Friday the 13th Page #13

Synopsis: Friday the 13th is a 1980 American slasher film directed by Sean S. Cunningham and written by Victor Miller. The film tells the story of a group of teenagers who are murdered one by one while attempting to re-open an abandoned campground, and stars Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Kevin Bacon, Jeannine Taylor, Mark Nelson and Robbi Morgan.
Production: Paramount Pictures
  5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
19
Rotten Tomatoes:
61%
R
Year:
1980
95 min
1,062 Views


BILL:

Where's Ned?

ALICE:

He went to bed early.

MARCIE:

I don't blame him.

BRENDA:

He's probably setting up another one of

his practical jokes.

MARCIE:

Yeah, like draining the lake!

They laugh.

JACK:

(to MARCIE)

Hey, how about a walk by the lake?

The OTHERS all go "Ooooooooh."

JACK:

(continuing)

Just a walk, for Chrissakes.

MARCIE:

(kidding)

Boy, we sure do have a lot of filthy

small-minded people around here.

(to JACK)

Wait a minute, I'll get my diaphragm and

be right with you.

MARCIE puts an arm through JACK's arm and they exit.

The OTHERS laugh.

CUT TO:

67 EXT. EDGE OF LAKE - NIGHT

JACK and MARCIE walk across the pint needles towards the lake.

There is the low rumble of thunder preceeded by a faint glow on

the horizon.

JACK and MARCIE walk along the shore to the lake. They have

turned on the flashlights which they carry with them.

JACK:

Wind's up. It's shifted a good hundred

and eighty degrees.

MARCIE:

Makes me want to hold on and never let go.

JACK:

I love you.

MARCIE:

I love you.

They kiss. MARCIE pulls back.

MARCIE:

(continuing)

What about Neddy?

JACK:

I don't love Neddy.

MARCIE:

He keeps on acting like such an a**hole!

JACK:

(yelling)

Ned!

MARCIE:

Don't call him.

JACK:

I thought you wanted to give him one of

your motherly lectures. Ned is gonna do

whatever he wants to do, you know.

MARCIE:

I guess...

The moon is victim of a blank cloud which cuts off the light.

JACK:

Looks like a storm.

MARCIE:

I'm a little scared of storms. Always

have been. Since I was a kid.

JACK:

You? The brick?

JACK shines the flashlight so that we can see her face in eerie

shadows. She flashes hers at him.

MARCIE:

I've dreamed this dream. Maybe half a

dozen times. There is a thunderstorm.

The rain comes down like pebbles. I can

hear the sound. I try to close my ears

off. It doesn't work. The sounds gets

louder. The rain turns to blood and the

blood washes down in little rivers. And

the sound stops.

A loud crack of heat lightning slices the sky apart. MARCIE is

startled and reaches out for her lover.

JACK:

It's just a dream.

MARCIE:

I call it my shower dream.

They look at one another in the two lights. They grin. Rain

drops begin to fall on their faces and on the lake behind them.

JACK:

This is no dream. Want to escape for a

while?

MARCIE:

Lead the way!

JACK turns and jogs toward the nearest cabin. MARCIE is only

a half step behind, laughing.

FROM A DISTANT ANGLE we watch them run. There is no theme,

just the rumble of thunder...

CUT TO:

68 INT. BOY'S CABIN - NIGHT

The door bursts open, a flashlight pierces the shadows, and

JACK and MARCIE rush in and plop on the bottom bunk of the

nearest bed.

MARCIE:

Are you wet?

JACK:

Just a little. Wait a minute, woman.

He reaches down and put his flashlight on its end so it points

straight up and gives them some light to see by.

They go into a long passionate kiss which is broken by MARCIE's

hand coming up from behind JACK and tugging his t-shirt up

towards his head. He leans back and takes it off, and tosses

it at the CAMERA.

CUT TO:

69 EXT. FRONT OF MAIN CABIN - NIGHT

The rain has gathered in intensity. ALICE comes up to the

front door and looks out. BILL comes up behind her.

ALICE:

Jack and Marcie are gonna be drenched.

BILL:

Not if they're where I think they are.

ALICE laughs.

ALICE:

I'm not always this stupid.

She turned back into the cabin.

CUT TO:

70 INT. BOY'S CABIN - NIGHT

TIGHT on JACK and MARCIE as they make love under a camp

blanket. Their breathing and noises are heard just above the

sounds of the rain outside.

The CAMERA becomes interested in a droplet which appear to have

leaked from the ceiling, hit the vertical member of the bed and

dribbled down. As the bed shakes with its love-making, the

CAMERA PANS up the bunk's strut to trace the droplet's course.

As the CAMERA PANS UPWARD, it pulls back slightly and we see

NED lying in the upper bunk. In a flash of lightning we

realize he is dead: his throat has been slashed.

ANOTHER ANGLE:
JACK and MARCIE lie completely still beneath

their blanket. The CAMERA PANS along their quiet bodies.

MARCIE's face is contented. JACK is ready to doze off.

MARCIE:

Mmmmmmmph?

JACK:

Mmmmmmmph.

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Victor Miller

Victor Miller or Victor B. Miller (born May 14, 1940) is an American writer for film and television. Perhaps his best known and most acknowledged work is his screenplay for the original Friday the 13th film, the popularity of which spawned a long series of sequels. Miller was not involved with any of the sequels, though he remains credited for creating the characters of Jason Voorhees and his mother. more…

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