1981 was really full of great horror movies. The Evil Dead, An American Werewolf in London, The Howling, Halloween 2 and Friday the 13th: Part 2. Director Steve Miner takes the opportunity with this feature to tell the continuation of the lore that we had from the first film. He expands upon it in pretty great detail. This isn't just another F13 movie. This is the episode that introduces Jason Voorhees as the series antagonist that we all fear. A new person comes in to bankroll the reopening of Camp Crystal Lake after the events of the first film, Friday the 13th . We get a great deal of backstory and a quick recap of the events leading up to this point, including the decapitation of Mrs. Voorhees. New young adults means new blood and this time the old lady isn't doing the killing. Jason is awake and he wants to kill. Apparently this film franchise was going to be like that of Halloween and they had meant for this to be an Anthology series. However,...
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