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After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Wow. Friday the 13th is actually pretty awful. The whole story is about people separating themselves from the group and then getting killed. There is no character development or meaningful interactions between anyone or even much backstory, just people getting killed. This pattern becomes predictable and even laughable. The only reason I'm rating it this high is because of the horror icon that this film "created."

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.

'Friday The 13th (1980)' has an inherent, scrappy charm to it that's enhanced precisely because it is a little rough around the edges, coming off the coveted coat-tails of low-budget horror-thrillers like Halloween (1978). Yet, the feature does fall victim to the usual faults that plague this genre and actually creates some new problems for itself, all of which stem from the fact that much of the run-time is dedicated to hiding the killer that's on the loose. Despite the sometimes lacklustre acting - though here it's actually considerably better than it could have been - and restrictive camera-work, the movie manages to maintain a persistent level of engagement by including a number of grisly killings, made all the more believable by Tom Savini's impressive prosthetic work, and relying upon a central conceit that's rather interesting considering what it sets up and subsequently subverts, even if it is handled somewhat poorly in the end-product. 6/10

When it comes to name recognition of a horror film and franchise, Friday the 13th is probably near the top and to many is considered the first film is considered a masterpiece in the slasher genre. The original also really stands out as its own movie compared to all of its predecessor's due tone and the ending reveal. Aside from some great scenes and an excellent suspenseful finish, the writing produced some cheesy lines and unlikeable characters from top to bottom. Adrienne King's scream queen character, Alice, was never captivating on screen with delivery and appearance. Friday the 13th is an above average film that struck gold at the right time with its promiscuous message and kicking off the popular slasher genre.