Camp Crystal Lake A Friday the 13th script by Robert Helliger

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This script is PG-13 for horror violence, sex references, supernatural themes, adult themes

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INT. NEW JERSEY WOMEN'S HOSPITAL 

FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1930

2:00 PM

FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BIRTH OF PAMELA SUE VOORHEES, THE BABY DAUGHTER OF ROBERT AND JANE VOORHEES, BOTH 22.

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EXT. DAY. AFTERNOON. 

CLOSE-UP MAYOR ED SIMPKINS'S FACE: 'I DECLARE CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE TO BE OPEN, BY THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY'. 

MCU OF THE JAMES CHRISTY, 22, THE OWNER, 25, AND HIS WIFE, EDITH CHRISTY, 22, AS THEY CHEER.

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INT. CRYSTAL LAKE DINER

9:00 AM

1957

WIDE-SHOT OF THE TWENTY DINERS ON CREAMY COLORED SEATS. THE JUKEBOX IS PLAYING ELVIS PRESLEY SONGS. MCU OF THE BROWN COLORED BENCH, AS SANDY ROHER, 16, IS DOING THE DISHES. SHE GREW UP DURING THE COMMUNIST 1950'S, UNDER THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION; SHE KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ABLE TO USE THE 'DUCK AND COVER' DRILLS OF WORLD WAR II. 

NEARBY IS A NATIVE AMERICAN STATUE THAT CHIEF BLACKHEART OWNS. 

MCU OF THE WORDS: WELCOME TO CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE, EST. 1935 SIGN

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CLOSE-UP OF THE OLD BARN. 

WIDE-SHOT OF THE GLISTENING LAKE. 

IT IS COLD. 

A BOY, JASON VOORHEES, 11, SCREAMS: 'HELP ME! HELP ME!'.

MCU OF THE STRICKEN BOY AS HE SLIPS UNDER THE WATER. 

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CLOSE-UP OF PAMELA SUE VOORHEES'S FACE: 'JASON!!'. WIDE-SHOT OF THE GLISTENING LAKE; CLOSE-UP OF DIM, WET, WOODS. 

HER HUSBAND, ELIAS VOORHEES, 15, (the same age as her), HAS DISAPPEARED. 

IT WAS FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1945.

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NEW JERSEY WOMEN'S HOSPITAL

FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1946

MCU OF THE BABY'S WARD

PRESS RELEASE BY DOCTOR JAMES HARROW, 55: 'JASON VOORHEES WAS BORN BY 13:00 HRS. THE MOTHER, MRS. PAMELA SUE VOORHEES, 16, IS DELIGHTED TO HAVE A SON. THE FATHER, ELIAS VOORHEES, 16, IS AWOL.

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EXT. MORNING. 

NEW JERSEY, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1957

CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE

7:00 AM

CLOSE-UP OF EMILY PORTER'S FACE. 

MCU OF THE VANS THAT ARRIVE FOR THE WEEK. 

CLOSE-UP OF THE SIGN THAT READS: WELCOME TO CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE, EST. 1935. WIDE-SHOT OF THE DARK WOODS, AND THE GLISTENNG LAKE. MCU OF THE 1930'S ERA BARN. CLOSE-UP OF EMILY PORTER'S FACE: 'I HOPE THAT WE'LL HAVE A GOOD TIME'. THE OTHER CAMPERS NOD THEIR HEADS, WHILE BERT HART, 33, THE VAN DRIVER, DROPS THEM OFF, BEFORE DRIVING BACK TO TOWN.

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EXT. MORNING. 

CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE. 

9:00 AM

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