Every Friday the 13th Movie (in Chronological Order)

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The franchise has an interesting timeline thanks to the fictional story of its main killer, Jason Voorhees, and his apparent immortality. The history of the Friday the 13th Movies chronologically stretch from the 1950s to the 25th century, with a reboot and a crossover movie making things even more complicated. Watching these Friday the 13th Movies in order is not a difficult task, although the timeline of events can be confusing because all the movies revolve around the titular date, not all of them give a year for when the events take place.

The chronological order of the US Friday the 13th Movies start out simple enough, as most of the first three sequels take place over a continuous period of time. However, things start to get more difficult to follow after the first of Jason’s on-screen deaths, which prompts a brief hiatus for the character, a resurrection, and even more deaths after that. Watching in order of release is still the most recommended course of action for new fans to the franchise, but certain entries can be skipped as long as they roughly know where each entry picks up and leaves off.

1

Friday the 13th (1980)

The original Friday the 13th Movie follows a group of camp counselors set up for the summer at Camp Crystal Lake when a mysterious killer picks them off one by one. The film opens with a sequence depicting the murders in the camp in 1958, but the main story is set in June 1979.. It kicks off an era of 1980s teen slasher flicks that are considered some of the best.

Camp Crystal Lake becomes the usual location for the movie franchise, but not for every movie in the franchise going forward. Although Jason Voorhees is the villain of the franchise, he is not the killer in the original film. After the original, he became one of the most iconic horror villains, however When it is revealed that the murders were all committed by Jason’s mother, it is not what the audience is initially expecting. She was motivated by Jason’s drowning at the lake in 1957.

2

Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

The majority of Friday the 13th Part 2 is set five years after the original film, although it contains an opening sequence set two months after the events of the first film, in August 1979, and it kills the final girl from the original film. In fact, actress Adrienne King was dealing with a stalker and didn’t want to be as heavily involved in the production when it came time to film.

The solution of the team behind the scenes was to kill Alice and focus on a new group of letters. While it may have angered some slasher fans, it gave the movie real stakes because other ongoing movies kept a core character around for multiple installments. Alice is sent one more scene in the sequel makes it clear that no character is safe in this franchise.

The main story follows a new group of counselors, this time attending a school for counselors on the shores of Crystal Lake. Although the film has Jason as the killer, he has yet to reach his final form and don his iconic hockey mask. He instead uses a sack with a single eye-hole cut into it to cover his face, which is an eerie and interesting addition to the list of Jason Voorhees’ many masks.

3

Friday the 13th Part III (1982)

This is the first time the franchise has moved away from Camp Crystal Lake — so to speak. Immediately after the events of Friday the 13th Part 2Jason continues his killing spree, focusing on a house full of teens nearby at Crystal Lake Inn Friday the 13th Part III. For many fans of the franchise, this is the best of the bunch Friday the 13th movies because it’s where Jason truly becomes Jason.

He finally puts on his hockey mask in the movie and the entry is also the only 3D entry in the franchise so far. Part III Also features the first of many onscreen deaths of Jason, when he is hit in the head with an ax by the Friday the 13th Franchise’s third final girl.

4

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

The fourth Friday the 13th movie, The last chapterBegins the evening after the end of Part III. The timeline of the early movies of the franchise occurs in a relatively condensed frame with only a few months from the first to the fourth movie. Here, the audience is aware that almost no time has passed because of Jason’s body being taken to the morgue to begin the events of the film.

It’s not long before he comes back to life and begins a new killing spree. Although Jason’s death at the end of the movie would not last particularly long, the movie introduced the character of Tommy Jarvis (Corey Feldman in this installment), who would lead the next two movies in the franchise and become one of the rare survivors by Jason Voorhees.

5

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

with A new beginningThe Friday the 13th franchise got its second timeline jump after the events of The last chapterAs follows an adolescent Tommy Jarvis (John Shepherd here) five years later How he tries to cope with the trauma of having met and killed Jason as a child. A new series of murders follows Tommy in his group home, although, despite several twists and dream sequences, Jason remains dead in this installment and does not return to the franchise until the following movie.

The movie is seen as one of the more experimental installments in the franchise. For one, it’s a bigger time jump than the first few movies in the franchise. For another, it changes the killer for the movies, and by this point, Jason has already become something of a horror icon. It also plays with a similar idea that many of the trashy movies of the era would: put young people in a home for sad youth, who are really just traumatized by their past. It all adds up to not being the best of the franchise, but still a solid installment.

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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)

The year after the events of A new beginning sees Tommy Jarvis (now played by Thom Matthews in another recast) doing better but still haunted by the memory of Jason. In an attempt to destroy Jason’s body once and for all, Tommy accidentally ends up seeing Jason resurrected. Jason returns to life means the iconic villain is ready for a new series of murders that takes the action back to Camp Crystal Lake, which has been renamed Camp Forest Green in an attempt to distance itself from Jason’s legacy.

Although Tommy does not kill Jason in the film, he does successfully imprison Jason at the bottom of the lake, where the killer remains dormant until he is unleashed again in the following film. It’s a great way to seemingly put an end to the movies, but keep the door open for the villain to return in the future.

7

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)

This movie sees another time jump for the franchise. Since the first four movies took place so close together, each time jump helps get the movies closer to their current release date. After the end of Jason liveJason spends the next seven years trapped at the bottom of Crystal Lake, taking back his original name during this time.

During these years, a young Rennie Wickham has a life-changing encounter with Jason while at the bottom of the lake, although this would not be known until the events of the eighth movie, which Rennie leads. At the end of the seven years, the events of The new blood Take place.

If Jason come back to life has already hinted at the potential for supernatural in the franchise, this movie cements it. Jason is freed from his watery prison by the telekinetic powers of Tina Shepard. Tina is actually trying to resurrect her father, whom she previously killed with her abilities, although the doctor who treats her is hoping to use the power for his own use. Tina sets out to stop Jason when she realizes what’s going on, and he ends up imprisoned in the lake after his killing spree.

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Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)

One year from the events of the US The new bloodJason is freed from the bottom of Crystal Lake once again when a boat’s propeller hits a nearby power line and revives him. He sets his sights on a group of teenagers on a cruise, but when they escape into the city, he goes.

Like the eighth Friday the 13th As the title of the movie implies, Jason makes his way to Manhattan to wreak some havoc on the Big Apple with some of his best kills in the Friday the 13th Series. This is the furthest the franchise has really traveled from the Camp Crystal Lake territory and aesthetic at this point. Jason is seemingly killed once again at the end of the movie by a flood of corrosive toxic waste, though he will return again for another movie, of course.

9

Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday (1993)

Unlike the other movies in the Friday the 13th Franchise, this installment is not just when the events are very clear. Although the exact date of Jason is going to hell Is uncertain, it takes place, at least, a few years after the events of Jason takes Manhattan.

The beginning of the film sees Jason back at Camp Crystal Lake before his body is destroyed by police in a hail of bullets and explosions. The rest of the film sees Jason’s spirit possess various people in his quest to be reborn, which ultimately fails, resulting in Jason being taken to Hell. Before the credits roll, however, Freddy Krueger’s distinct clawed hand is seen dragging Jason’s mask down into the dirt, setting up a crossover movie that wouldn’t arrive for another decade.

10

Freddy Vs. Jason (2003)

like Jason is going to hellThe exact year that this Friday the 13th The movie takes place in is not clear, though It may be surprising that it takes place in 2003 as it takes place after the events of both Jason is going to hell And Freddy’s Dead: The Final NightmareWhich is dated as it takes place ten years in the future, which would apparently be no later than 2001, as the film was released in 1991. In the film, the two horror icons are seen fighting “to the death”, but they are both seen Living in the end.

Regardless of this and the film’s box office success, both franchises would be rebooted for their next installments. however, The continuity set up by Freddy vs. Jason Has received a sequel in the form of the comic book series Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ashwhich is set five years after the events of Freddy vs. Jason. The comic series would also get a sequel set six months after the original events titled The Nightmare WarriorsAlthough neither comic series would impact the events of later films in any of their respective franchises.

11

Friday the 13th (2009)

The reboot movie, which stands alone with the Friday the 13th Continuity, begins in 1980 As a reference to the year the original film was released and recreates its events, although the events of the first film were set in 1979. Most of the actual story of the movie, however, takes place in 2009In the same year, the film was released.

The film incorporates elements of the early Friday the 13th Movie in a new story that contains all the hallmarks of the franchise, from Camp Crystal Lake to Jason’s hockey mask and his complicated relationship with his mother. The film ends on a cliffhanger of sorts but no sequel to it materialized. It was clearly meant to start a new era for the franchise, but unfortunately, the movies were somewhat of a standstill at this point as the result of a process that eventually saw the rights to the franchise return to the original writer.

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Jason X (2002)

Although not the last Friday the 13th movie to produce, Jason X is still chronologically the final film in the main continuity of the franchise. A sci-fi departure for the Friday the 13th franchise, The film sees Jason cryogenically frozen in 2010 and awaken in the year 2455 for a rampage in space as he stalks students on a ship before it is finally destroyed.

Beyond the space setting and the cryogenic freezing, Jason X also has another sci-fi bent. It does not treat Jason’s numerous “deaths” and resurrections as something supernatural as previous installments in the franchise have. Instead, he is discussed as having regenerative capabilities, something that is seen in many comic book storylines. Scientists want to study its ability to heal and grow new cells. It is certainly the furthest away from the other movies in timeline and subject matter.

This is Jason’s final death in the continuity of the Friday the 13th Movies, although he would appear again in Freddy vs. Jason And the reboot film, which was released after that.