Friday the 13th Part 2

Name: Friday the 13th Part 2
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: May 1, 1981
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 26
Cast: Adrienne King, Amy Steel, Betsy Palmer, John Furey, Kirsten Baker

1981

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: May 1, 1981 | X

Starring: Adrienne King, Amy Steel, Betsy Palmer, John Furey, Kirsten Baker, Marta Kober, Stuart Charno, Tom McBride, Walt Gorney, Warrington Gillette

Summary: Mrs. Voorhees is dead, and Camp Crystal Lake is shut down, but a camp next to the infamous place is stalked by an unknown assailant.

Director: Steve Miner

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Rating: X

Runtime: 87 min

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Jeremiah Kipp

By now, everyone knows what to expect from this kind of movie, but what’s surprising is how the low-budget rawness, cheap film stock bubbling over with grain, and washed-out lighting schemes give the film a kind of base in reality. Read full review

Eric Goldman

No one will mistake this for Quality Cinema, and it's marred by a confusing, murky ending. But there are some good thrills along the way. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Horror fans will probably delight in seeing yet another group of sexy, teen camp counselors gruesomely executed by yet another unknown assailant, but the enthusiasm will dampen once they recognize too many of the same twists and turns used in the original. Read full review

Gary Arnold

Miner doesn't linger over the multiple throat-slashings and skull-splittings. Comparatively speaking, he seems less bloodthirsty than the directors of Friday the 13th, The Exterminator or Mother's Day, to name only a few competitors of grosser gruesomeness. [13 May 1981, p.B6]

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Somehow, this one's even worse than the first. Called a sequel, it's basically the same movie, except that this time a different cast of teenagers gets killed in the usual, very graphic manner. Read full review

Rick Groen

The same covey of kids assemble at a summer camp to meet their predictable fate. Once again, their thespian talents defy assessment, since most hang around just long enough to take off the limited clothes of the American teen-ager and take on the limited role of the bloody victim - both acts performed just once, always in that order. [04 May 1981]

Roger Ebert

This movie is a cross between the Mad Slasher and Dead teenager genres; about two dozen movies a year feature a mad killer going berserk, and they're all about as bad as this one. Read full review

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47DELtOrZ

May 3, 2021

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robertoiglesias

Mar 16, 2018

Friday the 13th Part 2 is a good film, but now that I think about it, other Friday the 13th films are better than this.
This film is quite similar to the first film, kind of to a fault. Some of the new characters are interesting, like Mark and Vicky, but others aren't as enjoyable.
The deathFriday the 13th Part 2 is a good film, but now that I think about it, other Friday the 13th films are better than this.
This film is quite similar to the first film, kind of to a fault. Some of the new characters are interesting, like Mark and Vicky, but others aren't as enjoyable.
The death scenes are not that good, besides Mark's. Most of the deaths are on screen for around 2 seconds before immediately cutting away to a different scene!

So it's a good film, but not as good as other F13 films.… Expand

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imthenoob

Oct 23, 2018

The introduction of Jason, some quality kills and a solid cast make it well worth watching. It more than lives up to the original.

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Chemiker

Jul 30, 2023

Прогресс виден на лицо, не только повышением бюджета, но и увеличением числа актеров.
Другой лагерь, прошла 5 лет, но ничего не изменилось. Ведь место действия все равно у этого злополучного Кристального озеро.
Что порадовало, углубили сюжет, показали Джейсона, много экшен моментов, я быПрогресс виден на лицо, не только повышением бюджета, но и увеличением числа актеров.
Другой лагерь, прошла 5 лет, но ничего не изменилось. Ведь место действия все равно у этого злополучного Кристального озеро.
Что порадовало, углубили сюжет, показали Джейсона, много экшен моментов, я бы сказал вторая половина или 1 четверть из них состоит. Почему то думал Джейсон по больше будет, ну там под 2 метра ростом, а тут он как обычный человек, и ведь научился искусно убивать, откуда?
Наконец-то взрослые люди хоть что то могут, делают теории, защищаются. Главная героиня Джинни Филд, вообще порадовала, психолог которая играет Эми Стил, не растерялась в трудной ситуации.
Смотрел ночью, было страшно, хотя и пересматриваю.… Expand

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Rcavey92212

Mar 7, 2020

This is one of the weakest entries of the franchise in my opinion. It also doesn't fit in with the other films. Some things just make no sense. The opening for instance has Jason killing the films first survivor a few months after the first film. Heres the problem with that he's fully grown,This is one of the weakest entries of the franchise in my opinion. It also doesn't fit in with the other films. Some things just make no sense. The opening for instance has Jason killing the films first survivor a few months after the first film. Heres the problem with that he's fully grown, he somehow knows where she lives and travels to her house. Cut to 5 years later and a group of counselors are trying to open up a camp and start being stalking and slashed by a hooded Jason. Amy Steel stars as Ginny one of the franchise's smartest and most bad ass heroines. The movie is fun but it's so by the numbers and the finale leaves one of the biggest questions of the series. What happened to Paul?

3/5… Expand

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Kaijukai

Aug 3, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Friday the 13th part 2 the movie to put Jason as the slasher king. now if you have not watched the first friday the 13th you may not know but Jason is not the killer his mother is because Jason drowned. how did he live in the woods for 20+ years who knows but anyway lets get in to what I do like. what I do like is how good the continuity is with the First film. camp crystal lake has become a legend and the fact that Alice hardy is back (andreinne king) now sadly that's the only things I really do like this movie has a lot more flaws with me then it has things I like. one thing I did not like was Jason's design...really your going to have your main killers mask just be a potato sack now I love sackhead Jason but com on man that's the best you could think of? another thing is the rushed production of the film it just fells rushed the first ten minutes is just Alice rolling around in her bed dreaming of what happened in the fist movie... for twelve minutes and the movie is only 86 minutes long!so the entire meat of the story is only 70 minutes! another thing I did not like about this movie is how little Jason is in this movie in the entire 86 minute runtime I estimate that Jason is in the movie for about 10 minutes.now you might be saying what about in the first friday the 13th movie the killer was only in that film for 10 minutes well at least it was creative the killers are done in the same manner as the fist movie! anyway that was the review thanks for reading and overall I give this film a 4/10 2/5… Expand

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FilipeNeto

Jun 29, 2018

This film is a sequel to "Friday the 13th" and differs little (or even nothing) from its predecessor. The recipe is always the same and its common to all slasher films. Unfortunately, its the second of an almost endless succession of films of very reduced quality, that have haunted theThis film is a sequel to "Friday the 13th" and differs little (or even nothing) from its predecessor. The recipe is always the same and its common to all slasher films. Unfortunately, its the second of an almost endless succession of films of very reduced quality, that have haunted the cinema since then. There is nothing new here: it's more of the same.… Expand

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