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- 1981
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 27 m
- 1981
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 27 m
Summary Mrs. Voorhees is dead, and Camp Crystal Lake is shut down, but a camp next to the infamous place is stalked by an unknown assailant.
Directed By: Steve Miner
Written By: Ron Kurz, Victor Miller, Sean S. Cunningham
- 1981
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 27 m
- 1981
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 27 m
Friday the 13th Part 2
26
7.0
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Summary Mrs. Voorhees is dead, and Camp Crystal Lake is shut down, but a camp next to the infamous place is stalked by an unknown assailant.
Directed By: Steve Miner
Written By: Ron Kurz, Victor Miller, Sean S. Cunningham
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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13% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
38% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
50% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
26
13% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
38% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
50% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
By now, everyone knows what to expect from this kind of movie, but what’s surprising is how the low-budget rawness, cheap film stock bubbling over with grain, and washed-out lighting schemes give the film a kind of base in reality.
No one will mistake this for Quality Cinema, and it's marred by a confusing, murky ending. But there are some good thrills along the way.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 103 User Ratings
7.0
63% Positive
65 Ratings
65 Ratings
30% Mixed
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
7% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 103 User Ratings
7.0
63% Positive
65 Ratings
65 Ratings
30% Mixed
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
7% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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FRIDAY the 13th Part II will frighten you, at least for moments, although it will be a close-run thing whether it will be fright, nausea or simple distaste that gets to you first. The movie exists for no other purpose than to shock. 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. [4 May 1981, p.C1]
Miner doesn't linger over the multiple throat-slashings and skull-splittings. Comparatively speaking, he seems less bloodthirsty than the directors of Friday the 13th, The Exterminator or Mother's Day, to name only a few competitors of grosser gruesomeness. [13 May 1981, p.B6]
The same covey of kids assemble at a summer camp to meet their predictable fate. Once again, their thespian talents defy assessment, since most hang around just long enough to take off the limited clothes of the American teen-ager and take on the limited role of the bloody victim - both acts performed just once, always in that order. [04 May 1981]
Somehow, this one's even worse than the first. Called a sequel, it's basically the same movie, except that this time a different cast of teenagers gets killed in the usual, very graphic manner.
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.
One of the Series' best movies, with like able and remember able characters.
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This is one of the weakest entries of the franchise in my opinion. It also doesn't fit in with the other films. Some things just make no sense. The opening for instance has Jason killing the films first survivor a few months after the first film. Heres the problem with that he's fully grown, he somehow knows where she lives and travels to her house. Cut to 5 years later and a group of counselors are trying to open up a camp and start being stalking and slashed by a hooded Jason. Amy Steel stars as Ginny one of the franchise's smartest and most bad ass heroines. The movie is fun but it's so by the numbers and the finale leaves one of the biggest questions of the series. What happened to Paul?
3/5
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A definite improvement over the original, but it's still the same cheap scares and a pathetic attempt at creating suspense. It does have more creative kills and the decision-making of the protagonist did surprise me at the end.
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This movie starts right at the end of the last one. We can count on some flash-backs to help us to relocate events and characters. I found it really cool that it involves same characters, same locations, same roads. Whatsoever the overall spirit and atmosphere of the film almost did not change that much. We can clearly imagine how cheesy this movie will be when we see the title of the movie explode in the most pathetic way possible.
Let's pursue on the good points! This 80's atmosphere is amazing. The soundtrack is terrific. It is very often too much with these shrill violins but yeah, I love it. They kind of made an effort when they tried to create characters that were not all gigantic clichés. A lot of them are really likeable and interesting. At least they had some potential. Thanks to the soundscape, the scenes are as intense as they can be silly and boring to create the endless crescendo of events that this film ends up being. Eventually we know a bit more about Jason's life and goals.
Now let's switch to the inconvenients. Hard to know where to start. There are way too many vulgar and perverted shots. Nothing but a flat plot can explain so much nudity and voyeurism. There is something really indelicate and uncomfortable about seeing all these young women undressing. I know hormones are playing a rough game at that age but wow I felt like I was watching something like 'American Pie' sometimes! There are a lot of couples at the start and those who are not always find a way to get laid. As I wrote I think some characters had an amazing potential that is absolutely not used. It's a shame. Some people are only defined by their huge sexual appetite. I've said enough about the omnipresent over-sexualization of the characters. But not enough about the average IQ level of this bunch of teenagers. There are several situations in which they are as dumb as a rock. First of all Jason always manages to get surprisingly close to them without they notice it. It's not that discreet though! Nor that fast. However we see him numerous times in this film, surely way too often and randomly. The concepts of space and time are totally distorted as everyone (especially Jason) is able to reach any place in record time. Murders happen so quickly that they become laughable.
In conclusion this movie takes back the formula of the first one but with more mistakes and clumsiness. The end (no spoil) is literally the same.
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Don't be horny or you will die. Painfully bland and predictable. How many shots of the killers boots could we possibly need.
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Awards
Satellite Awards
• 1 Nomination
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
• 1 Nomination
