Adrian King, Adrienne King, Amy Steel

Serial murderer Jason, believed to have drowned in Crystal Lake, returns to camp to take his revenge on the young camp counselors.

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R, 1 hr. 27 min.

Directed by: Steve Miner

Release Date: May 1, 1981

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DVD Release Date: May 23, 2006

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  • September 28, 2009
    A good sequel, the first time we start to see the real Jason. It?s got its moments and killing off Alice was a nice touch I thought.
  • February 18, 2009
    Crazy Ralph: [to Jeff and Sandra] I told the others, they didn't believe me. You're all doomed. You're all doomed!

    With the release of the remake, I happened to catch this one and decided to go with it. suffice it to say, it sucks. It sucked when I saw it before, and it still su...( read more)cks now.

    Made to cash in on the first, the movie actually defies the first, even though it created the iconic villain here, pre-hockey mask.

    And the kills aren't even better than the first. Lame.

    Ginny Field: [to Paul] There is someone in this room.
  • February 12, 2009
    This is where it all truly began. Sequels, that is. Friday the 13th Part 2 takes us back to Camp Crystal Lake and ushers in not only a new killer, but also a new way of making movies: making the same movie over and over again. Another group of teens are slaughtered at Camp Crysta...( read more)l Lake by a mysterious killer (this time it's actually Jason).

    This film is so much of a knock off of the original that the TRAILER is a sequel to the original trailer. It's the same motif, but comparing it to other slashers of the era it's actually a solid film. What's funny is that this film pushed the production of Halloween II, so if Halloween encouraged Friday the 13th then Friday the 13th Part 2 encouraged endless sequels. And where would the '80's be without those?
  • January 20, 2009
    Jason finally takes center stage in a rough form. No hockey mask, not an unstoppable zombie and almost as dumb as his victims. In many ways he is more interesting here. He gets hurt AND makes mistakes. His weight and a rickety old chair preventing him from making a kill. There's ...( read more)a couple of interesting moments, such as a girl wetting herself. Sounds weird but I'm not sure I've actually seen that before and it certainly makes sense in a horror film. Some stuff is left hanging, presumably for a sequel and it is mostly a remake of the first. Again it's the simple nature of the film that will win over horror fans. Especially those who want to see Jason's 1st main interpretation without his Hollywood glitz and glam.
  • January 11, 2009
    FINALLY...JASON is introduced to the series but he doesnt even have the hockey mask look. The movie sucks on many levels. Its the exact same thing as part one only a different killer.
  • November 21, 2009
    So incredibly predictable. These films went downhill fast.
  • November 20, 2009
    Its fun when Jason starts to do the killing unlike the first film
  • November 18, 2009
    It's not as great or as fun as the original, but it does have some amazing death scenes. It still holds some of the essential elements as the previous, but it has a hard time finding Jason's true psychosis. His shrine to his mother definitely sets his murder spree into motion, bu...( read more)t you don't get the personality seen in future films. It's a transition movie, so you don't get everything you wanted. Still worth watching and definitely an interesting story.
  • November 1, 2009
    Watched this last night as part of the horror-a-thon and found it brilliantly laughable and in no way terrifying, just plain old bog standard stalk and slash stuff. I did notice that none of the girls really believe in bras, a trait that is sorely missing in recent slasher flix.
  • October 29, 2009
    What are you doing with that knife Jason?

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  • Aritosgold
    November 2, 2007
    very good;;
  • Southparklover224
    July 15, 2007
    Yeah it's ok.......
  • lisybabe
    June 11, 2006
    This film contains probably my favourite ever filmic depiction of disability. The wheelchair using character in this film is regarded as exactly the same as all the other characters. He's even shown as a sexual being (*gasp*! Crips doing "it"!), and he meets his fate along with all the others, without any special or differential treatment by Jason.

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