Tweetienator Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers are two of the most respectable murderous characters regarding slashing people. Of course, over the time we get a lot of mediocre and even bad sequels and prequels and whatever, but the first movies of both series are the essence of anything regarding the slasher-horror-genre.Friday the 13th was my king, Halloween the prince and A Nightmare on Elm Street the knight (another name that resonances with fond memories with me: Freddy Krueger!). Epic: three masterpieces of good ol' 80s horror.

Dalbert Pringle (*Movie quote*) - "Kill her, mommy! Kill her!"The one thing that I find the most truly shocking about this 1980 "Slash'n'Gash" maniac-killer movie has nothing at all to do with its brutally high body-count - No way.To me - The most appalling thing about the original "Friday the 13th" is that (filmed on a measly $550,000 budget) - It has since grossed well-over $60 million, worldwide.And - On top of that incomprehensible horror - It has actually spawned 12 sequels (all pale, dismal copy-cats), a TV series, novels, comic books, video games, and, of course, tie-in merchandising, as well. (Anyone looking for an authentic "Jason" hockey mask?)Time and again - Critics have argued that "Friday the 13th" (like others of its kind) prove that movie audiences can be just as indifferent and callous as are the vicious and murderous characters in the story.This is the sort of film that seems to encourage viewers to actually laugh with glee at the hideously brutal Voorhees' murders.Anyway - Watch this one for yourself and you be the judge in regards to what all the fuss was about 38 years ago at Crystal Lake.

simonconnolly72-467-863881 I was pleasantly surprised. Non annoying teenagers, a story that took it's time without an overload of gore and killing, and some nice cinematography of the American countryside. It doesn't go at breakneck speed and some people might find it slow and plodding but it was very watchable. Sure, it rips the music of psycho right off, even the reverse plotting of psycho with this time the mother taking on the personality of the son, and some routine stuff, but it was still ok....until we find out who the killer is, and then it all goes into silly territory and all suspense lost. The issues I have are: 1. the killer kills everyone off by creeping up on them or catching them off guard. then with the final survivor she introduces herself and explains her motives...why? it's purely a set up for the audiences benefit to understand who she is but it's not in keeping with the character.....are we to believe she'd explain herself to the last survivor before massacring her? no - bad script and direction...find another way 2. she's the most hapless killer - after executing a camp full of teenagers and the guy in charge with no problem, she becomes suddenly incompetent, and can't kill off an hysterical girl. 3. typical horror situation - the survivor keeps finding a way to knock down the killer but never finishes her off, just walks away - and finally when she runs back to the cabin, she doesn't look for any type of weapon to defend herself even though she knows she's being hunted.unfortunately this last 10/15 minutes lets down a pretty good movie

filmguy-22335 Friday the 13th is my favorite horror movie ever (im only 11). I may be 11 but doesn't mean i haven't seen a horror movie and this ones my favorite. but anyway lets get into the movie!!!!so we start our film in 1958 were 2 counselor's are killed by mystery person. we then skip to 1979 June 13th. here we meet Annie who gets killed in the first half an hour....so once weave met all our friends for the next hour we have some time till poor old Ned walks into a cabin and dies. so then a huge storm comes and begins the night of Friday the 13th... so at this point is when we see the teens get killed off one by one.so when Alice is the only one left a fun jeep appears with a fun face!! the films middle aged woman Mrs Voorhees who brags on and on about what happened to her boy Jason (warning major spoiler ahead don't continue if you don't want it spoiled)so then we find out shes the killer and she is going to kill Alice so for the next 15 Min's we see Alice run away until Alice has had it and chops Mrs voorhees head off...so then she goes out on a boat on the lake but a boy called Jason pops out and pulls her under. but this is only a dream (or is it) but in fact she wakes in a hospital bed and boom the end!now i love this movie as much as a nightmare on elm street and Halloween but for me this ones my favorite but we have many sequels to come hehehehe but for one final conclusion i love this movie to bits!