In Search of Friday the 13th: A Location Visit (with Pictures!)

In the late 1970's Sean S. Cunningham was looking to make a movie to essentially save his company and hopefully make a little money. He, along with Victor Miller, Ron Kurz, and Steve Miner (among others), ended up changing the face of horror in the process, although the surely did not realize at the time. While movies like Black Christmas and Halloween helped set the formula (not to mention Bava's Twitch of the Death Nerve), it was Friday the 13th and the backing of Paramount that took slasher cinema to the forefront. One of the things that helped the low budget feature work as well as it did was the location shooting, it certainly helped with feeling authenticity.

Friday the 13th: Photo Gallery

Below you will find a selection of photos from the Friday the 13th shooting location trip that my friend, Brian, and I went on. Please see my full report with scene comparisons.