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Where was Friday the 13th filmed?

1980 film, directed by Sean S. Cunningham.

  • New Jersey

The story is set in New Jersey, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
New Jersey
Filmed in
New Jersey
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About Friday the 13th

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Released
1980
Director
Sean S. Cunningham
Cast
Betsy PalmerAdrienne KingKevin BaconRex EverhartHarry CrosbyLaurie BartramAri LehmanJeannine TaylorRobbi Morgan
Genre
SlasherHorrorCrimeTeenThriller

In 1958 at Camp Crystal Lake, camp counselors Barry and Claudette sneak away from other counselors for a late night rendezvous in a supply shed where they are murdered.

After the driver passes the camp entrance, Annie becomes fearful and leaps from the vehicle, fleeing into the woods where the driver eventually slashes her throat.

Later, while Jack and Marcie have sex, they are unaware of Ned's dead body above them in the bunk bed.

Famous lines from Friday the 13th

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Summer Camp IslandFriday the 13th
  • Jay Folb, M*A*S*H, "Exorcism".Friday the 13th
  • It's Friday the 13th. my favorite holiday. Keep it weird.Friday the 13th
  • Trevelyan Evans and Pete Sinclair, My Hero, "Fear and Clothing".Friday the 13th
  • Akiva Goldsman, The Da Vinci Code, screenplay based on the novel by Dan Brown.Friday the 13th

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