Horror.net Horror Movie Series Tribute Sites :::: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre  ::  The Evil Dead  ::  Friday The 13th  ::  Halloween  ::  A Nightmare On Elm Street THE HORROR MOVIE CLASSIC SERIES AS SEEN BY THE STAFF OF BURIED.COM ... FRIDAY THE 13TH THE MOVIES REVIEWED FRIDAY THE 13TH 1 FRIDAY THE 13TH 2 FRIDAY THE 13TH 3 FRIDAY THE 13TH 4 FRIDAY THE 13TH 5 FRIDAY THE 13TH 6 FRIDAY THE 13TH 7 FRIDAY THE 13TH 8 FRIDAY THE 13TH 9 FRIDAY THE 13TH 10 COMPLETE WRITEUP BACK TO HOME PAGE Friday The 13th Series Jason Voorhees What started out as a title only, went on to become both a trend setting horror classic and an American cinema success story; Friday the 13th and its many sequels launched the slasher film craze in 1980. Call it timing, luck, or well-crafted filmmaking, Friday The 13th found a niche and fans went wild. Remember how people went to see it over and over again? Forty million dollars or so it grabbed that year, not bad for a low budget slasher film that was shot after first coming up with just a title as an idea and a few ad slicks to begin with. You have to admit it is a damn good title for a horror film! It's safe to say that this film and the series were easily the most imitated slasher movie ever. Seeing the bucks that could be made by offing teens, producers scrambled to get their "hit" out soon after. The home video boom, which hit a few years later, was filled with 13th wannabes. Personally, I hate the way Paramount has treated the original, never doing anything special for its anniversaries or even acknowledging its success. While Psycho, Bay of Blood, Black Christmas, and Halloween all slashed away before Friday the 13th, for some reason, Friday The 13th struck a certain chord with its extremely gory, in-your-face murder scenes. Even though some of the blood was trimmed... Click here for the Undertaker's complete writeup of Friday The 13th series. Buy The Horror Series on DVD From Amazon.com Buy On DVD Buy On DVD Buy On DVD Horror.net Classic Horror Movie Tribute Sites :: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre  ::  The Evil Dead  ::  Friday The 13th  ::  Halloween  ::  A Nightmare On Elm Street Horror.net Horror Search Engine and Horror Directory Buried.com Horror movies, horror fiction and much more Samhain.com Halloween Search Engine and Directory ScreamQueen Scream Queens and the Hottest Ladies In Horror CryptCrawl.com Horror and Halloween Search Engine FirstFright.com Horror Press Releases and Horror News Brimstone.org Horror and Science Fiction Movie Database Frightmaster Horror Shopping Maul and Your Guide To Horror RandomSanity Horror Message Board and Community Jasonvoorhees.com | Friday The 13th Horror Movie Tribute Site | Presented by Buried.com | Part of the Horror.net Horror Network Copyright © 1998- Horror.net :: The Web's Deadliest Horror Network. Property of GlassPlanet Design. All Rights Reserved.