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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 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 attempting to re-open an abandoned summer camp.
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 fantasy horror 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, inherited owners of an antiques store, which they learn is cursed from Jack Marshak only after they have given away all of the cursed antiques. The trio then work together to try and recover them to put them back into the safety of the shop's vault.
Jason X is a 2001 American science fiction slasher film directed by Jim Isaac, written by Todd Farmer and starring Lexa Doig, Lisa Ryder, Chuck Campbell, and Kane Hodder in his fourth and final cinematic appearance as Jason Voorhees. It is the tenth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise, the first one since 1993's Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday. In the film, Jason is cryogenically frozen for 445 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 the sequel to 1980's Friday the 13th, 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.
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 the sixth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise and the last one to feature Tommy Jarvis (Mathews) as the protagonist. Continuing on from the events of Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, 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 third installment in the Friday the 13th franchise. Set directly after the events of Friday the 13th Part 2, the plot follows a teenage girl (Kimmell) and her friends who go on a trip at 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 psychological slasher film directed by Danny Steinmann and starring Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, and Shavar Ross. It is the fifth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise. Set years after the events of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, 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, and starring Jensen Daggett, Scott Reeves, Peter Mark Richman, and Kane Hodder as Jason Voorhees, reprising his role from Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood. It is the eighth installment in the Friday the 13th franchise. Set several years after 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 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, written by Jay Huguely and Dean Lorey, and produced by Sean S. Cunningham. It is the ninth installment of the Friday the 13th franchise, and stars John D. LeMay, Kari Keegan, Steven Williams, and Kane Hodder as Jason Voorhees; the latter reprising his role from the previous two films. It is the first film in the series to be distributed by New Line Cinema. Set after the events of Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, the film follows Jason's spirit as it possesses various people to continue his killings after his death. In order 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 Part VII: The New Blood is a 1988 American slasher film directed by John Carl Buechler and starring Lar Park Lincoln, Kevin Blair, Susan Blu, Terry Kiser, and Kane Hodder in his first appearance as Jason Voorhees, a role he would reprise in three subsequent films. It is the seventh installment in the Friday the 13th franchise. Set years after the events of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, the plot follows a psychokinetic teenage girl (Lincoln) who unwittingly releases Jason from his tomb at the bottom of Crystal Lake, allowing him to go on another killing spree in the area.
Sean Sexton Cunningham is an American filmmaker, 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, created to cash in on the success of Halloween (1978), was written by Victor Miller and was produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham. The films have grossed over $468 million at the box-office worldwide. It was the highest-grossing horror franchise in the world until Halloween (2018) was released, putting the Halloween franchise in the top spot.
Friday Night Lights is an American sports drama television series developed by Peter Berg and inspired by the 1990 nonfiction book by H. G. Bissinger, which was adapted as the 2004 film of the same name by Berg. Executive producers were Brian Grazer, David Nevins, Sarah Aubrey and Jason Katims, who served as showrunner. The series follows a high school football team in the fictional town of Dillon, a small, close-knit community in rural West Texas. It features an ensemble cast led by Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton, portraying high school football coach Eric Taylor and his wife Tami Taylor, a school faculty member. The primary cast includes characters associated with football and high school. The show uses its small-town backdrop to address many issues in contemporary American culture like family values, school funding, racism, drugs, abortion and lack of economic opportunities.
Alice Hardy is a fictional character in the Friday the 13th franchise. Alice first appears in Friday the 13th (1980) as an artist working as a camp counselor. She is portrayed by Adrienne King—who reprises the role in the sequel Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) and the fan film Jason Rising (2021). Alice's creator, Victor Miller, scripted her as a flawed character, envisioning her in an affair. Once production began on the original film, budgetary constraints limited the deeper exposition intended for Alice's character.
Friday the 13th is a 2009 American slasher film directed by Marcus Nispel, written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift from a screen story by Shannon, Swift and Mark Wheaton. It is a reboot of the Friday the 13th franchise, which began in 1980, and is the twelfth installment. Nispel also directed the 2003 remake of Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), while Shannon and Swift wrote the screenplay for the 2003 crossover Freddy vs. Jason. The film was produced by Platinum Dunes and Crystal Lake Entertainment and distributed by New Line Cinema and Paramount Pictures. It stars Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Aaron Yoo, Amanda Righetti, Travis Van Winkle, and Derek Mears and 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.
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