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Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 9, 1980

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Horror

User Score

64%

Original Title

Friday the 13th

Production Companies

Sean S. Cunningham Films, Paramount Pictures, Georgetown Productions Inc.

Director

Sean S. Cunningham

Budget

$550,000

Revenue

$59,754,601

Description

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.

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Crew

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Reviews

tmdb17996075 profile picture

Clearly, the team behind “Friday the 13th” expected at least to make a reasonable profit out of i...

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inaneswine profile picture

Some films benefit with time, maturing and holding a nostalgic charm. Others rot like a bad apple...

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Gimly profile picture

Certainly not the first slasher movie, but arguably the most influential.

This original fi...

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Wuchak profile picture

The beginning of the most successful slasher franchise

Released ...

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JPV852 profile picture

Seems only fitting to watch this today and still holds up really well and Betsy Palmer was really...

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