Now, before we get into what you need to know of how you can watch 'Friday the 13th' right now, here are some finer points about the Sean S. Cunningham Films, Georgetown Productions horror flick. Friday the 13th starring Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer, Kevin Bacon, Jeannine Taylor has a R rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 35 min. The release date of the movie is May 9th, 1980. The movie received a user score of 64/100 on TMDb, which represents input from reviews from 3,186 platform users.
Curious about the story behind it? Here's the plot: "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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'Friday the 13th' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on May 9th, 1980
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
October 19th, 1999
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