With eight films released in ten years, the Friday the 13th franchise was the king of the 1980s slashers.
Though the first film excelled as a mystery with the reveal of Pamela Voorhees (Betsy Palmer) as the killer, it was the sequel and the introduction of Jason Voorhees that turned the movies into a pop culture phenomenon.
Jason and his hockey mask were everywhere in the ’80s, and to this day, with 12 films in total and a Peacock prequel series on the way, Jason Voorhees and Friday the 13th are still a major part of horror.
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