One of the most influential horror films of the 1980s, Sean S. Cunningham's variation on the classic giallo TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE (1972) established the template for the stalk-and-slash genre and was a huge surprise hit that launched an apparently unstoppable franchise. The stripped-down plot revolves around a group of teenaged camp counselors hired to staff the newly re-opened Camp Crystal Lake, shuttered since the unsolved 1958 murder of two employees. One youg woman, Annie (Robbi Morgan), never even makes it to Crystal Lake: She's murdered in the surrounding woods. The other summer hires — Alice (Adrienne King), Bill (Harry Crosby), Brenda (Laurie Bartram...
Released:
1980
Rated:
R
Length:
95 mins