Friday the 13th
Cast
Betsy Palmer .... Mrs. Pamela Voorhees
Adrienne King .... Alice Hardy
Harry Crosby .... Bill
Laurie Bartram .... Brenda
Jeannine Taylor .... Marcie Cunningham
Directed by
Sean S. Cunningham
Rater #2 has description and review.
Rater #1
Has Not Seen Movie
Rater #2
5/10. The eleventh movie in the never-ending series of Friday the 13th,
Freddy vs. Jason, is coming out soon, so I decided to see Friday the
13th, hoping it would be as much fun as A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Well, Friday is a little scarier than Elm Street, but Friday lacks
the fun and the tongue-in-cheek feel that Elm Street successfully
has. It also lacks the chemistry between main characters that Elm
Street.
Some could call Friday the 13th a genre-definer, while I call it a
clich�-creater. A group of oversexed teenagers (played by people in
their twenties) get together to reopen a camp. However, on the night
of Friday the 13th, everyone starts to die. Who is killing everyone?
Is there someone who actually doesn't know?
I would have liked Friday the 13th more if it just wasn't so stupid.
If there's a killer on the loose, you run away, you don't lock
yourself up by yourself in a small cabin. Also, if they're supposed
to be preparing a camp, shouldn't they actually be preparing instead
of playing around in the lake and having sex?
Friday the 13th, as with other late 70's-early-80's horror movies,
features one up-and-coming star. Nightmare had Johnny Depp, Halloween
had Jamie Lee Curtis, and Friday has Kevin Bacon. He's about as good
as his big scene in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. One more thing
that I didn't like about Friday was how, since I didn't know anything
about the characters (I couldn't even keep them straight), I couldn't
do the best part of watching horror movies: guessing in what order
they would die. Since I didn't know anything about the characters, or
care about them, I couldn't guess.
It seems like I hated Friday the 13th, when, in fact, it was somewhat
scary at times, but, overall, the cons outweigh the pros.
Rater #3
Has Not Seen Movie.
Rater #4
Has Not Seen Movie.
Rated R for strong violence/gore.
Running time: 95 minutes
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