Is Friday the 13th scary?

Moderately so — Friday the 13th mixes scares with other modes. As a whodunnit film, it scored 6.0/10 for fear, 7.0/10 for atmosphere, and 7.0/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Friday the 13th?

Friday the 13th has 10 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Friday the 13th?

Friday the 13th is tagged as whodunnit, teen, slasher on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Friday the 13th

Name: Friday the 13th
Genre: horror
Released: 1980-05-09
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 7.0

1980 · R · 1h 35m

They were warned...They are doomed...And on Friday the 13th, nothing will save them.

Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.

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Curator Score

7.0

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Carried by gore.

Jump scares

Friday the 13th has 10 jump scares. Compare counts

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7.0Overall

Fear6.0

Gore8.0

Atmosphere7.0

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horror

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Details

Budget$550,000

Box office$39.9M

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Starring

Adrienne King as Alice · Betsy Palmer as Mrs. Voorhees · Kevin Bacon as Jack · Jeannine Taylor as Marcie · Harry Crosby as Bill · Laurie Bartram as Brenda · Mark Nelson as Ned · Peter Brouwer as Steve Christy

Production

Georgetown Productions, Sean S. Cunningham Films

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