Friday the 13th

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Summary: The Ultimate Campfire Tale!
Review: Everybody knows that John Carpenter's Halloween invented the modern slasher film, and everybody knows that Friday the 13th is Halloween's ultimate imitator. The truth is, more films throughout the 80's ripped off Friday than Halloween, and Friday's grisily and graphic murder FX were so effective, that right off the bat, Halloween II became a dripping gorefest! Friday the 13th is a well made movie and this wonderful DVD transfer helps us to finally see this, from the wonderful woodsy shots, to the nail biting suspense of the climax. Honestly, Betsy Palmer gives jack Nicholson a run for his money as psycho of the decade and the gore effects created by Tom Savini are wonderfully realistic. The cast is good including Kevin Bacon, in short the film was perhaps the most effective of the 80's, and worthy of rediscovey on DVD.

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Summary: A bit cheesy but then it did have 8 sequels
Review: Friday the 13th may be regarded a classic, but this first installment of a bloody legacy, I find, is not the best. Jason is only a boy in this and we learn his schitzophrenic mother is the killer. I found this film a bit slow and dull in places and I now hear that a 10th film is in production, marking the 20 years since this original film.

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Summary: A forgettable movie
Review: The success of the classic Halloween was not to be ignored. It set the way for other slasher movies, Friday the 13th being one of them. What disgusted me the most was the fact that this film was an exact copy of Halloween. The plot is different but the basic principle is that a lot of people are killed off by a mysterious homicidal maniac. The plot isn't all that bad, shame about the eight sequels which followed. Despite warnings of the history of Camp Crystal, a history soaked in blood a group of sexcrazed teenagers embark on a trip only to find out the camp isn't so idyllic as it looks. A dark deadly secret lies among the haunted lake stalking the camp counsellors one by one. Overall this film didn't do much for me. It is watchable but certainly forgettable.

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Summary: "Friday The 13th" is a fun, carnival ride.
Review: Check it out if you want something fun

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Summary: 'We Didn't Find Any Boy!'
Review: Friday the 13th maybe a little aout-dated compared to Scream, but this movie, along with Halloween, invented the slasher film. The cast are really good and the effects are very good. The film is all about Betsy Palmer going nuts about her son dying at Camp Crystal Lake, the killing the new site staff twenty years on. BUY IT!

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Summary: Better Than Most Awful 80's Slasher Films
Review: Friday the 13th alone is a bad film, but when compared to its sequels it is seen in higher light. I like the dark atmmosphere that it has, but it really isn't all that scary and its characters are pretty cliched. Betsy Palmer plays the role of the villain very well, which is the best part of the movie. Personally, I think she's much scarier or more fightening than Jason.

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Summary: Friday the 13th isn't that bad
Review: This is the first film in the neverending horror franchise. It's also the most entertaining of the bunch. Six camp counselors at cursed Camp Crystal Lake are systematically stalked and slaughtered by an insane killer. But it's not Jason, he doesn't show up till Part 2, as the viewers of SCREAM well know. It's macabre fun guessing how they are going to get murdered, and no two killings are alike. The gore effects and suspense level are excellent, despite a nonexistent budget. Check it out!

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Summary: Friday the 13th
Review: Possibly one of the best modern horror films ever made. To criticize it as a Halloween rip-off is unfair. Both films were smartly made and deserve equal praise for the genre - the slasher flick - they helped create. I think the reason Friday the 13th gets such bad press is because the camera never shys away from the in-your-face gore (especially Annie's throat-slashing scene). I was lucky enough to see this in the theatre when it first came out. It was an amazing experience for a 16 year old. To compare it to a roller coaster ride is an accurate description. When Adrienne King's character picked up the machete to defend herself from Mrs. Voorhees at the movie's end, the audience (myself included) was screaming for blood. Decent acting, effective scares, and a creepy music score make Friday the 13th more than just a cheap horror film. The film has held up surprisingly well after two decades of bad sequels and copycats. I'd like to see Paramount give it the 20th Anniversary treatment it justly deserves.

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Summary: Camp Crystal Lake goes Bloody!
Review: A bunch of young camp counsellors get stalked by an emotionally unstable killer (Palmer). A couple of good scares but a very dragging plot. Not really for die hard horror fans, but not neally as bad or pathetic as it's made out to be.

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Summary: Don't go in the woods
Review: 6 teens fixing up a cursed old summer camp get hacked up when a former cook takes revenge for the drowning death of her son. Slasher legend is very entertaining and tamer than advertised. The worse the execution, the better it seems. Bad special effects and bad acting are the key eliments in this film.