Friday the 13th Part 2

1981
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Friday the 13th Part 2

Critics Consensus

Friday the 13th Part 2 sets the template for the franchise to follow with more teen victims, more gruesome set pieces, and fewer reasons to keep following along.

29%

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Total Count: 42

48%

Audience Score

User Ratings: 68,304
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Movie Info

Two months after the events of the original Friday the 13th, Alice (Adrienne King), the lone survivor or Mrs. Vorhees' killing spree, meets a grisly end in her city apartment. Five years later, a new group of co-eds converges near Camp Crystal Lake, scene of the original massacre and the drowning of Jason Vorhees that preceded it. This time around, the horny collegians attend a nearby training school for camp counselors. As half the group parties in town, an unseen assailant picks off the other half one by one. Only when camp leader Paul (John Furey) and his girlfriend, Ginny (Amy Steel), return to camp do they uncover the identity of their stalker -- none other than Jason (Warrington Gillette) himself, alive but grotesquely deformed as a result of his childhood drowning. Flashbacks chronicle Jason's behind-the-scenes activities in the first film (perhaps explaining how his mother was able to throw the dead bodies of muscular youths through windows with such apparent ease). The young couple's only hope to defeat the fiend lies in psych major Ginny's insights in Jason's mental state. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi
  • Rating:
    R
  • Genre:
    Horror
  • Directed By:
    Steve Miner
  • Written By:
    Ron Kurz, Ron Kurtz
  • In Theaters:
     limited
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  • Runtime:
  • Studio:
    Paramount Studios

Cast

Amy Steel
as Ginny Field
John Furey
as Paul Holt
Adrienne King
as Alice Hardy
Kirsten Baker
as Terri
Stuart Charno
as Ted
Warrington Gillette
as Jason
Walt Gorney
as Crazy Ralph
Marta Kober
as Sandra
Tom McBride
as Mark
Walt Gorny
Bill Randolph
as Jeff
Lauren-Marie Taylor
as Vickie
Russell Todd
as Scott
Betsy Palmer
as Mrs. Voorhees
Cliff Cudney
as Max
Jack Marks
as Cop
Steve Daskawisz
as Jason's Stunt Double
Jerry Wallace
as Prowler
David Brand
as Counselor
Rex Everhart
as Enos the Truck Driver
China Chen
as Counselor
Carolyn Loudon
as Counselor
Jaime Perry
as Counselor
Tom Shea
as Counselor
Jill Voight
as Counselor
Carolyn Louden
as Extra Counselor
Walter Gorney
as Crazy Ralph
Lauren Taylor
as Vickie
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Critic Reviews for Friday the 13th Part 2

All Critics (42) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (30)

  • The plot is an excuse for joining together horrors, all of the sado-masochist kind, and the acting is rudimentary at best. It probably will make a fortune.

    Feb 8, 2019 | Full Review…

    John Corry

    New York Times
    Top Critic

  • Director Steve Miner and writer Ron Kurz introduce more potential victims than they have time or invention to knock off.

    Feb 8, 2019 | Full Review…

    Gary Arnold

    Washington Post
    Top Critic

  • Producer-director Steve Miner doesn't move in and out of scenes with the flair of original producer-director Sean Cunningham nor is he able to create the same nauseatingly realistic murder situations.

    Mar 26, 2009 | Full Review…

    Variety Staff

    Variety
    Top Critic

  • This first sequel to Friday the 13th opens with mild panache... The script then jumps five years, assembles a new set of victims at the summer camp, and repeats the gory carnage as before.

    Jan 26, 2006 | Full Review…

    Time Out Staff

    Time Out
    Top Critic

  • This movie is a cross between the Mad Slasher and Dead teenager genres; about two dozen movies a year feature a mad killer going berserk, and they're all about as bad as this one.

    Oct 23, 2004 | Rating: 0.5/4 | Full Review…

    Roger Ebert

    Chicago Sun-Times
    Top Critic

  • One monster's company, II's a crowd.

    Mar 11, 2019 | Full Review…

    People Staff

    People Magazine
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Audience Reviews for Friday the 13th Part 2

  • May 07, 2016
    The beginning of Jason's killing spree in part 2 and it's just more of the same but different teens to kill, The movie has allot of plot holes, Like did he really drown in the lake, His age makes no sense too, But I've come to my own understanding that he didn't drown in the lake as no body was recoverd and he lived in the woods for 20+ years that explains how he saw his mum die and his age, And the end of the first film where Jason comes out the lake as a boy was a dream.
    Jamie C Super Reviewer
  • Apr 20, 2016
    Solid horror film, worth checking out if you're a fan of slashers.
    Stephen S Super Reviewer
  • Jan 30, 2015
    After a long recap of the first movie and impressive long takes in a tense opening scene, this equally brainless sequel just follows the formula of its predecessor - only with more fun gore -, helping define the now well-known clichés of the genre including an indestructible villain.
    Carlos M Super Reviewer
  • Aug 18, 2013
    Terror returns to Crystal Lake in Friday the 13th Part 2. When a new group of counselors gear up to open a new camp at Crystal Lake, local urban legend Jason Voorhees comes out of the woods and goes on a murdering rampage. The story is pretty thin and is full of plot holes; especially the ending (which completely falls apart). However, the directing does a pretty effective job at building tension and suspense; particularly given the relatively low level of blood and gore. While there are a number of problems with Friday the 13th Part 2, it's still a chilling horror film.
    Dann M Super Reviewer
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