Friday the 13th Part 2

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Friday the 13th Part 2
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Directed by	Steve Miner
Produced by	Steve Miner
Written by	Ron Kurz Phil Scuderi (uncredited)
Starring	Amy Steel John Furey Adrienne King Kirsten Baker Stuart Charno Steve Dash Warrington Gillette
Music by	Harry Manfredini
Cinematography	Peter Stein
Editing by	Susan E. Cunningham
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	April 30, 1981
Running time	87 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,250,000 (estimated)
Preceded by	Friday the 13th
Followed by	Friday the 13th Part 3
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Friday the 13th Part 2 is a slasher film directed by Steve Miner, the first sequel to the Friday the 13th (1980) movie. This is the first film in the series in which the famed slasher Jason Voorhees kills, whereas the killer in the first movie was in fact Jason's mother Pamela Voorhees. It was a box-office hit, opening on April 30, 1981, in first place. It went on to gross $21,772,776.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Notes
4 Other media
5 External links

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Jason's mask in Friday the 13th Part 2

The film begins with the only survivor from the first movie, Alice (played again by Adrienne King), being slain by a mysterious prowler two months after the conclusion of the original film.

Five years later, a group of young adults have come to Crystal Lake to attend a counselor training center that has been set up near the now-condemned Camp Crystal Lake. Paul, the leader of the group, explains how camp counseling is a serious job, and that the main danger in this area is bears. One night, around a campfire, Paul tells the people about how Jason Voorhees drowned in the same lake which their training area also bounds; how his mother was found to be the infamous murderer of "Camp Blood"; and that Alice survived only to disappear shortly thereafter, and that some of the local residents believe Jason is still alive and viciously protects the area around Crystal Lake. When the counselors seem into the story, they are shocked by a man with a spear, but it only turns out to be Ted in a monster mask and Paul claims that Jason is dead. After getting to know one another and participating in some training exercises (which consist of dancing, jogging through the woods, swimming and a cookout), the majority of the trainees leave the campsite to party in town. Soon after, the remaining young adults are stalked and killed by a mostly-unseen killer. Upon their return to camp, Ginny and Paul discover the lights are not working in the main cabin and sheets on an upstairs bed that appear to be covered in blood. Paul is attacked by a figure whose head is covered with a pillow case as Ginny screams and runs out into the dark woods. After a lengthy chase, Ginny stumbles upon a run-down cabin and enters. In the back room, she discovers a table holding the severed head of Pamela Voorhees. Littered around the table are several bodies of the slain trainees as well as the rotten corpse of Alice. The killer is identified as Jason Voorhees, who seems to have survived his drowning. Ginny deceives Jason into believing that she is his mother, and after Paul wrestles with Jason, she slams a machete through his shoulder. Ginny wakes up while being placed in an ambulance with no recollection of what happened to Paul, or if Jason is really dead.

[edit] Cast

Amy Steel as Ginny
John Furey as Paul
Adrienne King as Alice
Kirsten Baker as Terry
Stuart Charno as Ted
Steve Daskawisz as Jason Stunt Double (all scenes with mask on)
Warrington Gillette as Jason (unmasked scene)
Walt Gorney as Crazy Ralph
Marta Kober as Sandra
Tom McBride as Mark
Bill Randolph as Jeff
Lauren-Marie Taylor as Vickie
Russell Todd as Scott
Betsy Palmer as Mrs. Voorhees
Cliff Cudney as Maxwell
Jack Marks as The Cop
Jerry Wallace as The Prowler

[edit] Notes

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Although credited for the part of Jason, Warrington Gillette plays only the unmasked Jason. In all of the scenes where Jason appears with the mask on, he is actually played by stuntman Steve Dash.
Steve Dash received a few major injuries when filming. According to Amy Steel, when she was in Jason's shack where Mrs. Voorhees severed head was, she was supposed to raise the machete and attack Jason. Jason was then supposed to block it with an ax/mattock/pickax. Amy Steel revealed that she did the scene at the wrong time and ended up hitting the actor's finger, which resulted in him going to the hospital for stitches. Later, the filming continued, and the actor still wanted to do the act.

[edit] Other media

A novelization based on the screenplay of Ron Kurz was published in 1988: Hawke, Simon, Friday the 13th Part II: A Novel, New American Library, New York, 1988, ISBN 0-451-15337-5