These Awesome Horror Movies Were Critical Failures

Friday the 13th (1980)

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Friday the 13th was critically derided on its original release, yet it has gone on to become one of the most enduring horror properties. It is hard to judge the film today on its own merits, because the template for the slasher film is this film (even more so than the original Halloween). You know every beat, but there is a reason those beats became cliché, they are effective.

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