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A picture hides a thousand words ...On a hot July day in 1967, Odelle Bastien climbs the stone steps...
The Roanoke Girls
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Underneath the Roanoke Girls' perfect exterior lies a chilling secret...'Utterly addictive' LISA...
Izombie: Volume 1: Dead to the World
Chris Roberson and Mike Allred
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Written by CHRIS ROBERSON Art and cover by MICHAEL ALLRED "iZombie is flat out my favorite new title...
Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery
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Welcome back to Mount Polbearne! The new book from Top Ten bestseller Jenny Colgan is full of...
Disorderly Conduct: The Academy
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You don't know what you've got until it's gone...Police academy cadet Charlie Burns can't believe...
Rebalancing Public Partnership: Innovative Practice Between Government and Nonprofits from Around the World
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In the US, as in many other Western economies, federal and state government is working to become...
Scooby-Doo (2002)
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Zoinks! This first-ever live-action adaptation of the beloved and long-running animated series...
LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Friday the 13th (1980) in Movies
Jul 14, 2020
Following hot on the heels of Halloween, Friday the 13th is the slasher genre stripped down to it's bare bones - a group of horny teenagers isolated from the rest of the world, a relentless killer hunting them down one by one, until we're left with a lone final girl.
Tropes that have since become iconic, much like the setting of Camp Crystal Lake.
The summer camp setting has been aped and parodied for years following the films release back in 1980.
The practical effects used by the now legendary Tom Savini are still great. They may be showing their age, but I would take it over sub standard CGI any day. Throw in a frantic and memorable musical score courtesy of Harry Manfredini, a gleefully sinister performance from Betsy Palmer as Pamela Voorhees, and one of the greatest "Gotcha!" endings in horror cinema, and you have a title that's deserving of the love it gets.


