FRIDAY THE 13TH
THE ORIGINAL 1980 CLASSIC
ORIGINAL BLU-RAY
CONDITION: LIKE NEW
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A group of fun-loving teenagers take jobs at a recently re-opened summer camp, unaware of the circumstances that had led to its closure, the drowning of a young boy named Jason and subsequent murder of two Counsellors over twenty years before. No sooner has the Camp re-opened for business than the killing begins again, as the teens are picked off one by one.
CUSTOMER REVIEW
As far as slashers go this is one of the best, you can't be a serious fan of the Horror genre unless you've seen this one. The film is of course uncut although it is only 10 seconds of extra footage. The extra footage is that Anni's death is 2 seconds longer, The sex scene has an extra butt pinch, Jacks death is 4 seconds longer and Marcie's death is also 2 seconds longer. The final beheading has no time difference however it is edited differently. The extra's include the trailer, cast and crew commentary, a reunion, a couple of interviews and a strange short video of 2 people getting killed by an unknown killer possibly Jason it's only about a minute long. all in all this is definitely the best edition out there.
Having now seen the first three "Friday" films on Blu, I have to say that this is darn close to being the best. Part II maybe just edges it for picture quality, but the original is surprisingly sharp, with night-time scenes very well managed and no objectionable grain levels, for my money. Colours are occasionally a little overcooked, as in the late diner scene, but then the seventies were just ending and perhaps they really were wearing those colours? That aside, colours and contrasts are generally good, with fairly solid black levels. This film really puts Part III to shame in terms of picture quality.
The soundtrack is also quite impressive for the age. Forceful and sinister, particularly in the last half hour. Dialogue is maybe occasionally a bit light-sounding, but on the whole the True HD 5.1 soundtrack does a terrific job, with respectable surround and subwoofer effects. To compare it with its great rival "Halloween" of which this film was something of an imitation: the sound quality is comfortably better, the colours are richer, and sharpness is also somewhat better.
The plot remains the great ace in the sleeve, with a magnificent twist and a truly shocking ending. The original film has still not lost its power to generate suspense and make you jump.
A really great transfer of a much loved Classic, albeit a classic indebted to "Halloween" and, in an inverted way, "Psycho".
- Director : Sean S. Cunningham
- Run time : 1 hour and 31 minutes
- Actors : Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Mark Nelson
- Dubbed: : English
- Subtitles: : English, Dutch, German, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Castilian, Swedish
- Language : German (Dolby Digital 1.0), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Italian (Dolby Digital 1.0), Castilian (Dolby Digital 1.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 1.0), English (Dolby TrueHD 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 1.0), Catalan (Dolby Digital 1.0)
- Studio : Warner Home Video
- Producers : Sean S. Cunningham
- Writers : Victor Miller
