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  1. Sep 10, 2019 · The Entire Friday The 13th Story Finally Explained. By Sezin Koehler / Updated: Sept. 10, 2019 9:10 am EST. In the wake of John Carpenter's 1978 horror smash Halloween, studios attempted to cash ...

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  2. Apr 14, 2024 · The Friday the 13th franchise has become increasingly fantastical, but its original movies depicting horrors that could happen in real life are the scariest. Many members of the franchise's production team denied that the original Friday the 13th was based on a true story, but a 1960 massacre in Finland shares eerily similar details to the movies.

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  3. 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.

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  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. Sep 26, 2020 · Friday The 13th: How Jason Voorhees Inspired A Real Serial Killer. By Jennifer Lind-Westbrook. Published Sep 26, 2020. Authorities believe serial killer Peter Moore was influenced by the Friday the 13th films. Moore murdered four men in 1995 using the alter ego Jason.

  7. Nov 20, 2019 · Friday the 13th: Jason Voorhees' Ever-Changing Origins Explained. By Jack Wilhelmi. Published Nov 20, 2019. Friday the 13th is a slasher movie that relies on the simplicity of a very basic plot: a masked, machete-wielding madman wreaks bloody vengeance on counselors at the campgrounds where he drowned as a boy.

  8. 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.

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