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Casting continues on the upcoming Friday the 13th television series “Crystal Lake,” with filming on the project underway as we speak. The series from Peacock and A24 is set to be an expanded prequel to the original slasher classic from 1980, and that’s been reflected by many of the casting announcements that have been hitting our desk in recent weeks.

Callum Vinson is playing a young Jason Voorhees in the series, with Linda Cardellini starring as Mrs. Voorhees. Cameron Scoggins is playing Dorf, also a character from the original Friday the 13th, with Nick Cordileone as “Crazy Ralph,” Danielle Kotch as Claudette, and Phoenix Parnevik as Barry, all characters from that original movie.

The fan website Friday the 13th Franchise additionally reports today that Nancy Nagrant has joined the cast as Kay Christy, a relative of Steve Christy from Friday the 13th (1980)!

Steve Christy was played by Peter Brouwer in Sean Cunningham’s slasher classic,...

Another Friday the 13th is upon us – unfortunately, we’re just talking about the date, not the release of a new Friday the 13th movie. But while the future of Friday the 13th currently depends on what happens with the Crystal Lake TV series, we can still go back and revisit the awesome F13 movies we have received over the years… and now we have decided to go through our Friday the 13th films collection and pick the top 5 Best Endings in the Friday the 13th Franchise!

Friday The 13th Part III (1982)

This one is all about the chase. While Steve Miner’s Friday the 13th Part III was at one time expected to be the last movie in the franchise (so they made it extra special by shooting it in 3-D), the way Jason is dispatched doesn’t feel like a finishing blow. An axe to his hockey mask-protected...

Fans of the Friday the 13th movie series have a good reason to go binge-watch the original series of eight films from Paramount Pictures.

As reported by ComicBook, the first eight Friday the 13th films have been made available to watch for free on the free streaming platform Pluto TV. This includes all of the original movies to have Friday the 13th as part of the title, all of which were made under the Paramount umbrella. They are also the complete set of films from the franchise to be released in the 1980s, with the eighth film dropping in 1989. For some fans of the franchise, it marked the end of an era before the ninth installment, Jason Goes to Hell, took the movie series in a wildly different direction.

Related The Rookie Star's Underrated 17-Year-Old Horror Movie Hits Paramount+

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Given how close the Halloween season is, its no surprise that streaming services like Paramount+ are gearing up to deliver plenty of frightening films next month. While there might not be a slew of movies heading to the platform in October, there are definitely plenty of horror films slated for release, which subscribers are sure to love.

From a classic slasher flick to a psychological thriller and just about everything in between, Paramount+ has a wide selection of horror subgenres guaranteed to entertain anyone ready for a fright. Viewers looking for something spooky to watch on their next movie night should look no further than what the streaming service has to offer in the coming weeks.

Friday the 13th (1980) Stream on Oct. 1

An iconic slasher flick that sparked the massive horror franchise surrounding the notorious killer Jason Vorhees, Friday the 13th follows a group of camp counselors as they prepare...

Stand-up comedian / actor Bill Burr just made his feature directorial debut with the Netflix-released comedy Old Dads (you can read the JoBlo review at This Link), which is cool and all… but here on Arrow in the Head, the horror side of the JoBlo Network, we’re more interested in hearing Burr’s opinions on horror films. That’s why it caught our attention when YouTuber James Whale Bake Sale made a video to go with a clip from Burr’s podcast Monday Morning Podcast in which the comedian discusses the horror classic Friday the 13th – and goes on to explain why he stopped watching horror movies.

The video can be seen at the bottom of this article, and over the course of its five minutes he admits that the final jump scare in Friday the 13th really did scare the hell out of him, says that the franchise...

This Friday happens to be a Friday the 13th – and the Blairstown Diner, which was featured in the 1980 classic Friday the 13th (watch it Here), will be celebrating the date by teaming up with Spirit Halloween for a one-day special event. A press release notes that Spirit Halloween will be popping up at Blairstown Diner to “celebrate all things classic horror on the spookiest day of the year.”

Fans are invited to attend to enjoy a range of activities, games, and treats that will bring to life all the frightening fun of Friday the 13th. The day’s events will include:

Exclusive giveaways, including a limited-edition Spirit Halloween x Blairstown Diner t-shirt for the first 500 fans

Thrilling contests, including themed axe throwing & ‘bloody’ cherry pie eating

Hourly Friday, October 13th trivia with prizing

Free horror-themed face painting & caricatures

Exclusive themed menu items

Free tea and swag from Spirit Halloween’s partner,...

The classic slasher film Friday the 13th is getting an all-new 4K Uhd release coupled with an exclusive vinyl of the soundtrack.

From Waxwork Records, the bundle includes a new 4K Uhd steelbook of the very first Friday the 13th movie released in 1980. Also included is a new pressing of the original motion picture soundtrack composed by Harry Manfredini. The steelbook comes with a collectible slipcase featuring the soundtrack album artwork crafted by Jay Shaw, depicting an image of Crystal Lake in the eye of a terrified victim. A blood red and black swirl was used to color the vinyl which includes liner notes from director Sean Cunningham along with Manfredini.

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Friday the 13th was directed by Cunningham and written by Victor Miller. While Jason Voorhees, with his familiar hockey mask, would later become the face of the franchise, he was notably not the killer in the original film.

Three years ago, Paramount Pictures gave the 1980 classic Friday the 13th (watch it Here) a Blu-ray steelbook release to celebrate the film’s 40th anniversary. Now the folks at Fridaythe13thFranchise have caught word that Paramount is set to give the film a 4K steelbook release on October 10th – three days before an actual Friday the 13th rolls around on the calendar. They even got their hands on a picture of the 4K steelbook, and you can check it out at the bottom of this article.

It looks like this steelbook will be using the same artwork as the Blu-ray steelbook, but it will also come with a slipcover featuring artwork that was used for Waxwork Records’ vinyl release of the film’s score.

Directed by Sean S. Cunningham from a screenplay by Victor Miller, Friday the 13th has the following synopsis: Crystal Lake’s history of murder doesn’t...

A new episode of The Manson Brothers Show, which is hosted by the writers/stars of the horror comedy The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre – Chris Margetis (Stone Manson) and Mike Carey (Skull Manson) – has just been released, and in this one the boys head out to Camp Crystal Lake for a viewing of the 1980 classic Friday the 13th (watch it Here)! To find out what they had to say about the rampage Jason Voorhees’ mom went on, check out the video embedded above.

Directed by Sean S. Cunningham from a screenplay by Victor Miller, Friday the 13th has the following synopsis: Crystal Lake’s history of murder doesn’t deter counselors from setting up a summer camp in the woodsy area. Superstitious locals warn against it, but the fresh-faced young people — Jack, Alice, Bill, Marcie, and Ned — pay little heed to the old-timers. Then they find themselves stalked by a brutal killer.

It’s Friday the 13th, and we’re celebrating with a new episode of the Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? video series that looks back at the original, 1980 Friday the 13th (watch it Here)! To hear about some of what went into the making of this classic slasher, check out the video embedded above.

Directed by Sean S. Cunningham from a screenplay by Victor Miller, Friday the 13th has the following synopsis: Crystal Lake’s history of murder doesn’t deter counselors from setting up a summer camp in the woodsy area. Superstitious locals warn against it, but the fresh-faced young people — Jack, Alice, Bill, Marcie, and Ned — pay little heed to the old-timers. Then they find themselves stalked by a brutal killer. As they’re slashed, shot and stabbed, the counselors struggle to stay alive against a merciless opponent.

The film stars Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Jeannine Taylor,...

Sean S. Cunningham directs this legendary Friday 13, the first of an endless saga of terror films that gave rise to one of the bloodiests baddies in the history of movies: Jason Voorhees

Friday 13 was the second slasher in the history of movies which for many might not seem to be much, but for fans of horror films, this was a revelation and for producers a product with great rentability.

Premise

In the Crystal Lake camp two kids have died recently, and now the camp attempts to open its gates again with new monitors who arrive at the camp to prepare everything. However, someone does not seem to agree with this and starts methodically killing off the campers.

Friday the 13th The Movie

They say good movies don´t age, well, Friday 13 has aged and a lot. I watched it the other day and it seemed like a very old film,...

Sean Cunningham’s Friday the 13th (1980) is one of the most iconic franchises of the slasher era, but the timeline of the events quickly becomes convoluted — and the problem begins from the very first sequel, Friday the 13th Part 2. With the Friday the 13th prequel series Crystal Lake on the way, there's no better time to look back at the timeline. The low-budget film that Cunningham made in response to the huge success of John Carpenter's 1978 horror masterclass Halloween was given a strong marketing push by the studio. The television commercials and print ads created audience awareness uncommon for such an under-the-radar film with no marketable stars. The violent shocker ended up grossing nearly 40 million domestically, easily making the top twenty film releases that year.

Friday the 13th spawned seven sequels under the Paramount banner, as well as three New Line Cinema follow-ups (sans the Friday the 13th title...

1986: Another World's Cass heard Cecile plotting against Kathleen.

1997: Port Charles' Lucy was grabbed while looking for Serena.

2002: As the World Turns' Jack punched Craig.

2013: All My Children's David found Cassandra."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1932: CBS Radio soap opera Judy and Jane aired for the final time. Four months later, it was picked up by NBC Radio. After it was canceled from radio for good in 1935, it continued to be distributed through transcription for 12 more years.

1950: Hawkins Falls premiered on NBC.

1975: Frank told Delia he was leaving her on Ryan's Hope.

1993: A new Blair debuted on One Life to Live.

2007: The paternity of Victoria's baby was revealed on Y&R.

2007: General Hospital's Georgie was murdered."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1957: On The Edge of Night, Virginia Dalton (Cathleen Cordell) interrupted her husband Peter's (Stephen Elliot) call with the governor, insisting he fire Sybil Gordon (Priscilla Gillette). She later became furious when Peter ignored her warnings about associating with Bruce Thompson's people.

1968: On Dark Shadows,...

1988: General Hopsital's Jake was back in Port Charles.

1994: All My Children's Laurel tried to expose Janet.

2002: Young and the Restless' Victoria slapped Victor.

2005: Kay talked to the mystery woman on Passions."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1957: On The Edge of Night, the doctors realized that Mary Harper's (Anne Sargent) coma was a result of a drug overdose, rather than head injuries.

1972: Susan Brown debuted as Constance MacKenzie Carson in Return to Peyton Place.

1974: On Another World, Carol Lamonte (Jeanne Lange) met with Steve Frame (George Reinholt) to sound him out about Rachel.

1986: Another World's Cass heard Cecile plotting against Kathleen.

1997: Port Charles' Lucy was grabbed while looking for Serena.

2002: As the World Turns' Jack punched Craig.

2013: All My Children's David found Cassandra."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."

― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1932: CBS Radio soap opera Judy and Jane aired for the final time. Four months later, it was picked up by NBC Radio. After it was canceled from radio...

1975: Frank told Delia he was leaving her on Ryan's Hope.

1993: A new Blair debuted on One Life to Live.

2007: The paternity of Victoria's baby was revealed on Y&R.

2007: General Hospital's Georgie was murdered."History is a vast early warning system."

― Norman Cousins

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1957: On The Edge of Night, Virginia Dalton (Cathleen Cordell) interrupted her husband Peter's (Stephen Elliot) call with the governor, insisting he fire Sybil Gordon (Priscilla Gillette). She later became furious when Peter ignored her warnings about associating with Bruce Thompson's people.

1968: On Dark Shadows, David (David Henesy) felt guilty for causing Roger's "accident."

1975: On Ryan's Hope,...

When Peter Brouwer learned that he would need a liver transplant, he didn't think he'd find a donor in the hockey mom he had sat next to at his 9-year-old son Braedon's games for the past three years. Nearly six years ago, the Grimsby, Canada, father-of-two was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis (Psc), a rare disease that affects the body's bile ducts and can eventually lead to serious liver damage. Last February, Peter and his wife Melissa were told that he would need to look into getting on a liver transplant list after his bile ducts had hardened and scarred...

When Peter Brouwer learned that he would need a liver transplant, he didn't think he'd find a donor in the hockey mom he had sat next to at his 9-year-old son Braedon's games for the past three years. Nearly six years ago, the Grimsby, Canada, father-of-two was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis (Psc), a rare disease that affects the body's bile ducts and can eventually lead to serious liver damage. Last February, Peter and his wife Melissa were told that he would need to look into getting on a liver transplant list after his bile ducts had hardened and scarred...

Reviewed By: Chris Wright

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Friday the 13th (1980)

Directed By: Sean Cunningham

Written By: Victor Miller

Starring: Betsy Palmer (Pamela Voorhees), Adrienne King (Alice), Jeannine Taylor (Marcie), Robbi Morgan (Annie), Kevin Bacon (Jack), Harry Crosby (Bill), Laurie Bartram (Brenda), Mark Nelson (Ned), Peter Brouwer ( Steve), Rex Everhart (Truck Driver), Ron Carroll (Sergeant Tierney), Walt Gorney (Crazy Ralph), Ron Milkie (Officer Dorf), Willie Adams (Barry), Debra Hayes (Claudette )

“It’s got a death curse!” One of the most well known slashers in American horror doesn’t need to be refreshed in most horror fans minds because they know it very well. What the crew thought would just be a simple slasher film turned out to be a movement that spurned an entire franchise around it even spawning a remake in the 21st century. For me personally, this is the film that got me into horror to begin with. I remember...

Anne Sargent (ex-Connie, The First Hundred Years) - 87

Linda Evans (ex-Krystle, Dynasty) - 68

Susan Sullivan (ex-Lenore, Another World; ex-Nancy, A World Apart; ex-Maggie, Falcon Crest) - 68

Peter Brouwer (ex-Alex, One Life To Live; ex-Brad, As The World Turns; ex-Joe, Love Of Life) - 65

Glenn Walken (ex-Mike, Guiding Light) - 65

Jameson Parker (ex-Dale, Somerset; ex-Brad, One Life To Live) - 63

Gilles Kohler (ex-Gilles, All My Children) - 62

Andrea Marcovicci (ex-Betsy, Love Is A Many Splendored Thing) - 62

Shari Shattuck (ex-Ashley, The Young And The Restless; ex-Heather, The Bold And The Beautiful) - 50

Paul Korver (ex-Chris, As The World Turns) - 39...

Actors: Kevin Bacon, Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Robbi Morgan, Mark Nelson, Jeannine Taylor, Ari Lehman, Ronn Carroll, Peter Brouwer, Sally Anne Golden, Walter Gorney, Ron Millkie, Rex Everhart Director: Sean S. Cunningham Synopsis: Terror and suspense abound in this 24-hour nightmare of blood. Camp Crystal Lake has been shuttered for over 20 years due to several vicious and unsolved murders. The camp’s new owner and seven young counselors are readying the property for re-opening despite warnings of a “death curse” by local residents. The curse proves true on Friday the 13th as one by one each of the counselors is stalked by a violent killer. This film is [...]...

Paramount Home Entertainment released the latest DVD release details for the upcoming widescreen DVD release “Friday the 13th” by director Sean S. Cunningham ( The Last House on the Left ). Here’s the details: Actors: Kevin Bacon, Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Robbi Morgan, Mark Nelson, Jeannine Taylor, Ari Lehman, Ronn Carroll, Peter Brouwer, Sally Anne Golden, Walter Gorney, Ron Millkie, Rex Everhart Synopsis: Terror and suspense abound in this 24-hour nightmare of blood. Camp Crystal Lake has been shuttered for over 20 years due to several vicious and unsolved murders. The camp’s new owner and seven young counselors are readying the property for re-opening despite warnings of a “death curse” by local residents. The curse proves true [...]...