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 | Murder | Jason Voorhees | 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
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	...	Cop

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) (2008) | Brazil:14 | UK:X (original rating) | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2009) | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Canada:R | Finland:(Banned) | France:-16 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 (original rating) | 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:

Throughout the final scene, the mummified head of Mrs. Voorhees is noticeably an actress wearing makeup rather than a fake head. The final shot is a close-up of the head, ending in a freeze frame before the credits roll. Originally this shot ended with Mrs. Voorhees opening her eyes and smiling, but at the last minute Steve Miner decided this effect was hokey and cheapened the movie's impact.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Terry is searching for Muffin, her tiny dog, she looks directly into the point-of-view camera that is supposed to be Jason's perspective, and significantly taller than her. She then calls out "Muffin?", as if expecting the dog to be higher than her eye level.

Quotes:

Paul: These kids smoke better dope than I do.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in South Park: Imaginationland (2008) (V)

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.