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Friday the 13th ()

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A group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer.
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Mrs. Voorhees
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Alice
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Marcie
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Annie
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Jack
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Bill
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Brenda
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Ned
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Steve Christy
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The Truck Driver
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Sgt. Tierney
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Officer Dorf
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Crazy Ralph
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Barry
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Claudette
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Trudy
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Sandy
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Operator
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Doctor
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Jason
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Noel Cunningham ...
Boy in 1958 Camping Circle (uncredited)
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Busboy (uncredited)
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Killer's Hands (uncredited)

Directed by

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Sean S. Cunningham

Written by

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Victor Miller ... (written by)
 
Ron Kurz ... () (uncredited)

Produced by

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Sean S. Cunningham ... producer (produced by)
Alvin Geiler ... executive producer
Steve Miner ... associate producer (as Stephen Miner)

Music by

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Harry Manfredini

Cinematography by

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Barry Abrams ... director of photography

Editing by

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Bill Freda

Editorial Department

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Susan E. Cunningham ... associate editor
Jay Keuper ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Julie Hughes
Barry Moss

Production Design by

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Virginia Field ... (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Virginia Field
Robert Topol ... (uncredited)

Set Decoration by

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Tim Niverth Sr. ... (Hope, New Jersey)

Costume Design by

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Caron Coplan ... wardrobe designer

Makeup Department

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Tom Savini ... special makeup effects
Taso N. Stavrakis ... special makeup effects assistant (as Taso Stavrakis)
Katharine Vickers ... hair stylist: Miss Palmer / makeup artist
Cecilia Verardi ... key makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Steve Miner ... unit production manager (as Stephen Miner)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Stephen Ross ... second assistant director
Cindy Veazey ... assistant director
Steve Miner ... second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Christine Gardyasz ... assistant properties (as Chris Gardyasz)
Alice MaGuire ... property mistress (as Alice Maguire)
Daniel E. Mahon ... assistant to art director (as Danny Mahon)

Sound Department

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Lee Dichter ... sound re-recordist
Richard Murphy ... sound mixer
David Platt ... boom
Vanessa Theme Ament ... foley recordist (uncredited)
Gary A. Hecker ... foley artist (uncredited)
Mary Jo Lang ... foley mixer (uncredited)
Jerry Trent ... foley artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Steven Kirshoff ... atmospheric effects (as Steve Kirshoff)
Jimmy Corona Rooney ... special effects assistant

Stunts

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Tom Savini ... stunts
Robert Tramontin ... motorcycle stunt

Camera and Electrical Department

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Phil Beard ... second electric (as Philip Beard)
Jim Bekiaris ... best boy (as Jim Bekaris)
Richard Berger ... second assistant camera
Robert Brady ... second assistant camera
Richard Feury ... still photographer
Mike Hirsch ... assistant camera: second unit
William Klayer ... electric: second unit
Braden Lutz ... camera operator
Tad Page ... gaffer
Carl Peterson ... grip
Larry Reibman ... gaffer: second unit
Robert D. Shulman ... key grip (as Bob Shulman)
Peter Stein ... camera: second unit
John Verardi ... first assistant camera
Ronald Vidor ... a camera operator/steadicam / second unit: cinematographere

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Anne King ... wardrobe assistant
Jan Shoebridge ... wardrobe mistress

Location Management

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Michael Calvello ... location auditor

Music Department

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Harry Bluestone ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Tom Boyd ... musician: oboe soloist (uncredited)
Alexander Courage ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Sandy De Crescent ... music contractor (uncredited)
George Doering ... musician (uncredited)
Chuck Domanico ... musician: bass soloist (uncredited)
Robert Fernandez ... scoring mixer (uncredited)
Dan Goldwasser ... soundtrack co-producer (uncredited)
Kenneth Hall ... music editor (uncredited)
Randy Kerber ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Harry Manfredini ... conductor (uncredited)
James Thatcher ... musician: French horn (uncredited)
Jack K. Tillar ... music editor (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Martin Kitrosser ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Rudy Churny ... transportation captain (as Rudy Churney)

Additional Crew

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Willie Adams ... production assistant
Michael Barry ... production assistant
Ted Lowry ... titles
Denise Pinckley ... production office coordinator
Michael Rall ... production assistant
Cecilia Verardi ... production assistant (as Cindie M. Verardi)

Thanks

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Norman Bedell ... special thanks: Chief, Blairstown Police Department
Richard Skow ... special thanks: Chief, Blairstown Fire Department

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Plot Summary

In 1957, a young boy named Jason drowns in a lake near Camp Crystal Lake. The next year, two counselors are murdered. In 1980, a descendant of the original owners reopens Camp Crystal Lake with some counselors' help. The counselors gets killed one by one by a mysterious person. Could it be Jason, out for revenge? Written by RedJames99

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Taglines On Friday the 13th, they began to die horribly...one...by one (UK - Theatrical Tagline) See more »
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Also Known As
  • A Long Night at Camp Blood (United States)
  • Vendredi 13 (France)
  • Freitag, der 13. (Germany)
  • Viernes 13 (Spain)
  • Divendres 13 (Spain, Catalan title)
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Runtime
  • 95 min
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Box Office

Budget $550,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $5,816,321, 11 May 1980
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $59,754,601

Did You Know?

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Trivia The movie was filmed at Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco in New Jersey. The camp is still in operation, and it has a wall of Friday the 13th (1980) memorabilia to honor that the movie was set there. See more »
Goofs The lightning on Marcie and Jack is merely a yellow light being flashed at their faces; real lightning has a bluish tint. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981). See more »
Soundtracks Sail Away, Tiny Sparrow See more »
Crazy Credits We see giant letters proclaiming 'Friday the 13th' moving toward the screen, and crashing into and smashing a pane of glass. See more »
Quotes [last lines]
Alice: The boy. Is he dead, too?
Tierney: Who?
Alice: The boy. Jason.
Tierney: Jason?
Alice: In the lake, the one... the one who attacked me. The one who pulled me underneath the water.
Tierney: Ma'am, we didn't find any boy.
Alice: But... then he's still there.
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