Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th is a 1980 American slasher horror film directed by Sean S. Cunningham and written by Victor Miller. The film concerns a group of teenagers who are murdered one-by-one while attempting to re-open an abandoned campsite and stars Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, and Kevin Bacon in one of his earliest roles. Friday the 13th, inspired by the success of John Carpenter's Halloween, was made on an estimated budget of $550,000. R... More

Initial release date:

  • May 9, 1980

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R (USA)

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  • 1 h 35 min

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  • Friday the 13th

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Directed by

Sean S. Cunningham

Sean Sexton Cunningham (born December 31, 1941, in New York City) is an American film director, producer, and writer. He is best known for creating the Friday the 13th series of horror films, which introduced the fictional killer Jason Voorhees. Of the 12 films in the series, the only that had Sean...

Tagline:

  • On Friday The 13th, They Began To Die Horribly, One......By One [UK]
  • They were warned...They are doomed...And on Friday the 13th, nothing will save them.
  • Fridays will never be the same again.
  • A 24 hour nightmare of terror.

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Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1980
  • Oct 19, 1999
  • May 9, 1980
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  • 1 h 35 min

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Currency Amount
  • 700,000

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Awards

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 5,640
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

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