Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)-Part 3.

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Jill Johnson, (Carol Kane), is terrorized by a psychopath in Fred Walton's "When a stranger calls", (1979). In the nineteen seventies the use of a phone was used in many horror movies from "When Michael Calls", (1972), directed by Philip Leacock, that starred Ben Gazzara and Michael Douglas; to "Black Christmas", produced and directed by Bob Clark, (1974). By the nineteen eighties, movies like "Friday the 13th", produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, had the characters go to camp, only to be killed by revenge-seeking psychopaths.
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Back at camp, earlier on in the film, all of the campers and counsellors, are sitting around the campfire. Paul tells them the Jason Voorhees story. Everyone is scared. The movie is set "Five Year's Later". If that's the case then the first movie is set in the early nineteen seventies, and the sequel in the late nineteen seventies. Then Ted scares everyone holding a spear. As Ted, Ginny, and Paul go to the Blues Club for dinner, Ted stays in town, leaving the counsellors to go back to the camp later on in the night. Soon, Jason Voorhees grabs the spear, and attacks Jeff and Sandra, and others outside the campgrounds with a knife, and other weapons. Even Crazy Ralph, (Walt Gorney), is killed as well, leaving Paul and Ginny left to  fight the killer.
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Mid-way through Part 2, the cop sees Jason Voorhees running across the road. He rushes into the deep woods, and through the deep water. He sees a dilapidated shack. Then he is killed with the hammer, and the nightmare resumes.
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When Paul finds out that something isn't right, he is knocked out by Jason. Ginny is injured. And, using her psychology, pretends to be Mrs. Pamela Voorhees. But when Jason 'sees' his mother, (a cameo by Betsy Palmer), he is mad. In the end, Ginny uses a machete to hit Jason, (Warrington Gillette), as he smashes through the window . And he falls to the ground, unconscious. Paul recovers, and removes the sack that's over the killer's head. Afterwards, they head to the cabin. Then there's one final scare, as Ginny holds onto a pitchfork in her right hand. And the door opens, and Muffin the dog returns.
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In the end, Friday the 13th Part 2 has Ginny going to hospital, and Paul disappears, (presumed dead). And the movie has the head of Mrs. Pamela Voorhees, setting up for Part 3.


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