Friday the 13th

"They were warned...They are doomed...And on Friday the 13th, nothing will save them."

Director: Sean S. Cunningham Year: 1980 Runtime: 95 min IMDb: ⭐ 6.4

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Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.

In 1958 at Camp Crystal Lake, camp counselors Barry and Claudette sneak away from other counselors for a late night rendezvous in a supply shed. An unseen assailant attacks and murders them. On Friday, June 13, 1980, camp counselor and cook Annie hitchhikes with truck driver Enos toward the reopened Camp Crystal Lake. Enos warns her about the camp's troubled past, beginning when a young boy drowned in Crystal Lake in 1957. After Enos drops Annie off at a crossroads, she hitches another ride from an unseen person driving a Jeep. After the driver passes the camp entrance, Annie becomes fearful and leaps from the vehicle, fleeing into the woods where the driver eventually slashes her throat. Counselors Ned, Jack, Bill, Marcie, Brenda, and Alice arrive at the camp. Alice, along with owner Steve Christy, refurbish the cabins and prepare for incoming campers. As a thunderstorm approaches, Steve leaves for supplies. Ned sees a cloaked figure walk into a cabin and follows. Later, while Jack and Marcie have sex, they are unaware of Ned's dead body above them in the bunk bed. When Marcie leaves the cabin for the public bathroom, the killer pierces Jack's throat with an arrow before following Marcie into the bathroom and killing her with an axe. After playing strip Monopoly with Alice and Bill, Brenda returns to her cabin. She is lured outside by a little boy's voice calling for help and ventures toward the camp's archery range, where the floodlights suddenly turn on. Alice hears Brenda screaming. Worried by their friends' disappearances, Alice and Bill investigate. They find a bloodied axe in Brenda's bed, and the phones disconnected. Steve returns and, at the camp's entrance, recognizes the unseen killer, who stabs him. When the power goes out, Bill goes to check on the generator. Alice later finds his body pinned to the door with arrows. She flees to the main cabin and barricades herself inside, before the killer hurls Brenda's body through a window. Mrs. Voorhees, a middle-aged woman who claims to be a friend of the Christys, arrives at the camp. She reveals that it is her son Jason's birthday and that he was the young boy who drowned in 1957. She blames his death on the counselors who failed to supervise him, instead having sex. Revealing herself as the killer, she brutally attacks Alice. Alice flees, discovering the bodies of Annie and Steve in the process. Following a chase throughout the camp and several physical altercations, Mrs. Voorhees finally confronts Alice on the lakeshore. The two struggle until Alice decapitates Mrs. Voorhees with a machete. Exhausted, Alice seeks refuge inside a canoe, which she pushes out onto the lake, and falls asleep. At dawn, police officers arrive moments before Jason's decomposing corpse rises from the lake and pulls Alice underwater. She then awakens in a hospital, surrounded by a police sergeant and medical staff. The sergeant says there was no sign of a boy at the lake. Alice replies, "Then he's still there."

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a dog dies

spoiler The dog, a border collie, at the gas station, was not harmed

someone is sexually assaulted

spoiler Someone pretends to drown so a girl will give him mouth to mouth. When she does so he grabs onto her forcefully and she needs to pull away.

someone leaves without saying goodbye

spoiler It's a slasher movie, no one ever gets the chance to say goodbye

there's child abuse

spoiler No, though the events of the film are the result of a child being neglected

a woman is brutalized for spectacle

spoiler Several women are killed on-screen and since it's a horror movie there's definitely some deaths that revolve around shock value.

the abused becomes the abuser

spoiler Yes, Jason Voorhees was abused by his mother as a child and by other children. He is only seen briefly but is seen being violent.

someone is stalked

spoiler Throughout the film, we see scenes from the voyeuristic POV of the killer in a first-person view

alcohol abuse

spoiler Underage drinking

someone uses drugs

spoiler Marijuana

a cat dies

spoiler There is no cat

an animal dies

spoiler A snake gets its head chopped off 27 minutes in.

a pet dies

spoiler No, but a snake is actually killed (as mentioned above), and its real-life trainer was reportedly devastated

there's a dead animal

spoiler Yes, there is a snake who’s head gets chopped off around 25-30 minutes in.

a dragon dies

Yes

animals are abused

spoiler The animal abuse is that the snake was actually killed during filming

animals were harmed in the making

spoiler A snake loved by one of the cast members was mercilessly killed for a pointless scene. The killing is entirely on-display.

an animal is abandoned

spoiler Maybe the dog at the gass station but maybe not

an animal is sad

spoiler I'm sure the snake was scared when it was being chased and then actually killed for a scene in a horror movie, so I'd say yes

there are spiders

spoiler There isnt spiders shown @triggerspotter99. I have GIANT arracnaphobia and even the emoji for a spider triggers me heavily and Friday the 13th is my comfort film. I can confirm that there is no spiders

there are bugs

spoiler Bug noises are used occasionally but only to set the scene, never in a scary way.

there are snakes

spoiler a living snake is killed on camera

there are sharks

Yes

there's an alligator or crocodile

spoiler Someone said next your going to tell me there are crocodiles in the lake and someone else said no the crocodiles are in the cabin's

there's amputation

spoiler Decapitation around the 1:28:10 mark

someone breaks a bone

spoiler I'd say this is close enough, pretty early in the movie someone jumps out of a moving car and is seen heavily limping away

hands are damaged

Yes

someone is held under water

spoiler [1:30:30] Major spoilers with this one as it's the end of the movie, but one of the characters gets pulled overboard a boat by Jason. There is no struggling, and she is shown to be alright after.

a woman gets slapped

spoiler Alice gets slapped by Mrs. Voorhees quite a few times

someone is restrained

spoiler There are ropes visible on one of the dead people, but no one is shown alive and restrained

someone's mouth is covered

spoiler SPOILERS!! - near the end there is a fight scene where Mrs Voorhees briefly covers Alice's mouth. its very brief - only for a second and it is while they are rolling on the floor

a kid dies

spoiler Most of the victims are meant to be teenagers

a non-human character dies

spoiler not necessarily a "character" but as has been mentioned above, a real snake that was somebody's beloved pet is murdered for real on screen by the counselors

a major character dies

Yes

someone dies

Yes

a parent dies

spoiler A mother is killed at the end.

a family member dies

Yes

someone cheats

spoiler In the beginning of the movie - the girl asks „does Marianne kiss as good as I do?“ - it’s only in a really short scene tho

someone is kidnapped

spoiler [20:20] one of the girls is hitchhiking and the driver refuses to stop forcing her to jump out and escape.

there are jump scares

spoiler There are a lot of jumpscares

there's a claustrophobic scene

spoiler At one point late in the film, a character is hiding from the killer in a pantry closet while the killer attempts to enter by hacking away at the door.

someone is possessed

spoiler The killer talks in a supposedly dead person's voice sometimes and it's unclear in the movie why that is. Could be interpreted as either mental illness or some kind of possession.

there are clowns

Yes

there's ghosts

spoiler Debatable if Jason is but because his corps throws someone overboard but I would say no

there are shower scenes

spoiler There is a scene in a shower but nobody is using that shower at the time

there's natural bodies of water

spoiler Yes, the whole movie takes place at a camp around a lake in the woods.

someone vomits

spoiler Safe!

there's spitting

Yes

there's eye mutilation

spoiler Yes, around an hour and 10 minutes there is an arrow to the eye. It ends around an hour and 11 minutes.

heads get squashed

spoiler But one teen is killed by an axe to the head

there's decapitation

spoiler Absolutely!

there are 9/11 depictions

spoiler Who voted yes? This movie was made in 1980.

needles/syringes are used

spoiler At the end, I think a nurse administers something but you don't see the needle

there's a hospital scene

spoiler at the very end, the final girl wakes up in a hospital, but no medical procedures are performed

someone has a heart attack

Yes

a mentally ill person is violent

spoiler The killer definitely has some type of mental illness. Aside from being a serial mass murderer, they also are shown having audio hallucinations verging on dissociative personalities…

someone suffers from PTSD

spoiler At the end in the hospital she shows symptoms of ptsd

reality is unstable or unhinged

Yes

D.I.D. Misrepresentation

spoiler It can be argued, but I feel it should me mentioned. The killer is obviously mentally unwell, sometimes speaking in the voice of her dead son.

there's body dysmorphia

Yes

there's dissociation, depersonalization, or derealization

Yes

someone has an anxiety attack

spoiler [1:11:20] Yes, one of the charaters, after finding a body, panics as she barricades the cabin.

someone has a mental illness

Yes

someone has a meltdown

Yes

there are hangings

spoiler Not a hanging, but a dead body is shown hanging from somewhere (hung up by the feet).

someone's throat is mutilated

spoiler Someone is stabbed through the throat with an arrow.

someone struggles to breathe

spoiler [Spoilers] The killer attempts to strangle one of the women.

someone asphyxiates

spoiler [Spoilers] The killer attempts to strangle one of the women.

somebody is choked

Yes

there's flashing lights or images

spoiler Police lights from 52:40 - 53:02, 1:03:00 - 1:03:30, 1:29:40 - 1:30:20

there are sudden loud noises

Yes

shaky cam is used

spoiler Near the beginning, when the woman is getting a ride from someone in town, the camera is bumbing around cause theyre in a car.

there's screaming

Yes

there's underwater scenes

spoiler Well there are scenes near water but not under it

there is obscene language/gestures

Yes

someone is watched without knowing

spoiler Yes a lot

there's ableist language or behavior

spoiler Mentally ill character called "crazy" and "loony"

someone speaks hate speech

spoiler No, but one of the teens (white male) wears a Native American headdress and dances around

an LGBT person dies

Yes

there's blackface

spoiler No but the equivalent to native Americans happiness

a minority is misrepresented

spoiler Absolutely there is. One of the camp counselors, Ed I think, dances around with a Native American headdress, as well as shoots a bow with a feather in his hair.

the black guy dies first

spoiler I can't think of anyone in the movie who isn't white.

there's a large age gap

spoiler an adult man is somewhat creepy/flirtatious towards a teenage girl, but nothing actually comes from it

a minor is sexualized

spoiler Teenagers have sex twice in the film

there is sexual content

spoiler at 39 minutes 2 teens are seen having sec. pretty prolonged and uncomfy. frequent moaning and nudity, skip to 43 mins

there are nude scenes

Yes

someone is sexually objectified

spoiler Teen girls are sexualized; teen boys and adult men refer to their looks and use objectifying language; one forces a nonconsensual kiss. Vilifies femininity, with the feminine girls being "slutty" and unreasonable, while the "final girl" is a tomboy and presents masculinely.

someone loses their virginity

spoiler I don't think anyone loses their virginity, or if they do it's never mentioned they were a virgin prior to having sex.

there's pedophilia

spoiler the camp director is an adult man and he very grossly hits on one of the counselors who is an underage teenage girl

sexual assault is mentioned

spoiler A police officer mentions rape when he talks about crime statistics on nights during full moons. Direct quote: "It's not bad enough that it's Friday the 13th, we've got a full moon too. We keep statistics. We have mlre accidents, more rapes, more robberies, more homicides, more of everything when there's a full moon"

the ending is sad

spoiler arguable - the main girl lives, but is the only survivor

a car crashes

Yes

a car honks or tires screech

Yes

there's blood/gore

spoiler Lots of gore but it’s pretty fake looking. The prosthetic body parts don’t match skin colour (they’re quite grey) The worst part would be where they kill a real snake on camera.

someone drowns

spoiler Three main scenes to look out for. [24:00] Ed pretends to drown as a joke, the reaction of the others are real, and can be triggering to some. [1:17:45] There is a cut back to Jason drowning and calling for help. [1:30:30] Major spoilers with this one as it's the end of the movie, but one of the characters gets pulled overboard a boat by Jason. There is no struggling, and she is shown to be alright after.

there's gun violence

spoiler Not like you'd think, but there are guns. The only violence is someone throwing guns at a person and hitting them with a gun.

there's excessive gore

spoiler mainly just blood and as its an old fim its not very realistic

there's torture

spoiler Most of the deaths are fairly quick, though there's a bit of psychological torment.

there's body horror

spoiler At the end a fully decaying child is shown for like ten seconds

someone is burned alive

Yes

there's cannibalism

spoiler During a struggle two people bite the other

there's shaving/cutting

spoiler Most of the kills involve slit throats. The most graphic, imo, is when one guy has an arrowhead pushed through his throat.

someone is stabbed

Yes

Someone becomes unconscious

spoiler Ms. Voorhees gets knocked out a couple times at the end of the movie

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