich kid is a dead ringer for Michael Bay has got to be some sort of inside joke, right? |
| OregonianM.E. RussellGo rent the one where Jason takes Manhattan, or something. |
| Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallThe acting is.. well, let's just say there aren't any budding Kevin Bacons in this Friday the 13th. |
| Mania.comRob VauxFriday the 13th makes no secret about its purpose, and there's no use pretending it should be anything else. |
| Nolan's Pop Culture ReviewMichael A. SmithThe new film does a fine job of capturing the terror of the original while distancing itself just enough to stand alone. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Jeff ViceIt is a shame the material lets [the cast] -- and the audience -- down at the very end. |
| E! OnlineLuke Y. ThompsonA critic could argue that this movie is nothing but an excuse for gratuitous violence and nudity. Said critic would be entirely correct, and completely missing the point. |
| San Francisco ExaminerRossiter DrakeBe assured that the acting is passable, the effects are impressively convincing, and the suspense is real. It's not a great film, but it is a frightening one, and what more do you need to know? |