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FRIDAY THE 13TH

With Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Kevin Bacon
Directed by Sean S. Cunningham

Here begins the Camp Crystal Lake legend - and many corpses in its wake. While Halloween did precede it by two years (1978), these two movies started the slasher genre and countless imitations. What is pretty much a who-dunnit, this first in the elongated Friday The 13th series jacks up the basic killer-thriller genre by showing the audience graphic murders (mostly of libido driven summer camp councilors), courtesy of the special make-up effects master Tom Savini. While it all seems senseless, the reasoning for the brutal slayings become clear in the last few minutes, with a classic shock punctuation mark to boot. A youthful Kevin Bacon is one of the horny hapless teens who gets it.

4 / B
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6 - Volcanic
5 - Blistering
4 - Hot
3 - Smolder
2 - Room Temperature
1 - Fizzled
0 - Extinguished

A: Multi-Viewing Potential

B: Could Enjoy A 2nd Look

C: Once Should Suffice



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