Friday the 13th (1980)

Director:

Sean S. Cunningham

Writer:

Victor Miller (written by)

Release Date:

9 May 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

On Friday The 13th, They Began To Die Horribly, One......By One (UK - Theatrical Tagline)

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.

Plot Keywords:

Lake | Summer | Camp Counselor | Revenge | Murder

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Betsy Palmer	...	Mrs. Pamela Voorhees
Adrienne King	...	Alice
Jeannine Taylor	...	Marcie
Robbi Morgan	...	Annie
Kevin Bacon	...	Jack
Harry Crosby	...	Bill
Laurie Bartram	...	Brenda
Mark Nelson	...	Ned
Peter Brouwer	...	Steve Christy
Rex Everhart	...	The Truck Driver
Ronn Carroll	...	Sgt. Tierney
Ron Millkie	...	Officer Dorf
Walt Gorney	...	Crazy Ralph
Willie Adams	...	Barry
Debra S. Hayes	...	Claudette

Also Known As:

A Long Night at Camp Blood (USA) (working title)
Vendredi 13 (Belgium: French title) (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
13. gün (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Divendres 13 (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Fredag 13. (Norway) [no]
Fredag den 13. (Denmark) [da]
Fredagen den 13:e (Sweden) [sv]
Freitag, der 13. (West Germany) [de]
Jûsan-nichi no kin'yôbi (Japan) [ja]
Martes 13 (Argentina) [es]
Péntek 13 (Hungary) [hu]
Paraskevi kai 13 (Greece) [el]
Perjantai 13. (Finland) (DVD title) [fi]
Perjantai 13. päivä (Finland) [fi]
Piatek trzynastego (Poland) [pl]
Sexta-Feira 13 (Brazil) [pt]
Venerdì 13 (Italy) [it]
Viernes 13 (Spain) [es]
Vrijdag de 13de (Belgium: Flemish title) [un]
Vrijdag de 13e (Netherlands) [nl]
Yom Shisi Ha-Shlosh-Esre (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) (1980) | Finland:K-18 (2002) | Portugal:M/18 | New Zealand:R16 | Hungary:18 | Portugal:M/16 (re-rating) | Australia:MA (Cable TV rating) | France:-12 (DVD rating) | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Canada:R | France:-16 | Iceland:(Banned) | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM18 | Mexico:C | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 (DVD rating) | Norway:16 (heavily cut) | Norway:18 | South Korea:15 (DVD uncut version) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (video rating) (1987) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R (Reg. No. 25901) | West Germany:18 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Singapore:M18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Blairstown, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Georgetown Productions Inc.

Trivia:

Estelle Parsons was originally signed on to play Mrs. Voorhees.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Outside the diner, it is obviously a fire hose being sprayed back and forth to create the "rain."

Quotes:

Brenda: [upon repairing the generator] What hath God wrought?

Movie Connections:

Featured in His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th (2009) (TV)

Classic horror

Not exactly a masterpiece, but not a waste of time either. This film is basically a starters set for the film-buffs who start watching horror films. Premise- a killer is after a bunch of kids at a camp many years after a tragedy to a kid named Jason Voorhees. Some good killer scenes (and Betsy Palmer is very good in this film) but not exactly a great horror film. Classic entertainment anyway. A-