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Friday The 13th [1980] | ![Friday The 13th [1980]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/418Z1N9VYQL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Sean S. Cunningham
Actors: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan, Kevin Bacon
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: £12.99
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Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 8915
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 83
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 7321900111720
ASIN: B0000AISJT
Theatrical Release Date: May 9, 1980
Release Date: September 29, 2003
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Amazon.co.uk Review
No matter how many sequels they've made or how big a hit it was in 1980, it's difficult to view the first Friday the 13th as anything but a quickie designed to cram in as many elements from horror movies that had been hits in the late 1970s--most obviously, Halloween and Carrie--while adding as little as possible to the formula. Director Sean S Cunningham has an archetypal plot at his disposal as a group of attractive, shallow teenagers out in the woods to reopen a once-cursed summer camp are murdered in manners designed to show off Tom Savini's gore effects. Kevin Bacon, killed early (arrow through the throat), is the only player who went on to have a career, and he hardly stands out from the strip-Monopoly-playing, goon-acting meat-on-the-hoof teens who fall prey to the mostly unseen murderer. That it's not a total write-off is down to a few neatly edited bits of classical suspense and, two decades on, a simmering nostalgia for a world of bouffant-haired bubbleheads in short shorts (and that's just the guys) observed by edgy subjective camera as the music hisses "kill kill kill". On the DVD: Friday the 13th may be the least worthy of all horror "classics", but it's still nice to have an edition that (unlike earlier video releases) offers a 16x9-enhanced 1.85:1 restored image and a healthy dose of extras. The hard-sell trailer gives away most of the big scares, and so should be sampled after the film. The making of the movie is covered by a 20-minute "Return to Crystal Lake" featurette and a commentary track with input from many of the creatives (Cunningham, composer Harry Manfredini, stars Adrienne King and Betsy Palmer, writer Victor Miller). Some anecdotes get repeated, but there's a lot of solid background material. --Kim Newman
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 The One that Started it October 12, 2001
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
In the year 1957 at a Campsite buried in the woods a young boy drowns in the camp lake. The two councillors who were supposed to be watching him were making love at the time. One year later these two councillors are followed into the camp barn by an unseen assasin. They are both murdered.
It is now twelve years later and the camp is being reopened by Steve Christie who has hired seven new councillors. The date is Friday 13th June. The locals are shocked that 'Camp Blood' is being reopened and warn the councillors to quit.
None of the luckless teenagers listen to the warnings about Camp Crystal Lake and roam the campsite carefree. Unknown to them there is an unwelcome presence in the camp. A presence that is watching the councillors at every turn. One by one they fall prey to an unseen killer and when the killer is finally revealed it comes as a bit of a shock. The film is absolutely fantastic and it is the one that started it all. If you're going to watch this film don't decide that there's no plot and switch it off. Watch the whole thing, the plot is explained very clearly when the killer is revealed. There are some great makeup effects when the councillors are killed eg the axe through the head. In this film watch out for a seventeen year old Kevin Bacon! This was probably one of his first big parts. I would recommend this film to anyone who loves horror and likes being scared. 10/10
A classic slice of horror January 19, 2002
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Friday the 13th is one of the all time great horror movies in the way that it slowly builds up tension and really makes you jump out of your seat in certain scenes . Ok , so the film was basically trying to copy Halloween from 1978(certainly the greatest film of this type and arguably the finest horror movie ever committed to film ), but the creators have still managed to create a brilliantly jolting movie in which you share the sheer terror being felt by the young workers at camp crystal lake as soon as the power goes dead. We also sadly know what fate(or the scriptwriter) has in store for them. The final scenes of this movie will have you on the edge of your seat with excitement . Intellectuals should avoid this movie as no brain is required , but if you are a serious horror fan you must see this movie . KILL HER MOMMY , KILL HER MOMMY ! DO NOT LET HER LIVE !
THE MOTHER OF ALL SLASHER FILMS !! !! !! !! January 22, 2006
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Friday the 13th has pumped out 11 sequels (therse mixed opinions on weather Freddy vs Jason is a sequel to Friday the 13th) and although the origonal isnt my favorite its definetly one of the better ones!
It was Friday the 13th that actually created the term 'slasher', there may of been slashers before Friday the 13th (HalloweeN and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in particular) but none before it had ever been a 'pure slasher' film!
Shaun S Cunningham never expected much of Friday the 13th either, he thought his biggest sucsess would be a TV show that he would apparently make after Friday the 13th! Yet even though it was released the same year as The Shining and Dressed to Kill it still made more money than The Shining and was more profitable that Dressed to Kill! And straight after Friday the 13th's sucsess many, many, many other slashers were coming out all over the world (none of them doing as well as Friday the 13th, the only one that really done well is A Nightmare on Elm Street).
One of the main things that people dont remember about the origonal Friday the 13th is that Jasons mother, Pamela, was the killer. Since the sequels had started production Jason had became the trade mark for the Friday the 13th films (especially his hockey mask), most of the modern Friday the 13th films arent even called Friday the 13th any more (Jason goes to Hell, JasonX), This is probably because when New-Line Cinema took over Paramount to make more sequels after Friday the 13th part 9 (Jason goes to Hell) they baught the rights to Jason Voorhees, not Friday the 13th!
Tom Savini (who done the gore special effects for Dawn of the Dead prior to Friday the 13th and has now acted and directed in many films!) made the blood and gore effects for Friday the 13th, he may have done them for Dawn of the Dead too but it was Friday the 13th that really kicked of his career into a celebrity status! (he also went on to do the special effects for many other Friday the 13th sequels). And on the subject of blood this film has quiet a lot of it. It may be a bit tamer by todays standards but the creative death scenes (which is one things that the series is well known for now) are great, although the sequels have surpassed it many times.
The acting isnt amazing but it isnt exatly bad either and some of the actors got quiet famouse after bieng in this (Kevin Bacon, Betsy Palmer).
Overall this famouse for a good reason! For fans of horrors this should be a treat and if your a fan of gory films or slashers and (for some strange reason) havent seen this then do so....quikly..like right now!!!!
A classic of the Horror genre October 5, 2006
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was working in a cinema in 1980 when this film was first released, No one expected it to take a light and it opened in one of the complex's smallest screens. Big mistake. From day one queues formed for this film and many wannabe punters were somewhat peeved for being turned away. Those who got in though experienced a genuinely scary horror film and it remains one of the best audience participation films that I have ever seen. Throughout the film, the suspense runs along and builds up to a crescendo prior to each slaying or to a false moment of fear.
The ending, however is something else. Sure it ain't exactly original but boy is it effective. I have never seen an audience scream so loudly and in total unison, and have some people visibly shaken and in tears sometimes afterwards.... Night after night, the result was the same and Friday The 13th became one of the 'sleepers' of 1980. Watch out too for a young Kevin Bacon as one of the teens in peril.
The passage of time has seen it take its place in the pantheon of really scary horror films and deservedly so. If you have not yet seen this film, then give it a go. Enjoy and be prepared to be scared.
CHI-CHI-CHI, HAH-HAH-HAH!!! October 11, 2003
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
At last here is the first instalment of the long running series, filmed back in 1979 in the wake of "Halloween"'s success. A simple cash-making project using mostly other peoples ideas, but back then the special effects were out to SHOCK!! They still look good now all these years later, if you don't look too hard!!
The extras are good with a "Return to Crystal Lake" featurette which I was delighted with, at last hearing some of the stories behind the film, especially Betsy "Mommie" Palmer, who as it turns out, was a squeaky-clean "Doris Day" type back in her heyday - I'd never heard of her!! And how funny she is! You probably own this on VHS already, but it's worth the money for the extras alone, plus the nicely-restored picture! Worth Every Penny.
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