Friday the 13th

Movie • 1980

6.4

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Camp Crystal Lake is the setting for this iconic slasher series.

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Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.

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Common Sense Media

Modern audiences may find much of the film more cheesy than scary, as the gore is often unrealistic and the acting only so-so.

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Reelviews

"As a movie, Friday the 13th is unremarkable and unmemorable - an amateurish production of no lasting value. The same words, however, cannot be used to describe its impact upon cinema in the 1980s."

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Bloody Good Horror

Despite decades of enhanced digital effects and the slasher genre coming to a close, Friday the 13th still shows its diplomacy as a trailblazer for the genre.

bloodygoodhorror.com/bgh/reviews/friday-the-13th-1980

Reviews from My Couch

Yet “Friday the 13th” is a legitimate classic – not just a film that draws on influences, but one that is itself an influence.

reviewsfrommycouch.com/2020/03/movies/friday-the-13th-review/

Retro Slashers

But, its shortcomings aside, Friday the 13th is such an inventive and enjoyable movie that it is no surprise just how eager other producers were to capitalise on its success. Yet, unlike most of the films that followed, Friday the 13th felt fresh and fun, and thirty years later it still stands up as one of the best horrors of the era.

retroslashers.net/friday-the-13th-1980-review/

Knockout Horror

"Friday the 13th is just a generic slasher with little to write home about. Kills are incredibly projected, they aren’t that interesting, and the characters aren’t deep enough to care all that much about."

knockouthorror.com/horror-movies/friday-the-13th-1980-movie-review/

ManVsMovies.com

Beyond its longstanding veneer as an important film, Friday the 13th is an excruciating viewing experience where the only signs of life are a score ripped off from Hitchcock’s most famous movie and, ironically enough, a couple of deaths.

manvsmovies.com/2023/09/07/friday-the-13th-1980-review/

Scared Stiff Reviews

"this Friday the 13th being the one that launched the franchise will always be to me the best of the entire franchise, why? Oh come on, you know why, we all were suspecting a man to be the killer wasn’t we now…"

scaredstiffreviews.com/friday-the-13th-1980-slasherhorror-movie-review/

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