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Friday the 13th
Release Date	May 9, 1980
Genre	Horror
Director	Sean S. Cunningham
Screenwriter	Victor Miller Ron Kurz (uncredited)
Stars	Betsy Palmer Adrienne King Harry Crosby Laurie Bartram Jeannine Taylor Kevin Bacon Mark Nelson Robbi Morgan Peter Brouwer
Studio	Paramount Pictures

Friday the 13th is a 1980 horror classic from director Sean S. Cunningham.

Synopsis

In 1957, a young boy, Jason Voorhees, drowned at Camp Crystal Lake. A year later two camp counselors were murdered. In 1962, the camp is reopened by manager Steve Christy with a new group of counselors. Again, the killer returns, taking the lives of those at the camp.

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