# Freitag der 13. (1980)

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**Original title**: *Friday the 13th*
**Runtime**: 95 min
**Genres**: Horror
**Directed by**: Sean S. Cunningham
**Written by**: Victor Miller
**Starring**: Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer, Kevin Bacon, Jeannine Taylor, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram

> *They were warned...They are doomed...And on Friday the 13th, nothing will save them.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Crystal Lake, summer, a machete lies hidden. Counselors arrive to reopen the camp, a place where a child drowned years ago. Sean Cunningham helped define the summer camp slasher genre with this film.

**Mood tags**: dread, raw

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 6.4/10 (173428 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 69% · Metacritic 22/100

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