Friday the 13th Part II

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Friday the 13th Part II

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

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.

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Derek Malcolm

Guardian

5 days ago

Merely an even trashier reprise of its trashy forerunner.

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Linda Gross

Los Angeles Times

5 days ago

The screenplay by Ron Kurz is terrible.

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Peter Stack

San Francisco Chronicle

5 days ago

The sequel is unabashedly an attempt to cash in on the popularity of the original -- and this make it inherently tainted.

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Robert C. Trussell

Kansas City Star

5 days ago

1/4

Much more of the same -- hack and stab, hack and stack, hack and stab.

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Mike Hughes

Gannett News Service

5 days ago

Miner has made a quick, slick film that leaves the audience shouting at the screen. But this still is a movie you can skip unless you're big on the slaying of camp counselors.

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Richard Freedman

Newark Star-Ledger

5 days ago

Will the cycle of vengeance never end? Not until moviegoers regain their heads and stop supporting exploitative claptrap like "Friday the 13th -- Part 2."

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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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Jaxon V

@RT06110605 7 hrs ago

With better characters, better kills, and Jason finally getting his film introduction, Friday the 13th Part II is an upgrade from the admittingly slow original.

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Shining-Nite T

@RT18695206 Sep 24, 2026

Secuela aceptable, en mi opinión es mejor que su antecesora, por tener un ritmo de más balanceado, un villano más amenazante (aunque su diseño definitivo no llegaría sino hasta la tercera entrega), y una final girl muchísimo más competente e inteligente. Se suele infravalorar demasiado a esta entrega solamente porque no aparece la icónica máscara de hockey, pero merece una oportunidad, es de las entregas más decentes, sólidas y digeribles de la saga.

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Gunner I

@RT64755212 Sep 24, 2026

This movie isn't that bad. Scary? Not really. But the story of pretty good. It helps to unfold the story of Jason Voorhees and that helps it out a lot.

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Mr N

@MRNOBODYRT132 Sep 19, 2026

Normies wouldn't understand. The point of these movies is that they're reliable.

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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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