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Friday the 13th Part III (1982) More at IMDbPro »

• Debbie picks up a copy of "Fangoria" and turns to an article about Tom Savini, the man responsible for all the gore in some of the Friday the 13th films.
  
  
• Originally released in 3D.
  
  
• The 3-D version contains a title card not seen in 2-D home video releases (for obvious reasons): after the Paramount Pictures logo fades out, the card reads "Ladies and gentlemen: The first few minutes of this picture are not in 3-D. However, you will need the special 3-D glasses." The film then continues as normal with the recap of the ending of Part 2, presented in 2-D. The 3-D begins with the credits.
  
  
• The Royal independent movie theater in Toronto, Canada, which closed in 2006, had owned one of the few copies of the movie in its original 3D format. They used to screen the film once every Halloween.
  
  
• Not including the scenes from Part 2, this is the only Friday the 13th film when none of the characters actually say the name Jason.
  
  
• Several scenes in this film are identical or are like to the scenes in the original Friday the 13th: - Debbie sees drops of blood falling from above she looks up and a knife goes through her throat. This scene is much like Kevin Bacon's scene in the first film. - After Chris thinks she had killed Jason she goes to sleep in a canoe on the lake much like Alice did in the first film. - When Chris awakes from the canoe Mrs. Voorhees comes out of the water and drags her under water much like what Jason did to Alice in the first film.
  
  
• The film was released on a Friday the 13th
  
  
• The film made $36,985,198 with a budget of $4,000,000.
  
  
• This was the first of the Friday the 13th films to use the hockey mask, which has been in every sequel since.
  
  
• Able (the old man) is much like Crazy Ralph from the first two films.
  
  
• Body count: 12
  
  
• Larry Zerner was cast as Shelly in this movie when the producers spotted him handing out fliers for a horror movie and asked him if he'd want to star in one himself.
  
  
• Actually takes place the day after the events of Part 2, making it Saturday the 14th. While the beginning of the movie takes place on the evening of Saturday the 14th, when the store owner and his wife are killed, the majority of the movie takes place on the following day, making it Sunday the 15th.
  
  
• The house, barn and lake were all purpose-built on location. The man-made lake wasn't properly sealed and subsequently the water drained into the soil during the first week of filming.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• In the original script the character of Rick was called Derek. It was changed to Rick as it was one less syllable and therefore more "screamable".
  
  
• Amy Steel, who starred in Friday the 13th Part 2 was offered to reprise her role for the third film, but declined.
  
  
• Director Cameo: [Steve Miner] newscaster.
  
  
• Richard Brooker was chosen as Jason simply because Steve Miner needed a big man for the role. Being tall at 6'3", but not that bulky, Brooker wore foam padding under his clothes and did all his own stunts.
  
  
• At the scene in the store at the star, you can clearly see copies of Ghosts#112 (May 1982) and a couple of issues of the Master of Kung-Fu series, featuring Fu Manchu's son Shang-Chi, published by MVL.
  
  
• To prevent the film's plot being leaked, the production used the fake title "Crystal Japan", after a David Bowie song. This began an on-again-off-again tradition of giving 'Friday the 13th' films David Bowie song titles during filming.
  
  
• The character Chris Higgins (Dana Kimmell) ironically shares a very similar name with actor Chris Wiggins, who would go on to appear in the television series "Friday the 13th" (1987).
  
  

• SPOILER: There was two alternate endings to this movie that were actually shot. One had Chris doing the same thing to kill Jason, except Ali barely survives (he dies in the used ending). Both of them escape, and Jason walks away; or we assume; because when the police arrive, Jason's body isn't there. The other ending had Chris kill Jason, then go out in the canoe and fall asleep. In her dream Jason decapitates her with a machete.
  
  
• SPOILER: Several deaths in the film had to be cut to avoid an "X" rating, including: Andy's death which showed his leg being cut off and his stomach being ripped open; Vera's death for too much gore and it looked "to real"; Enda's was cut due to excessive blood flow; Chili's impalement was cut because of a shot showing steaming blood hitting the floor; Debbie's death scene was also cut which originally showed blood running down her chest and splattering on her face.
  
  

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