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1980 · United States

Friday the 13th

Tonight at a glance

Runtime
95 min
Age rating
R
Language
English
Country
United States
Violence
Strong
Frights
Strong

Why tonight?

  • Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
  • It goes hard on violence and frights — not a wind-down.

The story

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.

  • lake
  • new jersey
  • drowning
  • summer camp
  • sadism
  • villain
  • woods
  • revenge
  • murder
  • stalking

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Production

Rating
6.4 / 10 · 3,422 ratings
Studio
Sean S. Cunningham Films, Georgetown Productions