Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Steve Miner

Writer:

Ron Kurz (writer)

Release Date:

1 May 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

The body count continues...

Plot:

Mrs. Voorhees is dead, and Camp Crystal Lake is shut down, but a camp next to the imfamous place is stalked by an unknown assailant. Is it Mrs. Voorhee's son Jason who didn't drown in the lake some 30 years before?

Plot Keywords:

Crystal Lake | Jason Voorhees | Murder | Death | Ice Pick

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Amy Steel	...	Ginny Field
John Furey	...	Paul Holt
Adrienne King	...	Alice Hardy
Kirsten Baker	...	Terry
Stuart Charno	...	Ted (as Stu Charno)
Warrington Gillette	...	Jason Voorhees (Unmasked Scene)
Walt Gorney	...	Crazy Ralph
Marta Kober	...	Sandra Dier
Tom McBride	...	Mark
Bill Randolph	...	Jeffrey
Lauren-Marie Taylor	...	Vicky
Russell Todd	...	Scott
Betsy Palmer	...	Mrs. Pamela Voorhees (also archive footage)
Cliff Cudney	...	Maxwell
Jack Marks	...	Deputy Winslow

Also Known As:

Friday the 13th Part II (USA) (trailer title)
Jason (USA) (original script title)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:PG (heavily cut) | Netherlands:16 | UK:15 (re-rating) | UK:15 (re-rating) (2008) | Brazil:14 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Canada:R | Finland:(Banned) | France:-16 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Italy:VM14 | Mexico:C | Finland:K-18 (re-rating) (2002) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Norway:18 (1985) (cut version) | Norway:(Banned) (1981-2003) (cinema release)

Filming Locations:

KenWood Camp, Kent, Connecticut, USA

Company:

Georgetown Productions Inc.

Trivia:

This film has one of the longest pre-credit sequences in cinematic history, nearly 15 minutes in some versions.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The first film takes place on June 13, 1980, which was a Friday, hence Friday the 13th. This film is set five years later, in the summer of 1985, also on Friday the 13th. There wasn't another Friday the 13th during the summer until 1986.

Quotes:

Crazy Ralph: [to Jeff and Sandra] I told the others, they didn't believe me. You're all doomed. You're all doomed.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Family Guy: It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One (#5.17)" (2007)

Arguably the best of all nine sequels.

So many refer to this as the debut of Jason Voorhees. It wasn't...simply the debut of him killing people. He left that to his mom in part one! Steve Miner didn't mess around too much with Sean Cunninham's successful formula simply adding some quite inventive kills and bloodletting.

No-one could be accused of using method-acting here, truth is its all pretty embarrassing. The high-school script though probably isn't that much out of place - they are schoolkids after all.

Jason himself, though still slightly diminished of stature is one creepy little dude, still without his hockey mask but wearing a burlap sack with holes cut out for his eyes. What appears to be his demise is of course anything but...as parts 3 to 10 will attest. The final 15 minutes are quite tension-filled and better than anything in the original.

A must-see for devotees of the series.