Friday the 13th (1980) - Quotes

Trapped with No Escape

Taglines: Everywhere to run. Nowhere to hide.

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Unexpected Length of Time

Taglines: They figured it would be a long week. What they didn't figure was that it would be a long week that day.

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Survival is uncertain until Saturday morning

Taglines: Don't count on making it to Saturday morning.

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A Day of Unrelenting Terror

Taglines: A 24-hour nightmare of terror.

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Unforeseen Misfortunes Await You Today

Taglines: If you think this is your unlucky day...You don't know the half of it.

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Doomed on Friday the 13th

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

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Discussion About a Snake Encounter

Alice: (after Bill kills the snake) Is it dead?

Ned: Either that or it's got a very short clone.

Marcie: Well, at least we know what's for dinner.

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A Snake Under the Bed

Alice: (a snake is under the bed) I can't sleep if there's a snake in here!

Bill: I can't kill it until it comes out.

Alice: Well, call him!

Bill: How do you call a snake?

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Unexpected Tension Among Friends in the Cabin

Jack: (seeing Bill with a big knife raised) Jesus, Bill! What are you doing?

Bill: There's a snake in here!

Marcie: Why are we in here?

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Searching for the Town's Eccentric Character

Officer Dorf: Looking for someone. Guy named Ralph. Town crazy.

Ned: (acting silly with the stereotypical Native American gear on) Well, there's no crazy people around here!

Officer Dorf: I told you to sit on it, Tonto. Now, I got word that Ralph was out here, spouting his Gospel.

Bill: This guy, Ralph, is he dangerous or anything?

Officer Dorf: Every time that loony gets drunk, he gets his "calling." Then I spend the morning in court, and he gets a week in jail.

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Cultural Sensitivity in Humor and Its Missteps

Ned: (doing a rain-dance wearing a stereotypical Native American headdress on) I'm just kidding around, officer.

Officer Dorf: Can it, Cochise.

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Grief and Horror in the Face of Death

Pamela Voorhees: (seeing Brenda's dead body) Oh, good lord! So young. So pretty. Oh, what monster could have done this?

Alice: Bill's out there.

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Misunderstandings Over Cannabis Among Friends

Officer Dorf: What you been smoking, boy?

Jack: Smoke? Don't smoke! Causes cancer.

Officer Dorf: You know what I mean! What, you just get off a spaceship or something? Come on, Colombian gold, man. Hash, grass, the weed, dig it?

Ned: Does he mean what I think he means?

Officer Dorf: Hey, don't get smart!

Ned: Me? I'm as dumb as they come.

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Unspoken Concerns at Campgrounds

Enos: I tell ya, he's causing enough problems for your boss with all that talk. Damn nuisance. Did he tell you anything?

Annie: Oh, I'll be cooking for fifty kids and ten staff. The campers will mostly be like inner-city children.

Enos: I mean about what happened.

Annie: No. (Enos shakes his head) Come on, there's something you're not telling me.

Enos: Quit. Quit now.

Annie: Quit? Why would I wanna quit?

Enos: Camp Crystal Lake is jinxed.

Annie: Oh, terrific. Not you, too! You sound like your crazy friend back there, Ralph.

Enos: Well, maybe. Did Christy tell you about the two kids murdered in 58? Boy drowning in 57? Bunch of fires? Nobody knows who did any of em. In 1962, they was gonna open up. The water was bad. Christy will end up just like his folks, crazy and broke. He's been up there a year fixin up that place. He must've dropped $25,000. And for what? Ask anybody. Quit.

Annie: I can't.

Enos: Dumb kids. Know-it-alls. Just like my niece, heads full of rocks.

Annie: You're an American original.

Enos: (mockingly) I'm an American original. Dumb kid.

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Ice Cream Flavors and Personalities

Ned: If you were a flavor of ice cream, what would it be?

Marcie: Rocky road.

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Conflicted Feelings in a Love Triangle

Jack: Come on. I love you.

Marcie: But what about Ned?

Jack: I don't love Ned.

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Discussion of Supplies Among Camp Counselors

Alice: Bill? Steve wants to know if we need more paint.

Bill: Paint's all right. Need more thinner.

Alice: Okay.

Bill: Alice. Did the others show up?

Alice: Yeah, everybody except that girl Annie.

Bill: Think you're gonna last all summer?

Alice: I don't know if I'm gonna last all week.

Alice: I'll tell Steve about the thinner.

Bill: Fine.

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Anticipation and Warnings at Camp Blood

Enos: All the girls up there gonna look as good as you?

Annie: I don't know.

Crazy Ralph: You're going to Camp Blood, ain't ya?

Enos: Dammit, Ralph, get outta here! Go on, get! Leave people alone!

Crazy Ralph: You'll never come back again.

Enos: Oh, shut up, Ralph.

Crazy Ralph: It's got a death curse!

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Discussion on Baltic Avenue's Color and Value

Alice: Baltic Avenue.

Bill: No one ever lands on Baltic Avenue.

Alice: I think it's a pretty color. I'll buy it.

Alice: Ha. Baltic Avenue. You owe me one boot.

Brenda: Alice draws first blood.

Bill: That's a terrible way to talk about my feet.

A Conversation About Beer and Nostalgia

Brenda: Just wait until he lands on my old Kentucky home.

Bill: More beer? More beer.

Identity Revealed in Friday the 13th

Alice: Who are you?

Pamela Voorhees: Why I'm--I'm Mrs. Voorhees, an old friend of the Christy's.

Survivor Questions the Fate of Others

Alice: Is anyone else alive? Are they all dead?

Tierney: Yes, ma'am. Two of my men pulled you out of the lake. We... we thought you were dead, too. Do you remember very much?

Alice: The boy. Is he dead, too?

Tierney: Who?

Alice: The boy, Jason!

Tierney: Jason?

Alice: In the lake, the... the one who attacked me, the one who pulled me underneath the water!

Tierney: Ma'am, we didn't find any boy.

Alice: But he... Then he's still there...

Big Dave Announces Black Cat Day

Big Dave: It’s 7:01 on Friday the 13th of June! This is Big Dave, and it’s time for you lazy bones to get out of bed! It’s black cat day at Crystal Lake!

A Warning of Impending Doom

Crazy Ralph: You're doomed! You're all doomed!!

A Warning of Impending Doom

Crazy Ralph: I've got to warn ya! You're doomed if you stay! Go. Go!

Warning of Doom in a Cursed Place

Crazy Ralph: I'm the messenger of God! You're doomed if you stay here! This place is cursed. Cursed!! It's got a death curse.

Enforcing Community Standards and Behavior Expectations

Officer Dorf: You kids keep your noses clean. Understand? You'll be hearing from me if you don't. We ain't gonna stand for no weirdness out here.

Blame and Regret in Tragedy

Pamela Voorhees: You let him drown! You never paid any attention. Look what you did to him. Look what you did to him!

A Mother's Love for Her Son

Pamela Voorhees: Oh, my sweet innocent Jason. My only child. Jason...

A Mother's Grief and Blame for Tragedy

Pamela Voorhees: Did you know that a young boy drowned, the year before those two others were killed? The counselors weren't paying any attention. They were making love while that young boy drowned! His name was Jason. I was working the day that it happened, preparing meals. Here. I was the cook. Jason should've been watched! Every minute! He was... He wasn't a very good swimmer. We can go now... dear.