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Friday the 13th uncut.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 10250122Publication details: Paramount Home Entertainment, 2009.Edition: Deluxe edDescription: 1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 141574713X
  • 9781415747131
Other title:
  • Friday the thirteenth uncut
Uniform titles:
  • Friday the 13th (Motion picture : 1980)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Barry Abrams ; music, Harry Manfredini.
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan.Summary: Camp Crystal Lake has been shuttered for years until the camp's new owner and seven young counselors re-open it, despite warnings of a 'death curse' by local residents. On Friday the 13th the curse proves true as a violent killer stalks each counselor.
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD HORROR Friday t Available 33111009497443
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

One of the longest-running horror film series began with this gory shocker from director Sean S. Cunningham, who had previously produced Wes Craven's classic Last House on the Left. Entrepreneur Steve Christie (Peter Brouwer) re-opens Camp Crystal Lake after many years during which it has been cursed by murders and bad luck. The young and nubile counselors all begin to die extremely bloody deaths at the hands of an unseen killer during a rainstorm which isolates the camp. A woman is chopped in the face with an axe, another has her throat sliced in amazingly gruesome fashion, a male counselor (Harry Crosby) is pinned to a door with arrows, and a young Kevin Bacon has an arrow shoved through his throat from below a bed. Victor Miller's script is not particularly impressive, but Cunningham's tense direction, and some remarkable special-effects by acclaimed makeup artist Tom Savini are enough to make it worthwhile. 1950s quiz show regular Betsy Palmer appears as the cook whose son, Jason (Ari Lehman), drowned 25 years earlier while neglected by romancing counselors. Palmer was reportedly cast because she was willing to drive her own car to and from the set. Trivia buffs should note the decapitation scene near the end, in which the female killer exhibits rather hirsute hands clutching at the air. The hands belong to Savini's assistant, Taso N. Stavrakis. Friday the 13th made nearly 40 million dollars at the box office and spawned numerous sequels. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

Originally released as a motion picture in 1980.

Special features: Commentary by director Sean S. Cunningham with cast and crew ; Friday the 13th reunion ; Fresh cuts: new tales from Friday the 13th ; The man behind the legacy: Sean S. Cunningham ; Lost tales from Camp Blood, part 1 ; Theatrical trailer.

Director of photography, Barry Abrams ; music, Harry Manfredini.

Kevin Bacon, Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan.

Camp Crystal Lake has been shuttered for years until the camp's new owner and seven young counselors re-open it, despite warnings of a 'death curse' by local residents. On Friday the 13th the curse proves true as a violent killer stalks each counselor.

MWT rating: UR.

DVD.

Closed-captioned. English, French, Spanish audio; English, French, Spanish subtitles.

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