Friday the 13th (1980 film)
Friday the 13th is a 1980 American slasher horror film directed by Sean S. Cunningham and written by Victor Miller. The film tells the story of a group of teenagers who are murdered one by one while attempting to reopen an abandoned campground, and stars Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Kevin Bacon, Jeannine Taylor, Mark Nelson and Robbi Morgan. It is considered one of the first true slasher movies.
In the summer of 1958, two summer camp counselors at Camp Crystal Lake named Barry and Claudette sneak away from a campfire singalong to a storage barn to have sex. Before they can completely undress, an unseen assailant sneaks into the room and murders them both. Flashing aheadyears later, a young woman named Annie Phillips Robbi Morgan enters a small diner and asks for directions to the newly reopened Camp Crystal Lake. Enos Rex Everhart, a truck driver, agrees to give Annie a lift halfway to the camp. An old man named Ralph Walt Gorney reacts to the news of the camps reopening by warning Annie that the camp has a death curse. During the drive, Enos explains the history of the camp, informing her that a young boy drowned in Crystal Lake in 1957, and that two counselors were murdered the following year. After Enos lets her out, Annie hitches a ride with a passing vehicle. The second driver, whose face is never seen, murders Annie in the woods.At the camp, the other counselors, Ned Mark Nelson, Jack Kevin Bacon, Bill Harry Crosby, Marcie Jeannine Taylor, Brenda Laurie Bartram, Alice Adrienne King and the camps owner, Steve Christy Peter Brouwer, are refurbishing the cabins and facilities. As a storm closes in, Steve leaves the campgrounds to get more supplies. The unidentified killer arrives at the camp and begins to isolate and murder the remaining counselors. Later that evening, Steve returns from town and is also murdered. Alice begins to worry after she hears someone screaming in the dark, so she and Bill, the only two left alive and unaware of what is going on, leave the cabin to investigate. The pair discovers a bloody axe in Brendas bed. They attempt to phone the police, but the phones are dead and the cars will not start when they try to leave. When the lights go out all over the camp, Bill goes to check on the power generator, alone. Alice heads out looking for Bill when he does not return she finds his dead body pinned to the door of the shed. Alice f
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