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A 1981 slasher film and the second installment in the Friday the 13th franchise. It introduces Jason Voorhees as the main antagonist and follows his killing spree at a camp near Crystal Lake.
May 1, 1981 · Friday the 13th Part 2: Directed by Steve Miner. With Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King, Kirsten Baker. Five years after the events of the first film, a summer camp next to the infamous Camp Crystal Lake is preparing to open, but the legend of Jason is weighing heavy on the proceedings.
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- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Steve Miner
- 1981-05-01
Easily one of (if not THE) best Friday the 13th film, Part 2 introduces iconic Final Girl Ginny, features mean kills (RIP Mark) and has one of the best chases in slasher history. Plus:...
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- Steve Miner
- R
- Amy Steel
Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, new counselors roam the area, not sensing the ominous lurking presence that proves that the grisly legend is real.
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2 months after the events of the first film, Alice Hardy (Adrienne King) is still heavily traumatized by her encounter with Mrs. Pamela Voorhees, who went on a mad and murderous rampage across Camp Crystal Lake, a summer camp that Alice was working at. She killed Mrs. Voorhees and is now living alone at home, drawing sketches of herself and often h...
Development
Following the success of Friday the 13thin 1980, Paramount Pictures began plans to make a sequel. First acquiring the worldwide distribution rights, Frank Mancuso, Sr. stated, "We wanted it to be an event, where teenagers would flock to the theaters on that Friday night to see the latest episode." The initial ideas for a sequel involved the "Friday the 13th" title being used for a series of films, released once a year, that would not have direct continuity with one another but be a separate "...
Casting
Adrienne King was pursued by an obsessed fan after the success of the original Friday the 13th and purportedly wished her role to be small as possible, though in the documentary Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th, it was stated that King's agent had asked for a higher salary, which the studio could not afford.The film's heroine, Ginny, is played by Amy Steel, who won the part through an audition. "At the time of [making the film], it was before the genre really pic...
Filming
The small village of New Preston, Connecticut was one of the filming locations. Principal photography took place from October 3 and finished in November 1980, and primarily occurred in New Preston and Kent, Connecticut. Special effects artist Tom Savini was asked to work on the film but declined because he was already working on another project, Midnight(1982). Savini was replaced by Stan Winston. Steve Daskawisz was rushed to the emergency room during filming after Amy Steel cut his hand wit...
Amy Steel as Ginny FieldJohn Furey as Paul HoltAdrienne King as Alice HardyLauren Marie-Taylor as Vickie PerryDeaths
1. Alice Hardy: Ice Pick to Head (11 MINS) 2. Crazy Ralph: Garroted with Barbed Wire (31 MINS) 3. Deputy Winslow: Hammer to the Back of the Head (42 MINS) 4. Scott Cheney: Throat Slit (50 MINS) 5. Mark Jarvis: Machete to the Face, Rolls Down Stairs (1 HR) 6. Jeff Dunsberry: Impaled with a spear along with Sandra (1 HR 2 MINS) 7. Sandra Dier: Impaled with a spear along with Jeff (1 HR 2 MINS) 8. Vickie Perry: Stabbed (1 HR 5 MINS) 9. Terry McCarthy: Bludgeoned (OFF-SCREEN, 1 HR 19 MINS)
Survivors
1. Ginny Field 2. Paul Holt (Unconfirmed) 3. Ted Bowen 4. Max 5. Jason Voorhees 6. Extra Counselors
Much like its predecessor, critical reception to the film was initially negative. It has a 34% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes among 32 reviews. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote that Friday the 13th Part 2 was "a cross between the Mad Slasher and Dead teenager genres; about two dozen movies a year feature a mad killer going berserk, an...
The film was released theatrically on April 30, 1981, bringing in $6,429,784 its opening weekend. It played on 1,350 screens and would ultimately gross $21,722,776. It was the 35th highest-grossing film of 1981, facing strong competition early in the year from such high-profile horror releases as Omen III: The Final Conflict, The Howling, Scanners,...
Friday the 13th Part 2 at the Internet Movie DatabaseFind out who directed, wrote, produced, and starred in the horror sequel Friday the 13th Part 2. See the full list of cast and crew members, including makeup effects, music, and special effects.
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A group of counselors-in-training are stalked and killed by Jason Voorhees, the deformed son of the infamous Camp Crystal Lake murderer. Read the summaries, synopsis and trivia of this horror sequel on IMDb.