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Friday the 13th (1980)

Crystal Lake's history of murder doesn't deter counselors from setting up a summer camp in the woodsy area. Superstitious locals warn against it, but the fresh-faced young people -- Jack (Kevin Bacon), Alice (Adrienne King), Bill (Harry Crosby), Marcie (Jeannine Taylor) and Ned (Mark Nelson) -- pay little heed to the old-timers. Then they find themselves stalked by a brutal killer. As they're slashed, shot and stabbed, the counselors struggle to stay alive against a merciless opponent.

Friday the 13th / Film synopsis

He was premature and entered the world at midnight on a Friday the 13th (that would be either September or December in 1946). His mother thought he drowned in Crystal Lake at age 11. Jason survived and became a hermit, living in the woods and feeding off plants, bugs and animals.

Camp Crystal Lake (Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, Hardwick Township, N.J.) After having a fantastic time visiting Hope and Blairstown, it's time for the main event, so jump in the car and head 12 minutes north on Shannon Road. Your destination is the Hardwick Township of New Jersey.

12 Friday The 13th (1980) – 10 Kills

Pamela racked up a total of nine kills at Camp Crystal Lake, half of which were done with the use of a hunting knife. The tenth kill in the original Friday the 13th is the death of Pamela at the hand of camp counselor Alice Hardy.

Stay with me on this, but what if Jason was the killer in the first Friday the 13th? Horror film connoisseurs will be quick to point out that (SPOILER ALERT) it was, in fact, Jason's mother, Mrs. Vorhees, who was the original killer.

Sex, Romance & Nudity. Brief female nudity (breasts, buttocks) and male nudity (buttocks) while two teen characters have sex. In a flashback, two characters are on the verge of having sex before they're murdered. Frequent references to sex, as well as flirting, kissing, and caressing.

Friday the 13th is a reboot of the Friday the 13th film franchise. In particular, it contains elements from Friday the 13th (1980) (1980), Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) (1981), and Friday the 13th: Part 3 (1982) (1982). The screenplay was written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift.

However, we can still go back a couple of years further to find what is arguably the first true Slasher film. The oldest film to fall in line with many of the tropes associated with the Slasher sub-genre is Alfred Hitchco*ck's Psycho.

After setting the first seven Friday the 13th movies at Camp Crystal Lake, the series sent Jason to Manhattan, Hell, outer space, and suburbia (with fellow slasher Freddy Krueger). There are 12 total Friday the 13th films.

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Mrs. Voorhees expresses horror at the sight of Brenda's body, but she soon reveals herself to be the mother of the boy who drowned in the lake in 1957. Talking mostly to herself, she blames her son Jason's drowning on the fact that two counselors were having sex and were unaware of Jason's struggling in the lake.