Friday the 13th

About Friday the 13th

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.

Friday the 13th is a 1980 horror film directed by Sean S. Cunningham. It runs 95 minutes and was released in May 1980. It is part of Friday the 13th Collection.

The film is filed under woods, summer, antagonistic, and sadism.

Adrienne King appears as Alice, Betsy Palmer as Mrs. Voorhees, Kevin Bacon as Jack, and Jeannine Taylor as Marcie. The screenplay is by Victor Miller. Production companies include Georgetown Productions and Sean S. Cunningham Films. In the United States it streams on Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Essential, and Paramount Plus Premium.

Friday the 13th Part 2, Friday the 13th Part III, and Freddy vs. Jason make useful companions to Friday the 13th, all filed under halloween, new jersey, and revenge. TMDB voters put it at 6.4 out of 10 across 3,585 votes and it carries a R rating.