Friday the th part 2 friday the th is a slightly weaker title, the killing may take place on a friday, but the date isnt really confirmed. The special effects, this time done by steven kirshoff, and the sound track, by the master henry manfredini, play a strong role in creating the atmosphere that miner was looking for. Pauls fate was more explained in an interview with peter bracke, author of crystal lake memories. Friday the th is about the best friday the th movie you could hope for.
And so i continue my quest to watch all of the friday the th movies for the first time. As good as friday the th part 3 is though, the sequel certainly isnt without some plot holes and continuity issues, one involving the very end of the film. For a brief period of time it appeared that jason lives adaptor simon hawke would be writing novelizations of the entire friday the th film series, but thankfully he never made it past part 2. It was the directorial debut of steve miner, who would also helm the next installment in the series, 1982s friday the th part iii. When the first friday the th film proved to be a hit, the studio naturally made plans for a. It was a moderate boxoffice hit, opening on may 1, 1981, in first place. The friday the th films are almost like cinematic comfort food, allowing. Friday the th is a 1980 american slasher film produced and directed by sean s. Friday the th part 2 also known as friday the th part ii is a 1981 american horror film directed by steve miner. Cunningham who evacuated the directors seat because he was not happy with the direction the series was taking, a feeling shared by tom savini, who. The entire friday the th story finally explained looper. When the first friday the th film proved to be a hit, the studio naturally made plans for a new one, to be released the year after there was only one problem. After ginny questions where paul is, the scene switches to mrs.
The second entry in the longrunning horror series focuses on a group of teenage wouldbe counselors converging on camp crystal lake for training under. Friday the th part 2 was released on may 1st, 1981. The other is, strangely enough, characters being united by an annoying dog a cheesy ending that cheapens both part 2 and jason takes manhattan. Voorhees is dead, and camp crystal lake is shut down, but a camp next to the infamous place is stalked by an unknown assailant. Although the film is a reimagining that takes inspiration from the original four films, fans consider it as friday the th part xii in the collection including the previous ten original and freddy vs jason as the eleventh film. Its plot follows a group of teenage camp counselors who are murdered one by one by an unknown killer while attempting to reopen an abandoned.
Were saluting the classic summer camp slasher film in our brand new episode. Friday the th part 3 is one of the better regarded sequels in the slasher franchise, but its final ending scare makes absolutely no sense. Competing film showdown friday the th part 2 vs halloween ii. With betsy palmer, amy steel, john furey, adrienne king.
There he reveals that there was an unused ending in the movie. Jun 12, 2015 friday the th part 2 friday the th is a slightly weaker title, the killing may take place on a friday, but the date isnt really confirmed. Friday the part 2 only makes the slightest effort to move the story forward and it does so awkwardly. Bringing back jason, the young boy whose drowning in friday the th was the motivation for the murders, was a controversial move at the time. Friday the th part 2 sets the template for the franchise to follow with more teen.
It is the second film in the evergrowing friday the th franchise, and the first film to feature jason voorhees as the central villain. The late show was halffilled with high school and college students, and as the lights went down i experienced a brief wave of nostalgia. A few months after the events of the first film, alice hardy adrienne. Friday the th part 2 is an american horrorslasher movie starring amanda righetti, jared padalecki, shantel vansanten, derek mears, amber heard, thomas dekker, chelan simmons, lucas till, crystal lowe, maggie grace, tom felton, kate mara, jessica stroup and matt lanter contentsshow plot few years later, whitney and clay with friends are back at camp crystal lake to camp for a couple of. Unexplained event at the end of the movie when ginny and paul meet the puppy at the door and all is well, jason jumps through the window behind them and he has a full head of hair and looks like a person however, a second jason comes in from the side in the next shot and hes bald and almost zombie. Mike sprague the friday the th saga has been one cursed fucing production since we last saw the hockeymasked hooligan. If thats what you want to find out, you can stop reading. A description of tropes appearing in friday the th part 2. The killer in the first film died in way that is very difficult to come back from, even for antagonists of slasher films, and there was no one left to take up the machete. However, after the popularity of the original films surprise ending, the filmmakers opted to continue the story and mythology surrounding camp. Friday the th part 2 is a 2017 horrorslasher film that will be a sequel to the 2009 horror film, friday the th and a reboot to the 1981 horror film of the same name. In a brief prologue set in 1958, two summer camp counselors at camp crystal lake, named barry willie adams and claudette debra s.
A sequel to friday the th 1980, it is also the second film in the friday the th series and the first to feature jason voorhees as the killer. Voorhees son jason is waiting when another load of teens amy steel, john furey, adrienne king tries to make a buck at camp crystal. Voorhees is dead, and camp crystal lake is shut down, but. After all, there is far better material for novels out there.
The films prologue recapped the ending of the previous film, beginning with solesurviving alice hardys adrienne king flashback nightmare, in which she recalled encountering schizophrenic mother mrs. The film also features the return of adrienne king, betsy palmer and walt gorney, who respectively portrayed alice hardy, pamela voorhees, and crazy ralph in the. Cunningham, written by victor miller, and starring betsy palmer, adrienne king, harry crosby, laurie bartram, mark nelson, jeannine taylor, robbi morgan, and kevin bacon. The film opens on june, 1980, on a camp counselor running through the forest from someone.
Friday the th part 2 set up camp 30 years ago in kent and new preston, ct. The film also features the return of adrienne king, betsy palmer and walt gorney, who respectively portrayed alice hardy, pamela voorhees, and crazy ralph in the prior installment. This will be the th installment film in the friday the th franchise. Friday the th part 2, marketed as friday the th part ii, is a 1981 slasher film and. Jan 15, 2020 sure, friday the th part 3s 3d effects arent the greatest, but when viewed as they were meant to be seen, at a theater in 3d, theyre actually pretty cool. Today, its time for friday the th part 2 1981, aka, the one where jason is the killer for the first time but.
Friday the th part 2 is a 1981 american slasher film produced and directed by steve miner in his directorial debut, written by ron kurz, and starring amy steel and john furey. Friday the th part ii is a slasher film directed by steve miner. No, the deaths in friday the th part 2 are more along the lines of garrotings, machete slashings, and pitchforks. Read the friday the th, part 2 plot and find out who is in the cast and crew at. It was by the numbers, it copied the original too much while managing to be. The complete history of friday the th, in the friday the th part ii dvd features. Part 2, the 1981 sequel to the 1980 horror classic friday the th. May 20, 2020 bringing back jason, the young boy whose drowning in friday the th was the motivation for the murders, was a controversial move at the time.
Get ready for twice the terror with friday the th part 2. It is a direct sequel to friday the th, picking up five years after that films conclusion, where a new murderer stalks camp counselors at a nearby training camp. Before they can completely undress, an unseen assailant sneaks into the room and murders them both. Five years after the massacre at camp crystal lake, the. September 30th, 2016 and so i continue my quest to watch all of the friday the th movies for the first time. One is a character dressing up as someone from jasons past used again in the final chapter. Part 2 is basically a remake of the first friday the th with almost exactly the same plot. As there isnt a great deal of plot here, theres not really a lot that i like to talk about. By bob deakin the friday the th part 2 theater poster from 1981 it was 1980. I saw friday the th, part 2 at the virginia theater, a former vaudeville house in my hometown of champaignurbana, illinois. Plot five years after the events of friday the th, camp crystal lake has shut down, but that doesnt stop jason from killing off the counselors in training at the camp thats opening next to it.
Horror movies had just made a comeback, perhaps inspired by director john carpenters halloween. May 08, 2020 friday the th part 2 adds two new elements that echo in later films. The film marks the first time jason voorhees is the antagonist his mother was the killer. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing friday the th, part 2 1981 near you. I watched this backtoback with the first movie, so because of that, the first five minutes or so of this were a bit redundant, in that they are a quick reprise of the original movie. Friday the th part 2 looked, smelled and acted like all those friday the th clones that came out after the original.
Waxwork details firstever vinyl release of friday the th part 2 to the delight of film score fans, but to the horror of camp counsellors, waxwork records has officially confirmed that it will. Friday the th part 2 2017 fanon wiki fandom powered. As of 2018, friday the th has spawned ten sequels, including a crossover film with a nightmare on elm street villain freddy krueger. Friday the th part 2 1981 introduced jason voorhees, the son of mrs. Friday the th part 2 headhunters horror house wiki. Today we discuss the first appearance of jason voorhees as a hulking serial killer in friday the th part 2, as well as the lesser known madman marz in madman before that, though, we have to handle our horror business. As silly as the friday the th movies may seem to outsiders, for horror fans, theyre just as beloved as something like star wars or the mcu is to the general moviegoing public. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. It was a moderate boxoffice hit, opening on may 1, 1981, in first.
F riday the th part 2 is basically a day in the life of some preaidsera teenagers they go on a nature trail, swim in a lake, trespass in a haunted house, then proceed to drink lots beer and try to screw each other. Mar 02, 2012 the producers of the friday the th series actually planned to end it with friday the th the final chapter, but the boxoffice success of that film paved the way for the series to continue. This film will have a snowy environment and will be the first film in the franchise where the setting is in snow. The plot is an excuse for joining together horrors, all of the. Friday the th part 2 is directed by steve miner and stars amy steel, john furey, adrienne king, betsy palmer, with steve daskewisz and warrington gillete as jason. Friday the th part 2 also fully introduced us to jason voorhees. Plot summary for friday the th part 2 1981, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. Most of the actors had hairstyles modeled after the cast of tv shows c. Friday the th part 2, marketed as friday the th part ii, is a 1981 slasher film and was the second sequel to the smash hit original. Corey dukes friday the th friday the th part 2 horror mystery steve miner director thriller. It is a reboot of the friday the th film series, which began in 1980. Singleminded in its desire to please the horror crowd, the film seeks to accomplish a checklist of things almost by rote. Friday the th is a 2009 american slasher film directed by marcus nispel and written by damian shannon and mark swift from a screen story by shannon, swift and mark wheaton. The film marks the first time jason voorhees is the antagonist his mother was the killer in the previous film.
At the end of friday the th, alice has a nightmare in which shes attacked by the. Aug 28, 2019 before summer ends, were going to head to camp. The movie was directed by steve miner with a screenplay written by ron kurz based on character concepts originally developed by victor miller. Friday the th part 2 was the directorial debut of steve miner friday the th part 3d, house, warlock, lake placid, and it was real trial by fire for the young film maker.
Plot five years after the events of friday the th, camp crystal lake has shut down, but that doesnt stop jason from killing off the counselors in training at the camp thats. Upon the release of friday the th part 2 in 1981, a new iconic killer was born. Friday the th part 2 never aspires to be termite art. From the friday the th wiki pauls fate was more explained in an interview with peter bracke, author of crystal lake memories. Nispel also directed the 2003 remake of tobe hoopers the texas chain saw massacre 1974, while shannon and swift wrote the screenplay for the 2003. How friday the th part 2 introduced jason in the flesh. Friday the th part 2 by simon hawke first printing feb. The film begins with the only survivor from the first movie, alice, being slain and murdered by a. Filming locations include kent, new preston, torrington and waterbury, ct. Hayes, sneak away from a camp fire singalong to have sex. Friday the thathon day 2 friday the th part 2 is directed by steve miner and stars amy steel, john furey, adrienne king, betsy palmer, with steve daskewisz and warrington gillete as jason. Part 2 is a dangerous game to play as it implies a more direct sequel to the first film and may scare movie goers who didnt see the first off.
Friday the th part 2 is a 1981 slasher film directed by steve miner. Voorhees, as the primary antagonist, which would continue for the remaining sequels with exception of the fifth movie and related works. Slasher sequel friday the th part 2 leaves the fate of male lead paul john furey unresolved. Today we discuss the first appearance of jason voorhees as a hulking serial killer in friday the th part 2, as well as the lesser known madman marz in madman. Friday the th is a 2009 reboot of the friday the th franchise. The idea paid off as teen audiences were willing to put aside rational thought for cinematic thrills. Friday the th part 2 adds two new elements that echo in later films. Friday the th part 2 friday the th part 2 also known as friday the th part ii is a 1981 american horror film directed by steve miner. The gore set pieces are handled in workmanlike fashion, with pov shots and heavy breathing slowly building up to a false scare with a cat or best friend jumping out, followed by a mortifying glimpse of sadistic killing. Friday the th part 2 sets the template for the franchise to follow with more teen victims, more gruesome set pieces, and fewer reasons to keep following. Friday the th, part 2 amy steel john furey adrienne king 1981 mrs.
As teenagers in the program start snooping around camp crystal lake, they start getting killed violently one by one. Images of friday the th part 2 check out the friday the th part 2 wiki for more information about the film friday the th part ii is a slasher film directed by steve miner. After being mortally wounded and taken to the morgue, murderer jason voorhees spontaneously revives and embarks on a killing spree as he makes his way back to his home at camp crystal lake. The result is friday the th part 2, a sequel that is every bit as intense as the original.
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