Friday the 13th (1980)-Part 6.

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Brenda heads outside only to be killed after hearing a voice...Sean S. Cunningham's "Friday the 13th", (1980).
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When Brenda leaves the game, and heads to her cabin dressed in a yellow rain slicker, leaving Bill with Alice, she is reading a book when she hears the cries of "Help me! Help me!". Then there's a flashback to Jason Voorhees, (Ari Lehman), drowning in the lake in 1957. Earlier on, the group find a snake, and it is killed by Bill with a machete. And, even though Jack puts on the generator, they meet Crazy Ralph who heads out of the larder to say he's a 'Messenger of God...and they're doomed'. He then hops onto his bicycle, and leaves Camp Crystal Lake. Bill and Alice grab some lamps, and find an axe on one of the bunks. Scared, Bill leaves Alice alone to sleep.
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Alice awakens.
She opens the cabin door, and sees Bill's body that's full of arrows. She screams, and find everyone is dead, including Annie, and Steve in the woods. She barricades herself inside. Suddenly she sees a bright light outside the window of a jeep. Alice meets a middle-aged woman called Pamela Sue Voorhees, (Betsy Palmer), who wears a sweater, jeans, and shoes on her feet. "They're all dead!", Alice stated to her. Mrs. Voorhees tells her about her son, Jason. And she's not afraid when she sees the bodies. Alice mentions Steve Christy. The woman ignores her. Then she has a flashback of Jason Voorhees drowning in the lake. She grabs a knife, and attacks Alice. When Alice hits her across the head with a frying pan, she collapses, and remains still. Alice runs away to the beach where she has the final battle with Mrs. Voorhees, who whispers: "Kill her Mommy! Kill her! Don't let her get away", as the full moon's glow hits the lake. During the fight, she grabs a machete and kills Mrs. Voorhees. She then heads onto a canoe, and rests. Seconds later, she screams as Jason Voorhees drags herself underneath the water.
And, seconds later, the police rescues her.
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Mrs. Pamela Voorhees, (Betsy Palmer), became a female murderess in "Friday the 13th", (1980), that changed modern horror cinema forever. Her madness was over her son's 'death', that led to the new murders two decades later, created a psychological edge to her behaviour. Or did Jason Voorhees really die?...
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The ending of the "Friday the 13th", has the Sheriff being told by Alice in her hospital bed that Jason Voorhees dragged her underneath the water. Jason, who is now a monster, evokes horror that makes Tom Savini's work on the film work. The Sheriff doesn't know about Jason. "Then he's still there...", Alice says, as the 95 minute running time ends with a shot of Camp Crystal Lake, and setting up for many sequels, and the 2009 re-make.
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