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      • "Friday The 13th" is the story of a group of teenagers who are stalked and murdered while trying to reopen a summer camp at Crystal Lake. But the shocking truth is that the film is based on the real life murders of three teenagers at Lake Bodom, Finland.
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  2. Apr 14, 2024 · Due to the grounded nature of these murders, it raises the question whether the original Friday the 13th is based on a true story. The upcoming Peacock streaming series Crystal Lake-- billed as a prequel and set-up to the first movie in 1980 -- has kindled interest in the possible origins of the story. While the franchise's production team has ...

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  3. Sep 10, 2019 · Friday the 13th is one of the first and few horror film series to feature a bait-and-switch killer, as well as a copycat down the line. It also established many of the current slasher movie tropes ...

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  4. Sep 26, 2020 · The Friday the 13th movies feature a daunting killer, Jason Voorhees, but the fictional character inspired a real life serial killer, Peter Moore. Art imitates tragic real-life circumstances. Screen Rant

  5. Feb 13, 2015 · According to its creators, the original Friday the 13th wasn’t actually based on actual events, though the similarities to a true horror story from two decades prior are quite chilling… On Sunday, June 5th of 1960, four young teenagers (below) were camping out on Finland’s Lake Bodom, a picturesque locale that bears a striking resemblance ...

  6. Oct 13, 2023 · No, ‘Friday the 13th’ is not based on a true story. The makers of the film have repeatedly clarified that there’s no real incident on which it found its origin. Nevertheless, the true inspiration for the film has been attributed to the success of John Carpenter’s 1978 slasher film ‘Halloween,’ which sort of established the genre.

  7. Aug 8, 2023 · Is Friday the 13th based on a true story? Yes, the classic 1980 film Friday the 13 is based on the real life murders of three teenagers at Lake Bodom, Finland.

  8. Nov 20, 2019 · Jason is taken to the morgue in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter which was meant to be the true end for his character. After murdering a nurse and a morgue attendant, Jason makes his way back to Camp Crystal Lake only to be killed, presumably for real this time, by young Tommy Jarvis.