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Friday the 13th

1980

Sean S. Cunningham

Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram ...

5.8

36,118

Horror 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 and unexplained deaths. Now someone is lurking in the woods, spying on the happy campers, and plotting a gory, grisly revenge on those who would disturb the camp's slumber.

	Media	Author	Review
		Ángel S. Harguindey Diario El País	"[It] is not a good movie, but it achieves its objective: to make the public feel adrenaline."
		Kim Newman Empire	"It may be one of the most famous, but it's certainly not an original on which others are based (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Jeremiah Kipp Slant	"You really have to wonder what exactly made the series so wildly successful (...) It’s a formula with no pretensions, and if you’re not viewing it today for cheap exploitative thrills you’re probably regarding it with nostalgia (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		James Berardinelli ReelViews	"Unremarkable and unmemorable - an amateurish production of no lasting value (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Matt Ford BBC	"A hugely influential film that contributed to the 1980s horror boom. The film's success was in its ability to understand what made audiences tick, and then manipulate it ruthlessly (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		The Hollywood Reporter	"A sick and sickening low budget feature that is being released by Paramount. It’s blatant exploitation of the lowest order"
		Alan Jones Radio Times	"A cheap rural rip-off of John Carpenter's hugely influential Halloween (...) Cunningham skilfully works up plenty of gory scares"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"There’s some bizarre fun in this film (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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