If John Carpenter’s Halloween is the daddy of slasher flicks, then Sean S. Cunningham’s Friday the 13th is without doubt the mummy (now there's a barely concealed hint for you). All the trends and tropes of the genre are present and register effectively: deceptively peaceful location, a bunch of horny teens, jittery forewarning locals and a relentless killer with a personal, unique signature when it comes to disposing bodies. No wonder it launched ten sequels. The production quality may look a tad obsolete when compared to today’s slasher offerings, but it is still way better than Marcus Nispel’s uninspired 2009 “reimagining”.
4/5
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