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monkey-man 2012-05-25 07:11:52

Friday The 13th Is A Bloody Good Movie

Today is Friday the 13th so i am going to have a Friday The 13th moviemarathon and i am going to watch all 10 movies in the series over 2days.Its been 26 years scene this great horror movie was made and this moviegets better with age.The plot for this movie is about at a summer camp20 years ago a boy named Jason Voorhees drowned and two camp councilersgot murdered now 20 years later the camp is reopening and some new campcouncilers are at the camp setting it up and one by one the campcouncilers get killed in all kinds of ways.The best two death scenes in this movie are:1.when the great actor Kevin Bacon's character is laying in his bed andthe killer is under the bed and pushes a arrow throw his neck and bloodgos everywhere.2.The scene in the end of the movie when Alice Hardy (Adrienne King)cuts off Pamela Voorhees (Betsy Palmer) head and u get a good close upwhen it happens and u should pause it and watch it in slow mode.Over all this movie is one of the best horror movies from the 1980'sand of all time.If u are a fan of horror movies u should buy the DVDbox set of this series even though a couple of the other movies in theseries are a bit crap.Over all this is a great movie and my rating forthis movie is six and a half out of ten.

movieman_kev 2012-05-24 15:35:10

Still a classic

A group of camp counselors, a young Kevin Bacon among them, are busytrying to re-open Camp Crystal Lake years after multiple murders shutit down, despite the ravings of Crazy Ralph. They are dispatched one byone by an unseen killer. This IS a classic and always will be. Don'tget me wrong as it's not perfect. But it's far from "merely aHalloween" clone which some people say. The original Halloween is aperfect classic, but let this film stand on it's own legs as it hasevery right to. Although I'm saddened about how shoddily Paramountseemed to put out their recent box set. Hell when New Line acquired therights to the series, yes their Jason films suck, but at least they doright by the fans DVD-wise.Paramount could have done a great service tous by looking back at New Lin's Nightmare on Elm Street box set. It's ashame they didn't.My Grade: A- Eye Candy: Jeannine Taylor shows ta-tas and ass cleavage

raypdaley182 2012-05-22 12:51:34

Where is the point in all the sequels?

This really should score a zero. Have a flashback scene, a summer campin the 1950's, some people get killed. Have a graphic saying presentday (1 saying it was 1980 might have helped?) A guy is trying to get anold summer kids camp started up. his various staff get killed one byone, starting with the cook. We get down to 1 girl left and this isnearly 2 hours into the movie then the plot is finally explained. "Oh,I'm Mrs Voorhees. Jason's mum. Jason died by drowning because campattendants weren't paying attention. In the 1950's" and this has WHATto do with a bunch of people starting up the same camp 30 yrs later,exactly? They didn't kill him! Mrs. Voorhees tries to kill the lastgirl alive & generally shows she's a mental psycho bitch. Then the girlmanages to cut the woman's head off. Fake ending with crap andpredictable scare. Real ending with girl going on about dead boythinking he's alive.Now how did they get 1 sequel out of that ending?The film is utter garbage. Possibly the busiest person in the crew wasthe sound man. Every time their in an interior and moving stuff thesound is SO loud! Kevin Bacon in a forgettable role, nice death scenebut how did he & the girl he was screwing miss a dead man 4ft abovetheir heads?This film gets a zero.So bad it's worse than "Best Defense" & "Ishtar" - AVOID!

brandon sites 2012-05-21 15:52:13

The original classic.

The original classic that caused more rip-offs than you could count. Thedirection is decent even though the plot is weak. The director makes sure tobuild up plenty of sympathy. Story has an unknown killer slashing their waythourgh the camper population at the infamous Camp Crystal Lake. The filmtakes it time going, but once it does it is filled with lots of scares andone WOW of an ending. Palmer is terrific in her small, but crucial role.7/10

Andy 2012-05-19 15:57:38

Here we go

Many critics and movie-goers probably hate this film for the simple factthat it started the longest running, most tasteless and unapologetic horrorfranchise to date. Friday the 13th is a landmark. It is the beginning of anera. Although it borrows heavily from Halloween, it definitely helped pavethe way for every slasher film you watch today. You can't be a horror fanand not be entertained by this film. Yes, the special effects are crude andthe movie looks painfully dated, but it is just sheer fun. The movie has nopretensions. The movie is about Camp Crystal Lake, a supposedly curse anddoomed campground where people die, fires break out, and little baldretarded boys drown (chi-chi-chi-ha-ha-ha). However, this does not stop acrew of horny and naive teenagers from attempting to reopen it. The movie ispredictable on all accounts, but where the other Friday flicks failed, thisone succeeded. In this movie, we actually care about the characters to acertain extent. And until the last 20 minutes, it's not exactly mapped outfor us who the token survivor will be. The murders (although heavilycut-down) and brutal for their time and creative. The acting could use somework, but that's not important (look out for Kevin Bacon in his first role)and the T&A factor (which became predominant in later sequels) is virtuallynon-existent. Flawed in many ways, but still manages to stand the test oftime. If you are a horror/slasher fan and haven't seen this yet, stopreading and watch. P.S. Paramount needs to treat this movie with the respect it deserves! Nomore bare-bones DVD's! Those things are expensive coming from you guys, giveus something to back up that price-tag!

trashgang 2012-05-19 12:10:30

classic

I just watched the uncut version of Friday the 13th. The movie meanssomething special for me, it was the first horror I saw in my life.After all these years the films still works but sometimes it is alsodated. But it is still a classic. After seeing it I thought, well, thescore is a Psycho rip off. And the effects used by Tom Savini are nicebut I have seen him done much better, for example The Prowler. When wesaw this flick 30 years ago it was at cinema or at home, cinema didn'tshow the best quality then and televisions were small and it wasbroadcasted. Today it's all digital and we watch our flicks on muchbetter screens. And there you can easily see the first killing how itwas done (girl in the wood). Look at me arguing. It is still a hell ofa movie. You just can't see the ending coming. The acting is superb.The use of score and camera is very well done and that for a movie thatsupposed to be a rip off of Halloween. There are much better flicksfrom the slasher era but this is one of the first to make a fuss and alot of money and a franchise. A must see. But before I go, be sure tocatch the Deluxe version, you know the ones with the 3D covers, onlyavailable in the US. There are some extras on it that you can't findanywhere else, not even on 'His Name Was Jason'. Also there is a kindof continuity on the DVD's. It's titled Lost Tales from Camp Blood:Part 1, but it's really gory and sadly there's no Jason in it but it'swell done as an extra. It clocks in around 6 minutes but it's really anice piece to see. It continues on Friday The 13th part 2 and soone...So if you are going for the Friday franchise be sure to catch theDeluxe versions.

WandrinStar 2012-05-14 06:04:24

Friday the 13th (1980)

76/100. Don't let anyone tell you different, this is a real good horrorfilm. An obvious send off of Halloween, both Cunningham and Miller doenough to separate from Carpenter's classic. Cunningham does a greatjob as director giving intense killer P.O.V shots while Manfredini'scatchy and eerie score is effective with Cunningham's decision to playit only when the killer is on the prowl. Tom Savini gives some of thebest special effects the 80s has to offer, and the film has manymemorable death scenes including a young Kevin Bacon getting speared inthe throat. Young cast of camp counselors led by female lead AdrienneKing are charming and work well together. Film holds up well today,giving a newer audience a surprise reveal that Jason, who's presencegoes hand-in-hand with this series, isn't the film's killer. Movieintroduces one of my favorite horror character; not Jason, but CrazyRalph who is hilariously and perfectly portrayed by Walt Gorney.

2012-05-13 18:40:19

The cult classic

It all started at Crystal Lake years ago. A mother sees her only child drownwhile the camp counsellors did nothing to save the little boy.Basically, this is the story, or background if you will, for the wholeFriday the 13th saga. This, the first in a line of 10 (!) movies, is by manyrated as the biggest cult classic in horror films.Even though nobody seems to enjoy part 2, they have to admit that the moodin the first two pictures are unbeatable compared to the more modernFridays. The picture is kind of sandy, theres a lot of dark skyes, rain andbreathtaking sounds which gives a really credible picture of the deepforest.I can do nothing else than recommend this movie if you are infact a horrorfan, if not: this is not for you -you would not understand!And, if you are willing to see the whole series, don't do what so many hasdone before you, but see them one by one, starting at the beginning...Andbefore you know it, theres JASON!

BUTCHER-5 2012-05-12 18:59:47

Father of camp slashers...

This is definitely a classic.I don't agree with some viewers that it's acopy of "Halloween".Nothing is similar here besides general scheme:madkiller on the loose.Plot,actors,killings-they're all different.Maybe thisone is not as chilling as "Halloween" but it has great,memorable gorescenesmade by wizard Tom Savini(axe in the head,throat-slashing,arrow through thethroat and infamous decapitation).If you love older slasher flicks(likeI)"Friday the 13th" is a must-see.By the way,I don't see any reason ofmaking "Freddy vs Jason" or "Friday the 13th Part 10".

Mister-6 2012-05-12 15:08:46

Your unlucky day....

Ah, "Halloween" - a movie chock full of suspense, drama, honest-to-goodnessshocks and more intensity than any of its ripoffs.Which brings us to "Friday the 13th". Even though they say they were making a movie that had its own agenda andoriginality, let's help them face the truth: it's a cash-in that was laterturned into a cash cow for Paramount Pictures that lasted considerablylonger than anyone ever imagined (and far longer than many movie-loverswanted).Do you even want to know about the plot? It's the same as any other moviewith "Friday" and "13th" in the title. A group of kids go to camp, maniacslices, cuts and juliennes them until one fights back and blah, blah,blah....And that's about it. No imagination, no intelligence, no style. Just chop,chop, chop. Though this one is better than any of its far-lesser sequels,it's still nothing when compared to the real classics of this type offilm.You want a GOOD mad killer movie? There's the aforementioned "Halloween"(the original ONLY, please) as well as "Psycho" (again, the original), bothof which have twelve truckloads more panache than "Friday" canmuster.Just one more reason to consider that day unlucky.Two stars. Kevin Bacon gets killed off early on - thus saving himself formore worthy projects (way to go, Kev), and Palmer demonstrates the only realacting in this one. Oh well, that's life....or as close as "Friday the 13th" comes to it.

horror69 2012-05-10 08:13:15

ONE OF THE WORST MOVIES EVER IN THE SERIES..SEE THE 3RD ONE

This is one of those "omg...its sooo good...its genre defining"well....ITSNOT!!!!!!!The acting is horrible....really..its shockingly bad.The script...well..the idea was there.The deaths get a big thumbs down.The music was all crackly.And the preson that turns out to be the killer......welll..i cant safelysayi didnt see that coming...BECAUSE THEY WERENT IN THE MOVIE UNTIL THEKILLERJUST CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AND SAID "HEY...IM THE KILLER"Dont even bother with this trash....if you havent seen theseries.....startat number 3 and finish at number seven. The rest are awful....(excludingJason X (2001)

Horrorhead 2012-05-09 10:07:01

True classic slasher

This movie is a true classic slasher. One of the most famous Horrormovies.I like this movie very much. If you don't see this movie yet DO IT RIGHTNOW! I watch this movie when i was 12. Damn! I scared. If youwant a good movie for Saturday night or a party. This is the right movie!

anonymous 2012-05-09 18:39:54

Strip Monopoly?

Anybody who knocks this flick has gotta admit, the last 20 minutes or soreally deliver the goods. There's something about slasher films-- the bestones-- when it boils down to the last survivor (usually a young lady)goingone-on-one with the killer-- that's when the films usually shine. There'ssomething primal about it, when our blood gets pumping along with thecharacter's. (no pun intended.) There's something about FRIDAY THE 13ththatbothers me- it seems extremely cheap, not only in the way it looks but inthe filmmaker's intentions. But the location shooting adds so much to theflick- Crystal Lake is like a thousand other rural lakes along the eastcoast. (I think this film was shot in New Jersey.) Of course there's theScooby Doo-type character-- "You kids are all gonna die!" etc. And there'salso this hippie-type sensibility, cut-off shorts and free love and stripmonopoly (!?) that's pretty cool. Artistically, this movie is noHALLOWEEN,but it delivers the primal goods.

Wayne Malin 2012-05-09 06:59:38

A classic of its type

The plot is well-known by now--a bunch of attractive 20 somethings areslaughtered at a summer camp by the possessed mother of a little boy (Jason)who died there years ago.This was a huge hit with teenagers in 1980 and spun the slasher film craze(which started with "Halloween" in 1978) into orbit. It's not exactly agreat film (the plot is pretty dumb), but it's a hundred times better thanits sequels and clones and, in a way, is a true classic of the horrorgenre.The acting isn't half bad--there's a pre-stardom Kevin Bacon and goodperformances by Adrienne King, Harry Crosby (who won't even discuss the filmnowadays) and Betsy Palmer (who called the script "a piece of s***"). Thesetting itself is beautiful (I believe it was shot in the NY-NJ area) andthere's some good direction by Sean Cunningham. There's the now infamousmusic (which I find really scary) and the murders are gory and verywell-executed (sorry!). The effects are uncomfortably realistic--I vividlyremember a large portion of the audience walking out back in 1980 when awoman gets an axe in her face. The script is not too bad and this movie isnowhere near as sexist as later slashers. In this film an equal number ofwomen AND men are killed--in later films it was all women. And the women inthis film are intelligent, attractive and not just screaming bimbos. Alsounlike later slashers which had needless sex scenes, this movie only has oneand it's fairly tasteful with only a few flashes of nudity. The climaticfight between Palmer and King is exciting and still pretty strong stuff andJason's final jump out of the water still packs a jolt. So, a good gory horror film. A must see for horror fans. Just don't expect"Citizen Kane".

Sadulet 2012-05-05 14:13:19

Goodie,goodie

This is a very good film. ill give it a 10 of 10!All the gore and all the blood mixed in a wonderful film -Friday the 13th.See it today!

grkamerican1984 2012-05-04 18:13:23

an obsession of an infamous slasher series that almost didn't happen to me

"Friday the 13th" is my favorite horror film, along with JAWS, andBLACK Christmas. now, its kind of weird that i'm a fan of a series thati didn't even know of until a few years ago. in 2003, rumors were goingaround about the movie FREDDY VS JASON. i was clueless about the movie,so i did a little research. i was familiar with the series from thatpoint on, and when i first saw the first film, i enjoyed it a lot. iwon the DVD, which has some minor cuts in the death sequences, such asJack's (Kevin Bacon) death which was cut after we see the arrow gothrough him. "Friday the 13th" was just another slasher film at thattime, but now, it's probably one of the most famous and notoriousslasher films in the history of American Cinema. Thanks, SeanCunningham! P.S. - Harry Manfredini's music really suits it too! nicen' ominous

jrh12586 2012-05-02 12:34:53

Not what I hoped it would be!

This was actually pretty disappointing. While I felt, it had the potentialto be so much more suspenseful than `Halloween', it just wasn't. I don'tknow what went wrong. The setting was a lot more frightening than`Halloween'. Also, they could have spent more time developing thecharacters, even though they weren't very likable to begin with. This isespecially true of Alice (Adrienne King). She was too whiney and not prettyenough to be a heroine. Kevin Bacon was probably the best out of all ofthem, so it's no surprise he's the only one still heard of. The ending,while exciting, still was a disappointment. I also felt that the violencedid not add much to this movie. All in all, I'd give `Friday the 13th' 2/5. I'd actually recommend `Friday the 13th: Part 2" over this.

2012-05-01 20:36:52

TERRIBLE

This movie is worthless. It takes half an hour of lame ass cat and mouse forthe chick to FINALLY kill the mother.....There was ONE part where I jumpedout of my skin. Where she was in the boat and Jason came up and grabbed herout of nowhere, then it was just a dream. The only good scene of gore wasthe thing going through Kevin Bacon's chest. Other than that, the actingsucked, the plot sucked, THE MOVIE SUCKED. People seriously need to get aclue.

Jsimpson5 2012-04-30 20:26:58

The start of it all

The 1980's saw the rise of the Slasher film sub genre and many filmswere created as a result. Most of those are still well known for thisday and countless remakes and sequels were made as well. One of themore notable slasher films out there is Friday the 13th, and this shortreview will be talking about the film that started it all.The basic idea of this story was that a group of teenagers go to thisold camp as a counselor retreat. They go to Camp Crystal Lake for theweekend. Various people tell the teenagers not to go there since it'scursed and people have been killed there.A bad storm arrives and one by the one the counselors are killed off bya killer.I won't give away the rest of the story, it's better to watch the film.When this film came out it was pretty scary which was 27 years ago. Bytoday's standards it's a fairly tame film. It's kinda like Psycho whenit came out in the 60's. It was shocking back then, but now it's kidnathe norm to have stuff like that in a film, so it's not shocking.The script could be better along with the acting. Overall it's not abad film and if you haven't seen it, then I would suggest that youeither buy or rent it.

2012-04-30 10:28:24

Murder and Mayhem at Camp Christy Lake!

"Friday the 13th" is the first and by far the best of the lengthy horrorseries. When first released, it was fresh and original and a darn goodhorror flick to boot. The story centers around a group of teen age camp councillors hired by campmanager Steve Christy (Peter Brouwer) who are making preparations to openCamp Christy Lake for the summer. What they don't know or believe is thatsome twenty plus years previously, two other councillors were brutallymurdered by an unknown assailant. When Christy goes to town the present day councillors are left alone atnight during a bad storm. All the elements for murder and mayhem are now inplace. Unbeknownst to the others, one of their number, the cook Annie (RobbieMorgan) has already been murdered on her way to the camp. Director Sean S.Cunningham builds the suspense as one by one each of the kids meets aparticularly gruesome end, until only Alice (Adrienne King) is left. Atfirst the town crazy (Walt Gorney) is suspected but he is much too obvious.All the while though, Cunningham skillfully hides the identity of the realkiller until the end. The cast was made up of mostly unknown actors (at the time) with theexception of Betsy Palmer who plays the mother of a boy who had drowned inthe lake. A very young Kevin Bacon plays Jack and Harry Crosby (son of Bing)play Jack two of the councillors. The other councillors are Laurie Barton asBrenda, Jeannine Taylor as Marcie and Mark Nelson as Ned. "Friday the 13th" is a grisly teen age slasher/sex movie to be sure, but itwas among the first of the genre and as such, is much better than any of itssequels or many of its imitators.