Friday the 13th
United States
1980
95 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
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gloryofistanbul
20May12
The best and still the finest of the slasher movies of the 70's,much more better than the overhyped halloween of that time
Subterranean Cinema
13Jan12
I think that the first film is actually UNDERRATED, and a classic horror film in it's own right. It's a good example of how a low budget can give a more realistic, almost documentary quality to a horror film (as it did later to great intentional effect with Blair Witch and it's many imitators). Plus, the killer is a real person, the distraught mother, not the laughable phantom hockey mask wearing "Jason". 4 stars.
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Ryan Clark
6Mar12
Absolutely 100% agree. It's a far better film than any of the sequels, although I do have an affinity for 2-5. I find the atmosphere and the eerie quiet of the woods in the original to be extremely unsettling and effective.
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FRIDAY THE 13TH review
By Twitchfilm.com on April 28, 2011
Complete with all of the unhealthy trappings we’ve come to expect from a “Friday the 13th” film, comes this reasonably pleasing, polished new remake. Despite director Marcus Nispel and producer Michael
FRIDAY THE 13TH review
By Twitchfilm.net on July 17, 2010
Complete with all of the unhealthy trappings we’ve come to expect from a “Friday the 13th” film, comes this reasonably pleasing, polished new remake. Despite director Marcus Nispel and producer Michael
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The Luckiest Unlucky Day of Them All.
By Steve on March 24, 2011
Halloween may be the granddaddy of the bastard horror subgenera known as the slasher picture, setting the ground rules for a whole new generation of horror movies, but surly Friday the 13th deserves… read review
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