I'm usually pretty generous when it comes to movies that are outdated but in the case of _Friday the 13th_ I can't even begin to describe how utterly awful it is. It was the start of a bad franchise that just went (IMO) down the toilet almost from the get-go. I have to give props to the original for at least being original (hint: it wasn't Jason) but apart from that, there's almost nothing good to say about this movie. The acting was completely horrendous, the repetitive _"Kill kill ill ill ill ill Die die die ie ie ie ie ie...Jas'n jay jay jay jay..."_ over and over and over and over ad nauseum was just too much. I remember being in high school and hearing all my friends talk about _Friday the 13th_ and how horrifying it was (growing up in a very conservative home, I did not attend movies and this was long before computers and streaming video); several years after, I stumbled blindly into the age of VCRs and videotapes, and managed to watch this one (along with II and III, which had already been released by that time) and was semi-spooked by it. But the "violence" and…well, what I **thought** I remembered as being "gory" is hardly worth a second glance by today's standards. So much of it was just ... it was just BAD. That's all I can say. I can't even give this one my standard _"It's a bit dated by today's standards but still worth watching..."_ mark; this one just isn't worth watching. Not by ANY standards. It's not even "so outdated that it's fun to watch"; it's just BAD all the way around. This is NOT the first time I watched this one (or the others) but it's the first time I've had Trakt to record my thoughts about it, so here we are. Just don't bother with this one, or ANY of these…because they just get worse from here. Danger, Will Robinson... Just avoid this one at all costs. It's just BAD.