Friday the 13th

I love this kind of posters.

When today's audiences think of Friday the 13th, they instantly recall "the guy with the hockey mask, what's his name? Mason?" but connoisseurs will know for sure that Friday the 13th started a bloody gory saga without the man in the mask. Friday the 13th, released in 1980 is probably one of the greatest teen horror flicks ever made to date. It's not campy as its many imitators, it's dark, mysterious and has plenty of attention getters to avoid you from walking straight to your fridge for another cold beer can.

Newcomers would also think "oh yeah, these were the lake camp movies were there was plenty of nude girls and sex" while on the other hand connoisseurs would definitely state those were merely cheap exploitation tricks. Masterfuly directed by Sean S. Cunningham this movie is a must for every single human being standing still on this planet.The storyline is quite simple. One summer at Camp Crystal Lake, a group of young counselors begin to get ready to lead campers. Unfortunately for the former, someone isn't happy about what's going on in the camp and enjoys playing Kill the Counselor. As bodies fall to the ground in the camp, no one is safe, and that's pretty much it. I bet the few remaining human beings that have not already seen this classic are like "shit, another shitty teen horror flick" I tell you guys, you're in for a special treat. what makes Friday the 13th a good movie it is neither in the storyline nor in the plot, it is the wonderful movie directing, how the scenes are all intertwined and how do we get to see through the unknown killer's eyes every bloody murder. Thousands of movie directors have tried hard to accomplish such a brilliant camera work but, they have failed miserably.

The gory scenes are really good.

Welcome to hell.

Owned!

As usual with this kind of exploitation flicks, we don't expect to find great actors worth of portraying Shakespeare material, instead we just find actors that fit their little roles ok. The exception to the rule here is Betsy Palmer, whos Pamela Voorhees impersonation does give you the creeps. Although she shows up in the climax moment of the film, her in screen minutes aren't wasted. She plays the psycho freak behind the teen murders, and also in case you're a complete moron, she happens to be Jason Voorhees mom (yeah, the guy with the hockey mask)

But what about Jason yo? Hush, little buddies! hush! The story introduces us to the saga! we get a tasty bite, not the whole cake. In fact, we get to know that Jason drowned in Crystal lake while most of the young counselors were fucking, so that kind of explains while Jason and his Mom like to kill young couples fucking, or about to fuck. What we don't seem to understand completely is why Jason's mom is walking free, since everyone around Crystal lake know about the murders. Probably, this was intended to, so that we could make our own tasty theories about it. Jason? oh, Jason. He does show up by the end of the film, but he's unmasked. 

Jason!

Jason dude, wear a mask!

I'm Jason's mom, I taught him everything he knows.

Then, tell me about sex and nude sluts! Sorry guys, part I doesn't have a single sex or nudity scene, but they're not necessary so rest assured my friends. 

Here's the movie trailer: