Friday the 13th is a
1980 American slasher horror film directed by Sean S. Cunningham and
written by Victor Miller. The film concerns a group of teenagers who are
murdered one by one while attempting to re-open an abandoned
campground, and stars Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie
Bartram, Kevin Bacon, Jeannine Taylor, Mark Nelson and Robbi Morgan. It
is considered one of the first “true” slasher movies.