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Overview

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6.3/10   24,114 votes
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Director:

Sean S. Cunningham

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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Awards:

4 nominations more

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The film that started it all more (549 total)


Cast

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Additional Details

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]
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Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

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


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Victor Miller admitted that he was purposely riding off the success of John Carpenter's Halloween (1978). more

Goofs:

Continuity: After Alice goes back to the cabin and stares at Brenda's body the blood coming from the right side of the chest has changed from the left side when Brenda was originally thrown in. more

Quotes:

Officer Dorf: You kids keep your noses clean, you understand? You'll be hearing from me if you don't! We ain't gonna stand for any weirdness out here! more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006) more


FAQ

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?
Why does Brenda's head move after she is thrown through the window, after we assume she is dead?
How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
The film that started it all, 14 November 2003
7/10
Author: Kristine (kristinedrama14@msn.com) from Chicago, Illinois

Friday the 13th, as we all know, it's the film that started it all when it came to one of the most memorable boogeymen, Jason Vorhees. I'm afraid though that this isn't the film that he stars in, it's actually his mother that started the whole "have sex and die" sacred rule of horror movies. Friday the 13th has kind of a harsh rating here on IMDb, this is a classic in some sense I think, it's the ultimate sleepover movie and still gives me a little scare when I watch it in the dark. Friday the 13th also started the cheesy acting, un-needed sex scenes, blood, and gore; wither that's a good or bad thing, I'm still not sure, but one thing that Friday the 13th does deliver is awesome death scenes that will never disappoint. It'll also make you think twice about going to camp.

A group of young adults are opening up Camp Crystal Lake after 20 years, the place has been dubbed as a cursed camp where two young counselors were brutally murdered and a young boy drowned. But the group continues getting the camp ready, but when a nasty storm ensues, the group separates and does their own thing. But one by one, they keep disappearing, but when Alice, one of the camp counselors is concerned with how everyone is not returning, she goes to find a nasty discovery and will have to survive the most terrifying night of her life.

Friday the 13th is a memorable film in it's own right, I know that the performances are horrible, I mean, this is no Halloween, but it's a different concept and scared a lot of people. I remember it scared me as a kid to go to camp, that's for sure. But it has tense music and very scary scenes and it keeps the best going, along with a huge amount of sequels to come, we're up to 20, right? LOL, just kidding, it's only 10 that I'm aware of, but I would recommend Friday the 13th for the horror fans, it's always a fun movie to watch.

7/10

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