![]() ![]() To celebrate the film, and its often tumultuous production, here are 17 facts about the birth of the legend of Jason Voorhees. Today, Friday the 13th is an essential slasher classic, but the road to success wasn’t exactly easy. Instead, it became a watershed moment in horror filmmaking, a landmark that has inspired countless imitators and nearly a dozen sequels. ![]() Friday the 13th was supposed to be a simple exercise in good movie business, a film that would make money thanks to clever manipulation of the horror genre and some gory scares. In the fall of 1979, a group of unknown actors, a director desperate for a hit, and a special effects visionary got together in the woods of New Jersey to create the stuff of legend. ![]()
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