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Friday the 13th (2009) is a slasher film, helmed by director Marcus Nispel and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. On this ominous date in June of 1980, a young Jason Voorhees witnesses his mother’s beheading at the hands of a camp counselor, who was trying to escape Mrs. Voorhees’s murderous rampage around Camp Crystal Lake. Nearly three decades later, five friends—Wade, Richie, Amanda, Mike, and Whitney—arrive for a camping trip at Crystal Lake with hopes of stumbling upon a hidden marijuana crop in the ...

The American supernatural slasher film, Freddy vs. Jason (2003), was directed by Ronny Yu and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. This crossover between the A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th franchises serves as the eighth installment in the former and eleventh in the latter. After his previous defeat, Freddy Krueger has been trapped in Hell, unable to enter the dreams of children in Springwood. Desperate to regain his power, he manipulates Jason Voorhees to do his bidding by appearing as ...

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), an American supernatural slasher film directed by John Carl Buechler, follows Tina Shepard’s journey. After witnessing her alcoholic father’s abuse towards her mother, a young Tina flees in a boat to Crystal Lake. Her father chases after her, leading to his accidental death when Tina’s telekinetic abilities are unleashed and destroy the dock he’s standing on. Years later, as a teenager, Tina is still grappling with guilt over her father’s passing. In an attempt to help her heal, her mother Amanda brings her to the lake house where it all took ...

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) is an American slasher film written and directed by Tom McLoughlin. After being released from the hospital, Tommy Jarvis goes back to Crystal Lake, now known as Forest Green. Along with his friend Allen Hawes, he plans to finally confront his fears and put an end to his nightmares of Jason Voorhees, the mass murderer he killed in part 4. During a thunderstorm, they visit Jason’s grave to cremate his body. However, Tommy has a flashback of their last encounter and in a fit of rage, impales Jason’s body with a metal fence post. But when two lightning bolts strike the ...

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985) is an American slasher film directed by Danny Steinmann. After defeating Jason Voorhees in Part 4, Tommy Jarvis is haunted by nightmares and ends up being sent to various psychiatric hospitals. Eventually, he winds up at the Pinehurst Halfway House, run by Dr. Matt Letter and his assistant Pam Roberts. There, he meets a group of other teenagers, including Eddie and Tina, Jake, Violet, Robin, Joey, and Reggie who live under the watchful eye of their cook, George. Unfortunately for them, their neighbor Ethel does not approve of their behavior and Matt forbids them from ...

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), an American slasher film directed by Joseph Zito and produced by Frank Mancuso Jr., follows the aftermath of Jason Voorhees’ apparent death. As police clean up and take his body to the morgue, the unexpected occurs – Jason revives and murders two people before escaping. The next day, a group of teenagers, including Paul, Sam, Sara, Doug, Jimmy, and Ted, embark on a weekend trip to Crystal Lake. On their way, they encounter Pamela Voorhees’ tombstone and later pick up a hitchhiker who soon meets her demise at the ...

Friday the 13th: Part III (1982) follows the events of Part 2, as the infamous Jason Voorhees seeks a change of clothes at a lakefront store. In his destructive path, he brutally murders Harold and his wife Edna. Meanwhile, Chris Higgins and her companions make their way to her old home on Crystal Lake for a weekend getaway. The group consists of pregnant Debbie, her boyfriend Andy, prankster Shelly, his blind date Vera (who is not interested in him), and stoners Chuck and Chili. On their journey, they are warned by a man named Abel to turn back before reuniting with Chris’ boyfriend Rick at their final destination.

Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) is an American slasher film, produced and directed by Steve Miner in his directorial debut, and written by Ron Kurz. Two months after surviving a massacre at Camp Crystal Lake, Alice Hardy is recovering from her traumatic experience. However, she meets an untimely demise in her own apartment when an unknown intruder attacks her with an ice pick while she is feeding her cat. Five years later, Paul Holt opens a school for camp counselors on the same grounds. Among the trainees are Sandra, Jeff, Scott, Terry, Mark, Vickie, Ted, and Ginny – ...

Friday the 13th (1980) is an American independent slasher film produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, written by Victor Miller. At Camp Crystal Lake in 1958, two counselors are killed by an unseen assailant while they sneak into a cabin to have sex. In present day, camp counselor and cook Annie Phillips is driven halfway to the reopened camp by truck driver Enos, who warns her about its troubled past stemming from a drowning in 1957. After being dropped off, Annie hitches another ride from someone who ultimately slashes her throat. At the camp, owner Steve Christy ...