A skillful, if by-the-numbers, horror pic.
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10/09/08
Friday the 13th - Part 1 (1980)
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Reviews Counted:46
Fresh:28
Rotten:18
Average Rating:5.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Despite repeated warnings to stay away, a group of fun-loving but none-too-bright teenagers set out to reopen the eerie Camp Crystal Lake, which closed 20 years earlier after a series of bizarre... [More]
Starring: Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer, Kevin Bacon, Harry Crosby
Director: Sean S. Cunningham
Reviews for Friday the 13th - Part 1
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09/11/08
Top CriticA classic Bacon
02/20/08
For all its shoddiness, the film manages, just barely, to achieve its ignoble goals -- it delivers what it promises.
09/26/07
Makes not the slightest attempt to hide the outright theft of every one of its ideas from much better films.
09/14/07
Friday the 13th emerges not as an outstanding slasher film, but as a succinctly formulaic one.
10/17/06
I say it's the worst.
05/26/06
Pure slasher goodness!
10/11/05
Classic but forgettable teen-camp slasher
10/01/05
No review available.
08/31/05
No review available.
07/29/05
No review available.
07/29/05
The whole film is one of the best arguments for resuming movie censorship to come along in years.
03/07/05
No review available.
12/21/04
No review available.
01/24/04
Suprisingly scary and atmospheric, especially compared to its garish sequels
01/23/04
It's a classic, for sure, just an awfully cheesy one.
10/16/03
It started it all, but it's not really a part of the series being more a whodunit, even if by now we all know who it was.
08/27/03
No review available.
08/22/03
Latest News for Friday the 13th - Part 1
March 05, 2008:
Platinum Dunes Planning Rosemary's Baby Remake
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January 07, 2008:
New Line Planning New Nightmare on Elm Street?
We've had a rebooted Halloween, there's a new Friday the 13th on the horizon, and Screen Gems has devoted itself to exhuming every available '80s horror flick in its vaults.... More...
November 14, 2007:
Marcus Nispel to Direct Friday the 13th Reboot?
You can't keep a good man down. Nor, apparently, can you keep an undead, hockey mask-wearing lunatic off the big screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, director Marcus... More...
September 18, 2007:
Friday the 13th Remake Update
Like the hockey-masked serial killer at its core, the Friday the 13th franchise refuses to die -- and the series reboot announced by Michael Bay last year continues to lumber... More...
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