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Friday the 13th (1980)

Director: Sean S Cunningham

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From Time Out Film Guide

A motley crew of teenagers whose idea of relaxation is a game of strip Monopoly take jobs at a run-down summer camp, but get gorily hacked and sliced to death by a local nutter almost before they've had time to unpack. A tame, poorly plotted serving of schlock, less horrific for its ketchup-smeared murders than for the bare-faced fashion in which it tries and fails to rip off Carpenter's Halloween in matters of style and construction.

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Cast & crew

Director: Sean S Cunningham

Producer: Sean S Cunningham

Cast: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan, Kevin Bacon, Harry Crosby full cast

Genre(s): Horror

Duration: 95 mins

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