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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Steve Miner
Writers:
Martin Kitrosser (screenplay)
Ron Kurz (character creator)
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Release Date:
13 August 1982 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror more
Tagline:
A New Dimension In Terror... more
Plot:
Having escaped in the last episode, Jason is back, hockey mask and all, to continue his murderous rampage across Crystal Lake. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(17 articles)
C'mon Hollywood #228
 (From JoBlo. 2 November 2009, 11:36 PM, PST)

Satanic Panic (DVD Review)
 (From Fangoria. 9 October 2009, 11:20 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
The series trudges on... more (318 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Also Known As:
Crystal Japan (USA) (fake working title)
Friday the 13th Part 3 (USA) (video title)
Friday the 13th Part 3-D (USA) (trailer title)
Friday the 13th Part 3: 3-D (USA) (trailer title)
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Runtime:
95 min | Sweden:91 min (2002 re-rating)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:(Banned) | Netherlands:16 | UK:15 (re-rating) | UK:15 (re-rating) (2008) | Brazil:14 | Spain:18 | Ireland:18 | UK:18 (video rating) (1987) | UK:X (original rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Canada:R | France:-12 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | West Germany:18 (Banned) | Italy:VM18 | Mexico:C | Finland:K-18 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Norway:18 (video premiere) (1993) | Norway:(Banned) (1983-2003) (cinema release) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

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Trivia:
Although it appears sunny and warm, the film was shot during a January/February winter. Several night scenes were trimmed in order to conceal the actors' visible breath appearing on screen. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The sign by Harold's fishbowl disappears in close shots. more
Quotes:
Vera Sanchez: Look, I'm gonna go outside for a few minutes and then when I get back in we'll talk.
Shelly: Yeah, sure. We'll talk... Bitch.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) (V) more

FAQ

What Happens at the end in the lake?
What Happened Between Chris and Jason in the Past?
When Does This Movie Take Place?
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11 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
The series trudges on..., 23 July 2006
3/10
Author: Wayne Malin (wwaayynnee51@hotmail.com) from United States

Chris (Dana Kimmell) and a bunch of her idiotic friends decide to have a peaceful weekend on a beautiful lodge on Camp Crystal Lake. Naturally Jason (for no reason) starts to attack them.

OK--I LOVE horror films but I don't like films that treat the audience like a bunch of idiots and are lacking in logic. This film does both. The characters are all stereotypes--the "funny" guy, the slutty couple, the stoned ones, the good girl (always the one who survives). The dialogue is truly horrible and you want all these idiots dead QUICKLY! It starts off with a DISCO version of the theme song!!!! You think it can't get worse but it does. A white trash couple is introduced, killed...and never referred to again (?????). Kimmell is given a back story (she was attacked by Jason years earlier) but it goes nowhere. When people are killed in this film no one hears a thing...although they're all staying the same house. The gore is fun and the deaths are inventive but that's only a small part of the film. It all leads up to an ending that makes NO sense and is a direct steal from Part 1.

There are some good things here--Paul Kratka is very good as Rick and I like Vera (Catherine Parks) too. Kimmell is beautiful but pretty terrible as an actress until the end when Jason goes after her. There is one GREAT effect when a man's head is crushed and his eyeball pops out (looks great in 3-D). There is a nice touch of showing somebody reading Fangoria magazine. Also this is the first movie where Jason wears his now trademark goalie mask. That's about it.

I originally saw it in 3-D in 1982. It was fantastic! They kept throwing 3-D effects at you so often you didn't have time to realize how pointless the story is and how stupid the characters are. In 3-D this is lots of fun--in 2-D it's a boring mess. I give it a 3.

For anyone who cares the body count has been upped in this movie--there are 11 killings --- 6 guys, 5 girls. I really wonder why people keep calling these films misogynistic when more guys are killed than women. And it's ALWAYS a woman who lives in the end.

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