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Since the original Friday the 13th film in 1980 there has been a myriad of media releases from the franchise, ranging from films, novels, comics, albums and a television series.
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Since the original Friday the 13th film in 1980 there has been a myriad of media releases from the franchise, ranging from films, novels, comics, albums and a television series.
Original release dates: May 9, 1980 – Theatrical release October 19, 1999 – Home media |
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Original release dates: April 30, 1981 – Theatrical release 1981 – Home media |
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Original release dates: August 13, 1982 – Theatrical release – Home media |
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Original release dates: April 13, 1984 – Theatrical release – Home media |
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Original release dates: March 22, 1985 – Theatrical release 1986 – Home media |
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Original release dates: August 1, 1986 – Theatrical release – Home media |
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Original release dates: May 13, 1988 – Theatrical release – Home media |
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Original release dates: July 28, 1989 – Theatrical release September 28, 1994 – Home media |
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Original release dates: August 13, 1993 – Theatrical release 2002 – Home media |
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Original release dates: April 26, 2002 – Theatrical release October 8, 2002 – Home media |
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Original release dates: August 15, 2003 – Theatrical release January 13, 2004 – Home media |
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Original release dates: February 13, 2009 – Theatrical release June 16, 2009 – Home media |
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Original release dates: June 16, 2009 – Home media |
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Original release dates: 2009 |
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Original release dates: 2009 |
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Original release dates: 2009 |
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Original release dates: 2009 |
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Original release dates: 2009 |
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Original release dates: 2009 |
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Original release dates: October 3, 1987 – May 26, 1990 |
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Original release dates: August, 1982 – First edition – Second edition |
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Original release dates: August 1, 1986 – First edition – Second edition |
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Original release dates: September 1, 1987 – First edition – Second edition |
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Original release dates: February 2, 1988 – First edition – Second edition |
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Original release dates: May 3, 1988 – First edition – Second edition |
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Original release dates: July 1, 1994 – First edition |
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Original release dates: July 1, 1994 – First edition |
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Original release dates: July 1, 1994 – First edition |
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Original release dates: September 1, 1994 – First edition |
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Original release dates: July 29, 2003 – First edition – Second edition |
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Original release dates: January 25, 2005 – First edition – Second edition |
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Original release dates: January 25, 2005 – First edition – Second edition |
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Original release dates: June 7, 2005 – First edition – Second edition |
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Original release dates: November 29, 2005 – First edition – Second edition |
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Original release dates: April 25, 2006 – First edition – Second edition |
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Original release dates: August 9, 2005 – First edition – Second edition |
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Original release dates: August 9, 2005 – First edition – Second edition |
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Original release dates: October 25, 2005 – First edition – Second edition |
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Original release dates: January 31, 2006 – First edition – Second edition |
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Original release dates: June 6, 2006 – First edition – Second edition |
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Original release dates: 1986 – Release date |
Original release dates: 1989 – Release date |
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Original release dates: 2017 – Release date |
Original release dates: 2018 – Release date |
Original release dates: July 1993 – September 1993 |
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Original release dates: October 1995 – January 1996 |
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Original release dates: May 2005 |
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Original release dates: September 2005 – November 2005 |
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Original release dates: October 2005 |
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Original release dates: February 2006 – February 2006 |
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Original release dates: June 2006 |
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Original release dates: December 2006 – May 2007 |
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Original release dates: July 2007 – August 2007 |
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Original release dates: September 2007 – October 2007 |
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Original release dates: November 2007 – March 2008 |
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Original release dates: January 2008 – February 2008 |
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Original release dates: April 2008 |
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Original release dates: August 2009 – January 2010 |
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Original release dates: 1982 – Release date |
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Original release dates: 1983 – Release date |
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Original release dates: 1987 – Release date |
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Original release dates: 1993 – Release date |
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Original release dates: May 4, 2002 – Release date |
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Original release dates: [4] May 14, 2002 – Release date |
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Original release dates: August 21, 2002 – Release date |
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Original release dates: August 26, 2003 – Release date |
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Original release dates: August 12, 2003 – Release date |
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Original release dates: September 27, 2005 – Release date |
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Original release dates: November 30, 2011 – Release date |
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Original release dates: October 25, 2011 – Release date |
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Original release dates: January 12, 2012 – Release date |
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Original release dates: September 12, 2012 – Release date |
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Original release dates: September 26, 2014 – Release date |
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Original release dates: May 8, 2015 – Release date |
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Friday the 13th is a 1980 American independent slasher film produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, written by Victor Miller, and starring Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Mark Nelson, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan, and Kevin Bacon. Its plot follows a group of teenage camp counselors who are murdered one by one by an unknown killer while they are attempting to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past.
Jason Voorhees is a character from the Friday the 13th series. He first appeared in Friday the 13th (1980) as the young son of camp-cook-turned-killer Mrs. Voorhees, in which he was portrayed by Ari Lehman. Created by Victor Miller, with contributions by Ron Kurz, Sean S. Cunningham and Tom Savini, Jason was not originally intended to carry the series as the main antagonist. The character has subsequently been represented in various other media, including novels, video games, comic books, and a crossover film with another iconic horror film character, Freddy Krueger.
Friday the 13th: The Series is a television series that ran for three seasons, from October 3, 1987, to May 26, 1990, in first-run syndication. The series follows Micki and Ryan, cousins who inherit an antiques store; after selling all the antiques, they learn from Jack Marshak that the items are cursed. The trio then work together to recover the objects and return them to the safety of the shop's vault.
Jason X is a 2001 American science fiction slasher film directed by Jim Isaac and written by Todd Farmer. The tenth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise and a sequel to Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993), it stars Lexa Doig, Lisa Ryder, Chuck Campbell, and Kane Hodder in his fourth and final appearance as Jason Voorhees. In the film, Jason is cryogenically frozen for over 400 years and awakens in 2455, after being found by a group of students, whom he subsequently stalks and kills one by one.
Friday the 13th Part 2 is a 1981 American slasher film produced and directed by Steve Miner in his directorial debut, and written by Ron Kurz. It is a direct sequel to Friday the 13th (1980), and the second installment in the franchise. Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer, and Walt Gorney reprise their respective roles from the first film as Alice Hardy, Pamela Voorhees, and Crazy Ralph. Amy Steel and John Furey also star. Taking place five years after the first film, Part 2 follows a similar premise, with an unknown stalker killing a group of camp counselors at a training camp near Crystal Lake. The film marks the debut of Jason Voorhees as the series' main antagonist.
Pamela Voorhees is a fictional character and the overarching antagonist of the Friday the 13th series of horror films. She was created by Victor Miller, and first appeared in Sean S. Cunningham's Friday the 13th (1980), played by Betsy Palmer. Pamela is the main antagonist of the first film, in which she is known only as Mrs. Voorhees, and remains an antagonistic presence in its sequels, in which she is seen mostly as a severed head or a figment of her son's imagination. In Friday the 13th Part III (1982), the character appears as a reanimated corpse in a hallucination, played by Marilyn Poucher. Paula Shaw played Pamela in the crossover Freddy vs. Jason (2003); according to Palmer in Friday The 13th Reunion, she was asked to reprise her role in the film, but turned it down after reading the script. Nana Visitor played Pamela in the 2009 reboot.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives is a 1986 American slasher film written and directed by Tom McLoughlin, and starring Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cooke, David Kagen, and C.J. Graham. It is a sequel to Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985) and the sixth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise, being the last one to feature Tommy Jarvis (Mathews) as the protagonist. Continuing from the events of the previous film, the plot follows Tommy after he accidentally resurrects mass murderer Jason Voorhees (Graham) while attempting to destroy his body to ensure he will not return. While Jason returns to Crystal Lake for another killing spree, Tommy must overcome his fear of the masked killer that has haunted him for years and find a way to stop him once and for all.
Friday the 13th Part III is a 1982 American slasher film directed by Steve Miner, produced by Frank Mancuso Jr., and starring Dana Kimmell, Paul Kratka, and Richard Brooker. It is the sequel to Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) and the third installment in the Friday the 13th franchise. Set directly after the events of the previous films, the plot follows a teenage girl (Kimmell) and her friends who go on a trip to a house near Crystal Lake where a wounded Jason Voorhees (Brooker) has taken refuge until reemerging for another killing spree. The film marks the first appearance of Jason's signature hockey mask, which has since become a trademark of both the character and the franchise, as well as an icon in American cinema and the horror genre in general.
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning is a 1985 American slasher film directed by Danny Steinmann and starring Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, and Shavar Ross. The film also features a cameo appearance from Corey Feldman, who portrayed Tommy Jarvis in the previous film. It is a sequel to Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) and the fifth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise. Set years after the events of the previous film, the story follows a teenage Tommy Jarvis (Shepherd), who is institutionalized at a halfway house near Crystal Lake because of nightmares of mass murderer Jason Voorhees, whom he killed as a child. Tommy must face his fears when a new hockey mask-wearing murderer initiates another violent killing spree in the area.
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan is a 1989 American slasher film written and directed by Rob Hedden. The eighth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise and a sequel to Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), it stars Jensen Daggett, Scott Reeves, Peter Mark Richman, and Kane Hodder reprising his role as Jason Voorhees from the previous film. Set one year after the events of The New Blood, the film follows Jason as he stalks a group of high school graduates on a ship en route to New York City. It was the final film in the series to be distributed by Paramount Pictures in the United States until 2009, with the subsequent Friday the 13th installments being distributed by New Line Cinema.
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday is a 1993 American supernatural slasher film directed by Adam Marcus from a screenplay by Dean Lorey and Jay Huguely, based on a story by Huguely and Marcus. The ninth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise and a sequel to Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), it stars John D. LeMay, Kari Keegan, Erin Gray, Allison Smith, Steven Culp, Steven Williams, and Kane Hodder as Jason Voorhees, reprising his role from Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) and Jason Takes Manhattan. The film follows Jason's spirit as it possesses various people to continue his killings after his death. To resurrect himself, Jason must find and possess a member of his bloodline, but he can also be permanently killed by one of his surviving relatives using a magical dagger.
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter is a 1984 American slasher film directed by Joseph Zito, produced by Frank Mancuso Jr., and starring Kimberly Beck, Corey Feldman, Crispin Glover, and Peter Barton. It is the sequel to Friday the 13th Part III (1982) and the fourth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise. Picking up immediately after the events of the previous film, the plot follows a presumed-dead Jason Voorhees who escapes from the morgue and returns to Crystal Lake to continue his killing spree. The film marks the debut of the character Tommy Jarvis (Feldman), who would make further appearances in two sequels and related media, establishing him as Jason's archenemy.
Sean Sexton Cunningham is an American film director, producer, and writer. He is best known for directing and producing several horror films, beginning in the early 1970s.
Friday the 13th is an American horror franchise that comprises twelve slasher films, a television series, novels, comic books, video games, and tie‑in merchandise. The franchise mainly focuses on the fictional character Jason Voorhees, who was thought to have drowned as a boy at Camp Crystal Lake due to the negligence of the camp staff. Decades later, the lake is rumored to be "cursed" and is the setting for a series of mass murders. Jason is featured in all of the films, as either the killer or the motivation for the killings. The original film was written by Victor Miller, produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, and released by Paramount Pictures. The films have grossed over $468 million at the box-office worldwide.
Friday the 13th is a 2009 American slasher film directed by Marcus Nispel, and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, from a story by Shannon, Swift, and Mark Wheaton. It is the twelfth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise. The film stars Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Aaron Yoo, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle, and Derek Mears. It follows Clay Miller (Padalecki) as he searches for his missing sister, Whitney (Righetti), who is captured by Jason Voorhees (Mears) while camping in woodland at Crystal Lake.
Friday the 13th is an unlucky day in western superstition.
Friday the Thirteenth is a 1933 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale and Muriel Aked.
Ginny Field is a fictional character in the Friday the 13th series. She first appears in Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) as a child psychology student working as a camp counselor assistant trainer, in which she was portrayed by Amy Steel. Writer Ron Kurtz conceptualized the character, while director Steve Miner intended to utilize Ginny to carry further installments as the main protagonist. Ginny has subsequently seen representation in other media such as novels and fan labor.
Chris Higgins is a fictional character in the Friday the 13th franchise. Chris first appears in Friday the 13th Part III (1982) as a young woman visiting a family homestead with friends to overcome trauma. She is portrayed by Dana Kimmell. Writing duo Martin Kitrosser and Carol Watson wrote her as the new protagonist of the series after the previous film's lead, Amy Steel, declined to return as Ginny. An uncredited Petru Popescu rewrote their script and spent the most time developing Chris—giving her an in-depth background and a past connection to series villain Jason Voorhees.
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