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Friday the 13th

starring: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan, Kevin Bacon
directed by: Sean S. Cunningham

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9780792158790
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792158792
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 19, 1999
Running Time: 95 minutes
Sales Rank: 8783
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: May 09, 1980



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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/22/2006 Run time: 95 minutes Rating: R

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This splatter flick, along with John Carpenter's Halloween, helped spawn the great horror-movie movement of the '80s, not to mention eight sequels, many of which had nothing to do with the films that preceded them. It also gave birth to Jason Voorhees, one of the three biggest horror-movie psychos of the modern era (the other two being Halloween's Michael Myers and A Nightmare on Elm Street's Freddy Krueger). Forever duplicated, the original Friday the 13th popularized a number of themes and techniques that today are now clichés: the increasingly gory murders, the remote forest location, the anonymous and nubile cast, the murderer as cult hero, and, of course, the moral that if you have sex, you will die, very painfully. Still, if you have to see a Friday the 13th movie, this is the one to check out. A group of eager (and horny) teenagers decide to reopen Camp Crystal Lake, which 20 years earlier was closed after the shocking and mysterious murders of two amorous camp counselors. You can take it from there, as the teens get picked off one by one, during a dark and stormy night; of course, their car won't start and there's no phone. The ending stole shamelessly from Brian De Palma's Carrie, but it still provides a slight if campy shock. Look for a young Kevin Bacon as the requisite stud--you can tell that's what he is because when the cast appears in swimsuits, he's wearing a Speedo--who's the beneficiary of the film's best murder sequence, an arrowhead to the throat. Right after having sex, of course. --Mark Englehart



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Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - A dreadful disappointment.
Authenticity, creativity, style, and a spine-chilling sensation are some of the most compelling characteristics ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Arguably the most influential slasher film of all time
The original Friday the 13th is not the first, the most original, or the best slasher film ever made, but it is ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - 9 minutes
when the murders start happenning , time 9 minutes each time until the next one occurs. also the girl who plays ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The first
I first saw this movie when I was in seventh grade. I'll have to admit that I watched all of the Friday the 13th ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Psycho killer.
Friday the 13th is wickedly delicious. The twist ending is definitely the sole reason to watch this '80s classic. ... Read More

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