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Was Jason a victim or a villain? See how much do you know about the "Friday the 13th" movie franchise by taking this quiz.Jason Voorhees is the hockey-masked villain who stalks countless victims in this franchise.
Thanks in large part to its 1980 release, "Friday the 13th" helped spawn a decade of memorable horror movies.
There are 12, with the most recent release in 2009.
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"The New Blood" was Part VII, released in 1988.
Cunningham has helped to produce three of the 12 movies, more than any other producer.
The ultracheap, $550,000 movie may have been inexpensive to make, but it had a profound cultural impact.
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With his well-worn machete, Jason hacks his way through a veritable forest of innocent (and not-so-innocent) teenagers.
The $550,000 budget paid for itself many times over, as the movie snagged nearly $60 million at the box office.
The simply named Crystal Lake becomes an ominous, cursed location that spawns some of America's worst nightmares.
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In a mad scramble to capitalize on the "Jason" phenomenon, studios cranked out eight movies in the '80s.
Steve Miner directed two of the movies, including "Part 2" and "Part III."
John Carpenter's "Halloween" was a budget-friendly blockbuster that helped to make "Friday the 13th" a reality.
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Of course, 1984 was not "The Final Chapter," not by a long shot.
Yu directed one, "Freddy vs. Jason," in 2003. Only Steve Miner has directed more than one of the franchise's films.
Just two months after the horrors of the first story, the only survivor is subjected to more of Jason's rampages.
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Alice survived the scourge of Crystal Lake only to be chased by Jason all over again.
His hockey mask is shattered, exposing his deformed face, but he doesn't die.
Hodder played Jason more than anyone else, with four appearances; his last appearance was in "Jason X."
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It may have been way back in 1982, but "Part III" was released in 3-D. In spite of the technological advances, it didn't fare any better with critics.
Paramount Pictures made a "killing" off of the movie, which made tens of millions of dollars and created an entire Jason empire.
In "Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan," Jason slips into New York and kills with his typical reckless abandon.
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This 1993 film was supposedly meant to be the very last movie in the series, but clearly that plan didn't work out.
Pamela Voorhees is the primary villain in the first movie, as she murders the people she believes are responsible for her son's death.
In "Jason X" and "Jason Goes to Hell," he offs 23 people, all in creative and bloody ways.
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Lehman's face may have been hiding behind the hockey mask, but he has the honor of being the first man to play Jason. He now has a punk rock band named First Jason.
Hydrocephalus means there's too much fluid in the brain, causing an array of problems, such as murdering dozens of people with a machete.
"Part III" didn't get great reviews, but it kicked "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" out of the No. 1 spot in 1982.
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Bacon's A-list career was launched in large part to his role as Jack in the first movie.
In "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday," the FBI kills Jason at the beginning of the movie, but Jason manages to possess another man and restart his murder spree.
Good thing the budget was only $5 million, because this terrible movie only made $14 million at the box office, making it one of the least successful in the franchise.
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