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Movie poster: Friday the 13th (1980)
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Friday the 13th

1980 · 95 min Horror
6.4 / 10 · TMDB

Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.

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📋 Film Details

Year 1980
Country United States of America
Genre Horror
Director Sean S. Cunningham
Runtime 95 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.4/10 (3286 votes)

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

Fear lives in the details here — in the frame, in the silence, in the pauses between lines. The director knows how to keep the viewer in a state of readiness, muscles tensing on their own.

Worth watching for the atmosphere and the use of space. The ending may disappoint — genre is genre. But the journey there is well-crafted.

For fans of atmospheric horror where dread matters more than fright.

Director: Sean S. Cunningham

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: At night when it's dark outside. Better with someone — not because it's scary, but because there's something to discuss after.

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