Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer, Harry Crosby
At Camp Crystal Lake, a group of young counselors begin to get ready to lead guests in the summer. Unfortunately for the counselors, someone isn't happy about what's going on in the camp and enjoys pl...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 19, 1999
Stats: 7,116 reviews
Without doubt one of the worst hyped horrors of the 80?s. No doubt my curiosity will want to follow this series through, in hope of them progressing, otherwise I can?t understand why it would receive such a memorable status.
I will give it just one credit and that is, it did ma...( read more)
Definitely a horror classic but ultimately not a great film. Sean S. Cunningham likes to think of himself as a master of horror but this film is really just a rip off of Halloween. The ending is also a rip off of Carrie and the whole twist at the end is quite Hitchcockian. It is ...( read more)
Holds up surprisingly well alongside other horrors of the era. Some parts are actually legitimately creepy. Alice is a solid Final Girl (Intelligence Rating: 6/10), the killer's identity and subsequent performance is campy fun, and the kills can be relatively inventive. Time has ...( read more)
The original Friday the 13th is probably one of the most influential films of all time. Now before you choke from laughing too hard, try to remember that before this film, no franchise (besides James Bond) was able to consistently put out product year after year for a decade. Fri...( read more)
Crazy Ralph: Doomed... You're all doomed.
A mysterious figure is picking off counselors at a camp famed for being jinxed.
Like Nightmare on Elm Street' I see what's happening, but I don't no why this became so popular, especially to have 10 sequels. The movie rips off other hor...( read more)
This movie has my favourite kill scene out of any horror movie ever (it involves Kevin Bacon)
The epitome of a slasher. It's simple, brutal and revolves around creative killings. While it only hints at Jason Voorhees future life as a machete wielding serial killer, but still has all the fun and scares you'd expect. The campfire story quality to it really sets it apart fro...( read more)
okay i was afraid when i saw this, so it is okay but the ending is the best part of it.
Well, it's filmed on high quality film stock I'll give it that. Stick with the original Halloween for the goods.
Most likely one of the best slasher films ever made.
what makes it so creepy about the killer, is his point-of-view throughout the movie. It keeps everyone wondering who he/she is.
A true classic of its kind.
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WTFF!! The Friday the 13th I watched didn't have the crazy-hockey-wearing-axe-weilding-pychopath! seriously. it just had something about the dudes mum! Can someone PLEASE tell what the hell i just watched!
In spite of all the sequels, this was very well done. This film was a masterpiece in horror/slasher film writing. WRITING being the key and not just visuals. Although simplistic (best for these movies) in some of the dialog, the story was perfect for the situation. LOL, check out Kevin Bacon in his 3nd movie AFTER Animal House!
The sequels should have NEVER been made, making this movie less important in the history of horror films. Most people think of these movies as crappy horror flicks, which is true now. The first stands out clearly among the rest.
Most people think Jason when they see the title of this movie. Watch this for the first time and you will be surprised. Campy!?.......... (no pun intended....well maybe)......... Oh, very much so, but look at the year it was made.
You can trash this movie if you want to, but let me ask you one thing - How many other movies can you name which spawned 10 sequels? Think about that one.
Jason is a character that has scared the daylights out of me ever since I was a kid and first saw the movies. It is in my belief that some of the coolest and best depicted murder scenes in a horror movie, ever, are in this series:
In Jason X, after he "defrosted", he stuck the woman's face into (assuming) liquid nitrogen and smashed it on the counter.
In another movie (forgot which), he impaled the girl's boyfriend with his machete while the guy was laying on the bed, then cracked his spine by folding up the mattress on him.
And the trailer scene in yet another movie, when, after the couple had sex, he smashed the woman's face into a wall of the trailer, stabbed the guy through the head, and left the trailer in a burning inferno.
Classic horror scenes right there. For me, I have yet to see other ones that are that creative or interesting to watch.
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