Friday the 13th
They were warned...They are doomed...And on Friday the 13th, nothing will save them.
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$700 000
Revenue
$39 754 601
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Sean S. Cunningham, Alvin Geiler
Operator
Barry Abrams
Composer
Artist
Virginia Field, Daniel E. Mahon
Audition
Julie Hughes, Barry Moss
Editing
Bill Freda
All team (54)
All team (54)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- The summer camp used for filming is located in New Jersey and is called Camp Nobebosco.
- Victor Miller originally gave Jason the name Josh. Deciding that it sounded too cute, he changed it to Jason after a school bully.
- The film takes place on June 13, 1958, and June 13, 1980.
- In the scene where Brenda's lifeless body flies through the window of the house, the special effects artist Tom Savini himself served as the stunt double.
- A total of 10 people are killed in the film.
- The snake scene was not in the script, and it was Tom Savini's idea after an experience in his own cabin during filming. The snake in the scene was real, including its on-screen death.
- In the scene where the killer murders Jack, a prosthetic is visible on the actor's neck.
- Tom Savini was one of the first crew members on board the film because the producers idolized his special effects in "Dawn of the Dead" (1978).
- While most of the actors and crew stayed in hotels during filming, some of the dedicated cast and crew, including Tom Savini and Taso N. Stavrakis, remained on location at the camp. They had a Savani Betamax player and only a few movies – "Barbarella" (1968) and "Marathon Man" (1976) – on videotape for entertainment, so they watched one of these films every night. To this day, Savini says he can recite these films from memory.
- Victor Miller's working title for the script was "Long Night in Blood Camp."
- Victor Miller originally named Jason "Josh." Deciding that it sounded too sweet, he changed it to Jason after a school bully.
- Tom Savini was one of the first crew members on board the film because the producers idolized his special effects in 'Dawn of the Dead' (1978).
- While most of the actors and crew stayed in hotels during filming, some of the dedicated cast and crew, including Tom Savini and Tasos N. Stavrakis, stayed at the camp site. Savini had a Betamax VCR and only a few movies—'Barbarella' (1968) and 'The Marathon Man' (1976)—on tape for entertainment, so they watched one of these films every night. To this day, Savini says he can recite these movies by heart.
- Victor Miller's working title for the screenplay was 'Long Night at Blood Camp'.
- In the scene where Brenda's lifeless body flies through the house window, the special effects supervisor Tom Savini himself served as the stuntman.
- The snake scene was not in the script; it was Tom Savini's idea following an experience in his own cabin during filming. The snake in the scene was real, including its onscreen death.
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