Ari LehmanFriday the 13th

Some facts about the movie: Friday the 13th was directed and produced by Sean S. Cunningham. The gore and makeup effects were done by the great Tom "Sex Machine Savini. The musical score was by Harry Manfredini. The alternate title to the movie is A Long Night at Camp Blood. It was shot in and around Blairstown and Hope New Jersey. The camp used in the movie is a real life Boy Scout camp named, Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco. The movie was distributed by Paramount. The budget was $550,000. The opening weekend saw an amount of $5,816,321. It's total domestic gross was $39,754,601. Finally, it's theatrical release was on May 9, 1980.The plot: After singing some songs with the kids, two horny camp counselors go to the attic to have sex. Meanwhile, someone unknown and unseen is creeping up the steps. This person stabs the male counselor and the female counselor is frantically moving around while cornered, then there's a freeze frame of her screaming. The opening credits roll including an eerie theme song by Harry Manfredini. The movie now focuses on a beautiful teen girl named Annie who got a job at as a cook at Camp Crystal Lake. She enters a small town and comes to a diner and gets a ride from a trucker named Enos. They come accross a weird old man known as Crazy Ralph. Crazy Ralph makes claim that Camp Crystal Lake is cursed. They just ignore his warning(s) and go on. Enos then tells Annie about the past misfortunes at Camp Crystal Lake; including things like, the drowning of an 11 year old boy named Jason Voorhees in 1957 and the water going bad in 1962. The new owner Steve Christy continues to keep the camp going all the same. We next meet 3 other counselors to be, Ned, Marcie, and Jack(Kevin Bacon). Next you meet Steve Christy and his handy girl Alice and Bill. Annie next accepts a ride from a silent and unseen driver. The driver passes the turn to the camp, Annie jumps out of the car while it's moving, the driver chases her, and slits her throat. Meanwhile, an obnoxious cop named Officer Dorf is searching for Crazy Ralph. No one knows that Annie is dead nor do they know the danger that's soon to befall them. Who the killer is is anyone's guess.This movie utilizes cool methods such as first person camera perspectives are a very clever and effectively scary element that's often used whenever the killer is watching and stalking the victims. The creeping camera pans work very well also, to say nothing of the killers eerie ki ki ki ki ma ma ma ma sounds are bound to send shivers up your spine.The night scenes are all beautifully lit. The night shots of the full moon make for some incredibly creepy feelings of unease. I particularly love the crossfade including the full moon, Alice running from the killer, and the up close shot of the killers mouth. Totally brilliant.Tom Savini's gore effects are incredibly realistic looking and at the time, beyond compare. The kill scenes are very unique and a great way to start the franchise off.Sadly there's nothing much going on with the nudity, but that doesn't ruin anything.Some of my favorite kill scenes are: One of the counselors getting an arrow through the throat, the axe to the eye that another one got, and Annie's throat being slit. All are very realistic looking and flawless.SPOILER ALERT: I will talk about the ending some. If you haven't seen this movie than you might want to skip this part.After it's discovered that Mrs.Voorhees is the killer and after quite a chase and struggle between them, the slo-mo used for when Alice charges at Mrs. Voorhees and decapitates her with a machete is just awesome and effective. The gore effect used for her head coming off is very well done. The next scene where Alice is in a boat with the peaceful and cheery new age like music in the background and Alice seeing the cops on land giving off a false sense of security was genius. Especially since what next transpires is little Jason jumps out of water and pulls Alice down in the drink. Lastly, when at the hospital Alice tells the sheriff about what had happened and he never came up with anything regarding a young boy jumping out of the water. That being the case, what really happened is a total mystery. The mystery and ambiguity to that ending is a very practical closer to the movie.END OF SPOILERSOverall, If you love a good slasher and/or 80's horror movie, with such events as beautiful and sexy people, realistic looking gore effects, campy characters, a complete murder mystery that keeps you guessing, well lit night scenes, eerie music, first person stalker camera perspectives, a location that boasts both an incredible sense of atmosphere as well as isolation, great suspense, and very unique and original kill scenes than this great classic slasher should prove to be right up your alley.

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Though following in the footsteps of 1978's Halloween, Friday the 13th is every bit as important to the history of the sub genre of horror known as the slasher genre (even if neither were the first of it's kind). Halloween was of course a smash hit with both audiences and critics, but it was Friday the 13th that solidified the popularity of the genre, and from the moment Friday the 13th was released the genre couldn't be stopped. There's nothing like a good 80's slasher.Steve Christy and 7 counselors are in the process of re opening Camp Crystal Lake (which people in town have nicknamed Camp Blood) despite the camp's bad history (which include a drowning of a young boy and the unsolved murder of two teen counselors). Soon enough a mysterious killer shows up and slowly stalks the counselors one by one. Who is the killer? And will anybody survive the long night at camp blood?Friday the 13th is the first film in one of the longest enduring and greatest horror series of all time . It may come off a bit like a prequel to audiences today, but this is where it all began, and all is the better for it. From it's fantastic camp setting (which jumps from quiet and peaceful during the day, to eerie and ominous at night) to the film's top notch and gruesome gore effects done by effects legend Tom Savini, it's easy to see why Friday the 13th has help up all these years later, why it's gotten all the sequels it deserves, and why the fanbase for the series continues to grow today. Everything just clicks from day 1.The acting here is overall pretty good! Kevin Bacon makes his film debut in a supporting role playing one of the more horny counselors, and his death scene has been a showstopper ever since the movies debut in 1980. Another interesting cast member here is Harry Crosby who's actually one of the sons of the one and only Bing Crosby. He plays Bill, who's one of the more likable counselors in the film. Though despite having a future A lister, and a pop culture icon's offspring, the film really belongs to our two leading ladies Betsy Palmer and Adrienne King. King plays the first of one of the many final girl's the series has had, and she's right up there with the very best. She's strong willed and vunerable all in one, and carries the film very well. Betsy Palmer plays the legendary Pamela Voorhees. And even if she may only have about 20 minutes of screentime, she has a profound effect on the series, and is one of the genre's most memorable characters. Palmer plays her role perfectly, and leaves quite the lasting impression.Overall Friday the 13th is a suspenseful and gory slasher classic.An absolute must for genre fans.

Love this movie, a real classic and so exciting. Even though I have seen it so many times, I am still always on the edge of my seat.

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Ésta película tuvo un presupuesto limitado, de hecho la expectativa de los realizadores era que pudiera tener algo de éxito en los autocinemas donde muchas veces lo menos importante es la película misma. La película rebasó por mucho esa expectativa (millones) al grado de que se han hecho interminables secuelas explotando una idea bastante simple. Esto se explica en una de las entrevistas en el material adicional del Blu-Ray.Teniendo en cuenta lo anterior puede decirse que la película ha sido restaurada bastante bien visualmente, sobre todo en las secuencias exteriores durante la noche, donde salen a relucir las limitaciones de producción; las escenas de día o en interiores lucen muy claras y bien definidas. El audio también es presentado con un mix 5.1 donde lo que mejor ha sido restaurado es la música, suena bastante bien, aunque los diálogos suenan un poco ahogados en ocasiones. Irónicamente los diálogos suenan mejor en el doblaje en español, el cual es una maravilla que haya sido incluido ya que es muy raro que los doblajes originales de Latinoamérica de esos tiempos salgan en Blu-Ray. Es un buen detalle que Paramount incluyera subtítulos incluso en todo el material adicional.

Welcome to Camp CRYSTAL LAKE!"Wussten Sie, dass ein Junge im See ertrunken ist? Ein Jahr bevor die anderen beiden ermordet wurden. Die Angestellten, die die Aufsichtspflicht hatten, haben nicht aufgepasst. Sie haben geschlafen, während der Junge ertrunken ist. Sein Name war JASON!"1958 werden zwei Mitarbeiter eines Ferienlagers von einem Unbekannten getötet. Daraufhin wird das Camp geschlossen. Zwanzig Jahre später hat Steve Christy das heruntergekommene Camp übernommen. Warnungen der Bevölkerung zum Trotz möchte er mit einer Gruppe von jungen Erwachsenen das Lager für die Sommersaison wieder herrichten. Auch Annie ist eine der jungen Leute auf dem Weg nach Camp Crystal Lake, als sie in einer nahen Kleinstadt vor den Gefahren des Camps gewarnt wird. "Wie weit ist es zum Camp Crystal Lake?" - "20 Meilen, ungefähr." - "Das Blutcamp? Wird das etwa wieder eröffnet?" - "Viel Glück." - und DER ALPTRAUM KANN BEGINNEN...KULTFILM (zahlreiche Fortsetzungen, Crossover, Remake) von 1980 mit Adrienne King als Alice, Harry Crosby (Sohn von Bing Crosby) als Bill, Laurie Bartram als Brenda, Jeannine Taylor als Marcie, dem 22-jährigen Kevin Bacon (Footlose, Flatliners, Hollow Man, Golden Globe-Gewinner für Taking Chance) als Jack, Mark Nelson als Spaßvogel Ned ("Komm dir nicht so schlau vor!" - "Ich? Ich bin doch doof wie 'ne Hupe."), Robbi Morgan als fröhlich-sympathische Köchin Annie ("Ich fürchte mich nicht vor Gespenstern."), Peter Brouwer als Campboss und in einer Nebenrolle Betsy Palmer (Keine Zeit für Heldentum 1955, Stern des Gesetzes 1957).Durch den überraschenden Erfolg von John Carpenters Film Halloween (1978), der als Vorreiter der Slasher-Filme gilt, wurde Regisseur (und Produzent) Sean S. Cunningham (produzierte auch das Remake von 2009) zum Dreh von Freitag der 13. inspiriert. Mit einem Budget von gerade mal 500.000 US-Dollar wurde der Film in kürzester Zeit mit ausschließlich unbekannten Jungdarstellern - außer Betsy Palmer, die nur mitspielte, um sich ein neues Auto kaufen zu können (verriet sie in den Extras) - abgedreht. Die eindringliche (legendäre) Musik (tschü, tschü, hach, hach) schuf Harry Manfredini (erklärt in den Extras, wie er darauf kam, sollte man sich mal ansehen). Für die Special Make-up Effects und Stunts war wie schon in George A. Romeros Dawn oft he Dead (Zombie 1978) Tom Savini zuständig. Absolut GRANDIOS!95 Minuten (und 17 Sekunden) der pure Ferienlager-Alptraum. Regen, Gewitter, Strip-Monopoly, ein bisschen Gras und Knutschen - und ein Killer, der keine Gefangenen macht. Absoluter Kultfilm! Ohne Wenn und Aber Note 1Anmerkung: Die Blu-ray ist zwar aus Großbritannien, hat aber den gleichen deutschen Ton (Mono 1.0) wie meine alte Videokassette. Und sogar das Menü ist auf Deutsch. Ich bin total glücklich!Extras:Audiokommentar von Regisseur Sean S. CunninghamRückkehr zum Camp Crystal Lake: Making-of Freitag der 13. (22:02 min.)Freitag der 13. - Das Wiedersehen (16:33 min.)Der Mann hinter dem Vermächtnis: Sean S. Cunningham (8:56 min.)Lost Tales from Camp Blood - Teil 1 (7:31 min.)Freitag der 13. - Die Chroniken (20:33 min.)Dokumentation: Secrets Galore behind the Gore (9:32 min.)Zusätzliches Filmmaterial: Frische Schnitte - Neue Geschichten Freitag der 13. (13:53 min.)USA-Kinotrailer (2:21 min.)

Gran película, una de las pioneras del genero slasher, con sustancioso contenido extra, la película viene subtitulada, y la calidad del master es muy buena, y todo a un excelente precio.