"Friday the 13th" (1980) returning to theaters for one night in celebration of its 45th anniversary

Jason Universe, a newly-formed company, is helping put this in theaters for the anniversary. There's been rumblings that they're going to bring back the Friday the 13th video game (or create a sequel to it). There has been a lot of behind-the-scenes drama with the franchise owners which is (fingers crossed) finally being put to rest.

What would I want to see this in theaters for? Jason isn’t even in it.

Just got back from a screening of this. There was a decent crowd in my theater—probably around 25 people or so, which I didn't expect. I have seen this film probably a hundred times throughout my life, but seeing it blown up on a big screen really is a whole different experience. I noticed a lot of things that I hadn't before; for example, you can catch glimpses of Mrs. Voorhees throughout the film, which I'd never noticed in all the times I've seen the film on TV. When Ned sees the figure going into one of the cabins, you can briefly catch a glimpse of her in a black hooded rainslicker. It happens again when Steve returns to the camp and is stopped by the killer at the entrance sign. They're blink-and-you'll-miss-it moments, but they're very creepy.

It's a great slasher film, and I think it perfected the mold that "Halloween" established.

R2 EXCUSE me, bitch?

I’ve only seen the most recent update with Jared P and Danielle P.

Have not seen any other film in this series.

Don’t like horror movies at all.

The cast in this film were all very good looking, men and women alike. I've never had a thing for Kevin Bacon (I find him too traditionally handsome and just not my taste), but I have always had a crush on the token prankster Ned Rubenstein (Mark Nelson). Despite him seeking female attention throughout, his character reads as gay to me and plays more as the girls' gay best friend than a prospective love interest. Nelson himself seems gay IMO, but I don't think he's ever commented. He's also never really discussed the movie much. Kevin has talked about it on occasion.

Harry Crosby was sporting a banana in that blue speedo.

Talk about another blink and you'll miss it moment - Mark Nelson in The First Wives Club. He plays one of the two guys Diane Keaton sells her ex-husband's company to. He sports a porn mustache.

Mark Nelson was adorable. There are some great shots in this where you can see his hairy legs and lower back/ass hair when he's swimming at the lake. Bonus points for the shots of Kevin Bacon's meat in a Speedo.

Enh...like the poster said, no Jason. I mean...I get it but I'd pass.

Now, I would LOVE to see the original Halloween in a theatre. I watched it a few years ago with my roommate with the lights off, stoned out of our gourds, and we jumped quite a bit.

I saw the original run in the theatre. I loved horror films as a kid, but the graphic violence of this film was a new experience, and one I admittedly didn't like. But Kevin Bacon's light-blue speedo was nice.

Saw it at the drive in when it came out in 1980. PERFECT drive in movie (fuck I miss them). I’ve seen it many times over the decades, and wanted to watch again last night, but didn’t feel like sitting through Tubi commercials.

I always love going to special screenings of older films. When The Shining came back to theaters for two days a few years ago I went twice. Watching it on the big screen was so much better.

Same with Singin In The Rain, Carrie, Halloween, Rocky Horror etc. always enjoyable.

I even went to a screening of Valley of the Dolls a few years ago.

When BAM in Brooklyn had a weekend of James Dean (they played Rebel one day and East of Eden the next) I went to both.