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VHS : Friday the 13th Part 2


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starring: Betsy Palmer, Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King, Kirsten Baker
directed by: Steve Miner







Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5014437434623
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 87 minutes
Sales Rank: 34984
Theatrical Release Date: May 01, 1981



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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
As bad as Friday the 13th, Part 2 is, it's a work of art in comparison to the rest of the Friday the 13th flicks that came afterward. This installment officially introduced us to Jason Voorhees as the killer (if you remember Drew Barrymore's fatal phone quiz in Scream, you know that the killer in the first Friday the 13th was actually Jason's mother), and made the slicing and dicing even more generic. Survivor Alice is dispatched within the first 10 minutes, and we're left with plucky Ginny (Amy Steel, doing a fairly decent Jamie Lee Curtis impression) to do battle with the monstrous Jason. Ginny's part of a another group of horny teenagers (less intelligent as well as less attractive than their predecessors) who try to resurrect Camp Crystal Lake five years after the initial murders--a pretty mean feat, considering this movie was made only a year after the first one. Being a smarty-pants child-psychology major, Ginny tries to outwit the dim Jason, and at one point dons the bloody and moldy sweater of Jason's late mother (which is more disgusting than any of the killings beforehand) in an attempt to confuse the masked killer. Jason may not be the brightest bulb on the tree, but the only one who's going to pull the wool--or in this case, the burlap--over his eyes is Jason himself, who wears a sack with one eyehole throughout the movie to hide his deformed features (he finally found his way to a sporting-goods store and his trademark hockey mask appears in the third installment of the series). Directed by Steve Miner, who also helmed the next Friday the 13th film (in 3-D no less) as well as the more reputable House, Forever Young, and Halloween: H20. --Mark Englehart



Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The BEST Friday of the bunch
Friday The 13th part 2 In my opinion the best Friday in the series.
After seeing The heroine from part one "Alice"get an Ice pick through the brain and The decapitated head of Mrs Vorhees in the Fridge I knew this was going to be great.
In Part 2 we get the first glimpse of Jason as an adult and he is far more menacing than his mother who was a 50 year old woman.
The original gets props for originality but not for it's plausibility.
Also ,Amy Steele gives a much better ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Friday the 13th part 2 Review
The video came on time and was in great condition. I am satisfied with my purchase.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Very Exceptional Sequel
FRIDAY THE 13TH-PART II is definetly an upgrade from the original FRIDAY THE 13TH, since FRIDAY THE 13TH-PART 2 is the one where the relentless Jason Voorhees starts doing the killings at Crystal Lake to avenge the death of his vengeful mother Pamela Voorhees(Betsy Palmer)and makes his very first actual appearance while assuming the continuance of the brutal mass murders that Jason's mother started in the first place since Jason(Warrington Gillette) was convinced that anyone who comes to Crystal ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The best film in the entire series, as far as I'm concerned
As far as I'm concerned, Friday the 13th Part II is the best film in the whole series. Moms did some nice work, but now it's time for the real killing machine to take over. Jason doesn't have the hockey mask yet, and he's not yet the seemingly inhuman, unstoppable killing force he will become, but he definitely earned slasher rookie of the year for his efforts in this film. He doesn't have the scary presence of a Michael Myers, but Jason is all about ruthless, efficient killing. The first few ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Jason gets his kill on!
Part 2 paves the way for the other 10 sequels.Part 2 is were Jason starts his murdering career on screen for the first time,opening with the revenge kill of the only survior from part 1 that decapitated his mother.I love that opening scene. I have seen this movie at least a dozen times and i'm going to play it right after I'm done writing this(bye!)




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