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friday the 13th (2009)

friday the 13th
Friday the 13th
R
Horror

Release Date
February 11, 2009
Director
Marcus Nispel
Cast
Jared Padalecki , Danielle Panabaker , Amanda Righetti , Travis Van Winkle , Aaron Yoo , Derek Mears
Runtime
95
Main Genre
Horror
Writers
Damian Shannon , Mark Swift , Mark Wheaton , Victor Miller
Tagline
Welcome to Crystal Lake.
Franchise
Friday the 13th

Summary

From Platinum Dunes and director Marcus Nispel ("The Texas Chainsaw Massacre") comes a re-imagining of the classic horror film "Friday the 13th." Searching for his missing sister, Clay heads up to the eerie woods of legendary Crystal Lake, where he stumbles on the creaky remains of rotting old cabins that lie in wait behind moss-covered trees. And that's not the only thing hiding under the brush. Against the advice of police and cautions from the locals, Clay pursues what few leads he has, with the help of a young woman he meets among a group of college kids up for an all-thrills weekend. But they are about to find much more than they bargained for. Little do they know, they've entered the domain of one of the most terrifying specters in American film history—the infamous killer who haunts Crystal Lake, armed with a razor-sharp machete... Jason Voorhees.

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