Friday the 13th Part 2

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Friday the 13th Part 2

R

1981

1h 27m

Horror

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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The second entry in the long-running horror series focuses on a group of teenage would-be counselors converging on Camp Crystal Lake for training under the tutelage of head counselor Paul (John Furey). Inevitably, Paul relates the story of Jason Voorhees (Warrington Gillette), a boy who ostensibly drowned at the camp and whose mother murdered a group of counselors in revenge. No one takes the tale seriously until a very much alive Jason begins gruesomely eliminating people.

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Critics Consensus

Mistaking an escalating body count for effective horror, Friday the 13th Part 2 recycles the original's lack of suspense and overkill of gory effects to diminished results.

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Peter Travers

Gannett Westchester Rockland Newspapers

Oct 7, 2026

"Part II" is interested in one thing: body count. You can clock a killing almost every five minutes.

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Derek Malcolm

Guardian

Sep 30, 2026

Merely an even trashier reprise of its trashy forerunner.

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Linda Gross

Los Angeles Times

Sep 30, 2026

The screenplay by Ron Kurz is terrible.

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Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

6 days ago

3/5

This is a pretty grounded horror film despite some of the silliness around Jason. I thought it was quite entertaining.

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Brandon Collins

Medium Popcorn

6 days ago

3/5

This is a fun slasher film that gives Jason a great introduction. The deaths are hilarious.

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Philip French

Observer (UK)

Oct 7, 2026

Less a sequel to 'Friday the 13th' than a carbon copy.

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Robert L

Feb 14, 2026

not as good as the first but still a classic

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Legus B

Oct 14, 2025

First Time see it on the big screen

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Vixo S

@vixo_six 4 days ago

I was disappointed by the first Friday the 13th, but Part 2 frustrated me even more. Its lengthy recap feels absurd for a sequel released only a year later, and once it ends, there is barely anything new to discover. The film copies its predecessor’s structure with another group of forgettable characters, while Jason’s arrival feels like an incomplete payoff. The characters are difficult to distinguish, the confrontations sometimes feel strangely staged, and the repetitive experience becomes increasingly difficult to take seriously. By the end, it felt as though I had watched the first film again, only with less patience and even fewer reasons to enjoy it.

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Richard R

@ezboi99 4 days ago

If you ever wanted to see Jason act like ghost face, this is the movie for you!

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Eric H

@EVHmovieman 6 days ago

Watch this along with the first film to get the full affect.

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ramon R

@rayk47 6 days ago

The art of suspense built to perfection

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Synopsis

The second entry in the long-running horror series focuses on a group of teenage would-be counselors converging on Camp Crystal Lake for training under the tutelage of head counselor Paul (John Furey). Inevitably, Paul relates the story of Jason Voorhees (Warrington Gillette), a boy who ostensibly drowned at the camp and whose mother murdered a group of counselors in revenge. No one takes the tale seriously until a very much alive Jason begins gruesomely eliminating people.

Director: Steve Miner
Producer: Steve Miner
Screenwriter: Ron Kurz
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Action, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 1, 1981, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2011
Runtime: 1h 27m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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