Friday the 13th (1980)

Back in 1958 there was a campground called Camp Crystal Lake as two camp counsellors were murdered along with some fires a few years later when they tried to reopen it but no one knew who did it! 

It is now Friday, June the 13th present day and the camp is about to re-open with an owner named Steve Christy (Peter Brouwer) along with a bunch of teenaged kids lead by  one of them named Alice (Adrienne King) who are ready to become camp counsellors for campers for the next day but the local townspeople says that the place is jinxed
 
One of the counsellors who is supposed to cook for the kids named Annie (Robbi Morgan) is having a hard time trying to hitch a ride to Camp Crystal lake as it's quite a ways away but hitches a ride in a jeep. However, the driver happens to be a blood thirsty killer who will stop at nothing to have anyone reopen the campsite.

A bunch of the counsellors are also enjoying the summer too by swimming, playing practical jokes on one another, smoke dope, play board games and make love as well as being encountered by Crazy Ralph (Walt Gorney) who tries to ward them off telling them that they are all doomed if they stay there.
In less than 24 hours a thunder storm accurs and one by one these counsellors are being systematically slaughtered by this maniac as both Alice and her boyfriend Bill (Harry Crosby) are discovering that the rest are nowhere in site as well as their vehicles won't start and the phone lines are dead when they try to make a call and they discover that things are starting to get a little strange.

This was the film that got me into horror films. A great cheesy flick with lots of good killing action and a nice look at the great outdoors too.
It was incredibly mysterious as you wonder who is behind all the mass murders and who this killer actually is. as well as feeling frightened if the survivors are going to make it out alive or not
This film influenced tons of other slasher films as well even if most of them are nowhere as good.

The acting is quite good for a low budgeter like this one.
Adrienne King does a great job as the head camp counsellor Alice and had alot of fans due to her work in this film as she portrays a nice character to her part. She really knew how to act terrified in her role along with her emotions.
Betsy Palmer does well as a deceivingly caring lady at first and really knew how to show her split personality as the demented Mrs. Voorhees with her menacing attitude.
Laurie Bartram had some spunk in her part too showing nice character acting in her part and was well remembered like the rest of the cast.
Of course Kevin Bacon always does a good job as he was just starting to be a name in the film industry and was doing some daytime soaps as well as having a supporting role in National Lampoon's Animal House beforehand.
Jeannie Taylor is another actress with lots of spunk and inspiration to her part who proves worthy as a character actress.
Peter Brouwer pulls it off nicely as the camp owner Steve Christy as he shows a good charm to his part in the film.
Mark Nelson is believeably funny as the prankster ned who didn't take his job seriously.
Supporting actress Robbi Morgan really pulls her part off well as the counsellor Annie hitchhiking to get to Camp Crystal Lake as she seems believeably outgoing, kind and friendly. The kind of person you'd like to protect.
Other supporting cast member is Walt Gorney who was so convincing as a crazy drunk named Ralph.

There is brief nudity by Jeannie Taylor's character Marcie.

Lots of blood in this one.
A guys stomach is stabbed (Not too gruesome though)
A girls throat is slit with blood pouring out
A guys throat is cut open
An arrow in cut through a person's neck
A girl gets axed in the head
A guy is impaled with a bunch of arrows on a target hanging on a door
A corpse is thrown in a window slaughtered
A lady's head is chopped off.

The directing by Sean S. Cunningham is in fair taste.
He shows a nice shot of the moon being covered by clouds as well as a distant shot on the outside of the campsite at night.
A good camera approaching a cabin and looking around as well as at a stairway watching.
There was some cheesy dialogue between supporting actors played by Willie Adams and Debra S. Hayes as camp counsellors making out up in an attic for a typical ready to be killed for fooling around
Good angle shots of the killer watching them as well as their reactions while getting slayed. 
Hayes shows great frights and a terrific scream when she discovers that she can't esoape from the killers evil clutches which was my favourite direction of all time.
A good shot on supporting actress Robbi Morgan entering a cafe asking how to get to Camp Crystal Lake and the bit part actors just stare at her in shock which was done in terrific taste.
A good shot on supporting actor Walt Gorney acting crazy as Crazy Ralph taunting Morgan.
Nice camera shots on supporting actor Rex Everhart and Morgan in a vehicle having a conversation together. Everhart does well with his speech trying to convince her to quit as the campground is jinxed.
A great shot on all actors Mark Nelson, Kevin Bacon and Jeannie Taylor driving in their truck and acting flirtatious and sarcastic.
A nice look at a window shot of a jeep with Morgan hitchhiking and does well telling the driver where she's off too as well as the jeep driving along the road and Morgan discussing what she's going to do at the camp. She does well trying to plead the driver to stop when the vehicle goes past the roadway to the camp.
Good shots on Morgan limping in the woods trying to get away as well as her falling down showing the killers feet as she does well by clenching her teeth while a knife strikes at her throat plus a good look at the killers hand holding the knife.
Peter Brouwer does well with his conversation with Adrienne King trying to convince her to stay and help out at the camp as well as instructing everyone what their duties are for the rest of the day.
There are nice shots on the distant forests near a lake and other surroundings too. as well as the killers hands pulling out some branches to watch.
A good shot on Laurie Bartram carrying a target and placing it on along with a great shot of an arrow aiming at the target with a good shocked look on Bartram  as well as a goofy pose by Mark Nelson holding the bow and Bartram about to ring his neck for what he did which looked very natural too.
King does well by getting frightened after she spots a snake in her cabin and some funny dialogue and camera shot from under a bed with the rest trying to get the snake out. A nice shot on Harry Crosby holding a machette as well as chopping the snake in half along with a hilarious line by Jeannie Taylor after the sanke is killed.
A good reaction on Bartram swimming in the lake staring into the forest thinking something out there is watching them as well as a good shot on Jeannie Taylor lying on the pier to the lake glimpsing.
A nice shot on Nelson in the lake acting like he is about to drown as well as a good shot on Bacon diving in the lake to try and rescue him.
Bacon does well getting fresh with supporting actor Ron Millkie as a cop along with Nelson acting crazy like an indian and getting fresh as well looking like typical teenagers not taking stuff seriously. Millkie showed great strict and serious reactions to all this.
A good dark shot on Gorney standing outside with his bike with a cold voice saying the counsellors there are all doomed.
A good dark shot of the killer walking into a cabin with Nelson staring and trying to call the killer.
A perfect dialogue between Bacon and Taylor having a discussion when the sun is setting and a storm is about to occur as well as Taylor's speech about a gruesome dream when it was raining.
A nice setting with Bartram, Crosby and King playing strip Monopoly and their speeches towards one another when they land on a property.
There is a good lustful scene between Bacon and Taylor which looks realistic at one another making love.
A good shot on Taylor opening up some curtains in a changeroom and a shadow of an axe is lifted up as well as a great close up shot on her screaming and shutting her eyes.
A good shot on Bartram brushing her teeth in the changeroom and then she starts to stare as if something is watching her as well as a good shot on the curtains and the killers hand being exposed.
A nice camera angle shot on a cabin window with Bartram in bed reading a book as well as her looking up from a book after hearing a cry for help. A good shot on Bartram in the night with a flashlight walking in a rainstorm trying to track down who is crying for help. A good shot on some bright lights flashing on Bartram too as she gets a little frightened which looked natural.
Good unsure expressions on both King and Crosby's faces when they are about to uncover a bed sheet that about looks bloody and spot an axe underneath. King does well not being impressed and wondering what is going on.
A nice shot on Brouwer running in the dark towards the camp as well as a good shot on a flashlight shining on him.
A good shot on a camera luring intoa room where a fuse box is as well as a good shot on the cabins with the lights going out.
A perfect moment with King briefly screaming after waking up from a nightmare and then she turns to see a lantern lit up.
King does well turning around and screaming in terror after spotting a dead corpse with her hands to towards her face as well as her running into the cabing trying to lock it and find something to protect her.
There is a good jumping moment when things seem quiet with King and a dead corspe crashes through a window and she freaks out.
A nice shot with King running up to Betsy Palmer asking her in a frightened voice who she is. Palmer does well trying to comfort her and King is fabulous by going on about the people that are killed there crying.
Palmer does well gasping after spotting the corpse thrown through the window and just getting upset discussing that the camp should have never been opened with all the trouble that happened there in the past.
Palmer acting very tense towards King when she discusses her son Jason and the drowning that happened announcing that it's his Birthday. 
A great close up shot on Palmer looking sad in thought as well as a good flashback memory on bit part  kid actor Ari Lehman in the water drowning when the sun is setting crying for help and her responding to when she discusses her flashback about Jason
Palmer really knew how to suddenly snap and go crazy by slowly pulling out a knife and then a great shot on her charging.
A nice shot on King running away in the night along with a full moon being exposed as well as a great close up shot with Palmer exposing her dark teeth thinking that Jason is talking to her to tell her to kill her.
A nicely choreographed sequence with Palmer slapping King around as well as other fighting sequences especially with  Palmer's  speech towards King while King  is holding a shotgun towards her telling her that it will be easier for her than it was for Jason.
A good reflection on King sitting near a lake and then Palmer comes up behind her and tries to strangle her as well as push her head a couple times in the sand.
A great slow motion effect when King grabs a machette and is ready to swing it along with a great shocked expression on Palmer's face.
A perfect camera shot on King waking up in a canoe in the middle of a lake but I won't say what happens next as that will be a spoiler.
Sean worked in numerous other B-films to his credit including House as well as producing the 1972 cult classic directed by Wes Craven Last House on the Left.

The composer Harry Manfredini  was a total expert with his music for a slasher flick like this one as he has alot of suspenseful and fast paced violin and horn playing along with some echoey chords for all the spookiness that goes on in the film. He also has a good sound effect of the KI-KI-KI MA-MA-MA.

Enos, the truck driver: All the girls up there gonna look as good as you?
Annie: I don't know.
Crazy Ralph: You're going to Camp Blood, ain't ya?
Enos, the truck driver: God dammit, Ralph, get outta here. Go on, get. Leave people alone.
Crazy Ralph: You'll never come back again.
Enos, the truck driver: Oh, shut up, Ralph.
Crazy Ralph: It's got a death curse.

Enos, the truck driver: I tell ya, he's causing problems enough for your boss with all that talk... goddamn nuisance... Did he tell you anything?
Annie: Oh, I'll be cooking for fifty kids and ten staff. The campers will mostly be like inner city children.
Enos, the truck driver: I mean about what happened.
Annie: No.
Enos, the truck driver: [shakes head]
Annie: Come on, there's something you're not telling me.
Enos, the truck driver: Quit. Quit now.
Annie: Quit? Why would I wanna quit?
Enos, the truck driver: Camp Crystal Lake is jinxed.
Annie: Oh, terrific. Not you, too. You sound like your crazy friend back there, Ralph.
Enos, the truck driver: Did Christy ever tell you 'bout the two kids murdered in fifty-eight? Boy drowning in fifty-seven? Buncha fires. Nobody knows who did any of 'em. In 1962, they was gonna open up... the water was bad. Christy'll end up just like his folks, crazy and broke. He's been up there a year fixin' up that place. He musta dropped twenty-five thousand dollars and for what? Ask anybody, quit.
Annie: I can't.
Enos, the truck driver: Dumb kids. Know-it-alls. Just like my niece, heads full a rocks.
Annie: You're an American Original.
Enos, the truck driver: [mocking] I'm an American Original. Dumb kid.

Annie: Guess I always wanted to work with children. I hate when people call 'em kids. Sounds like little goats. But when you've had a dream as long as I have, you'll do anything.

Bill: You think you're gonna last all summer?
Alice: I'm not sure I'll last all week.

Ned: If you were a flavor of ice cream, what would it be?
Marcie: Rocky road.

Officer Dorf: You kids keep your noses clean you understand? You'll be hearing from me if you don't. We ain't gonna stand for any weirdness out here.

Ned: He neglected to mention that downtown they call this place Camp Blood.

Crazy Ralph: I'm a messenger of God. You're doomed if you stay here.

Crazy Ralph: Doomed... You're all doomed.

Jack: Come on. I love you.
Marcie: But what about Ned?
Jack: I don't love Ned.

[while playing strip Monopoly]
Alice: Baltic Avenue.
Bill: No one ever lands on Baltic Avenue.
Alice: I think it's a pretty color. I'll buy it.
[Bill rolls and lands on Baltic Avenue]
Alice: Ha. Baltic Avenue. You owe me one boot.
Brenda: Alice draws first blood.
Bill: That's a terrible way to talk about my feet.

Brenda: Just wait until he lands on my old Kentucky home.
Bill: More beer? More Beer.

Bill: If this is a joke, I'm gonna brain em'.

Pamela Voorhees: Why I'm... I'm Mrs. Voorhees, an old friend of the Christy's.

Pamela Voorhees: Did you know a young boy drowned the year before those two others were killed? The counselors weren't paying any attention... They were making love while that young boy drowned. His name was Jason. I was working the day that it happened. Preparing meals... here. I was the cook. Jason should've been watched. Every minute. He was... He wasn't a very good swimmer. We can go now... dear.

Pamela Voorhees: You see, Jason was my son and today is his birthday...

Pamela Voorhees: You let him drown. You never paid any attention. Look what you did to him. Look what you did to him.

Pamela Voorhees: Kill her mommy... Kill her... Don't let her get away mommy... Don't let her live. I won't Jason. I won't.

Pamela Voorhees: Come dear. It'll be easier for you than it was for Jason.

Alice: The boy... is he dead, too?
Tierney: Who?
Alice: The boy. Jason.
Tierney: Jason?
Alice: In the lake, the one... the one who attacked me... the one who pulled me underneath the water.
Tierney: Ma'am, we didn't find any boy.
Alice: But... then he's still out there.