{"id":69513,"date":"2021-02-15T11:32:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T18:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=69513"},"modified":"2022-02-21T16:31:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T23:31:15","slug":"friday-the-13th-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=69513","title":{"rendered":"Friday the 13th (1980)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Camp Crystal Lake is jinxed.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Poster-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-69516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Poster-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Poster-681x1024.png 681w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Poster-180x270.png 180w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Poster.png 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA group of teenage counselors preparing a camp site for re-opening after years of closure due to the death of a child are gruesomely killed off, one by one.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Betsy Palmer Films<\/li>\n<li>Horror Films<\/li>\n<li>Serial Killers<\/li>\n<li>Summer Camp<\/li>\n<li>Teenagers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary gives away major spoilers in his review of this &#8220;low-budget film&#8221;, the &#8220;first of a series that <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Friday_the_13th_(franchise)\">has become an American institution<\/a>;&#8221; but I&#8217;ll try my best to keep identities unrevealed. Peary writes that the murderer&#8217;s &#8220;dramatic battle with the last survivor, gutsy Adrienne King&#8230; is strong stuff&#8221; and adds, &#8220;In fact, the film is skillfully enough made by director Sean Cunningham that you&#8217;ll be scared out of your wits waiting for each counselor to meet his or her ghastly end.&#8221; He posits that <em>Friday the 13th<\/em> is a &#8220;successful mix of bloody horror and youth-sex genres, so it&#8217;s no surprise it made a fortune&#8221;, but he argues you may question &#8220;your own reason for sitting through entertainment with gratuitous sex and violence and teenagers who are portrayed as oversexed, insensitive clowns ideal for slaughter.&#8221; I disagree completely with Peary&#8217;s characterization of the counselors: only one couple (Kevin Bacon and Jeannine Taylor) is shown having sex; the others are reasonably hard-working when they&#8217;re not joking around or relaxing with silly and perfectly normal teenage games. All film fanatics will surely be curious to check out this iconic horror flick that kicked off so many sequels &#8212; but don&#8217;t read anything at all about it if you want to remain authentically surprised.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine use of idyllic (and menacing) location shooting<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Location.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Location-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-69518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Location-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Location-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Location-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Location-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Location-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Location.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Numerous scary moments<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Scary.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Scary-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-69519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Scary-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Scary-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Scary-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Scary-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Scary-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Friday-the-13th-Scary.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for its historical importance and status as a cult favorite. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0080761\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1980\/05\/10\/archives\/film-friday-the-13th-horror-at-middleclass-summer-campthe-cast.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/movies.tvguide.com\/movies\/friday-the-13th\/review\/2000013383\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/andyoucallyourselfascientist.com\/2018\/07\/08\/friday-the-13th-1980\/\">And You Call Yourself a Scientist Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=3373\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Camp Crystal Lake is jinxed.&#8221; Synopsis: A group of teenage counselors preparing a camp site for re-opening after years of closure due to the death of a child are gruesomely killed off, one by one. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Betsy Palmer Films Horror Films Serial Killers Summer Camp Teenagers Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary gives away major spoilers in his review of this &#8220;low-budget film&#8221;, the &#8220;first of a series that has become an American institution;&#8221; but I&#8217;ll try&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=69513\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69513"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81527,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69513\/revisions\/81527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}