Basically only for completists looking to see Jason take center stage for the first time. [Blu-ray]
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06/25/09
Friday the 13th - Part 2 (1981)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:11
Rotten:20
Average Rating:4.5/10
Runtime: 89 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: A fresh batch of teenage camp counselors return to the ill-fated Camp Crystal Lake five years after its most recent atrocities. Since the apparent perpetrator of those crimes was decapitated by the... [More]
Starring: Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King, Kirsten Baker
Director: Steve Miner
Reviews for Friday the 13th - Part 2
The new camp counselors are interchangeable with the old ones. Different faces, same basic people.
06/12/09
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03/26/09
Top CriticNot as good as the original, but still pretty fun, it serves up more of the same and continued to be fresh enough before its many other sequels got too silly.
03/05/09
Perhaps the least interesting of all the Friday the 13th films, since it tries to be a "sequel" to the first film, referencing themes and storylines.
02/20/09
cannot be defended intellectually, yet, the film's very simplicity and directness gives it a kind of folkloric power, albeit power that works only if you give yourself over to it
02/14/09
Even crude techniques, when properly employed, can be effective, in a lowest-common-denominator kind of way.
02/12/09
Friday the 13th Part 2 never aspires to be termite art.
02/04/09
A solid first sequel and the truly chilling jump scare at the end gives the original's a run for its money.
10/09/08
a carbon copy sequel
02/20/08
Its general competence remains a surprising improvement, albeit not one strong enough to elevate it into the realm of recommendation.
01/17/08
All things considered, it probably should have been a whole lot worse.
09/14/07
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10/31/06
No review available.
05/20/06
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01/26/06
Top CriticNo review available.
11/25/05
The last Friday the 13th film that makes an effort to scare its audience, rather than just going through the motions.
10/24/05
No review available.
10/07/05
No review available.
08/12/05
No review available.
08/11/05
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