Perhaps the least interesting of all the Friday the 13th films, since it tries to be a "sequel" to the first film, referencing themes and storylines.
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02/20/09
Friday the 13th - Part 2 (1981)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:11
Rotten:20
Average Rating:4.5/10
Runtime: 89 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: A fresh batch of teenage camp counselors return to the ill-fated Camp Crystal Lake five years after its most recent atrocities. Since the apparent perpetrator of those crimes was decapitated by the... [More]
Starring: Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King, Kirsten Baker
Director: Steve Miner
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Reviews for Friday the 13th - Part 2
Even crude techniques, when properly employed, can be effective, in a lowest-common-denominator kind of way.
02/12/09
All things considered, it probably should have been a whole lot worse.
09/14/07
Basically only for completists looking to see Jason take center stage for the first time. [Blu-ray]
06/25/09
Not as good as the original, but still pretty fun, it serves up more of the same and continued to be fresh enough before its many other sequels got too silly.
03/05/09
Its general competence remains a surprising improvement, albeit not one strong enough to elevate it into the realm of recommendation.
01/17/08
cannot be defended intellectually, yet, the film's very simplicity and directness gives it a kind of folkloric power, albeit power that works only if you give yourself over to it
02/14/09
Friday the 13th Part 2 never aspires to be termite art.
02/04/09
The new camp counselors are interchangeable with the old ones. Different faces, same basic people.
06/12/09
A solid first sequel and the truly chilling jump scare at the end gives the original's a run for its money.
10/09/08
The last Friday the 13th film that makes an effort to scare its audience, rather than just going through the motions.
10/24/05
A little better than its predecessor, but that's not saying much.
04/19/02
a carbon copy sequel
02/20/08
More of the same. It all depends on your taste for carnage.
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