
Friday the 13th
1980


“The last scream you hear... is your own!”
36 votes
Late one night, a young couple are brutally murdered at a make-out spot by an unseen assailant, their bodies tossed into the nearby river. As the lifeless lovers drift slowly downstream, the residents of the town excitedly prepare themselves for their annual carnival, unaware that a machete-wielding maniac with a twisted grudge is lurking in their midst. When a group of teen revellers plan a late-night after party down in the local cemetery, they unwittingly set the stage for a bloodbath.
Director
David NelsonWriter
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Low budget and rather dull 1980s-slasher where 60-70% was filler and a sequence that Red Letter Media would call "shooting the radio" where we spend a chunk of time at a county fair. None of the characters are memorable but at least the last 15 minutes had a silly fun vibe, just not nearly enough to make this at all entertaining. **2.0/5**

**_Obscure slasher set in the heart of the South_** Several 20-somethings and 30-somethings try to enjoy life in a North Carolina town, going to a carnival, partying at a river and hanging out at a creepy graveyard, but their festivities are interrupted by a killer with a machete. "Death Screams" (1982), aka “House of Death,” is a slasher that includes bits from “Friday the 13th” (1980), “The Funhouse” (1981) and “Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things” (1972). While it’s not as good as the first two, it’s at least on par with “Children” and superior in some ways. I like the warmth and…
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