B00001MXXM

097361556048

1980

1980-05-09

95

1h 35min

Awards, 6 nominations

Sean S. Cunningham

Victor Miller, Ron Kurz

Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor

Sean S. Cunningham, Alvin Geiler, Steve Miner

Harry Manfredini

Barry Abrams

Bill Freda

Julie Hughes, Barry Moss

Virginia Field

Virginia Field, Robert Topol

Tim Niverth Sr.

Caron Coplan

Tom Savini, Taso N. Stavrakis, Katharine Vickers, Cecilia Verardi

Steve Miner

Stephen Ross, Cindy Veazey, Steve Miner

Christine Gardyasz, Alice MaGuire, Daniel E. Mahon

Lee Dichter, Richard Murphy, David Platt, Vanessa Theme Ament, Gary A. Hecker, Mary Jo Lang, Jerry Trent

Steven Kirshoff, Jimmy Corona Rooney

Tom Savini, Robert Tramontin

Phil Beard, Jim Bekiaris, Richard Berger, Robert Brady, Richard Feury, Mike Hirsch, William Klayer, Braden Lutz, Tad Page, Carl Peterson, Larry Reibman, Robert D. Shulman, Peter Stein, John Verardi, Ronald Vidor

Anne King, Jan Shoebridge

Susan E. Cunningham, Jay Keuper

Michael Calvello

Harry Bluestone, Tom Boyd, Alexander Courage, Sandy DeCrescent, George Doering, Chuck Domanico, Robert Fernandez, Dan Goldwasser, Kenneth Hall, Randy Kerber, Harry Manfredini, James Thatcher, Jack K. Tillar

Martin Kitrosser

Rudy Churny

Willie Adams, Michael Barry, Ted Lowry, Denise Pinckley, Michael Rall, Cecilia Verardi

Norman Bedell, Richard Skow

Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Paramount Pictures, Georgetown Productions Inc., Sean S. Cunningham Films

USA

English

R

6.4

138713

22

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.

Prompted by the success of John Carpenter s Halloween (1978), director Cunningham put out an advertisement to sell the film in Variety in early 1979, while Miller was still drafting the screenplay. After casting the film in New York City, filming took place in New Jersey in the summer of 1979, on an estimated budget of $550,000. A bidding war ensued over the finished film, ending with Paramount Pictures acquiring the film for domestic distribution, while Warner Bros. secured international distribution rights.

Released on May 9, 1980, Friday the 13th was a major box office success, grossing $59.8 million worldwide. Critical response was divided, with some praising the film s cinematography, score, and performances, while numerous others derided it for its depiction of graphic violence. Aside from being the first independent film of its kind to secure distribution in the U.S. by a major studio, its box office success led to a long series of sequels, a crossover with the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series, and a 2009 series reboot. A direct sequel, Friday the 13th Part 2, was released one year later.

$550,000 (estimated)

$5,816,321

$39,754,601

$39,786,892

Summer,summer camp,slasher,first of series,murder