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.
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measureddarkintenseeasy to followseriousintimatehaunting
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Movie1980·95 min
Friday the 13th
Directed by Sean S. Cunningham
A horror film directed by Sean S. Cunningham.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 21%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
6.4/10
3K ratings
About Friday the 13th
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Easy to follow (2 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Intimate (1 of 9)
- Spirit
- Haunting (3 of 9)
- Texture
- Gritty, Unsettling
- Story Tags
- betrayal, trauma recovery, supernatural, american regional, isolated dwelling, wilderness, strangers forced together, outsider misfit, everyman, cat and mouse, survival, mystery disappearance, serial killer, slasher