* '''''Film/{{Friday The 13th 1980}}'' (1980)''' -- A mystery killer stalks and murders counselors at Camp Crystal Lake as they attempt to prepare the camp to be reopened. [[ItWasHisSled As famously pointed]] out in the opening of ''Film/{{Scream}}'', [[spoiler:Pamela Voorhees killed everyone. Jason's mother blamed the counselors at the camp's previous incarnation for letting her son drown (since they were too busy having sex to watch him), and she didn't want to let the camp re-open]]. Despite the quality of its sequels, numerous critics and fans think of ''Friday the 13th'' as an effective horror film. 
* '''''Film/{{Friday The 13th Part 2}}'' (1981)''' -- Counselors who want to re-open Camp Crystal Lake end up murdered. Do you sense a pattern here? Even though this film pretty much works the same as the first film, it features the first occurrence of Jason as the killer; he uses a pillow case to cover his head in this film. He wouldn't put on the hockey mask until... 
* '''''Film/{{Friday The 13th Part III}}'' (1982)''' -- Jason stalks and kills teenagers at a camp near Crystal Lake. You'd think people would know better by now. Originally shot in [[ThreeDMovie 3-D]], the film randomly features shots of various things flying towards the camera -- along with a couple of (very cool) three-dimensional kills. Jason puts on the hockey mask in this film -- and this film also marks the point where [[VillainProtagonist your sympathies might start going towards the killer]]. 
* '''''Film/{{Friday The 13th The Final Chapter}}'' (1984)''' -- Jason stalks and kills teenagers at a lake house near Crystal Lake. The police really should look into this. This film became a SeriesFauxnale when it performed so well at the box office that the series continued despite the intent of the producers to end the franchise. ''Final Chapter'' features Corey Feldman as a young Tommy Jarvis, Crispin Glover as one of the ill-fated teenagers, a lot of gratuitous nudity, arguably the best gore in the series (courtesy of special effects genius Tom Savini), and a ton of NarmCharm. If you want to watch a SoBadItsGood teen comedy that morphs into a SugarWiki/SoCoolItsAwesome horror flick, you want this movie. 
* '''''Film/{{Friday The 13th Part V A New Beginning}}'' (1985)''' -- A mystery killer targets teenagers and adults alike at a halfway house for troubled teens located near Crystal Lake -- including a teenaged Tommy Jarvis, who has arrived there to recover from his encounter with Jason four years prior. Do you see what they did there with the title? This film features a twist where [[spoiler:a man who wanted to avenge the death of his son, which occurred at the halfway house earlier in the film, dons the Jason Voorhees identity (including the hockey mask) to cover his tracks while he kills]]. The film catches a lot of crap for its lame plot, but it ''does'' feature some of the best death performances out of the whole franchise. These teens ''know'' how to die! Also has some of the best nudity in the franchise.
* '''''Film/{{Friday The 13th Part VI Jason Lives}}'' (1986)''' -- Tommy Jarvis sets out to kill Jason for good, but accidentally resurrects Jason, who goes on to stalk and kill teenagers in the town of Crystal Lake while Tommy tries to stop the supernatural slasher once and for all. This film features far less gore than previous installments (and no nudity whatsoever) thanks to an upswing of MoralGuardians at the MPAA. Even with those drawbacks, fans still regard ''Jason Lives'' as one of the finest films in the series in terms of plot. This entry marked the turning point where the series seemed to recognize its goofiness and started to include LampshadeHanging and self-deprecatory humor (until the remake tried to make things scary again, at least). As an aside: out of every film in the franchise, only ''Jason Lives'' shows children actually making it to Camp Crystal Lake for the summer. Presumably they go home early. 
* '''''Film/{{Friday The 13th Part VII The New Blood}}'' (1988)''' -- Jason stalks and kills teenagers at houses built near Crystal Lake. That makes for a shocking change of pace, right? Instead of Tommy Jarvis, a young woman named Tina awakens -- and confronts -- Jason over the course of the film. New Line and Paramount wanted to make what would become ''Freddy vs. Jason'' with this installment, but after negotiations between the studios broke down, a girl with PsychicPowers (Tina) became the lead protagonist (fans gave the film an appropriate FanNickname: ''Jason vs. {{Carrie}}''). Kane Hodder debuted as Jason in this film and played the role up until ''Freddy vs. Jason''; franchise fans consider Hodder the best actor to don the mask.
* '''''Film/{{Friday The 13th Part VIII Jason Takes Manhattan}}'' (1989)''' -- Jason kills teenagers on a boat that leaves from Crystal Lake and ends up at New York, where Jason stalks the survivors through [[BigApplesauce Manhattan]] for the last twenty minutes. At least the studio tried something different, right? The filmmakers shot this film in [[StargateCity Vancouver]], and it shows. Jason gets one of his most memorable kills in this film when he [[MortalKombat punches the head off of one of his victims]]. ''Jason Takes Manhattan'' had the worst box office performance out of the entire series, and while fans generally think of this as the series' worst entry, they have pointed out a few charms.

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* '''''Film/FridayThe13th1980'' (1980)''' -- A mystery killer stalks and murders counselors at Camp Crystal Lake as they attempt to prepare the camp to be reopened. [[ItWasHisSled As famously pointed]] out in the opening of ''Film/{{Scream 1996}}'', [[spoiler:Pamela Voorhees killed everyone. Jason's mother blamed the counselors at the camp's previous incarnation for letting her son drown (since they were too busy having sex to watch him), and she didn't want to let the camp re-open]]. Despite the quality of its sequels, numerous critics and fans think of ''Friday the 13th'' as an effective horror film. 
* '''''Film/FridayThe13thPart2'' (1981)''' -- Counselors who want to re-open Camp Crystal Lake end up murdered. Do you sense a pattern here? Even though this film pretty much works the same as the first film, it features the first occurrence of Jason as the killer; he uses a pillow case to cover his head in this film. He wouldn't put on the hockey mask until... 
* '''''Film/FridayThe13thPartIII}}'' (1982)''' -- Jason stalks and kills teenagers at a camp near Crystal Lake. You'd think people would know better by now. Originally shot in [[ThreeDMovie 3-D]], the film randomly features shots of various things flying towards the camera -- along with a couple of (very cool) three-dimensional kills. Jason puts on the hockey mask in this film -- and this film also marks the point where [[VillainProtagonist your sympathies might start going towards the killer]]. 
* '''''Film/FridayThe13thTheFinalChapter'' (1984)''' -- Jason stalks and kills teenagers at a lake house near Crystal Lake. The police really should look into this. This film became a SeriesFauxnale when it performed so well at the box office that the series continued despite the intent of the producers to end the franchise. ''Final Chapter'' features Corey Feldman as a young Tommy Jarvis, Crispin Glover as one of the ill-fated teenagers, a lot of gratuitous nudity, arguably the best gore in the series (courtesy of special effects genius Tom Savini), and a ton of NarmCharm. If you want to watch a SoBadItsGood teen comedy that morphs into a SugarWiki/SoCoolItsAwesome horror flick, you want this movie. 
* '''''Film/FridayThe13thPartVANewBeginning'' (1985)''' -- A mystery killer targets teenagers and adults alike at a halfway house for troubled teens located near Crystal Lake -- including a teenaged Tommy Jarvis, who has arrived there to recover from his encounter with Jason four years prior. Do you see what they did there with the title? This film features a twist where [[spoiler:a man who wanted to avenge the death of his son, which occurred at the halfway house earlier in the film, dons the Jason Voorhees identity (including the hockey mask) to cover his tracks while he kills]]. The film catches a lot of crap for its lame plot, but it ''does'' feature some of the best death performances out of the whole franchise. These teens ''know'' how to die! Also has some of the best nudity in the franchise.
* '''''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives'' (1986)''' -- Tommy Jarvis sets out to kill Jason for good, but accidentally resurrects Jason, who goes on to stalk and kill teenagers in the town of Crystal Lake while Tommy tries to stop the supernatural slasher once and for all. This film features far less gore than previous installments (and no nudity whatsoever) thanks to an upswing of MoralGuardians at the MPAA. Even with those drawbacks, fans still regard ''Jason Lives'' as one of the finest films in the series in terms of plot. This entry marked the turning point where the series seemed to recognize its goofiness and started to include LampshadeHanging and self-deprecatory humor (until the remake tried to make things scary again, at least). As an aside: out of every film in the franchise, only ''Jason Lives'' shows children actually making it to Camp Crystal Lake for the summer. Presumably they go home early. 
* '''''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIITheNewBlood'' (1988)''' -- Jason stalks and kills teenagers at houses built near Crystal Lake. That makes for a shocking change of pace, right? Instead of Tommy Jarvis, a young woman named Tina awakens -- and confronts -- Jason over the course of the film. New Line and Paramount wanted to make what would become ''Freddy vs. Jason'' with this installment, but after negotiations between the studios broke down, a girl with PsychicPowers (Tina) became the lead protagonist (fans gave the film an appropriate FanNickname: ''Jason vs. {{Carrie}}''). Kane Hodder debuted as Jason in this film and played the role up until ''Freddy vs. Jason''; franchise fans consider Hodder the best actor to don the mask.
* '''''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIIIJasonTakesManhattan'' (1989)''' -- Jason kills teenagers on a boat that leaves from Crystal Lake and ends up at New York, where Jason stalks the survivors through [[BigApplesauce Manhattan]] for the last twenty minutes. At least the studio tried something different, right? The filmmakers shot this film in [[StargateCity Vancouver]], and it shows. Jason gets one of his most memorable kills in this film when he [[MortalKombat punches the head off of one of his victims]]. ''Jason Takes Manhattan'' had the worst box office performance out of the entire series, and while fans generally think of this as the series' worst entry, they have pointed out a few charms.

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