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Friday the 13th
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Overview

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6.3/10   24,382 votes
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Director:
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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(171 articles)
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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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95 min
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Estelle Parsons was originally signed on to play Mrs. Voorhees. more
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Revealing mistakes: Outside the diner, it is obviously a fire hose being sprayed back and forth to create the "rain." more
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Brenda: [upon repairing the generator] What hath God wrought? more
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11 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
Classic horror, 12 July 2000
7/10
Author: MisterWhiplash from United States

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-

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